Lower secondary school starting age in Armenia
Armenia: Lower secondary school starting age was 10 years in 2025. ▬ Flat
Lower secondary school starting age in Armenia, 1970–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Armenia recorded 10 years for lower secondary school starting age in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 56 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary school starting age in Armenia peaked at 11 years in 1994 and was at its lowest, 10 years, in 1970.
That places Armenia 192nd out of 209 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10 years | 10 years | 10 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 10 years | 10 years | 10 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 10.4 years | 10 years | 11 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 10 years | 10 years | 10 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 10 years | 10 years | 10 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 10 years | 10 years | 10 years | 6 |
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More education data for Armenia
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 19.0% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 7,540 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 101.0% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 102.9% (2024)
- Labor force, female 47.2% (2025)
- Labor force, total 1.49 million (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.01 GPI (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary school starting age in Armenia?
- Lower secondary school starting age in Armenia was 10 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary school starting age recorded in Armenia?
- The highest recorded value was 11 years in 1994.
- What is the lowest lower secondary school starting age recorded in Armenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 years in 1970.
- How does Armenia rank for lower secondary school starting age?
- Armenia ranks 192nd out of 209 countries with data for 2025.
- Is lower secondary school starting age rising or falling in Armenia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Armenia data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary school starting age (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Lower secondary school starting age is the age at which students would enter lower secondary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade.