Lower secondary school starting age in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan: Lower secondary school starting age was 10 years in 2025. ▬ Flat
Lower secondary school starting age in Azerbaijan, 1970–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lower secondary school starting age in Azerbaijan is 10 years, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 56 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary school starting age in Azerbaijan peaked at 10 years in 1970 and was at its lowest, 10 years, in 1970.
That places Azerbaijan 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 years | 10 years | 10 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 Azerbaijan
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 21.2% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 69.6% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 105.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 38,731 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 105.2% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 106.0% (2024)
- Labor force, total 5.11 million (2025)
- Labor force, female 49.9% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.01 GPI (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary school starting age in Azerbaijan?
- Lower secondary school starting age in Azerbaijan 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 Azerbaijan?
- The highest recorded value was 10 years in 1970.
- What is the lowest lower secondary school starting age recorded in Azerbaijan?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 years in 1970.
- How does Azerbaijan rank for lower secondary school starting age?
- Azerbaijan ranks 192nd out of 209 countries with data for 2025.
- Is lower secondary school starting age rising or falling in Azerbaijan?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Azerbaijan 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.