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Lower secondary school starting age in Eritrea

Eritrea: Lower secondary school starting age was 11 years in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)
11 years
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
144th
of 209 countries
All-time high
13 years
in 1970
All-time low
11 years
in 2013
Years of data
56
1970–2025

Lower secondary school starting age in Eritrea, 1970–2025

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Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2025, lower secondary school starting age in Eritrea stood at 11 years. That is the lowest value across all 56 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, lower secondary school starting age in Eritrea peaked at 13 years in 1970 and was at its lowest, 11 years, in 2013.

That places Eritrea 144th out of 209 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 56 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 13 years 13 years 13 years 10
1980s 13 years 13 years 13 years 10
1990s 12.2 years 12 years 13 years 10
2000s 12 years 12 years 12 years 10
2010s 11.3 years 11 years 12 years 10
2020s 11 years 11 years 11 years 6

Countries ranked near Eritrea

  1. 144 Albania 11 years compare
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  7. 144 Bermuda 11 years compare
  8. 144 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11 years compare
  9. 144 Brazil 11 years compare
  10. 144 Bulgaria 11 years compare
  11. 144 Cayman Islands 11 years compare
  12. 144 Colombia 11 years compare
  13. 144 Comoros 11 years compare
  14. 144 Croatia 11 years compare
  15. 144 Czechia 11 years compare
  16. 144 Djibouti 11 years compare
  17. 144 France 11 years compare
  18. 144 French Polynesia 11 years compare
  19. 144 Gabon 11 years compare
  20. 144 Gibraltar 11 years compare
  21. 144 Hungary 11 years compare
  22. 144 India 11 years compare
  23. 144 Italy 11 years compare
  24. 144 Kuwait 11 years compare
  25. 144 Kyrgyzstan 11 years compare
  26. 144 Laos 11 years compare
  27. 144 Lithuania 11 years compare
  28. 144 Madagascar 11 years compare
  29. 144 Malta 11 years compare
  30. 144 Mauritius 11 years compare
  31. 144 Moldova 11 years compare
  32. 144 Monaco 11 years compare
  33. 144 Mongolia 11 years compare
  34. 144 Montenegro 11 years compare
  35. 144 New Caledonia 11 years compare
  36. 144 New Zealand 11 years compare
  37. 144 North Macedonia 11 years compare
  38. 144 Poland 11 years compare
  39. 144 Romania 11 years compare
  40. 144 Russia 11 years compare
  41. 144 Samoa 11 years compare
  42. 144 San Marino 11 years compare
  43. 144 Serbia 11 years compare
  44. 144 Tajikistan 11 years compare
  45. 144 United Kingdom 11 years compare
  46. 144 Uzbekistan 11 years compare
  47. 144 Vietnam 11 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is lower secondary school starting age in Eritrea?
Lower secondary school starting age in Eritrea was 11 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 Eritrea?
The highest recorded value was 13 years in 1970.
What is the lowest lower secondary school starting age recorded in Eritrea?
The lowest recorded value was 11 years in 2013.
How does Eritrea rank for lower secondary school starting age?
Eritrea ranks 144th out of 209 countries with data for 2025.
Is lower secondary school starting age rising or falling in Eritrea?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Eritrea 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

Indicator
Lower secondary school starting age (years)
Unit
years
Source
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
209 places, 11,411 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

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.