Lower secondary school starting age in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Lower secondary school starting age was 13 years in 2025. ▬ Flat
Lower secondary school starting age in Ethiopia, 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 Ethiopia is 13 years, measured in 2025. That is the highest 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 Ethiopia peaked at 13 years in 1970 and was at its lowest, 13 years, in 1970.
Ethiopia ranks 5th of 209 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 13 years | 13 years | 13 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 13 years | 13 years | 13 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 13 years | 13 years | 13 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 13 years | 13 years | 13 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 13 years | 13 years | 13 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 13 years | 13 years | 13 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 5 Afghanistan 13 years compare
- 5 Botswana 13 years compare
- 5 Denmark 13 years compare
- 5 El Salvador 13 years compare
- 5 Equatorial Guinea 13 years compare
- 5 Estonia 13 years compare
- 5 Eswatini 13 years compare
- 5 Finland 13 years compare
- 5 Gambia 13 years compare
- 5 Guatemala 13 years compare
- 5 Guinea 13 years compare
- 5 Iceland 13 years compare
- 5 Indonesia 13 years compare
- 5 Ireland 13 years compare
- 5 Latvia 13 years compare
- 5 Lesotho 13 years compare
- 5 Mali 13 years compare
- 5 Mozambique 13 years compare
- 5 Niger 13 years compare
- 5 Norway 13 years compare
- 5 Papua New Guinea 13 years compare
- 5 Sweden 13 years compare
- 5 Uganda 13 years compare
- 5 Zimbabwe 13 years compare
More education data for Ethiopia
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 38.8% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 84.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 338,716 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 81.4% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 87.3% (2024)
- Labor force, total 56.78 million (2025)
- Labor force, female 43.1% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9124 GPI (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary school starting age in Ethiopia?
- Lower secondary school starting age in Ethiopia was 13 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 Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 13 years in 1970.
- What is the lowest lower secondary school starting age recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 13 years in 1970.
- How does Ethiopia rank for lower secondary school starting age?
- Ethiopia ranks 5th out of 209 countries with data for 2025.
- Is lower secondary school starting age rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.