What is primary school starting age in Haiti?

Primary school starting age in Haiti was 6 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

What is the highest primary school starting age recorded in Haiti?

The highest recorded value was 7 years in 1970.

What is the lowest primary school starting age recorded in Haiti?

The lowest recorded value was 6 years in 1977.

How does Haiti rank for primary school starting age?

Haiti ranks 33rd out of 210 countries with data for 2025.

Is primary school starting age rising or falling in Haiti?

Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Haiti data come from?

The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Primary school starting age (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Primary school starting age in Haiti

Name: Primary school starting age in Haiti
Creator: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Haiti: Primary school starting age was 6 years in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)

6 years

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

33rd

of 210 countries

All-time high

7 years

in 1970

All-time low

6 years

in 1977

Years of data

1970–2025

Primary school starting age in Haiti, 1970–2025

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

Analysis

Haiti recorded 6 years for primary 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, primary school starting age in Haiti peaked at 7 years in 1970 and was at its lowest, 6 years, in 1977.

That places Haiti 33rd out of 210 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.

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

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	6.7 years	6 years	7 years	10
1980s	6 years	6 years	6 years	10
1990s	6 years	6 years	6 years	10
2000s	6 years	6 years	6 years	10
2010s	6 years	6 years	6 years	10
2020s	6 years	6 years	6 years	6

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More education data for Haiti

Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
Population ages 0-14 30.8% (2025)
Population ages 15-64 64.4% (2025)
School enrollment, primary 184.0% (2016)
Primary education, teachers 44,472 (1998)
School enrollment, primary, female 182.1% (2016)
School enrollment, primary, male 185.8% (2016)
Labor force, female 46.5% (2025)
Labor force, total 5.27 million (2025)
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.971 GPI (1998)

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Frequently asked questions

What is primary school starting age in Haiti?: Primary school starting age in Haiti was 6 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
What is the highest primary school starting age recorded in Haiti?: The highest recorded value was 7 years in 1970.
What is the lowest primary school starting age recorded in Haiti?: The lowest recorded value was 6 years in 1977.
How does Haiti rank for primary school starting age?: Haiti ranks 33rd out of 210 countries with data for 2025.
Is primary school starting age rising or falling in Haiti?: Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Haiti data come from?: The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Primary school starting age (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Primary 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: 210 places, 11,539 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Primary school starting age is the age at which students would enter primary 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.