Secondary education, duration in Albania
Albania: Secondary education, duration was 7 years in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
7 years
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
26th
of 209 countries
All-time high
8 years
in 1970
All-time low
7 years
in 2009
Years of data
56
1970–2025
Secondary education, duration in Albania, 1970–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Albania recorded 7 years for secondary education, duration in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 56 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, secondary education, duration in Albania peaked at 8 years in 1970 and was at its lowest, 7 years, in 2009.
Albania ranks 26th of 209 countries on this measure, 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 | 8 years | 8 years | 8 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 8 years | 8 years | 8 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 8 years | 8 years | 8 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.9 years | 7 years | 8 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near Albania
- 26 Algeria 7 years compare
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- 26 Benin 7 years compare
- 26 Bermuda 7 years compare
- 26 Brazil 7 years compare
- 26 Brunei 7 years compare
- 26 Burkina Faso 7 years compare
- 26 Burundi 7 years compare
- 26 Cameroon 7 years compare
- 26 Central African Republic 7 years compare
- 26 Chad 7 years compare
- 26 Comoros 7 years compare
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- 26 Cote d'Ivoire 7 years compare
- 26 Djibouti 7 years compare
- 26 Eritrea 7 years compare
- 26 Fiji 7 years compare
- 26 France 7 years compare
- 26 French Polynesia 7 years compare
- 26 Gabon 7 years compare
- 26 Gibraltar 7 years compare
- 26 Guinea 7 years compare
- 26 Haiti 7 years compare
- 26 Iceland 7 years compare
- 26 India 7 years compare
- 26 Kazakhstan 7 years compare
- 26 Kiribati 7 years compare
- 26 Kuwait 7 years compare
- 26 Kyrgyzstan 7 years compare
- 26 Laos 7 years compare
- 26 Liechtenstein 7 years compare
- 26 Luxembourg 7 years compare
- 26 Madagascar 7 years compare
- 26 Malta 7 years compare
- 26 Mauritania 7 years compare
- 26 Mauritius 7 years compare
- 26 Monaco 7 years compare
- 26 Mongolia 7 years compare
- 26 Nepal 7 years compare
- 26 New Caledonia 7 years compare
- 26 New Zealand 7 years compare
- 26 Niger 7 years compare
- 26 Pakistan 7 years compare
- 26 Russia 7 years compare
- 26 Samoa 7 years compare
- 26 Senegal 7 years compare
- 26 Seychelles 7 years compare
- 26 Sierra Leone 7 years compare
- 26 Slovenia 7 years compare
- 26 Solomon Islands 7 years compare
- 26 Suriname 7 years compare
- 26 Switzerland 7 years compare
- 26 Tajikistan 7 years compare
- 26 Togo 7 years compare
- 26 Tonga 7 years compare
- 26 Tunisia 7 years compare
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More education data for Albania
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.6% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.8% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 111.5% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 9,336 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 111.4% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 111.6% (2024)
- Labor force, total 1.26 million (2025)
- Labor force, female 46.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is secondary education, duration in Albania?
- Secondary education, duration in Albania was 7 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest secondary education, duration recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 8 years in 1970.
- What is the lowest secondary education, duration recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 years in 2009.
- How does Albania rank for secondary education, duration?
- Albania ranks 26th out of 209 countries with data for 2025.
- Is secondary education, duration rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Albania data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Secondary education, duration (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Secondary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in secondary school.