| # | Flag | Country | Compulsory education, duration (years)Compulsory education, duration (years) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guatemala | 16 | 2018 | |
| 2 | Venezuela | 16 | 2018 | |
| 3 | El Salvador | 15 | 2018 | |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 15 | 2018 | |
| 5 | Tonga | 15 | 2017 | |
| 6 | Ecuador | 15 | 2018 | |
| 7 | Sint Maarten | 14 | 2017 | |
| 8 | Uruguay | 14 | 2018 | |
| 9 | Peru | 14 | 2018 | |
| 10 | Nauru | 14 | 2017 | |
| 11 | Mexico | 14 | 2018 | |
| 12 | Argentina | 14 | 2018 | |
| 13 | Curacao | 14 | 2017 | |
| 14 | Bolivia | 14 | 2018 | |
| 15 | Brazil | 14 | 2018 | |
| 16 | Republic of Macedonia | 13 | 2017 | |
| 17 | Costa Rica | 13 | 2018 | |
| 18 | Netherlands | 13 | 2017 | |
| 19 | Bermuda | 13 | 2017 | |
| 20 | Chile | 13 | 2018 | |
| 21 | Aruba | 13 | 2016 | |
| 22 | Paraguay | 13 | 2018 | |
| 23 | Israel | 13 | 2018 | |
| 24 | Hungary | 13 | 2017 | |
| 25 | Marshall Islands | 13 | 2017 | |
| 26 | Turks And Caicos Islands | 13 | 2017 | |
| 27 | Austria | 13 | 2018 | |
| 28 | Germany | 13 | 2017 | |
| 29 | Puerto Rico | 13 | 2017 | |
| 30 | Italy | 12 | 2016 | |
| 31 | Honduras | 12 | 2018 | |
| 32 | Grenada | 12 | 2017 | |
| 33 | Armenia | 12 | 2017 | |
| 34 | Virgin Islands (British) | 12 | 2017 | |
| 35 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12 | 2017 | |
| 36 | Uzbekistan | 12 | 2017 | |
| 37 | Belgium | 12 | 2017 | |
| 38 | United States | 12 | 2018 | |
| 39 | Turkey | 12 | 2017 | |
| 40 | Turkmenistan | 12 | 2016 | |
| 41 | The Bahamas | 12 | 2017 | |
| 42 | Palau | 12 | 2017 | |
| 43 | Portugal | 12 | 2017 | |
| 44 | Pakistan | 12 | 2017 | |
| 45 | Mongolia | 12 | 2017 | |
| 46 | Luxembourg | 12 | 2017 | |
| 47 | Cayman Islands | 12 | 2018 | |
| 48 | North Korea | 12 | 2018 | |
| 49 | Dominica | 12 | 2017 | |
| 50 | Saint Kitts And Nevis | 12 | 2017 | |
| 51 | Kenya | 12 | 2017 | |
| 52 | Egypt | 12 | 2017 | |
| 53 | Russia | 11 | 2017 | |
| 54 | Antigua and Barbuda | 11 | 2017 | |
| 55 | Barbados | 11 | 2017 | |
| 56 | Bulgaria | 11 | 2017 | |
| 57 | Switzerland | 11 | 2018 | |
| 58 | United Kingdom | 11 | 2017 | |
| 59 | Ghana | 11 | 2018 | |
| 60 | Sri Lanka | 11 | 2017 | |
| 61 | Latvia | 11 | 2018 | |
| 62 | Monaco | 11 | 2017 | |
| 63 | Moldova | 11 | 2017 | |
| 64 | Malta | 11 | 2017 | |
| 65 | Mauritius | 11 | 2017 | |
| 66 | Panama | 11 | 2018 | |
| 67 | Philippines | 11 | 2017 | |
| 68 | Senegal | 11 | 2017 | |
| 69 | Ukraine | 11 | 2017 | |
| 70 | Azerbaijan | 10 | 2017 | |
| 71 | Jordan | 10 | 2017 | |
| 72 | Seychelles | 10 | 2017 | |
| 73 | Greece | 10 | 2017 | |
| 74 | Andorra | 10 | 2017 | |
| 75 | Cyprus | 10 | 2017 | |
| 76 | Greenland | 10 | 2016 | |
| 77 | Romania | 10 | 2017 | |
| 78 | Cape Verde | 10 | 2017 | |
| 79 | Macao | 10 | 2017 | |
| 80 | Kyrgyzstan | 10 | 2017 | |
| 81 | Canada | 10 | 2018 | |
| 82 | Central African Republic | 10 | 2017 | |
| 83 | Republic of the Congo | 10 | 2017 | |
| 84 | Finland | 10 | 2017 | |
| 85 | Poland | 10 | 2017 | |
| 86 | Ivory Coast | 10 | 2017 | |
| 87 | New Zealand | 10 | 2018 | |
| 88 | Burkina Faso | 10 | 2017 | |
| 89 | Norway | 10 | 2018 | |
| 90 | Colombia | 10 | 2018 | |
| 91 | Algeria | 10 | 2017 | |
| 92 | Denmark | 10 | 2017 | |
| 93 | Republic of Ireland | 10 | 2017 | |
| 94 | Spain | 10 | 2018 | |
| 95 | Djibouti | 10 | 2018 | |
| 96 | Vietnam | 10 | 2017 | |
| 97 | Togo | 10 | 2017 | |
| 98 | Lebanon | 10 | 2017 | |
| 99 | Saint Lucia | 10 | 2017 | |
| 100 | Gabon | 10 | 2017 | |
| 101 | Chad | 10 | 2017 | |
| 102 | San Marino | 10 | 2017 | |
| 103 | Slovakia | 10 | 2017 | |
| 104 | Lithuania | 10 | 2018 | |
| 105 | France | 10 | 2018 | |
| 106 | Iceland | 10 | 2017 | |
| 107 | Australia | 10 | 2018 | |
| 108 | Guinea-Bissau | 9 | 2017 | |
| 109 | Hong Kong | 9 | 2017 | |
| 110 | Indonesia | 9 | 2017 | |
| 111 | Iran | 9 | 2017 | |
| 112 | Japan | 9 | 2018 | |
| 113 | Estonia | 9 | 2018 | |
| 114 | Kiribati | 9 | 2017 | |
| 115 | South Korea | 9 | 2017 | |
| 116 | Kuwait | 9 | 2017 | |
| 117 | Kazakhstan | 9 | 2018 | |
| 118 | Liechtenstein | 9 | 2017 | |
| 119 | Czech Republic | 9 | 2017 | |
| 120 | Yemen | 9 | 2017 | |
| 121 | Libya | 9 | 2017 | |
| 122 | Morocco | 9 | 2017 | |
| 123 | South Africa | 9 | 2017 | |
| 124 | Montenegro | 9 | 2017 | |
| 125 | Mali | 9 | 2017 | |
| 126 | Mauritania | 9 | 2017 | |
| 127 | Cuba | 9 | 2017 | |
| 128 | Nigeria | 9 | 2017 | |
| 129 | China | 9 | 2017 | |
| 130 | Albania | 9 | 2017 | |
| 131 | Faroe Islands | 9 | 2017 | |
| 132 | Qatar | 9 | 2017 | |
| 133 | Saudi Arabia | 9 | 2017 | |
| 134 | Sweden | 9 | 2018 | |
| 135 | Slovenia | 9 | 2017 | |
| 136 | Sierra Leone | 9 | 2017 | |
| 137 | Afghanistan | 9 | 2017 | |
| 138 | Syria | 9 | 2017 | |
| 139 | Belarus | 9 | 2017 | |
| 140 | Thailand | 9 | 2017 | |
| 141 | Tajikistan | 9 | 2017 | |
| 142 | East Timor | 9 | 2017 | |
| 143 | Brunei | 9 | 2017 | |
| 144 | Tunisia | 9 | 2017 | |
| 145 | Bahrain | 9 | 2017 | |
| 146 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9 | 2017 | |
| 147 | Georgia | 9 | 2017 | |
| 148 | Gambia | 9 | 2018 | |
| 149 | Samoa | 8 | 2017 | |
| 150 | India | 8 | 2017 | |
| 151 | Malawi | 8 | 2017 | |
| 152 | South Sudan | 8 | 2017 | |
| 153 | Ethiopia | 8 | 2017 | |
| 154 | Serbia | 8 | 2017 | |
| 155 | Eritrea | 8 | 2017 | |
| 156 | Belize | 8 | 2017 | |
| 157 | Croatia | 8 | 2017 | |
| 158 | Tuvalu | 8 | 2018 | |
| 159 | Sudan | 8 | 2017 | |
| 160 | Zambia | 7 | 2017 | |
| 161 | Swaziland | 7 | 2017 | |
| 162 | Nicaragua | 7 | 2018 | |
| 163 | Tanzania | 7 | 2017 | |
| 164 | Lesotho | 7 | 2017 | |
| 165 | Uganda | 7 | 2017 | |
| 166 | Namibia | 7 | 2017 | |
| 167 | Zimbabwe | 7 | 2017 | |
| 168 | United Arab Emirates | 6 | 2017 | |
| 169 | Singapore | 6 | 2017 | |
| 170 | Jamaica | 6 | 2017 | |
| 171 | Liberia | 6 | 2017 | |
| 172 | Angola | 6 | 2017 | |
| 173 | Suriname | 6 | 2018 | |
| 174 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 6 | 2017 | |
| 175 | Iraq | 6 | 2017 | |
| 176 | Guyana | 6 | 2018 | |
| 177 | Guinea | 6 | 2017 | |
| 178 | Equatorial Guinea | 6 | 2017 | |
| 179 | Benin | 6 | 2017 | |
| 180 | Haiti | 6 | 2017 | |
| 181 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 2017 | |
| 182 | Cameroon | 6 | 2017 | |
| 183 | Malaysia | 6 | 2017 | |
| 184 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | 6 | 2017 | |
| 185 | Comoros | 6 | 2017 | |
| 186 | Rwanda | 6 | 2017 | |
| 187 | Madagascar | 5 | 2017 | |
| 188 | Bangladesh | 5 | 2018 | |
| 189 | Laos | 5 | 2017 | |
| 190 | Myanmar | 5 | 2017 | |
| 191 | New Caledonia | 0 | 1999 | |
| 192 | Guam | 0 | 1999 |