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Compulsory education duration years

Duration of compulsory education is the number of years that children are legally obliged to attend school.Source:
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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
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