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