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Lower secondary school starting age years

Lower secondary school starting age is the age at which students would enter lower secondary 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.Source:
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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
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