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Primary school starting age years

Primary school starting age is the age at which students would enter primary 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
Primary school starting age (years)Primary school starting age (years)Year
1
Uzbekistan
7
2018
2
Burundi
7
2018
3
Rwanda
7
2018
4
Russia
7
2018
5
Sweden
7
2018
6
Zambia
7
2018
7
Gambia
7
2018
8
Kyrgyzstan
7
2018
9
Guinea
7
2018
10
Equatorial Guinea
7
2018
11
El Salvador
7
2018
12
Poland
7
2018
13
Guatemala
7
2018
14
Tanzania
7
2018
15
Estonia
7
2018
16
Papua New Guinea
7
2018
17
Kazakhstan
7
2018
18
Afghanistan
7
2018
19
South Africa
7
2018
20
Niger
7
2018
21
Liechtenstein
7
2018
22
Namibia
7
2018
23
Bulgaria
7
2018
24
Croatia
7
2018
25
Lithuania
7
2018
26
Ethiopia
7
2018
27
Latvia
7
2018
28
Hungary
7
2018
29
Indonesia
7
2018
30
Serbia
7
2018
31
Moldova
7
2018
32
Finland
7
2018
33
Switzerland
7
2018
34
Tajikistan
7
2018
35
Mali
7
2018
36
Germany
6
2018
37
Djibouti
6
2018
38
Denmark
6
2018
39
Dominican Republic
6
2018
40
Algeria
6
2018
41
Ecuador
6
2018
42
Egypt
6
2018
43
Eritrea
6
2018
44
Spain
6
2018
45
Fiji
6
2018
46
Federated States of Micronesia
6
2018
47
France
6
2018
48
Gabon
6
2018
49
Georgia
6
2018
50
Ghana
6
2018
51
Greece
6
2018
52
Guam
6
2018
53
Guinea-Bissau
6
2018
54
Guyana
6
2018
55
Hong Kong
6
2018
56
Honduras
6
2018
57
Haiti
6
2018
58
Israel
6
2018
59
India
6
2018
60
Iraq
6
2018
61
Iran
6
2018
62
Iceland
6
2018
63
Italy
6
2018
64
Jamaica
6
2018
65
Jordan
6
2018
66
Japan
6
2018
67
Kenya
6
2018
68
Cambodia
6
2018
69
Kiribati
6
2018
70
Comoros
6
2018
71
North Korea
6
2018
72
South Korea
6
2018
73
Kuwait
6
2018
74
Laos
6
2018
75
Lebanon
6
2018
76
Liberia
6
2018
77
Lesotho
6
2018
78
Luxembourg
6
2018
79
Libya
6
2018
80
Morocco
6
2018
81
Monaco
6
2018
82
Montenegro
6
2018
83
Madagascar
6
2018
84
Republic of Macedonia
6
2018
85
Curacao
6
2018
86
United Arab Emirates
6
2018
87
Albania
6
2018
88
Armenia
6
2018
89
Angola
6
2018
90
Argentina
6
2018
91
Austria
6
2018
92
Aruba
6
2018
93
Azerbaijan
6
2018
94
Bosnia and Herzegovina
6
2018
95
Bangladesh
6
2018
96
Belgium
6
2018
97
Burkina Faso
6
2018
98
Bahrain
6
2018
99
Benin
6
2018
100
Brunei
6
2018
101
Bolivia
6
2018
102
Brazil
6
2018
103
Bhutan
6
2018
104
Botswana
6
2018
105
Belarus
6
2018
106
Canada
6
2018
107
Democratic Republic Of Congo
6
2018
108
Central African Republic
6
2018
109
Republic of the Congo
6
2018
110
Ivory Coast
6
2018
111
Chile
6
2018
112
Cameroon
6
2018
113
China
6
2018
114
Colombia
6
2018
115
Costa Rica
6
2018
116
Cuba
6
2018
117
Cape Verde
6
2018
118
Cyprus
6
2018
119
Czech Republic
6
2018
120
Chad
6
2018
121
Togo
6
2018
122
Thailand
6
2018
123
East Timor
6
2018
124
Turkmenistan
6
2018
125
Tunisia
6
2018
126
Tonga
6
2018
127
Turkey
6
2018
128
Tuvalu
6
2018
129
Ukraine
6
2018
130
Uganda
6
2018
131
United States
6
2018
132
Uruguay
6
2018
133
Venezuela
6
2018
134
Vietnam
6
2018
135
Vanuatu
6
2018
136
Yemen
6
2018
137
Zimbabwe
6
2018
138
South Sudan
6
2018
139
Marshall Islands
6
2018
140
Virgin Islands (US)
6
2018
141
American Samoa
6
2018
142
Sint Maarten
6
2018
143
Andorra
6
2018
144
Mongolia
6
2018
145
Macao
6
2018
146
Mauritania
6
2018
147
Maldives
6
2018
148
Malawi
6
2018
149
Mexico
6
2018
150
Malaysia
6
2018
151
Mozambique
6
2018
152
New Caledonia
6
2018
153
Nigeria
6
2018
154
Nicaragua
6
2018
155
Netherlands
6
2018
156
Norway
6
2018
157
Nauru
6
2018
158
Oman
6
2018
159
Panama
6
2018
160
Peru
6
2018
161
French Polynesia
6
2018
162
Philippines
6
2018
163
Puerto Rico
6
2018
164
Portugal
6
2018
165
Palau
6
2018
166
Paraguay
6
2018
167
Qatar
6
2018
168
Romania
6
2018
169
Saudi Arabia
6
2018
170
Solomon Islands
6
2018
171
Seychelles
6
2018
172
Sudan
6
2018
173
Singapore
6
2018
174
Slovenia
6
2018
175
Slovakia
6
2018
176
Sierra Leone
6
2018
177
San Marino
6
2018
178
Senegal
6
2018
179
Suriname
6
2018
180
São Tomé and Príncipe
6
2018
181
Syria
6
2018
182
Swaziland
6
2018
183
Turks And Caicos Islands
6
2018
184
Myanmar
5
2018
185
Antigua and Barbuda
5
2018
186
Cayman Islands
5
2018
187
Dominica
5
2018
188
Malta
5
2018
189
Mauritius
5
2018
190
Pakistan
5
2018
191
Saint Kitts And Nevis
5
2018
192
Australia
5
2018
193
Barbados
5
2018
194
Trinidad and Tobago
5
2018
195
Sri Lanka
5
2018
196
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
5
2018
197
Saint Lucia
5
2018
198
Bermuda
5
2018
199
The Bahamas
5
2018
200
Republic of Ireland
5
2018
201
Grenada
5
2018
202
Nepal
5
2018
203
United Kingdom
5
2018
204
New Zealand
5
2018
205
Samoa
5
2018
206
Virgin Islands (British)
5
2018
207
Belize
5
2018
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