Aruba vs Australia: Lower secondary school starting age
Aruba
12 years
in 2025
Australia
12 years
in 2025
Aruba rank
30th
Australia rank
30th
Lower secondary school starting age over time
- Aruba
- Australia
How they compare
Aruba currently reports 12 years against 12 years in Australia, a difference of 0 years.
Across all 56 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.
Aruba ranks 30th and Australia ranks 30th of 209 countries.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Aruba | Australia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 12 years | 12 years | 0 years | — |
| 1980s | 12 years | 12 years | 0 years | — |
| 1990s | 12 years | 12 years | 0 years | — |
| 2000s | 12 years | 12 years | 0 years | — |
| 2010s | 12 years | 12 years | 0 years | — |
| 2020s | 12 years | 12 years | 0 years | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lower secondary school starting age, Aruba or Australia?
- Aruba, at 12 years against 12 years in Australia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in lower secondary school starting age between Aruba and Australia?
- 0 years, with Aruba ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Aruba and Australia?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2025.
- How do Aruba and Australia rank globally for lower secondary school starting age?
- Aruba ranks 30th and Australia ranks 30th of 209 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Lower secondary school starting age (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.