Equatorial Guinea vs Namibia: Official entrance age to compulsory education

Equatorial Guinea
7 years
in 2019
Namibia
7 years
in 2019
Equatorial Guinea rank
1st
Namibia rank
1st

Official entrance age to compulsory education over time

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Namibia
02468199720082019

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 7 years against 7 years in Namibia, a difference of 0 years.

Across all 22 years both countries report, Namibia has been ahead every year.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 1st and Namibia ranks 1st of 195 countries.

Head to head by decade

Decade Equatorial Guinea Namibia Difference Ahead
1990s 7 years 7 years 0 years
2000s 7 years 7 years 0 years
2010s 7 years 7 years 0 years

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher official entrance age to compulsory education, Equatorial Guinea or Namibia?
Equatorial Guinea, at 7 years against 7 years in Namibia as of 2019.
What is the difference in official entrance age to compulsory education between Equatorial Guinea and Namibia?
0 years, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Namibia?
22 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2019.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Namibia rank globally for official entrance age to compulsory education?
Equatorial Guinea ranks 1st and Namibia ranks 1st of 195 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Official entrance age to compulsory education (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Official entrance age to compulsory education (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
195 places, 4,083 data points, 1975–2020
Last refreshed

Official age when students should enter compulsory education assuming they start at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, study full-time throughout and progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade. The theoretical entrance age to a given programme or level is typically, but not always, the most common entrance age.