Compulsory education, duration in Curacao
Curacao: Compulsory education, duration was 14 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Compulsory education, duration in Curacao, 1998–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for compulsory education, duration in Curacao is 14 years, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, compulsory education, duration in Curacao peaked at 14 years in 2007 and was at its lowest, 9 years, in 1998.
That places Curacao 8th out of 197 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Compulsory education, duration in Curacao, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 9 years | — |
| 1999 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 14 years | +55.6% |
| 2008 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 14 years | +0.0% |
Curacao compared with similar countries
- Curacao's 14 years is above the median for high income countries, which is 11 years, 1.3× the median. (77 countries reporting)
- Curacao's 14 years is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 12 years, 1.2× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9 years | 9 years | 9 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 10.5 years | 9 years | 14 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 14 years | 14 years | 14 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 14 years | 14 years | 14 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near Curacao
More education data for Curacao
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compulsory education, duration in Curacao?
- Compulsory education, duration in Curacao was 14 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest compulsory education, duration recorded in Curacao?
- The highest recorded value was 14 years in 2007.
- What is the lowest compulsory education, duration recorded in Curacao?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 years in 1998.
- How does Curacao rank for compulsory education, duration?
- Curacao ranks 8th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is compulsory education, duration rising or falling in Curacao?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Curacao data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Compulsory education, duration (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Duration of compulsory education is the number of years that children are legally obliged to attend school.