Compulsory education, duration (years) in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: Compulsory education, duration (years) was 9 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Compulsory education, duration in Lower middle income, 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 Lower middle income is 9 years, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, compulsory education, duration in Lower middle income peaked at 9 years in 2004 and was at its lowest, 7 years, in 1998.
Lower middle income ranks 23rd of 46 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Compulsory education, duration (years) in Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 7 years | — |
| 1999 | 7 years | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 7.5 years | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 8 years | +6.7% |
| 2002 | 8.5 years | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 8.5 years | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 9 years | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 9 years | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 8.65 years | 7.5 years | 9 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 9 years | 9 years | 9 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 9 years | 9 years | 9 years | 6 |
More education data for Lower middle income
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 343.48 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1181 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 11.30 million (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 265.94 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 64.5% (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, per capita 0.0915 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compulsory education, duration in Lower middle income?
- Compulsory education, duration in Lower middle income was 9 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest compulsory education, duration recorded in Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 9 years in 2004.
- What is the lowest compulsory education, duration recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 years in 1998.
- How does Lower middle income rank for compulsory education, duration?
- Lower middle income ranks 23rd out of 46 groups with data for 2025.
- Is compulsory education, duration rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lower middle income 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.