Compulsory education, duration in Middle income
Middle income: Compulsory education, duration was 10 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Compulsory education, duration in Middle income, 1998–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2025, compulsory education, duration in Middle income stood at 10 years. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compulsory education, duration in Middle income peaked at 10 years in 2017 and was at its lowest, 9 years, in 1998.
Middle income ranks 11th of 46 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9 years | 9 years | 9 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 9 years | 9 years | 9 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.3 years | 9 years | 10 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 10 years | 10 years | 10 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near Middle income
More education data for Middle income
- Population ages 15-64 66.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.4% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 103.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 25.11 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 103.1% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 103.5% (2024)
- Labor force, total 2.74 billion (2025)
- Labor force, female 38.6% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.992 GPI (2020)
- School enrollment, secondary 79.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compulsory education, duration in Middle income?
- Compulsory education, duration in Middle income was 10 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest compulsory education, duration recorded in Middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 10 years in 2017.
- What is the lowest compulsory education, duration recorded in Middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 years in 1998.
- How does Middle income rank for compulsory education, duration?
- Middle income ranks 11th out of 46 groups with data for 2025.
- Is compulsory education, duration rising or falling in Middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 28 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Duration of compulsory education is the number of years that children are legally obliged to attend school.