Compulsory education, duration (years) in Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Sint Maarten (Dutch part): Compulsory education, duration (years) was 14 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Compulsory education, duration in Sint Maarten (Dutch part), 1999–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2025, compulsory education, duration in Sint Maarten (Dutch part) stood at 14 years. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, compulsory education, duration in Sint Maarten (Dutch part) peaked at 14 years in 2007 and was at its lowest, 12 years, in 1999.
That places Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 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 27 years of available data.
Compulsory education, duration (years) in Sint Maarten (Dutch part), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 12 years | — |
| 2000 | 12 years | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 12 years | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 12 years | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 12 years | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 12 years | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 12 years | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 12 years | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 14 years | +16.7% |
| 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% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12 years | 12 years | 12 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 12.6 years | 12 years | 14 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 14 years | 14 years | 14 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 14 years | 14 years | 14 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
More education data for Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 179 (2023)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compulsory education, duration in Sint Maarten (Dutch part)?
- Compulsory education, duration in Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 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 Sint Maarten (Dutch part)?
- The highest recorded value was 14 years in 2007.
- What is the lowest compulsory education, duration recorded in Sint Maarten (Dutch part)?
- The lowest recorded value was 12 years in 1999.
- How does Sint Maarten (Dutch part) rank for compulsory education, duration?
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part) ranks 8th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is compulsory education, duration rising or falling in Sint Maarten (Dutch part)?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 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 — 27 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.