Compulsory education, duration in Venezuela
Venezuela: Compulsory education, duration was 17 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Compulsory education, duration in Venezuela, 1998–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Venezuela recorded 17 years for compulsory education, duration in 2025. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of up 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compulsory education, duration in Venezuela peaked at 17 years in 2017 and was at its lowest, 6 years, in 1998.
That places Venezuela 1st 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10 years | 6 years | 14 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 14 years | 14 years | 14 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.9 years | 14 years | 17 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 17 years | 17 years | 17 years | 6 |
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More education data for Venezuela
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 113.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 352,723 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.08 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 116.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compulsory education, duration in Venezuela?
- Compulsory education, duration in Venezuela was 17 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest compulsory education, duration recorded in Venezuela?
- The highest recorded value was 17 years in 2017.
- What is the lowest compulsory education, duration recorded in Venezuela?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 years in 1998.
- How does Venezuela rank for compulsory education, duration?
- Venezuela ranks 1st out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is compulsory education, duration rising or falling in Venezuela?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Venezuela 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.