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Compulsory education, duration in Palestine, State of

Palestine, State of: Compulsory education, duration was 10 years in 2025. ▬ Flat

Latest (2025)
10 years
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
81st
of 197 countries
All-time high
10 years
in 1998
All-time low
10 years
in 1998
Years of data
27
1998–2025

Compulsory education, duration in Palestine, State of, 1998–2025

02468101998201120251998: 10 years1999: 10 years2000: 10 years2001: 10 years2002: 10 years2003: 10 years2004: 10 years2005: 10 years2006: 10 years2007: 10 years2008: 10 years2009: 10 years2010: 10 years2011: 10 years2012: 10 years2013: 10 years2014: 10 years2015: 10 years2016: 10 years2017: 10 years2018: 10 years2019: 10 years2020: 10 years2021: 10 years2022: 10 years2023: 10 years2025: 10 years

Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.

Analysis

Palestine, State of recorded 10 years for compulsory education, duration in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, compulsory education, duration in Palestine, State of peaked at 10 years in 1998 and was at its lowest, 10 years, in 1998.

Palestine, State of ranks 81st of 197 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Compulsory education, duration in Palestine, State of, year by year

Year years Change
1998 10 years —
1999 10 years +0.0%
2000 10 years +0.0%
2001 10 years +0.0%
2002 10 years +0.0%
2003 10 years +0.0%
2004 10 years +0.0%
2005 10 years +0.0%
2006 10 years +0.0%
2007 10 years +0.0%
2008 10 years +0.0%
2009 10 years +0.0%
2010 10 years +0.0%
2011 10 years +0.0%
2012 10 years +0.0%
2013 10 years +0.0%
2014 10 years +0.0%
2015 10 years +0.0%
2016 10 years +0.0%
2017 10 years +0.0%
2018 10 years +0.0%
2019 10 years +0.0%
2020 10 years +0.0%
2021 10 years +0.0%
2022 10 years +0.0%
2023 10 years +0.0%
2025 10 years +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 10 years 10 years 10 years 2
2000s 10 years 10 years 10 years 10
2010s 10 years 10 years 10 years 10
2020s 10 years 10 years 10 years 5

Countries ranked near Palestine, State of

  1. 81 Algeria 10 years compare
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  3. 81 Angola 10 years compare
  4. 81 Burkina Faso 10 years compare
  5. 81 Cape Verde 10 years compare
  6. 81 Canada 10 years compare
  7. 81 Central African Republic 10 years compare
  8. 81 Chad 10 years compare
  9. 81 Congo 10 years compare
  10. 81 Côte d'Ivoire 10 years compare
  11. 81 Cyprus 10 years compare
  12. 81 Czechia 10 years compare
  13. 81 Denmark 10 years compare
  14. 81 Djibouti 10 years compare
  15. 81 Gabon 10 years compare
  16. 81 Greece 10 years compare
  17. 81 Iceland 10 years compare
  18. 81 Ireland 10 years compare
  19. 81 Jordan 10 years compare
  20. 81 Kyrgyzstan 10 years compare
  21. 81 Lebanon 10 years compare
  22. 81 Macau (China) 10 years compare
  23. 81 Republic of Moldova 10 years compare
  24. 81 New Zealand 10 years compare
  25. 81 Norway 10 years compare
  26. 81 Oman 10 years compare
  27. 81 Romania 10 years compare
  28. 81 San Marino 10 years compare
  29. 81 Spain 10 years compare
  30. 81 Saint Lucia 10 years compare
  31. 81 Sweden 10 years compare
  32. 81 Togo 10 years compare
  33. 81 Viet Nam 10 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is compulsory education, duration in Palestine, State of?
Compulsory education, duration in Palestine, State of 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 Palestine, State of?
The highest recorded value was 10 years in 1998.
What is the lowest compulsory education, duration recorded in Palestine, State of?
The lowest recorded value was 10 years in 1998.
How does Palestine, State of rank for compulsory education, duration?
Palestine, State of ranks 81st out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
Is compulsory education, duration rising or falling in Palestine, State of?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Palestine, State of 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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Indicator
Compulsory education, duration (years)
Unit
years
Source
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
243 places, 6,506 data points, 1975–2025
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Duration of compulsory education is the number of years that children are legally obliged to attend school.