Duration of compulsory education in Nauru
Nauru: Duration of compulsory education was 14 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Duration of compulsory education in Nauru, 1998–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Nauru recorded 14 years for duration of compulsory education in 2025. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, duration of compulsory education in Nauru peaked at 14 years in 2011 and was at its lowest, 10 years, in 1998.
Nauru ranks 8th of 200 countries on this measure, 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 | 10 years | 10 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 10 years | 10 years | 10 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.6 years | 10 years | 14 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 14 years | 14 years | 14 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nauru
- 6 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 0 years compare
- 8 Argentina 14 years compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 14 years compare
- 8 Brazil 14 years compare
- 8 Curaçao 14 years compare
- 8 Mexico 14 years compare
- 8 Peru 14 years compare
- 8 Sint Maarten 14 years compare
- 8 Uruguay 14 years compare
More education data for Nauru
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 66 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 37.2% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 59.8% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 94.4 (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 94.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is duration of compulsory education in Nauru?
- Duration of compulsory education in Nauru was 14 years in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest duration of compulsory education recorded in Nauru?
- The highest recorded value was 14 years in 2011.
- What is the lowest duration of compulsory education recorded in Nauru?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 years in 1998.
- How does Nauru rank for duration of compulsory education?
- Nauru ranks 8th out of 200 countries with data for 2025.
- Is duration of compulsory education rising or falling in Nauru?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nauru data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Duration of compulsory education (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 28 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release