Duration of compulsory education in Uruguay
Uruguay: Duration of compulsory education was 14 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Duration of compulsory education in Uruguay, 1998–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for duration of compulsory education in Uruguay is 14 years, measured 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 Uruguay peaked at 14 years in 2008 and was at its lowest, 9 years, in 1998.
Uruguay 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 | 9 years | 9 years | 9 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 10 years | 9 years | 14 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 14 years | 14 years | 14 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 14 years | 14 years | 14 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 6 Saint Helena 0 years compare
- 8 Argentina 14 years compare
- 8 Bolivia 14 years compare
- 8 Brazil 14 years compare
- 8 Curaçao, Kingdom of the Netherlands 14 years compare
- 8 Mexico 14 years compare
- 8 Naoero, Republic of 14 years compare
- 8 Peru 14 years compare
- 8 Sint Maarten, Kingdom of the Netherlands 14 years compare
More education data for Uruguay
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 18,882 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, 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)
- Population ages 15-64 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 104.5% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0056 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is duration of compulsory education in Uruguay?
- Duration of compulsory education in Uruguay was 14 years in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest duration of compulsory education recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 14 years in 2008.
- What is the lowest duration of compulsory education recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 years in 1998.
- How does Uruguay rank for duration of compulsory education?
- Uruguay ranks 8th out of 200 countries with data for 2025.
- Is duration of compulsory education rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release