Duration of compulsory education in Curacao
Curacao: Duration of compulsory education was 14 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Duration of compulsory education in Curacao, 1998–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Curacao 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 Curacao peaked at 14 years in 2007 and was at its lowest, 9 years, in 1998.
That places Curacao 8th out of 205 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.
Duration of compulsory education in Curacao, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 9 years | — |
| 1999 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 14 years | +55.6% |
| 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% |
Curacao compared with similar countries
- Curacao's 14 years is above the median for high income countries, which is 11 years, 1.3× the median. (77 countries reporting)
- Curacao's 14 years is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 12 years, 1.2× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9 years | 9 years | 9 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 10.5 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 Curacao
More education data for Curacao
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.6% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.1% (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is duration of compulsory education in Curacao?
- Duration of compulsory education in Curacao was 14 years in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest duration of compulsory education recorded in Curacao?
- The highest recorded value was 14 years in 2007.
- What is the lowest duration of compulsory education recorded in Curacao?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 years in 1998.
- How does Curacao rank for duration of compulsory education?
- Curacao ranks 8th out of 205 countries with data for 2025.
- Is duration of compulsory education rising or falling in Curacao?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Curacao data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Duration of compulsory education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The number of years of compulsory education is based on students starting at the earliest entrance age, studying full-time, and advancing without grade repetition or skipping.