Duration of compulsory education in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Duration of compulsory education was 6 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Duration of compulsory education in Equatorial Guinea, 1997–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for duration of compulsory education in Equatorial Guinea is 6 years, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, duration of compulsory education in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 6 years in 2007 and was at its lowest, 5 years, in 1997.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 182nd of 205 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 3 |
| 2000s | 5.3 years | 5 years | 6 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
- 182 Benin 6 years compare
- 182 Cameroon 6 years compare
- 182 Comoros 6 years compare
- 182 Democratic Republic of Congo 6 years compare
- 182 Guinea 6 years compare
- 182 Guyana 6 years compare
- 182 Haiti 6 years compare
- 182 Iraq 6 years compare
- 182 Jamaica 6 years compare
- 182 Liberia 6 years compare
- 182 Malaysia 6 years compare
- 182 Rwanda 6 years compare
- 182 Sao Tome and Principe 6 years compare
- 182 Singapore 6 years compare
- 182 Suriname 6 years compare
More education data for Equatorial Guinea
- Population ages 0-14 37.1% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 59.1% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 47.5% (2015)
- Primary education, teachers 4,021 (2015)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 4.12 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 47.5% (2015)
Frequently asked questions
- What is duration of compulsory education in Equatorial Guinea?
- Duration of compulsory education in Equatorial Guinea was 6 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 Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 6 years in 2007.
- What is the lowest duration of compulsory education recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 years in 1997.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for duration of compulsory education?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 182nd out of 205 countries with data for 2025.
- Is duration of compulsory education rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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.