Duration of compulsory education in Uganda
Uganda: Duration of compulsory education was 7 years in 2025. ▬ Flat
Duration of compulsory education in Uganda, 2008–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2025, duration of compulsory education in Uganda stood at 7 years. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, duration of compulsory education in Uganda peaked at 7 years in 2008 and was at its lowest, 7 years, in 2008.
That places Uganda 173rd out of 205 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 2 |
| 2010s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More education data for Uganda
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 54.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 43.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 106.2% (2017)
- Primary education, teachers 207,238 (2017)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 4.17 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 106.8% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is duration of compulsory education in Uganda?
- Duration of compulsory education in Uganda was 7 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 Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 7 years in 2008.
- What is the lowest duration of compulsory education recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 years in 2008.
- How does Uganda rank for duration of compulsory education?
- Uganda ranks 173rd out of 205 countries with data for 2025.
- Is duration of compulsory education rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Uganda 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.