End month of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
221
Highest
12
Afghanistan
Lowest
1
Ecuador
Median
6
Years covered
31
1995–2025
Data points
6,340

What the numbers show

End month of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education) is currently reported for 221 countries. The highest value is 12 in Afghanistan; the lowest is 1 in Ecuador.

The median across all reporting countries is 6, and the mean is 7.43.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.

Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (up 166.7%), and the largest decrease in Ecuador (down 83.3%).

End month of the academic school year: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Afghanistan 12 2025 unchanged flat
1 Argentina 12 2025 unchanged flat
1 Australia 12 2025 unchanged flat
1 Bangladesh 12 2025 unchanged flat
1 Brazil 12 2025 unchanged flat
1 Brunei Darussalam 12 2025 unchanged flat
1 Bhutan 12 2025 unchanged flat
1 Botswana 12 2025 unchanged falling
1 Chile 12 2025 unchanged flat
1 Costa Rica 12 2025 unchanged flat
1 Fiji 12 2025 up 9.1% flat
1 Kenya 12 2025 unchanged flat
1 Kiribati 12 2025 up 9.1% falling
1 Republic of Korea 12 2025 unchanged flat
1 Sri Lanka 12 2025 unchanged flat
1 Lesotho 12 2025 up 9.1% flat
1 Namibia 12 2025 unchanged flat
1 Naoero 12 2025 unchanged flat
1 New Zealand 12 2025 unchanged flat
1 Panama 12 2025 unchanged flat
1 Peru 12 2025 unchanged flat
1 Papua New Guinea 12 2025 unchanged flat
1 Paraguay 12 2025 unchanged flat
1 Singapore 12 2025 unchanged flat
1 South Sudan 12 2025 unchanged rising
1 Eswatini 12 2025 unchanged flat
1 Seychelles 12 2025 unchanged flat
1 Tonga 12 2025 unchanged flat
1 Tanzania, United Republic of 12 2025 up 9.1% falling
1 Uganda 12 2025 unchanged flat
1 Uruguay 12 2025 unchanged flat
1 Vanuatu 12 2025 unchanged flat
1 Samoa 12 2025 unchanged flat
1 South Africa 12 2025 unchanged flat
1 Zambia 12 2025 unchanged flat
1 Zimbabwe 12 2025 unchanged flat
1 Cook Islands 12 2025 up 9.1% flat
1 Niue 12 2025 unchanged flat
1 Tokelau 12 2025 unchanged flat
4 Saint Helena 8 2025 unchanged flat
5 Anguilla 7 2025 unchanged flat
5 Montserrat 7 2025 unchanged flat
37 Angola 11 2025 up 10.0% falling
37 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 11 2025 unchanged flat
37 Colombia 11 2025 unchanged flat
37 Honduras 11 2025 unchanged falling
37 Maldives 11 2025 unchanged flat
37 Malawi 11 2025 up 57.1% falling
37 Nicaragua 11 2025 unchanged falling
37 Solomon Islands 11 2025 down 8.3% rising
37 El Salvador 11 2025 unchanged flat
37 Tuvalu 11 2025 unchanged flat
47 Guatemala 10 2025 unchanged rising
47 Mozambique 10 2025 unchanged falling
47 Mauritius 10 2025 down 9.1% flat
47 Malaysia 10 2025 down 16.7% rising
47 Rwanda 10 2025 down 9.1% rising
52 Germany 9 2025 up 12.5% falling
53 Belize 8 2025 up 33.3% falling
53 Spain 8 2025 unchanged flat
53 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 8 2025 up 14.3% flat
53 Ghana 8 2025 unchanged flat
53 Croatia 8 2025 unchanged flat
53 Macau, China 8 2025 up 33.3% rising
53 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 8 2025 up 166.7% volatile
53 Slovenia 8 2025 unchanged rising
53 Western Sahara 8 2025 unchanged flat
62 Aruba 7 2025 unchanged flat
62 Antigua and Barbuda 7 2025 unchanged flat
62 Burundi 7 2025 unchanged flat
62 Benin 7 2025 unchanged flat
62 Barbados 7 2025 down 12.5% rising
62 Central African Republic 7 2025 unchanged rising
62 Switzerland 7 2025 unchanged flat
62 Cape Verde 7 2025 unchanged flat
62 Cuba 7 2025 unchanged rising
62 Dominica 7 2025 unchanged flat
62 Ethiopia 7 2025 unchanged flat
62 Gibraltar 7 2025 unchanged flat
62 Gambia 7 2025 unchanged flat
62 Guinea-Bissau 7 2025 unchanged flat
62 Grenada 7 2025 unchanged rising
62 Guyana 7 2025 unchanged flat
62 Hong Kong, China 7 2025 unchanged flat
62 Cambodia 7 2025 unchanged rising
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis 7 2025 unchanged flat
62 Saint Lucia 7 2025 unchanged flat
62 Liechtenstein 7 2025 down 12.5% rising
62 Luxembourg 7 2025 unchanged flat
62 Madagascar 7 2025 unchanged flat
62 Malta 7 2025 up 16.7% falling
62 Niger 7 2025 up 16.7% falling
62 Nigeria 7 2025 unchanged flat
62 Senegal 7 2025 unchanged rising
62 Sierra Leone 7 2025 unchanged flat
62 Sao Tome and Principe 7 2025 unchanged flat
62 Turks and Caicos Islands 7 2025 unchanged flat
62 Trinidad and Tobago 7 2025 unchanged flat
62 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7 2025 unchanged flat
62 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 7 2025 unchanged flat
62 British Virgin Islands 7 2025 up 16.7% falling
62 French Guiana 7 2025 unchanged flat
62 Guadeloupe 7 2025 unchanged flat
62 Reunion 7 2025 unchanged flat
99 Andorra 6 2025 unchanged rising
99 United Arab Emirates 6 2025 down 14.3% rising
99 American Samoa 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Austria 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Belgium 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Burkina Faso 6 2025 down 14.3% rising
99 Bahrain 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Bahamas 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 2025 unchanged rising
99 Bermuda 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 China 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Côte d'Ivoire 6 2025 down 14.3% rising
99 Cameroon 6 2025 unchanged rising
99 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 6 2025 down 14.3% falling
99 Congo 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Comoros 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Curaçao 6 2025 unchanged volatile
99 Cayman Islands 6 2025 unchanged falling
99 Cyprus 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Czechia 6 2025 down 25.0% rising
99 Dominican Republic 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Algeria 6 2025 down 14.3% rising
99 Egypt 6 2025 unchanged rising
99 Eritrea 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Estonia 6 2025 unchanged rising
99 France 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Gabon 6 2025 unchanged rising
99 Georgia 6 2025 down 25.0% rising
99 Guinea 6 2025 down 14.3% flat
99 Equatorial Guinea 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Greece 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Guam 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Haiti 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Hungary 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Indonesia 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Iran, Islamic Republic of 6 2025 unchanged rising
99 Iraq 6 2025 down 14.3% falling
99 Israel 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Italy 6 2025 down 25.0% rising
99 Jamaica 6 2025 down 14.3% rising
99 Jordan 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Kuwait 6 2025 unchanged rising
99 Lao People's Democratic Republic 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Lebanon 6 2025 down 14.3% flat
99 Liberia 6 2025 down 14.3% flat
99 Libya 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Lithuania 6 2025 unchanged rising
99 Latvia 6 2025 up 20.0% falling
99 Morocco 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Monaco 6 2025 unchanged rising
99 Mexico 6 2025 down 14.3% rising
99 Marshall Islands 6 2025 up 20.0% falling
99 North Macedonia 6 2025 down 25.0% rising
99 Mali 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Montenegro 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Mongolia 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Mauritania 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Netherlands 6 2025 down 14.3% rising
99 Oman 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Palau 6 2025 up 20.0% falling
99 Poland 6 2025 down 25.0% rising
99 Palestine, State of 6 2025 up 20.0% falling
99 French Polynesia 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Qatar 6 2025 down 14.3% rising
99 Romania 6 2025 down 25.0% rising
99 Russian Federation 6 2025 unchanged falling
99 Saudi Arabia 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 San Marino 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Somalia 6 2025 unchanged rising
99 Serbia 6 2025 down 14.3% rising
99 Suriname 6 2025 down 25.0% rising
99 Slovakia 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Sweden 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 6 2025 unchanged volatile
99 Chad 6 2025 unchanged falling
99 Togo 6 2025 unchanged rising
99 Timor-Leste 6 2025 down 50.0% rising
99 Tunisia 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Türkiye 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Ukraine 6 2025 up 20.0% rising
99 Uzbekistan 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 United States Virgin Islands 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Yemen 6 2025 unchanged rising
99 Martinique 6 2025 unchanged flat
99 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 6 2025 unchanged flat
184 Albania 5 2025 unchanged rising
184 Armenia 5 2025 unchanged flat
184 Azerbaijan 5 2025 unchanged rising
184 Bulgaria 5 2025 down 16.7% rising
184 Belarus 5 2025 unchanged flat
184 Canada 5 2025 down 16.7% rising
184 Djibouti 5 2025 down 16.7% flat
184 Denmark 5 2025 down 28.6% rising
184 Finland 5 2025 unchanged flat
184 Micronesia, Federated States of 5 2025 down 16.7% flat
184 Ireland 5 2025 down 16.7% rising
184 Iceland 5 2025 down 16.7% rising
184 Kazakhstan 5 2025 unchanged flat
184 Kyrgyzstan 5 2025 unchanged flat
184 Republic of Moldova 5 2025 unchanged rising
184 Norway 5 2025 down 16.7% rising
184 Puerto Rico 5 2025 down 16.7% rising
184 Portugal 5 2025 down 37.5% rising
184 Syrian Arab Republic 5 2025 unchanged flat
184 Tajikistan 5 2025 down 16.7% flat
184 Turkmenistan 5 2025 unchanged flat
184 United States of America 5 2025 down 16.7% rising
184 Viet Nam 5 2025 unchanged flat
207 Nepal 4 2025 unchanged flat
208 India 3 2025 unchanged flat
208 Japan 3 2025 unchanged flat
208 Myanmar 3 2025 unchanged flat
208 Pakistan 3 2025 unchanged flat
208 Philippines 3 2025 unchanged rising
208 Sudan 3 2025 unchanged flat
208 Thailand 3 2025 unchanged falling
215 Ecuador 1 2025 down 83.3% volatile

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Indicator
End month of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education)
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
221 places, 6,340 data points, 1995–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release