Lower secondary school starting age in Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of: Lower secondary school starting age was 13 years in 2025. β¬ Flat
Lower secondary school starting age in Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of, 1970β2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of recorded 13 years for lower secondary school starting age in 2025. That is the highest value across all 56 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary school starting age in Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of peaked at 13 years in 1970 and was at its lowest, 13 years, in 1970.
Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of ranks 5th of 209 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 13 years | 13 years | 13 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 13 years | 13 years | 13 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 13 years | 13 years | 13 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 13 years | 13 years | 13 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 13 years | 13 years | 13 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 13 years | 13 years | 13 years | 6 |
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More education data for Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 163,167 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 1 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 6 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 55.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 42.6% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 112.2% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0039 units per person (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 163,167 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary school starting age in Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of?
- Lower secondary school starting age in Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of was 13 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary school starting age recorded in Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of?
- The highest recorded value was 13 years in 1970.
- What is the lowest lower secondary school starting age recorded in Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of?
- The lowest recorded value was 13 years in 1970.
- How does Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of rank for lower secondary school starting age?
- Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of ranks 5th out of 209 countries with data for 2025.
- Is lower secondary school starting age rising or falling in Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary school starting age (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Lower secondary school starting age is the age at which students would enter lower secondary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade.