What is the highest lower secondary school starting age recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?

The highest recorded value was 12 years in 1970.

What is the lowest lower secondary school starting age recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?

The lowest recorded value was 12 years in 1970.

How does Antigua and Barbuda rank for lower secondary school starting age?

Antigua and Barbuda ranks 30th out of 209 countries with data for 2025.

Is lower secondary school starting age rising or falling in Antigua and Barbuda?

Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.

Where does this Antigua and Barbuda 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.

Lower secondary school starting age in Antigua and Barbuda

Name: Lower secondary school starting age in Antigua and Barbuda
Creator: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Antigua and Barbuda: Lower secondary school starting age was 12 years in 2025. ▬ Flat

Latest (2025)

12 years

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

30th

of 209 countries

All-time high

12 years

in 1970

All-time low

12 years

in 1970

Years of data

1970–2025

Lower secondary school starting age in Antigua and Barbuda, 1970–2025

Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for lower secondary school starting age in Antigua and Barbuda is 12 years, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 56 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, lower secondary school starting age in Antigua and Barbuda peaked at 12 years in 1970 and was at its lowest, 12 years, in 1970.

Antigua and Barbuda ranks 30th of 209 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	12 years	12 years	12 years	10
1980s	12 years	12 years	12 years	10
1990s	12 years	12 years	12 years	10
2000s	12 years	12 years	12 years	10
2010s	12 years	12 years	12 years	10
2020s	12 years	12 years	12 years	6

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More education data for Antigua and Barbuda

Population ages 0-14 17.5% (2025)
Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
Population ages 15-64 70.2% (2025)
School enrollment, primary 112.3% (2023)
Primary education, teachers 1,087 (2023)
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.58 live births per woman (2024)
School enrollment, primary, female 108.7% (2023)
School enrollment, primary, male 115.7% (2023)

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Frequently asked questions

What is lower secondary school starting age in Antigua and Barbuda?: Lower secondary school starting age in Antigua and Barbuda was 12 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 Antigua and Barbuda?: The highest recorded value was 12 years in 1970.
What is the lowest lower secondary school starting age recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?: The lowest recorded value was 12 years in 1970.
How does Antigua and Barbuda rank for lower secondary school starting age?: Antigua and Barbuda ranks 30th out of 209 countries with data for 2025.
Is lower secondary school starting age rising or falling in Antigua and Barbuda?: Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Antigua and Barbuda 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

Indicator: Lower secondary school starting age (years)
Unit: years
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 209 places, 11,411 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

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.