Official entrance age to compulsory education in Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Sint Maarten (Dutch part): Official entrance age to compulsory education was 4 years in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
4 years
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
166th
of 200 countries
All-time high
5 years
in 1999
All-time low
4 years
in 2007
Years of data
27
1999–2025
Official entrance age to compulsory education in Sint Maarten (Dutch part), 1999–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) recorded 4 years for official entrance age to compulsory education in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, official entrance age to compulsory education in Sint Maarten (Dutch part) peaked at 5 years in 1999 and was at its lowest, 4 years, in 2007.
That places Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 166th out of 200 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Official entrance age to compulsory education in Sint Maarten (Dutch part), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 5 years | — |
| 2000 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 5 years | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 4 years | -20.0% |
| 2008 | 4 years | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 4 years | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 4 years | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 4 years | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 4 years | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 4 years | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 4 years | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 4 years | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 4 years | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 4 years | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 4 years | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 4 years | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 4 years | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 4 years | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 4 years | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 4 years | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 4 years | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 4 years | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 4.7 years | 4 years | 5 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 4 years | 4 years | 4 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 4 years | 4 years | 4 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- 166 Aruba 4 years compare
- 166 Argentina 4 years compare
- 166 Bulgaria 4 years compare
- 166 Bolivia 4 years compare
- 166 Brazil 4 years compare
- 166 Switzerland 4 years compare
- 166 Costa Rica 4 years compare
- 166 Curacao 4 years compare
- 166 Cayman Islands 4 years compare
- 166 Ghana 4 years compare
- 166 Gibraltar 4 years compare
- 166 Hungary 4 years compare
- 166 Luxembourg 4 years compare
- 166 Maldives 4 years compare
- 166 Mexico 4 years compare
- 166 Nepal 4 years compare
- 166 Nauru 4 years compare
- 166 Panama 4 years compare
- 166 Turks and Caicos Islands 4 years compare
- 166 Tonga 4 years compare
- 166 Uruguay 4 years compare
More education data for Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 70.7% (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 33 (2023)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 179 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is official entrance age to compulsory education in Sint Maarten (Dutch part)?
- Official entrance age to compulsory education in Sint Maarten (Dutch part) was 4 years in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest official entrance age to compulsory education recorded in Sint Maarten (Dutch part)?
- The highest recorded value was 5 years in 1999.
- What is the lowest official entrance age to compulsory education recorded in Sint Maarten (Dutch part)?
- The lowest recorded value was 4 years in 2007.
- How does Sint Maarten (Dutch part) rank for official entrance age to compulsory education?
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part) ranks 166th out of 200 countries with data for 2025.
- Is official entrance age to compulsory education rising or falling in Sint Maarten (Dutch part)?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sint Maarten (Dutch part) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Official entrance age to compulsory education (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release