Official entrance age to compulsory education in Comoros
Comoros: Official entrance age to compulsory education was 6 years in 2019. ▬ Flat
Latest (2019)
6 years
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
24th
of 195 countries
All-time high
6 years
in 1995
All-time low
6 years
in 1995
Years of data
25
1995–2019
Official entrance age to compulsory education in Comoros, 1995–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Comoros recorded 6 years for official entrance age to compulsory education in 2019. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, official entrance age to compulsory education in Comoros peaked at 6 years in 1995 and was at its lowest, 6 years, in 1995.
Comoros ranks 24th of 195 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 5 |
| 2000s | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 10 |
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More education data for Comoros
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 3,952 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 58.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 36.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 97 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 97.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is official entrance age to compulsory education in Comoros?
- Official entrance age to compulsory education in Comoros was 6 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest official entrance age to compulsory education recorded in Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 6 years in 1995.
- What is the lowest official entrance age to compulsory education recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 years in 1995.
- How does Comoros rank for official entrance age to compulsory education?
- Comoros ranks 24th out of 195 countries with data for 2019.
- Is official entrance age to compulsory education rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Comoros 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
Official age when students should enter compulsory education assuming they start at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, study full-time throughout and progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade. The theoretical entrance age to a given programme or level is typically, but not always, the most common entrance age.