Official entrance age to compulsory education in Republic of Moldova

Republic of Moldova: Official entrance age to compulsory education was 7 years in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
7 years
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 195 countries
All-time high
7 years
in 1998
All-time low
7 years
in 1998
Years of data
22
1998–2019

Official entrance age to compulsory education in Republic of Moldova, 1998–2019

024681998200820191998: 7 years1999: 7 years2000: 7 years2001: 7 years2002: 7 years2003: 7 years2004: 7 years2005: 7 years2006: 7 years2007: 7 years2008: 7 years2009: 7 years2010: 7 years2011: 7 years2012: 7 years2013: 7 years2014: 7 years2015: 7 years2016: 7 years2017: 7 years2018: 7 years2019: 7 years

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

Republic of Moldova recorded 7 years for official entrance age to compulsory education in 2019. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, official entrance age to compulsory education in Republic of Moldova peaked at 7 years in 1998 and was at its lowest, 7 years, in 1998.

Republic of Moldova ranks 1st of 195 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Official entrance age to compulsory education in Republic of Moldova, year by year

Annual values for Official entrance age to compulsory education (years) in Republic of Moldova, 1998 to 2019.
Year years Change
1998 7 years
1999 7 years +0.0%
2000 7 years +0.0%
2001 7 years +0.0%
2002 7 years +0.0%
2003 7 years +0.0%
2004 7 years +0.0%
2005 7 years +0.0%
2006 7 years +0.0%
2007 7 years +0.0%
2008 7 years +0.0%
2009 7 years +0.0%
2010 7 years +0.0%
2011 7 years +0.0%
2012 7 years +0.0%
2013 7 years +0.0%
2014 7 years +0.0%
2015 7 years +0.0%
2016 7 years +0.0%
2017 7 years +0.0%
2018 7 years +0.0%
2019 7 years +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 7 years 7 years 7 years 2
2000s 7 years 7 years 7 years 10
2010s 7 years 7 years 7 years 10

Countries ranked near Republic of Moldova

  1. 1 Afghanistan 7 years compare
  2. 1 Croatia 7 years compare
  3. 1 Equatorial Guinea 7 years compare
  4. 1 Estonia 7 years compare
  5. 1 Ethiopia 7 years compare
  6. 1 Faroe Islands 7 years compare
  7. 1 Gambia 7 years compare
  8. 1 Guinea 7 years compare
  9. 1 Indonesia 7 years compare
  10. 1 Lithuania 7 years compare
  11. 1 Mali 7 years compare
  12. 1 Namibia 7 years compare
  13. 1 Romania 7 years compare
  14. 1 Russian Federation 7 years compare
  15. 1 Rwanda 7 years compare
  16. 1 Serbia 7 years compare
  17. 1 South Africa 7 years compare
  18. 1 Suriname 7 years compare
  19. 1 Tajikistan 7 years compare
  20. 1 Tanzania, United Republic of 7 years compare
  21. 1 Uzbekistan 7 years compare
  22. 1 Zambia 7 years compare

See the full ranking of 195 places →

More education data for Republic of Moldova

All data for Republic of Moldova →

Frequently asked questions

What is official entrance age to compulsory education in Republic of Moldova?
Official entrance age to compulsory education in Republic of Moldova was 7 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest official entrance age to compulsory education recorded in Republic of Moldova?
The highest recorded value was 7 years in 1998.
What is the lowest official entrance age to compulsory education recorded in Republic of Moldova?
The lowest recorded value was 7 years in 1998.
How does Republic of Moldova rank for official entrance age to compulsory education?
Republic of Moldova ranks 1st out of 195 countries with data for 2019.
Is official entrance age to compulsory education rising or falling in Republic of Moldova?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Republic of Moldova 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 22 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Official entrance age to compulsory education in Republic of Moldova. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 25 August 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/stat/official-entrance-age-to-compulsory-education-years/moldova/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/stat/official-entrance-age-to-compulsory-education-years/moldova/">Official entrance age to compulsory education in Republic of Moldova</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Official entrance age to compulsory education (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
195 places, 4,083 data points, 1975–2020
Last refreshed

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.