Official entrance age to compulsory education in Namibia
Namibia: Official entrance age to compulsory education was 7 years in 2019. β¬ Flat
Official entrance age to compulsory education in Namibia, 1998β2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for official entrance age to compulsory education in Namibia is 7 years, measured 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 Namibia peaked at 7 years in 1998 and was at its lowest, 7 years, in 1998.
Namibia ranks 1st of 195 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 |
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More education data for Namibia
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 5 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 59.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 36.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 14 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 120.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 21,240 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 3.21 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 117.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is official entrance age to compulsory education in Namibia?
- Official entrance age to compulsory education in Namibia was 7 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest official entrance age to compulsory education recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 7 years in 1998.
- What is the lowest official entrance age to compulsory education recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 years in 1998.
- How does Namibia rank for official entrance age to compulsory education?
- Namibia ranks 1st out of 195 countries with data for 2019.
- Is official entrance age to compulsory education rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Namibia 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.