Official entrance age to compulsory education in Uruguay
Uruguay: Official entrance age to compulsory education was 4 years in 2019. ▼ Falling
Official entrance age to compulsory education in Uruguay, 1998–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 4 years for official entrance age to compulsory education in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, official entrance age to compulsory education in Uruguay peaked at 6 years in 1998 and was at its lowest, 4 years, in 2008.
Uruguay ranks 170th of 195 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Official entrance age to compulsory education in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 6 years | — |
| 1999 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 4 years | -33.3% |
| 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% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 5.6 years | 4 years | 6 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 4 years | 4 years | 4 years | 10 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 170 Argentina 4 years compare
- 170 Aruba 4 years compare
- 170 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 4 years compare
- 170 Brazil 4 years compare
- 170 Cayman Islands 4 years compare
- 170 Costa Rica 4 years compare
- 170 Curaçao 4 years compare
- 170 Ghana 4 years compare
- 170 Hungary 4 years compare
- 170 Luxembourg 4 years compare
- 170 Mexico 4 years compare
- 170 Naoero 4 years compare
- 170 Panama 4 years compare
- 170 Sint Maarten 4 years compare
- 170 Tonga 4 years compare
- 170 Turks and Caicos Islands 4 years compare
More education data for Uruguay
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 18,882 (2023)
- 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 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 104.53 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 104.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is official entrance age to compulsory education in Uruguay?
- Official entrance age to compulsory education in Uruguay was 4 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest official entrance age to compulsory education recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 6 years in 1998.
- What is the lowest official entrance age to compulsory education recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 4 years in 2008.
- How does Uruguay rank for official entrance age to compulsory education?
- Uruguay ranks 170th out of 195 countries with data for 2019.
- Is official entrance age to compulsory education rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.