Official entrance age to compulsory education in Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein: Official entrance age to compulsory education was 7 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Official entrance age to compulsory education in Liechtenstein, 1998–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2025, official entrance age to compulsory education in Liechtenstein stood at 7 years. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of up 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, official entrance age to compulsory education in Liechtenstein peaked at 7 years in 2022 and was at its lowest, 6 years, in 1998.
Liechtenstein ranks 1st of 205 regions on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.67 years | 6 years | 7 years | 6 |
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More education data for Liechtenstein
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 5 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.2% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.4% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.1% (2021)
- Primary education, teachers 283 (2021)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.54 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.8% (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is official entrance age to compulsory education in Liechtenstein?
- Official entrance age to compulsory education in Liechtenstein was 7 years in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest official entrance age to compulsory education recorded in Liechtenstein?
- The highest recorded value was 7 years in 2022.
- What is the lowest official entrance age to compulsory education recorded in Liechtenstein?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 years in 1998.
- How does Liechtenstein rank for official entrance age to compulsory education?
- Liechtenstein ranks 1st out of 205 regions with data for 2025.
- Is official entrance age to compulsory education rising or falling in Liechtenstein?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liechtenstein data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Official entrance age to compulsory education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The official age for entering compulsory education is based on students starting at the earliest entrance age, studying full-time, and advancing without grade repetition or skipping.