Official entrance age to compulsory education in Somalia
Somalia: Official entrance age to compulsory education was 6 years in 2025. ▬ Flat
Latest (2025)
6 years
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
21st
of 205 countries
All-time high
6 years
in 2021
All-time low
6 years
in 2021
Years of data
5
2021–2025
Official entrance age to compulsory education in Somalia, 2021–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 6 years for official entrance age to compulsory education in 2025. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over five years.
That places Somalia 21st out of 205 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
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More education data for Somalia
- Population ages 0-14 46.6% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 50.8% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 20.9% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 12,870 (2007)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 6.01 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 19.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is official entrance age to compulsory education in Somalia?
- Official entrance age to compulsory education in Somalia was 6 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 Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 6 years in 2021.
- What is the lowest official entrance age to compulsory education recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 years in 2021.
- How does Somalia rank for official entrance age to compulsory education?
- Somalia ranks 21st out of 205 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this Somalia 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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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.