Official entrance age to compulsory education in Tokelau
Tokelau: Official entrance age to compulsory education was 5 years in 2025. ▬ Flat
Official entrance age to compulsory education in Tokelau, 2003–2025
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 Tokelau stood at 5 years. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, official entrance age to compulsory education in Tokelau peaked at 5 years in 2003 and was at its lowest, 5 years, in 2003.
Tokelau ranks 129th of 205 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 7 |
| 2010s | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 6 |
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More education data for Tokelau
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.6 live births per woman (2024)
- Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate 2.61 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. share of women with no education 2.61 live births per woman (2023)
- Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates 56.5% (2025)
- Share enrolled in private institutions at the pre-primary education level 0.0% (1991)
- Duration of compulsory education 11 years (2025)
- Share of children in primary school age who are in school 36.3% (2025)
- Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita 63.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is official entrance age to compulsory education in Tokelau?
- Official entrance age to compulsory education in Tokelau was 5 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 Tokelau?
- The highest recorded value was 5 years in 2003.
- What is the lowest official entrance age to compulsory education recorded in Tokelau?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 years in 2003.
- How does Tokelau rank for official entrance age to compulsory education?
- Tokelau ranks 129th out of 205 countries with data for 2025.
- Is official entrance age to compulsory education rising or falling in Tokelau?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Tokelau 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.