Official entrance age to compulsory education in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan: Official entrance age to compulsory education was 7 years in 2025. ▬ Flat
Latest (2025)
7 years
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 205 countries
All-time high
7 years
in 1997
All-time low
7 years
in 1997
Years of data
29
1997–2025
Official entrance age to compulsory education in Uzbekistan, 1997–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for official entrance age to compulsory education in Uzbekistan is 7 years, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, official entrance age to compulsory education in Uzbekistan peaked at 7 years in 1997 and was at its lowest, 7 years, in 1997.
Uzbekistan ranks 1st of 205 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Official entrance age to compulsory education in Uzbekistan, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 7 years | — |
| 1998 | 7 years | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 7 years | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 7 years | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 7 years | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 7 years | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 7 years | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 7 years | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 7 years | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 7 years | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 7 years | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 7 years | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 7 years | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 7 years | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 7 years | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 7 years | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 7 years | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 7 years | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 7 years | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 7 years | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 7 years | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 7 years | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 7 years | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 7 years | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 7 years | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 7 years | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 7 years | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 7 years | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 7 years | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 3 |
| 2000s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near Uzbekistan
- 1 Afghanistan 7 years compare
- 1 Croatia 7 years compare
- 1 Equatorial Guinea 7 years compare
- 1 Estonia 7 years compare
- 1 Ethiopia 7 years compare
- 1 Gambia 7 years compare
- 1 Guinea 7 years compare
- 1 Indonesia 7 years compare
- 1 Liechtenstein 7 years compare
- 1 Mali 7 years compare
- 1 Namibia 7 years compare
- 1 Romania 7 years compare
- 1 Russia 7 years compare
- 1 Serbia 7 years compare
- 1 South Africa 7 years compare
- 1 Suriname 7 years compare
- 1 Tajikistan 7 years compare
- 1 Tanzania 7 years compare
- 1 Zambia 7 years compare
More education data for Uzbekistan
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 7.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 121,737 (2025)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 8,864 (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 819,005 (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 9.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 740,947 (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 5.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is official entrance age to compulsory education in Uzbekistan?
- Official entrance age to compulsory education in Uzbekistan 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 Uzbekistan?
- The highest recorded value was 7 years in 1997.
- What is the lowest official entrance age to compulsory education recorded in Uzbekistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 years in 1997.
- How does Uzbekistan rank for official entrance age to compulsory education?
- Uzbekistan ranks 1st out of 205 countries with data for 2025.
- Is official entrance age to compulsory education rising or falling in Uzbekistan?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Uzbekistan 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.