Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Chad
Chad: Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education was 19 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
19 years
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
5th
of 172 countries
All-time high
19 years
in 2010
All-time low
16 years
in 2006
Years of data
17
2006–2025
Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Chad, 2006–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2025, official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Chad stood at 19 years. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Chad peaked at 19 years in 2010 and was at its lowest, 16 years, in 2006.
Chad ranks 5th of 172 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Chad, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 16 years | — |
| 2010 | 19 years | +18.8% |
| 2011 | 19 years | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 19 years | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 19 years | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 19 years | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 19 years | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 19 years | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 19 years | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 19 years | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 19 years | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 19 years | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 19 years | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 19 years | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 19 years | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 19 years | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 19 years | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16 years | 16 years | 16 years | 1 |
| 2010s | 19 years | 19 years | 19 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 19 years | 19 years | 19 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near Chad
- 2 Anguilla 17 years compare
- 2 Cook Islands 17 years compare
- 2 Montserrat 17 years compare
- 5 Afghanistan 19 years compare
- 5 Burkina Faso 19 years compare
- 5 Bulgaria 19 years compare
- 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19 years compare
- 5 Brunei Darussalam 19 years compare
- 5 Botswana 19 years compare
- 5 Switzerland 19 years compare
- 5 Côte d'Ivoire 19 years compare
- 5 Cameroon 19 years compare
- 5 Congo 19 years compare
- 5 Czechia 19 years compare
- 5 Germany 19 years compare
- 5 Estonia 19 years compare
- 5 Ethiopia 19 years compare
- 5 Finland 19 years compare
- 5 Gambia 19 years compare
- 5 Haiti 19 years compare
- 5 Hungary 19 years compare
- 5 Liechtenstein 19 years compare
- 5 Lithuania 19 years compare
- 5 Latvia 19 years compare
- 5 Moldova 19 years compare
- 5 North Macedonia 19 years compare
- 5 Mali 19 years compare
- 5 Montenegro 19 years compare
- 5 Mauritania 19 years compare
- 5 Netherlands 19 years compare
- 5 Norway 19 years compare
- 5 Papua New Guinea 19 years compare
- 5 Poland 19 years compare
- 5 Romania 19 years compare
- 5 Rwanda 19 years compare
- 5 Senegal 19 years compare
- 5 Solomon Islands 19 years compare
- 5 Sierra Leone 19 years compare
- 5 Serbia 19 years compare
- 5 Suriname 19 years compare
- 5 Slovakia 19 years compare
- 5 Slovenia 19 years compare
- 5 Sweden 19 years compare
- 5 Togo 19 years compare
- 5 Tunisia 19 years compare
- 5 Uganda 19 years compare
- 5 Yemen 19 years
- 5 South Africa 19 years compare
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More education data for Chad
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -1.51 % change on previous year (2015)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 11,656 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 43,145 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 18,967 (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 34.51 % change on previous year (2015)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 49,114 (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -8.57 % change on previous year (2015)
- 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 post-secondary non-tertiary education in Chad?
- Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Chad was 19 years in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 19 years in 2010.
- What is the lowest official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 16 years in 2006.
- How does Chad rank for official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education?
- Chad ranks 5th out of 172 countries with data for 2025.
- Is official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Chad data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release