Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education was 19 years in 2025. ▬ Flat
Latest (2025)
19 years
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
5th
of 176 countries
All-time high
19 years
in 2012
All-time low
19 years
in 2012
Years of data
14
2012–2025
Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Papua New Guinea, 2012–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2025, official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Papua New Guinea stood at 19 years. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Papua New Guinea peaked at 19 years in 2012 and was at its lowest, 19 years, in 2012.
Papua New Guinea ranks 5th of 176 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 19 years | — |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 19 years | 19 years | 19 years | 8 |
| 2020s | 19 years | 19 years | 19 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 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
- 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
- 5 Lithuania 19 years compare
- 5 Latvia 19 years compare
- 5 Republic of Moldova 19 years compare
- 5 North Macedonia 19 years compare
- 5 Mali 19 years compare
- 5 Montenegro 19 years compare
- 5 Mauritania 19 years
- 5 Netherlands 19 years compare
- 5 Norway 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
- 5 Sweden 19 years compare
- 5 Chad 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 Papua New Guinea
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 14,791 (2016)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 80,915 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 226,545 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 208,353 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 655,030 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.65 million (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 10.31 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1593 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Papua New Guinea?
- Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 19 years in 2012.
- What is the lowest official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 19 years in 2012.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 5th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
- Is official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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