Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Germany
Germany: Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education was 19 years in 2020. ▬ Flat
Latest (2020)
19 years
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
6th
of 169 countries
All-time high
19 years
in 1998
All-time low
19 years
in 1998
Years of data
23
1998–2020
Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Germany, 1998–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2020, official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Germany stood at 19 years. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Germany peaked at 19 years in 1998 and was at its lowest, 19 years, in 1998.
Germany ranks 6th of 169 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Germany, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 19 years | — |
| 1999 | 19 years | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 19 years | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 19 years | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 19 years | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 19 years | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 19 years | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 19 years | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 19 years | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 19 years | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 19 years | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 19 years | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 19 years | +0.0% |
| 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% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 19 years | 19 years | 19 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 19 years | 19 years | 19 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 19 years | 19 years | 19 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 19 years | 19 years | 19 years | 1 |
Countries ranked near Germany
- 6 Afghanistan 19 years compare
- 6 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19 years compare
- 6 Botswana 19 years compare
- 6 Brunei Darussalam 19 years compare
- 6 Bulgaria 19 years compare
- 6 Burkina Faso 19 years compare
- 6 Cameroon 19 years compare
- 6 Chad 19 years compare
- 6 Comoros 19 years compare
- 6 Congo 19 years compare
- 6 Côte d'Ivoire 19 years compare
- 6 Czechia 19 years compare
- 6 Estonia 19 years compare
- 6 Ethiopia 19 years compare
- 6 Finland 19 years compare
- 6 Gambia 19 years compare
- 6 Haiti 19 years compare
- 6 Hungary 19 years compare
- 6 Latvia 19 years compare
- 6 Liechtenstein 19 years compare
- 6 Lithuania 19 years compare
- 6 Mali 19 years compare
- 6 Mauritania 19 years compare
- 6 Micronesia (country) 19 years compare
- 6 Montenegro 19 years compare
- 6 Netherlands 19 years compare
- 6 North Macedonia 19 years compare
- 6 Norway 19 years compare
- 6 Papua New Guinea 19 years compare
- 6 Poland 19 years compare
- 6 Romania 19 years compare
- 6 Rwanda 19 years compare
- 6 Senegal 19 years compare
- 6 Serbia 19 years compare
- 6 Sierra Leone 19 years compare
- 6 Slovakia 19 years compare
- 6 Slovenia 19 years compare
- 6 Solomon Islands 19 years compare
- 6 South Africa 19 years compare
- 6 Suriname 19 years compare
- 6 Sweden 19 years compare
- 6 Togo 19 years compare
- 6 Tunisia 19 years compare
- 6 Uganda 19 years compare
- 6 Yemen 19 years compare
- 6 Zambia 19 years compare
More education data for Germany
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -1.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 247,884 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 35,967 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -1.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 1.62 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -2.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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 Germany?
- Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Germany was 19 years in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 19 years in 1998.
- What is the lowest official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 19 years in 1998.
- How does Germany rank for official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education?
- Germany ranks 6th out of 169 countries with data for 2020.
- Is official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Germany 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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Age at which students would enter post-secondary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade.