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 2019. ▬ Flat
Latest (2019)
19 years
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
6th
of 169 countries
All-time high
19 years
in 2012
All-time low
19 years
in 2012
Years of data
8
2012–2019
Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Papua New Guinea, 2012–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 19 years for official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in 2019. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
That places Papua New Guinea 6th out of 169 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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% |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 6 Afghanistan 19 years compare
- 6 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19 years compare
- 6 Botswana 19 years compare
- 6 Brunei Darussalam 19 years
- 6 Bulgaria 19 years compare
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- 6 Cameroon 19 years compare
- 6 Chad 19 years compare
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- 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 Germany 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
- 6 Micronesia, Federated States of 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 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
- 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
- 6 Zambia 19 years compare
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 2019, 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 6th out of 169 countries with data for 2019.
- 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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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.