Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Switzerland
Switzerland: Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education was 20 years in 2020. ▲ Rising
Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Switzerland, 1998–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 20 years for official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in 2020. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Switzerland peaked at 20 years in 2013 and was at its lowest, 18 years, in 1998.
Switzerland ranks 1st of 169 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 18 years | — |
| 1999 | 18 years | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 18 years | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 18 years | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 18 years | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 18 years | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 18 years | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 18 years | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 18 years | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 18 years | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 18 years | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 18 years | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 18 years | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 18 years | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 18 years | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 20 years | +11.1% |
| 2014 | 20 years | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 20 years | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 20 years | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 20 years | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 20 years | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 20 years | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 20 years | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18 years | 18 years | 18 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 18 years | 18 years | 18 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.4 years | 18 years | 20 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 20 years | 20 years | 20 years | 1 |
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More education data for Switzerland
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 270,546 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), per capita 0.03 units per person (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 286,399 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), per capita 0.0318 units per person (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 636,381 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 58,349 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.72 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Switzerland?
- Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Switzerland was 20 years in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 20 years in 2013.
- What is the lowest official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 18 years in 1998.
- How does Switzerland rank for official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education?
- Switzerland ranks 1st out of 169 countries with data for 2020.
- Is official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.