Official entrance age to upper secondary education in Curacao
Curacao: Official entrance age to upper secondary education was 16 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
16 years
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
10th
of 215 countries
All-time high
16 years
in 2020
All-time low
14 years
in 1999
Years of data
27
1999–2025
Official entrance age to upper secondary education in Curacao, 1999–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2025, official entrance age to upper secondary education in Curacao stood at 16 years. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, official entrance age to upper secondary education in Curacao peaked at 16 years in 2020 and was at its lowest, 14 years, in 1999.
Curacao ranks 10th of 215 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Official entrance age to upper secondary education in Curacao, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 14 years | — |
| 2000 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 16 years | +14.3% |
| 2021 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 16 years | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14 years | 14 years | 14 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 14 years | 14 years | 14 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 14 years | 14 years | 14 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 16 years | 16 years | 16 years | 6 |
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More education data for Curacao
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.6% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.1% (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is official entrance age to upper secondary education in Curacao?
- Official entrance age to upper secondary education in Curacao was 16 years in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest official entrance age to upper secondary education recorded in Curacao?
- The highest recorded value was 16 years in 2020.
- What is the lowest official entrance age to upper secondary education recorded in Curacao?
- The lowest recorded value was 14 years in 1999.
- How does Curacao rank for official entrance age to upper secondary education?
- Curacao ranks 10th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is official entrance age to upper secondary education rising or falling in Curacao?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Curacao data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Official entrance age to upper secondary education (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release