Official entrance age to upper secondary education in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Official entrance age to upper secondary education was 17 years in 2020. ▲ Rising
Official entrance age to upper secondary education in Equatorial Guinea, 1970–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Equatorial Guinea recorded 17 years for official entrance age to upper secondary education in 2020. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, official entrance age to upper secondary education in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 17 years in 2007 and was at its lowest, 15 years, in 1970.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 2nd of 209 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Official entrance age to upper secondary education in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 15 years | — |
| 1971 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 16 years | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 17 years | +6.2% |
| 2008 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 17 years | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 15 years | 15 years | 15 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 15 years | 15 years | 15 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 15.2 years | 15 years | 16 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 16.3 years | 16 years | 17 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 17 years | 17 years | 17 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 17 years | 17 years | 17 years | 1 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More education data for Equatorial Guinea
- 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)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 4,021 (2015)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is official entrance age to upper secondary education in Equatorial Guinea?
- Official entrance age to upper secondary education in Equatorial Guinea was 17 years in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest official entrance age to upper secondary education recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 17 years in 2007.
- What is the lowest official entrance age to upper secondary education recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 15 years in 1970.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for official entrance age to upper secondary education?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 2nd out of 209 countries with data for 2020.
- Is official entrance age to upper secondary education rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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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Age at which students would enter upper 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.