Primary education, duration in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Primary education, duration was 6 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
6 years
Change on year
unchanged
Rank
2nd
of 44 groups
All-time high
6 years
in 1970
All-time low
5.5 years
in 1977
Years of data
56
1970–2025
Primary education, duration in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1970–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) recorded 6 years for primary education, duration in 2025. That is the highest value across all 56 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary education, duration in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 6 years in 1970 and was at its lowest, 5.5 years, in 1977.
That places East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 2nd out of 44 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 56 years of available data.
Primary education, duration in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 6 years | — |
| 1971 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 5.5 years | -8.3% |
| 1978 | 5.5 years | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 5.5 years | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 5.5 years | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 5.5 years | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 5.5 years | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 5.5 years | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 5.5 years | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 5.5 years | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 5.5 years | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 5.5 years | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 5.5 years | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 5.5 years | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 5.5 years | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 5.5 years | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 5.5 years | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 5.5 years | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 5.5 years | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 5.5 years | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 5.5 years | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 5.5 years | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 5.5 years | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 5.5 years | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 5.5 years | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 5.5 years | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 5.5 years | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 5.5 years | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 6 years | +9.1% |
| 2005 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 6 years | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 6 years | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5.85 years | 5.5 years | 6 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.5 years | 5.5 years | 5.5 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.5 years | 5.5 years | 5.5 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.8 years | 5.5 years | 6 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- 1 Guam 8 years compare
- 1 Ireland 8 years compare
- 3 Antigua and Barbuda 7 years compare
- 3 Australia 7 years compare
- 3 Botswana 7 years compare
- 3 British Virgin Islands 7 years compare
- 3 Denmark 7 years compare
- 3 Dominica 7 years compare
- 3 Eswatini 7 years compare
- 3 Grenada 7 years compare
- 3 Iceland 7 years compare
- 3 Lesotho 7 years compare
- 3 Mozambique 7 years compare
- 3 Namibia 7 years compare
- 3 Norway 7 years compare
- 3 South Africa 7 years compare
- 3 Saint Kitts and Nevis 7 years compare
- 3 Saint Lucia 7 years compare
- 3 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7 years compare
- 3 Tanzania, United Republic of 7 years compare
- 3 Trinidad and Tobago 7 years compare
- 3 Uganda 7 years compare
- 3 Zambia 7 years compare
- 3 Zimbabwe 7 years compare
More education data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Population ages 0-14 18.2% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 69.1% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 10.13 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 100.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 10.13 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0047 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.0% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 99.9% (2024)
- Labor force, female 44.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary education, duration in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Primary education, duration in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 6 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary education, duration recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 6 years in 1970.
- What is the lowest primary education, duration recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.5 years in 1977.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for primary education, duration?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 2nd out of 44 groups with data for 2025.
- Is primary education, duration rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Primary education, duration (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in primary school.