Primary education, duration in High income
High income: Primary education, duration was 6 years in 2025. ▬ Flat
Primary education, duration in High income, 1970–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
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 High income peaked at 6 years in 1970 and was at its lowest, 6 years, in 1970.
High income ranks 2nd of 46 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near High income
- 1 Guam 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 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 High income
- Population ages 15-64 64.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.5% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 99.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 6.16 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 99.6% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 100.0% (2024)
- Labor force, female 45.0% (2025)
- Labor force, total 733.62 million (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9994 GPI (2020)
- School enrollment, secondary 103.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary education, duration in High income?
- Primary education, duration in 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 High income?
- The highest recorded value was 6 years in 1970.
- What is the lowest primary education, duration recorded in High income?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 years in 1970.
- How does High income rank for primary education, duration?
- High income ranks 2nd out of 46 groups with data for 2025.
- Is primary education, duration rising or falling in High income?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this 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.