Primary education, duration in IDA blend
IDA blend: Primary education, duration was 6 years in 2025. ▬ Flat
Primary education, duration in IDA blend, 1970–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
IDA blend recorded 6 years for primary education, duration in 2025. That is the highest value across all 56 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary education, duration in IDA blend peaked at 6 years in 1970 and was at its lowest, 6 years, in 1970.
That places IDA blend 2nd out of 46 groups with data for 2025, putting it 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 IDA blend
- 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 IDA blend
- Population ages 0-14 37.9% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 58.4% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 91.1% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 2.26 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 89.9% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 92.2% (2024)
- Labor force, female 39.5% (2025)
- Labor force, total 281.15 million (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9318 GPI (2020)
- School enrollment, secondary 51.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary education, duration in IDA blend?
- Primary education, duration in IDA blend 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 IDA blend?
- The highest recorded value was 6 years in 1970.
- What is the lowest primary education, duration recorded in IDA blend?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 years in 1970.
- How does IDA blend rank for primary education, duration?
- IDA blend ranks 2nd out of 46 groups with data for 2025.
- Is primary education, duration rising or falling in IDA blend?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this IDA blend 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.