Primary education, duration in Ukraine
Ukraine: Primary education, duration was 4 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Primary education, duration in Ukraine, 1970–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2025, primary education, duration in Ukraine stood at 4 years. 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 Ukraine peaked at 4 years in 2003 and was at its lowest, 3 years, in 1970.
Ukraine ranks 186th of 210 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 56 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3 years | 3 years | 3 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 3 years | 3 years | 3 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 3 years | 3 years | 3 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.7 years | 3 years | 4 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 4 years | 4 years | 4 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 4 years | 4 years | 4 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ukraine
- 186 Armenia 4 years compare
- 186 Austria 4 years compare
- 186 Azerbaijan 4 years compare
- 186 Belarus 4 years compare
- 186 Bulgaria 4 years compare
- 186 Croatia 4 years compare
- 186 Germany 4 years compare
- 186 Hungary 4 years compare
- 186 Kazakhstan 4 years compare
- 186 Kyrgyzstan 4 years compare
- 186 Lithuania 4 years compare
- 186 Moldova 4 years compare
- 186 Oman 4 years compare
- 186 Poland 4 years compare
- 186 Russia 4 years compare
- 186 Serbia 4 years compare
- 186 Slovakia 4 years compare
- 186 Somalia 4 years compare
- 186 Tajikistan 4 years compare
- 186 Turkey 4 years compare
- 186 Turkmenistan 4 years compare
- 186 United Arab Emirates 4 years compare
- 186 Uzbekistan 4 years compare
- 186 Palestine 4 years compare
More education data for Ukraine
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 67.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 13.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 93.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 105,694 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 0.988 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 94.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary education, duration in Ukraine?
- Primary education, duration in Ukraine was 4 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary education, duration recorded in Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 4 years in 2003.
- What is the lowest primary education, duration recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 years in 1970.
- How does Ukraine rank for primary education, duration?
- Ukraine ranks 186th out of 210 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary education, duration rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ukraine 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.