Primary school starting age in Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein: Primary school starting age was 7 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Primary school starting age in Liechtenstein, 1970–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for primary school starting age in Liechtenstein is 7 years, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 56 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school starting age in Liechtenstein peaked at 7 years in 1999 and was at its lowest, 6 years, in 1970.
Liechtenstein ranks 1st of 210 regions on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 56 years of available data.
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 | 6.1 years | 6 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 6 |
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More education data for Liechtenstein
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.2% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.4% (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 5 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.1% (2021)
- Primary education, teachers 283 (2021)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.54 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.8% (2021)
- School enrollment, primary, male 103.3% (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school starting age in Liechtenstein?
- Primary school starting age in Liechtenstein was 7 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary school starting age recorded in Liechtenstein?
- The highest recorded value was 7 years in 1999.
- What is the lowest primary school starting age recorded in Liechtenstein?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 years in 1970.
- How does Liechtenstein rank for primary school starting age?
- Liechtenstein ranks 1st out of 210 regions with data for 2025.
- Is primary school starting age rising or falling in Liechtenstein?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liechtenstein data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Primary school starting age (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary school starting age is the age at which students would enter primary 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.