Secondary education, duration in IDA & IBRD total
IDA & IBRD total: Secondary education, duration was 6 years in 2025. β¬ Flat
Secondary education, duration in IDA & IBRD total, 1970β2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
IDA & IBRD total recorded 6 years for secondary 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, secondary education, duration in IDA & IBRD total peaked at 6 years in 1970 and was at its lowest, 6 years, in 1970.
That places IDA & IBRD total 11th out of 45 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
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 |
More education data for IDA & IBRD total
- Population ages 15-64 65.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 26.0% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 28.51 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 101.7% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 103.1% (2024)
- Labor force, female 39.3% (2025)
- Labor force, total 3.10 billion (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9805 GPI (2020)
- Human capital composite index -0.1281 standard deviations from the yearly mean (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is secondary education, duration in IDA & IBRD total?
- Secondary education, duration in IDA & IBRD total was 6 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest secondary education, duration recorded in IDA & IBRD total?
- The highest recorded value was 6 years in 1970.
- What is the lowest secondary education, duration recorded in IDA & IBRD total?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 years in 1970.
- How does IDA & IBRD total rank for secondary education, duration?
- IDA & IBRD total ranks 11th out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is secondary education, duration rising or falling in IDA & IBRD total?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this IDA & IBRD total data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Secondary education, duration (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Secondary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in secondary school.