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Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
221
Highest
2,025
Afghanistan
Lowest
1,996
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Median
2,024
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
11,909

What the numbers show

Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education) is currently reported for 221 countries. The highest value is 2,025 in Afghanistan; the lowest is 1,996 in Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

The median across all reporting countries is 2,024, and the mean is 2,023.

Start of the academic school year: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Afghanistan 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Angola 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Argentina 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Australia 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Bangladesh 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Brazil 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Brunei Darussalam 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Bhutan 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Botswana 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Chile 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Colombia 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Costa Rica 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Fiji 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Guatemala 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Honduras 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Kenya 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Kiribati 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Republic of Korea 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Sri Lanka 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Lesotho 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Maldives 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Mozambique 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Mauritius 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Malawi 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Malaysia 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Namibia 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Nicaragua 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Naoero 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 New Zealand 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Panama 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Peru 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Palau 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Papua New Guinea 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Paraguay 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Rwanda 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Singapore 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Solomon Islands 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 El Salvador 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 South Sudan 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Eswatini 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Seychelles 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Tonga 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Tuvalu 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Tanzania, United Republic of 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Uganda 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Uruguay 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Vanuatu 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Samoa 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 South Africa 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Zambia 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Zimbabwe 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Cook Islands 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Niue 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Tokelau 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
4 Anguilla 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
4 Montserrat 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
6 Saint Helena 1,996 1997 up 0.5% flat
53 Aruba 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Albania 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Andorra 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 United Arab Emirates 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Armenia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Antigua and Barbuda 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Austria 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Azerbaijan 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Burundi 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Belgium 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Benin 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Burkina Faso 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Bulgaria 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Bahrain 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Bahamas 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Belarus 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Belize 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Bermuda 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Barbados 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Central African Republic 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Canada 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Switzerland 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 China 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Côte d'Ivoire 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Cameroon 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Congo 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Comoros 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Cape Verde 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Cuba 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Curacao 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Cayman Islands 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Cyprus 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Czechia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Germany 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Djibouti 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Dominica 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Denmark 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Dominican Republic 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Algeria 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Ecuador 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Egypt 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Eritrea 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Spain 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Estonia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Ethiopia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Finland 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 France 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Micronesia, Federated States of 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Gabon 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Georgia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Ghana 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Gibraltar 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Guinea 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Gambia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Guinea-Bissau 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Equatorial Guinea 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Greece 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Grenada 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Guyana 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Hong Kong 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Croatia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Haiti 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Hungary 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Indonesia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 India 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Ireland 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Iran, Islamic Republic of 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Iraq 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Iceland 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Israel 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Italy 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Jamaica 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Jordan 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Japan 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Kazakhstan 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Kyrgyzstan 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Cambodia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Kuwait 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Lebanon 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Liberia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Libya 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Saint Lucia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Liechtenstein 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Lithuania 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Luxembourg 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Latvia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Macao 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Morocco 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Monaco 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Republic of Moldova 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Madagascar 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Mexico 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Marshall Islands 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 North Macedonia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Mali 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Malta 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Myanmar 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Montenegro 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Mongolia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Mauritania 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Niger 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Nigeria 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Netherlands 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Norway 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Nepal 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Oman 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Pakistan 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Philippines 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Poland 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Puerto Rico 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 North Korea 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Portugal 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Palestine, State of 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Qatar 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Romania 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Russian Federation 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Saudi Arabia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Sudan 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Senegal 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Sierra Leone 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 San Marino 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Somalia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Serbia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Sao Tome and Principe 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Suriname 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Slovakia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Slovenia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Sweden 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Syria 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Turks and Caicos Islands 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Chad 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Togo 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Thailand 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Tajikistan 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Turkmenistan 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Timor-Leste 2,024 2025 up 0.4% flat
53 Trinidad and Tobago 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Tunisia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Türkiye 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Ukraine 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 United States of America 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Uzbekistan 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 British Virgin Islands 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Viet Nam 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Yemen 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
206 American Samoa 2,005 2006 up 0.5% flat
207 Guam 1,996 1997 up 0.5% flat
207 French Polynesia 1,996 1997 up 0.5% flat
207 United States Virgin Islands 1,996 1997 up 0.5% flat
207 French Guiana 1,996 1997 up 0.5% flat
207 Guadeloupe 1,996 1997 up 0.5% flat
207 Martinique 1,996 1997 up 0.5% flat
207 Reunion 1,996 1997 up 0.5% flat
207 Western Sahara 1,996 1997 up 0.5% flat
207 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1,996 1997 up 0.5% flat

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Indicator
Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education)
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
221 places, 11,909 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release