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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 … academic pre-primary post-secondary non: 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 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Brazil 2,025 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Brunei 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 South 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 Nauru 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 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
56 Aruba 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Albania 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Andorra 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 United Arab Emirates 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Armenia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Antigua and Barbuda 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Austria 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Azerbaijan 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Burundi 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Belgium 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Benin 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Burkina Faso 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Bulgaria 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Bahrain 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Bahamas 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Belarus 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Belize 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Bermuda 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Barbados 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Central African Republic 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Canada 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Switzerland 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 China 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Cote d'Ivoire 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Cameroon 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Democratic Republic of Congo 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Congo 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Comoros 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Cape Verde 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Cuba 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Curacao 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Cayman Islands 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Cyprus 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Czechia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Germany 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Djibouti 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Dominica 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Denmark 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Dominican Republic 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Algeria 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Ecuador 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Egypt 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Eritrea 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Spain 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Estonia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Ethiopia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Finland 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 France 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Micronesia (country) 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Gabon 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 United Kingdom 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Georgia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Ghana 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Gibraltar 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Guinea 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Gambia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Guinea-Bissau 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Equatorial Guinea 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Greece 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Grenada 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Guyana 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Hong Kong 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Croatia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Haiti 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Hungary 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Indonesia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 India 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Ireland 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Iran 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Iraq 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Iceland 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Israel 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Italy 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Jamaica 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Jordan 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Japan 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Kazakhstan 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Kyrgyzstan 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Cambodia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Kuwait 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Laos 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Lebanon 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Liberia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Libya 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Saint Lucia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Liechtenstein 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Lithuania 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Luxembourg 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Latvia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Macao 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Morocco 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Monaco 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Moldova 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Madagascar 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Mexico 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Marshall Islands 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 North Macedonia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Mali 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Malta 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Myanmar 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Montenegro 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Mongolia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Mauritania 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Niger 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Nigeria 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Netherlands 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Norway 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Nepal 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Oman 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Pakistan 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Philippines 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Poland 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Puerto Rico 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 North Korea 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Portugal 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Palestine 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Qatar 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Romania 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Russia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Saudi Arabia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Sudan 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Senegal 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Sierra Leone 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 San Marino 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Somalia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Serbia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Sao Tome and Principe 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Suriname 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Slovakia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Slovenia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Sweden 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Syria 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Turks and Caicos Islands 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Chad 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Togo 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Thailand 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Tajikistan 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Turkmenistan 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 East Timor 2,024 2025 up 0.4% flat
56 Trinidad and Tobago 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Tunisia 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Turkey 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Ukraine 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 United States 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Uzbekistan 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Venezuela 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 British Virgin Islands 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Vietnam 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Yemen 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Anguilla 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
56 Montserrat 2,024 2025 up 0.5% flat
211 American Samoa 2,005 2006 up 0.5% flat
212 Guam 1,996 1997 up 0.5% flat
212 French Polynesia 1,996 1997 up 0.5% flat
212 United States Virgin Islands 1,996 1997 up 0.5% flat
212 French Guiana 1,996 1997 up 0.5% flat
212 Guadeloupe 1,996 1997 up 0.5% flat
212 Martinique 1,996 1997 up 0.5% flat
212 Reunion 1,996 1997 up 0.5% flat
212 Western Sahara 1,996 1997 up 0.5% flat
212 Saint Helena 1,996 1997 up 0.5% flat
212 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