Primary Education, Duration (years) By Country

This page has a list of countries by Primary education, duration (years), according to officially-recognized international sources compiled by the World Bank. Primary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in primary school.

Aruba
6 years
Afghanistan
6 years
Angola
6 years
Albania
5 years
Andorra
6 years
United Arab Emirates
4 years
Argentina
6 years
Armenia
4 years
American Samoa
6 years
Antigua and Barbuda
7 years
Australia
7 years
Austria
4 years
Azerbaijan
4 years
Burundi
6 years
Belgium
6 years
Benin
6 years
Burkina Faso
6 years
Bangladesh
5 years
Bulgaria
4 years
Bahrain
6 years
Bahamas
6 years
Bosnia and Herzegovina
5 years
Belarus
4 years
Belize
6 years
Bermuda
6 years
Bolivia
6 years
Brazil
5 years
Barbados
6 years
Brunei
6 years
Bhutan
7 years
Botswana
7 years
Central African Republic
6 years
Canada
6 years
Switzerland
6 years
Chile
6 years
China
6 years
Ivory Coast
6 years
Cameroon
6 years
Congo
6 years
Republic Of The Congo
6 years
Colombia
5 years
Comoros
6 years
Cape Verde
6 years
Costa Rica
6 years
Cuba
6 years
Curacao
6 years
Cayman Islands
6 years
Cyprus
6 years
Czech Republic
5 years
Germany
4 years
Djibouti
5 years
Dominica
7 years
Denmark
7 years
Dominican Republic
6 years
Algeria
5 years
Ecuador
6 years
Egypt
6 years
Eritrea
5 years
Spain
6 years
Estonia
6 years
Ethiopia
6 years
European Union
6 years
Finland
6 years
Fiji
6 years
France
5 years
Micronesia
6 years
Gabon
5 years
United Kingdom
6 years
Georgia
6 years
Ghana
6 years
Gibraltar
6 years
Guinea
6 years
Gambia
6 years
Guinea Bissau
6 years
Equatorial Guinea
6 years
Greece
6 years
Grenada
7 years
Guatemala
6 years
Guam
8 years
Guyana
6 years
Hong Kong
6 years
Honduras
6 years
Croatia
4 years
Haiti
6 years
Hungary
4 years
Indonesia
6 years
India
5 years
Ireland
8 years
Iran
6 years
Iraq
6 years
Iceland
7 years
Israel
6 years
Italy
5 years
Jamaica
6 years
Jordan
6 years
Japan
6 years
Kazakhstan
4 years
Kenya
6 years
Kyrgyzstan
4 years
Cambodia
6 years
Kiribati
6 years
South Korea
6 years
Kuwait
5 years
Laos
5 years
Lebanon
6 years
Liberia
6 years
Libya
6 years
St Lucia
7 years
Liechtenstein
5 years
Sri Lanka
5 years
Lesotho
7 years
Lithuania
4 years
Luxembourg
6 years
Latvia
6 years
Macau
6 years
Morocco
6 years
Monaco
5 years
Moldova
4 years
Madagascar
5 years
Maldives
7 years
Mexico
6 years
Marshall Islands
6 years
Macedonia
5 years
Mali
6 years
Malta
6 years
Myanmar
5 years
Montenegro
5 years
Mongolia
5 years
Mozambique
7 years
Mauritania
6 years
Mauritius
6 years
Malawi
6 years
Malaysia
6 years
Namibia
7 years
New Caledonia
5 years
Niger
6 years
Nigeria
6 years
Nicaragua
6 years
Netherlands
6 years
Norway
7 years
Nepal
5 years
New Zealand
6 years
Oman
4 years
Pakistan
5 years
Panama
6 years
Peru
6 years
Philippines
6 years
Palau
6 years
Papua New Guinea
6 years
Poland
4 years
Puerto Rico
6 years
North Korea
5 years
Portugal
6 years
Paraguay
6 years
Palestine
4 years
French Polynesia
5 years
Qatar
6 years
Romania
5 years
Russia
4 years
Rwanda
6 years
South Asia
5 years
Saudi Arabia
6 years
Sudan
6 years
Senegal
6 years
Singapore
6 years
Solomon Islands
6 years
Sierra Leone
6 years
El Salvador
6 years
San Marino
5 years
Somalia
6 years
Serbia
4 years
South Sudan
6 years
Sao Tome and Principe
6 years
Suriname
6 years
Slovakia
4 years
Slovenia
6 years
Sweden
6 years
Swaziland
7 years
Saint Maarten
6 years
Seychelles
6 years
Syria
6 years
Chad
6 years
Togo
6 years
Thailand
6 years
Tajikistan
4 years
Turkmenistan
4 years
East Timor
6 years
Tonga
6 years
Trinidad and Tobago
7 years
Tunisia
6 years
Turkey
4 years
Tuvalu
6 years
Tanzania
7 years
Uganda
7 years
Ukraine
4 years
Uruguay
6 years
United States
6 years
Uzbekistan
4 years
St Vincent and the Grenadines
7 years
Venezuela
6 years
British Virgin Islands
7 years
Virgin Islands
6 years
Vietnam
5 years
Vanuatu
6 years
World
6 years
Samoa
6 years
Yemen
6 years
South Africa
7 years
Zambia
7 years
Zimbabwe
7 years