Secondary Education, Duration (years) By Country

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

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