Theoretical Duration Of Lower Secondary Education (years) By Country

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

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