All📚 Longest Compulsory Schooling
Number of years of compulsory education under national law.
1
🇻🇪Venezuela
17 years
2
🇬🇹Guatemala
16 years
3
🇩🇴Dominican Republic
15 years
4
🇪🇨Ecuador
15 years
5
🇸🇻El Salvador
15 years
6
🇮🇱Israel
15 years
7
🇹🇴Tonga
15 years
8
🇦🇷Argentina
14 years
9
🇧🇴Bolivia
14 years
10
🇧🇷Brazil
14 years
11
🇨🇼Curaçao
14 years
12
🇲🇽Mexico
14 years
13
🇳🇷Nauru
14 years
14
🇵🇪Peru
14 years
15
🇸🇽Sint Maarten
14 years
16
🇺🇾Uruguay
14 years
17
🇦🇼Aruba
13 years
18
🇦🇹Austria
13 years
19
🇧🇪Belgium
13 years
20
🇧🇲Bermuda
13 years
21
🇨🇷Costa Rica
13 years
22
🇫🇷France
13 years
23
🇩🇪Germany
13 years
24
🇬🇮Gibraltar
13 years
25
🇭🇺Hungary
13 years
26
🇲🇭Marshall Islands
13 years
27
🇳🇱Netherlands
13 years
28
🇲🇰North Macedonia
13 years
29
🇵🇾Paraguay
13 years
30
🇵🇭Philippines
13 years
31
🇵🇷Puerto Rico
13 years
32
🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands
13 years
33
🇦🇲Armenia
12 years
34
🇧🇸Bahamas
12 years
35
🇻🇬British Virgin Islands
12 years
36
🇧🇬Bulgaria
12 years
37
🇰🇾Cayman Islands
12 years
38
🇨🇱Chile
12 years
39
🇨🇴Colombia
12 years
40
🇩🇲Dominica
12 years
41
🇪🇬Egypt
12 years
42
🇫🇮Finland
12 years
43
🇬🇩Grenada
12 years
44
🇭🇳Honduras
12 years
45
🇮🇹Italy
12 years
46
🇰🇪Kenya
12 years
47
🇱🇺Luxembourg
12 years
48
🇲🇻Maldives
12 years
49
🇲🇺Mauritius
12 years
50
🇲🇳Mongolia
12 years
Highlights
As of 2025, Venezuela ranks first with 17 years, followed by Guatemala (16 years) and Dominican Republic (15 years).
Across 197 countries and territories, values run from 17 years (Venezuela) to 0 years (New Caledonia), with a median of 10 years.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 8 from the Americas, 1 from Asia and 1 from Oceania.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Compulsory education, duration (years), 2025. Unit: years.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Compulsory education, duration (years) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 16, 2026