All📚 Primary education, duration
Primary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in primary school.
1
🇬🇺Guam
8 years
2
🇮🇪Ireland
8 years
3
🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda
7 years
4
🇦🇺Australia
7 years
5
🇧🇼Botswana
7 years
6
🇻🇬British Virgin Islands
7 years
7
🇩🇰Denmark
7 years
8
🇩🇲Dominica
7 years
9
🇸🇿Eswatini
7 years
10
🇬🇩Grenada
7 years
11
🇮🇸Iceland
7 years
12
🇱🇸Lesotho
7 years
13
🇲🇿Mozambique
7 years
14
🇳🇦Namibia
7 years
15
🇳🇴Norway
7 years
16
🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis
7 years
17
🇱🇨Saint Lucia
7 years
18
🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
7 years
19
🇿🇦South Africa
7 years
20
🇹🇿Tanzania
7 years
21
🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago
7 years
22
🇺🇬Uganda
7 years
23
🇿🇲Zambia
7 years
24
🇿🇼Zimbabwe
7 years
25
🇦🇫Afghanistan
6 years
26
🇦🇸American Samoa
6 years
27
🇦🇩Andorra
6 years
28
🇦🇴Angola
6 years
29
🇦🇷Argentina
6 years
30
🇦🇼Aruba
6 years
31
🇧🇸Bahamas
6 years
32
🇧🇭Bahrain
6 years
33
🇧🇧Barbados
6 years
34
🇧🇪Belgium
6 years
35
🇧🇿Belize
6 years
36
🇧🇯Benin
6 years
37
🇧🇲Bermuda
6 years
38
🇧🇹Bhutan
6 years
39
🇧🇴Bolivia
6 years
40
🇧🇳Brunei
6 years
41
🇧🇫Burkina Faso
6 years
42
🇧🇮Burundi
6 years
43
🇰🇭Cambodia
6 years
44
🇨🇲Cameroon
6 years
45
🇨🇦Canada
6 years
46
🇨🇻Cape Verde
6 years
47
🇰🇾Cayman Islands
6 years
48
🇨🇫Central African Republic
6 years
49
🇹🇩Chad
6 years
50
🇨🇱Chile
6 years
Highlights
As of 2025, Guam ranks first with 8 years, followed by Ireland (8 years) and Antigua and Barbuda (7 years).
The top two are virtually level: Guam and Ireland differ by less than 1%.
Across 210 countries and territories, values run from 8 years (Guam) to 4 years (Uzbekistan), with a median of 6 years.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 4 from the Americas, 2 from Africa, 2 from Europe and 2 from Oceania.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Primary education, duration (years), 2025. Unit: years.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Primary education, duration (years) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 16, 2026