All📚 Secondary education, duration
Secondary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in secondary school.
1
🇩🇪Germany
9 years
2
🇸🇰Slovakia
9 years
3
🇦🇲Armenia
8 years
4
🇦🇹Austria
8 years
5
🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina
8 years
6
🇧🇬Bulgaria
8 years
7
🇭🇷Croatia
8 years
8
🇨🇿Czechia
8 years
9
🇭🇺Hungary
8 years
10
🇮🇹Italy
8 years
11
🇱🇹Lithuania
8 years
12
🇲🇩Moldova
8 years
13
🇲🇪Montenegro
8 years
14
🇲🇰North Macedonia
8 years
15
🇴🇲Oman
8 years
16
🇵🇸Palestine
8 years
17
🇵🇱Poland
8 years
18
🇷🇴Romania
8 years
19
🇸🇲San Marino
8 years
20
🇷🇸Serbia
8 years
21
🇸🇴Somalia
8 years
22
🇱🇰Sri Lanka
8 years
23
🇹🇷Türkiye
8 years
24
🇹🇲Turkmenistan
8 years
25
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates
8 years
26
🇦🇱Albania
7 years
27
🇩🇿Algeria
7 years
28
🇦🇿Azerbaijan
7 years
29
🇧🇩Bangladesh
7 years
30
🇧🇾Belarus
7 years
31
🇧🇯Benin
7 years
32
🇧🇲Bermuda
7 years
33
🇧🇷Brazil
7 years
34
🇧🇳Brunei
7 years
35
🇧🇫Burkina Faso
7 years
36
🇧🇮Burundi
7 years
37
🇨🇲Cameroon
7 years
38
🇨🇫Central African Republic
7 years
39
🇹🇩Chad
7 years
40
🇰🇲Comoros
7 years
41
🇨🇬Congo
7 years
42
🇩🇯Djibouti
7 years
43
🇪🇷Eritrea
7 years
44
🇫🇯Fiji
7 years
45
🇫🇷France
7 years
46
🇵🇫French Polynesia
7 years
47
🇬🇦Gabon
7 years
48
🇬🇮Gibraltar
7 years
49
🇬🇳Guinea
7 years
50
🇭🇹Haiti
7 years
Highlights
As of 2025, Germany ranks first with 9 years, followed by Slovakia (9 years) and Armenia (8 years).
The top two are virtually level: Germany and Slovakia differ by less than 1%.
Across 209 countries and territories, values run from 9 years (Germany) to 4 years (Singapore), with a median of 6 years.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 9 from Europe and 1 from Asia.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Secondary education, duration (years), 2025. Unit: years.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Secondary education, duration (years) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 16, 2026