Italy vs Turkmenistan: Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education

Italy
12
in 2020
Turkmenistan
12
in 2020
Italy rank
5th
Turkmenistan rank
5th

Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education over time

  • Italy
  • Turkmenistan
02.557.51012.5199820092020

How they compare

Italy currently reports 12 against 12 in Turkmenistan, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 23 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Turkmenistan ahead.

Italy ranks 5th and Turkmenistan ranks 5th of 205 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 2 and Turkmenistan in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy Turkmenistan Difference Ahead
1990s 8 9 1 Turkmenistan
2000s 10.8 9.1 1.7 Italy
2010s 12 11.2 0.8 Italy
2020s 12 12 0

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education, Italy or Turkmenistan?
Italy, at 12 against 12 in Turkmenistan as of 2020.
What is the difference in number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education between Italy and Turkmenistan?
0, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Turkmenistan?
23 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2020.
How do Italy and Turkmenistan rank globally for number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education?
Italy ranks 5th and Turkmenistan ranks 5th of 205 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
205 places, 4,529 data points, 1975–2020
Last refreshed

Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education. Most countries have legislation specifying the ages and the level of education (typically pre-primary or primary education) at which children should start school. Such legislation usually also specifies either the number of years of education that are guaranteed or the age at which young people may leave education or, in some cases, both. The number of years of primary and secondary education to which children are legally entitled should ideally be the number of grades of primary and secondary education which young people are expected to have completed before being legally eligible to leave school. Years of pre-primary education covered by the legal entitlement should be excluded from this indicator. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/