End month of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education) by country

End month of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education). For more information, visit the UNESCO Institute for Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/

Countries reporting
211
Highest
12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education
Afghanistan
Lowest
1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education
Ecuador
Median
6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education
Years covered
26
1995–2020
Data points
5,014

What the numbers show

End month of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education) is currently reported for 211 countries. The highest value is 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Afghanistan; the lowest is 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Ecuador.

The median across all reporting countries is 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education, and the mean is 7.36 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.

Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan (up 200.0%), and the largest decrease in Ecuador (down 83.3%).

End month of the academic school year: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Afghanistan 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Argentina 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Australia 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Bangladesh 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Brazil 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Brunei Darussalam 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Bhutan 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Botswana 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Chile 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Costa Rica 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Fiji 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
1 Kenya 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Kiribati 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Republic of Korea 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Sri Lanka 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Lesotho 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
1 Namibia 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Naoero 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 New Zealand 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Panama 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Peru 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Papua New Guinea 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Paraguay 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 up 9.1% rising
1 Singapore 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 South Sudan 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 up 200.0% rising
1 Eswatini 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Seychelles 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Tonga 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Tanzania, United Republic of 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
1 Uganda 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Uruguay 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Vanuatu 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Samoa 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 South Africa 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Zambia 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Zimbabwe 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
37 Angola 11 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
37 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 11 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
37 Colombia 11 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
37 Honduras 11 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 down 8.3% falling
37 Maldives 11 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
37 Malawi 11 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 up 22.2% falling
37 Nicaragua 11 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
37 Solomon Islands 11 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 down 8.3% rising
37 El Salvador 11 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
37 Tuvalu 11 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
47 Guatemala 10 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
47 Mozambique 10 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
47 Mauritius 10 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
47 Malaysia 10 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 down 9.1% rising
47 Rwanda 10 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
52 Germany 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
53 Belize 8 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 up 33.3% falling
53 Spain 8 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
53 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 8 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
53 Ghana 8 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
53 Croatia 8 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
53 Macau, China 8 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 up 33.3% falling
53 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 8 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 up 166.7% falling
53 Slovenia 8 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
61 Aruba 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
61 Antigua and Barbuda 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
61 Burundi 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
61 Benin 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
61 Barbados 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
61 Central African Republic 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 up 16.7% rising
61 Switzerland 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
61 Cape Verde 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
61 Cuba 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
61 Dominica 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
61 Ethiopia 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
61 Gibraltar 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
61 Gambia 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
61 Guinea-Bissau 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
61 Grenada 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
61 Guyana 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
61 Hong Kong, China 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
61 Cambodia 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
61 Saint Kitts and Nevis 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
61 Saint Lucia 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
61 Liechtenstein 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
61 Luxembourg 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
61 Madagascar 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
61 Malta 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
61 Niger 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
61 Nigeria 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
61 Senegal 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
61 Sierra Leone 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
61 Sao Tome and Principe 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
61 Turks and Caicos Islands 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
61 Trinidad and Tobago 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
61 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
61 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
61 British Virgin Islands 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
95 Andorra 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
95 United Arab Emirates 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
95 American Samoa 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
95 Austria 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
95 Belgium 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
95 Burkina Faso 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
95 Bahrain 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
95 Bahamas 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
95 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
95 Bermuda 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
95 China 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
95 Côte d'Ivoire 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
95 Cameroon 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
95 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 down 14.3% falling
95 Congo 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
95 Comoros 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
95 Curaçao 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 volatile
95 Cayman Islands 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 down 14.3% falling
95 Cyprus 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
95 Czechia 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 down 25.0% rising
95 Dominican Republic 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
95 Algeria 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
95 Egypt 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
95 Eritrea 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
95 Estonia 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
95 France 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
95 Faroe Islands 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
95 Gabon 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
95 Georgia 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
95 Guinea 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
95 Equatorial Guinea 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
95 Greece 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
95 Greenland 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
95 Guam 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
95 Haiti 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
95 Hungary 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
95 Indonesia 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
95 Iran, Islamic Republic of 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
95 Iraq 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
95 Israel 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
95 Italy 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
95 Jamaica 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
95 Jordan 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
95 Kuwait 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
95 Lao People's Democratic Republic 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
95 Lebanon 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
95 Liberia 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
95 Libya 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
95 Lithuania 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
95 Latvia 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
95 Morocco 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
95 Monaco 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
95 Mexico 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
95 Marshall Islands 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
95 North Macedonia 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
95 Mali 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
95 Montenegro 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
95 Mongolia 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
95 Mauritania 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
95 Netherlands 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
95 Oman 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
95 Palau 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
95 Poland 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
95 Palestine, State of 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
95 French Polynesia 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
95 Qatar 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 down 14.3% rising
95 Romania 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
95 Russian Federation 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
95 Saudi Arabia 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
95 San Marino 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
95 Somalia 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
95 Serbia 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
95 Suriname 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 down 25.0% rising
95 Slovakia 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
95 Sweden 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
95 Sint Maarten 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 volatile
95 Chad 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
95 Togo 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
95 Timor-Leste 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 down 40.0% rising
95 Tunisia 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
95 Türkiye 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
95 Ukraine 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
95 Uzbekistan 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 up 20.0% flat
95 United States Virgin Islands 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
95 Yemen 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
180 Albania 5 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
180 Armenia 5 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
180 Azerbaijan 5 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
180 Bulgaria 5 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
180 Belarus 5 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
180 Canada 5 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
180 Djibouti 5 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 down 16.7% rising
180 Denmark 5 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
180 Finland 5 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
180 Micronesia, Federated States of 5 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
180 Ireland 5 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
180 Iceland 5 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
180 Kazakhstan 5 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
180 Kyrgyzstan 5 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
180 Republic of Moldova 5 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
180 Norway 5 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
180 Puerto Rico 5 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
180 Portugal 5 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
180 Syrian Arab Republic 5 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 down 16.7% flat
180 Tajikistan 5 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
180 Turkmenistan 5 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
180 United States of America 5 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
180 Viet Nam 5 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 down 16.7% flat
203 Nepal 4 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
204 India 3 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
204 Japan 3 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
204 Myanmar 3 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
204 Pakistan 3 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
204 Philippines 3 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
204 Sudan 3 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
204 Thailand 3 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
211 Ecuador 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 down 83.3% volatile

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Indicator
End month of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education)
Unit
pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
211 places, 5,014 data points, 1995–2020
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End month of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education). For more information, visit the UNESCO Institute for Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/