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Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Canada

Canada: Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education was 10 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
10
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
66th
of 205 countries
All-time high
10
in 1998
All-time low
10
in 1998
Years of data
22
1998–2019

Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Canada, 1998–2019

02468101998200820191998: 101999: 102000: 102001: 102002: 102003: 102004: 102005: 102006: 102007: 102008: 102009: 102010: 102011: 102012: 102013: 102014: 102015: 102016: 102017: 102018: 102019: 10

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Analysis

In 2019, number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Canada stood at 10. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Canada peaked at 10 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 10, in 1998.

Canada ranks 66th of 205 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Canada, year by year

Year Value Change
1998 10 —
1999 10 +0.0%
2000 10 +0.0%
2001 10 +0.0%
2002 10 +0.0%
2003 10 +0.0%
2004 10 +0.0%
2005 10 +0.0%
2006 10 +0.0%
2007 10 +0.0%
2008 10 +0.0%
2009 10 +0.0%
2010 10 +0.0%
2011 10 +0.0%
2012 10 +0.0%
2013 10 +0.0%
2014 10 +0.0%
2015 10 +0.0%
2016 10 +0.0%
2017 10 +0.0%
2018 10 +0.0%
2019 10 +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 10 10 10 2
2000s 10 10 10 10
2010s 10 10 10 10

Countries ranked near Canada

  1. 66 Algeria 10 compare
  2. 66 Australia 10 compare
  3. 66 Cape Verde 10 compare
  4. 66 Central African Republic 10 compare
  5. 66 Chad 10 compare
  6. 66 Congo 10 compare
  7. 66 Côte d'Ivoire 10 compare
  8. 66 Denmark 10 compare
  9. 66 Djibouti 10 compare
  10. 66 Gabon 10 compare
  11. 66 Gibraltar 10 compare
  12. 66 Hungary 10 compare
  13. 66 Iceland 10 compare
  14. 66 Ireland 10 compare
  15. 66 Jordan 10 compare
  16. 66 Lebanon 10 compare
  17. 66 Lithuania 10 compare
  18. 66 Luxembourg 10 compare
  19. 66 New Zealand 10 compare
  20. 66 Norway 10 compare
  21. 66 Oman 10 compare
  22. 66 Romania 10 compare
  23. 66 San Marino 10 compare
  24. 66 Seychelles 10 compare
  25. 66 Slovakia 10 compare
  26. 66 Spain 10 compare
  27. 66 Saint Lucia 10 compare
  28. 66 Togo 10 compare
  29. 66 Palestine, State of 10 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Canada?
Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Canada was 10 in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education recorded in Canada?
The highest recorded value was 10 in 1998.
What is the lowest number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education recorded in Canada?
The lowest recorded value was 10 in 1998.
How does Canada rank for number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education?
Canada ranks 66th out of 205 countries with data for 2019.
Is number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education rising or falling in Canada?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Canada data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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
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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/