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

Start 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
10 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education
Benin
Lowest
1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education
Zimbabwe
Median
9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education
Years covered
26
1995–2020
Data points
5,014

What the numbers show

Start month of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education) is currently reported for 211 countries. The highest value is 10 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Benin; the lowest is 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Zimbabwe.

The median across all reporting countries is 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education, and the mean is 7.03 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.

Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Timor-Leste (up 900.0%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 91.7%).

Start month of the academic school year: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Benin 10 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Burkina Faso 10 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
1 Central African Republic 10 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 up 11.1% rising
1 Côte d'Ivoire 10 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
1 Democratic Republic of the Congo 10 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 up 11.1% flat
1 Congo 10 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Comoros 10 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
1 Germany 10 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Gabon 10 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Guinea 10 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
1 Guinea-Bissau 10 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Haiti 10 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Cambodia 10 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
1 Lebanon 10 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Madagascar 10 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Mali 10 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Niger 10 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Senegal 10 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Somalia 10 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Sao Tome and Principe 10 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
1 Chad 10 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
1 Timor-Leste 10 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 up 900.0% volatile
24 Albania 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Andorra 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 United Arab Emirates 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 up 12.5% flat
24 Armenia 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 American Samoa 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
24 Antigua and Barbuda 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Austria 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Azerbaijan 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Burundi 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Belgium 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Bulgaria 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Bahrain 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Bahamas 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Belarus 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Belize 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Bermuda 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Barbados 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Canada 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 China 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Cameroon 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Cabo Verde 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Cuba 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Cayman Islands 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Cyprus 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Czechia 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Djibouti 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Dominica 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Algeria 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Egypt 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Eritrea 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Spain 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Estonia 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Ethiopia 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 France 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Georgia 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Ghana 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Gibraltar 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Gambia 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Equatorial Guinea 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Greece 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Grenada 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Guam 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
24 Guyana 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Hong Kong (China) 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Croatia 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Hungary 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Iraq 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Israel 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Italy 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Jamaica 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Jordan 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Kazakhstan 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Kyrgyzstan 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Saint Kitts and Nevis 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Kuwait 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Lao People's Democratic Republic 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Liberia 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Libya 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Saint Lucia 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Lithuania 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Latvia 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Macau (China) 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Morocco 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Monaco 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Republic of Moldova 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Mexico 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
24 Marshall Islands 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
24 North Macedonia 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Malta 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Montenegro 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Mongolia 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Mauritania 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
24 Nigeria 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Netherlands 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Oman 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Palau 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
24 Poland 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 up 125.0% falling
24 Palestine, State of 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 French Polynesia 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
24 Qatar 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Romania 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Russian Federation 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Saudi Arabia 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Sierra Leone 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 San Marino 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Serbia 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Slovakia 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Slovenia 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Syrian Arab Republic 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Turks and Caicos Islands 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Togo 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
24 Tajikistan 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Turkmenistan 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Trinidad and Tobago 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Tunisia 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Türkiye 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Ukraine 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Uzbekistan 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 British Virgin Islands 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 United States Virgin Islands 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
24 Viet Nam 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
24 Yemen 9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
131 Aruba 8 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
131 Switzerland 8 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
131 Denmark 8 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
131 Dominican Republic 8 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
131 Finland 8 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
131 Faroe Islands 8 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
131 Micronesia (Federated States of) 8 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
131 Greenland 8 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
131 Ireland 8 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
131 Iceland 8 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
131 Liechtenstein 8 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
131 Luxembourg 8 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
131 Norway 8 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
131 Puerto Rico 8 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
131 Portugal 8 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
131 Suriname 8 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 down 20.0% rising
131 Sweden 8 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
148 Curaçao 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 volatile
148 Indonesia 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
148 Nepal 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 up 40.0% falling
148 Sint Maarten 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 volatile
148 United States of America 7 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
153 Myanmar 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
153 Philippines 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
153 Sudan 6 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
156 Thailand 5 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
157 Ecuador 4 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 down 55.6% rising
157 India 4 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
157 Japan 4 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
157 Pakistan 4 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
157 Peru 4 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
162 Afghanistan 3 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
162 Brazil 3 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
162 Chile 3 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
162 Republic of Korea 3 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
162 Lesotho 3 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 up 200.0% falling
162 Panama 3 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 up 50.0% rising
162 Uruguay 3 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
169 Angola 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
169 Argentina 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
169 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
169 Bhutan 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
169 Colombia 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
169 Costa Rica 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
169 Paraguay 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
169 South Sudan 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 down 71.4% volatile
169 Tonga 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
169 Uganda 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 up 100.0% falling
169 Vanuatu 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
169 Samoa 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
181 Australia 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
181 Bangladesh 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
181 Brunei Darussalam 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
181 Botswana 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
181 Fiji 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
181 Guatemala 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
181 Honduras 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 down 50.0% falling
181 Kenya 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
181 Kiribati 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
181 Sri Lanka 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
181 Maldives 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
181 Mozambique 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
181 Mauritius 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
181 Malawi 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 down 91.7% volatile
181 Malaysia 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
181 Namibia 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
181 Nicaragua 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged falling
181 Nauru 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
181 New Zealand 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
181 Papua New Guinea 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
181 Rwanda 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged volatile
181 Singapore 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
181 Solomon Islands 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged rising
181 El Salvador 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
181 Eswatini 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
181 Seychelles 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
181 Tuvalu 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
181 Tanzania, United Republic of 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged volatile
181 South Africa 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
181 Zambia 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged volatile
181 Zimbabwe 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat

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Indicator
Start 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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Start 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/