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Start month of the academic school year (tertiary education) by country

Starting month of the academic school year for tertiary education. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/

Countries reporting
205
Highest
12 tertiary education
Central African Republic
Lowest
1 tertiary education
Zimbabwe
Median
9 tertiary education
Years covered
30
1991–2020
Data points
4,023

What the numbers show

Start month of the academic school year (tertiary education) is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 12 tertiary education in Central African Republic; the lowest is 1 tertiary education in Zimbabwe.

The median across all reporting countries is 9 tertiary education, and the mean is 7.1 tertiary education.

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

Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 800.0%), and the largest decrease in Cambodia (down 90.0%).

Start month of the academic school year: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Central African Republic 12 tertiary education 2014 up 33.3% flat
1 Myanmar 12 tertiary education 2018 unchanged rising
3 Cote d'Ivoire 11 tertiary education 2017 unchanged flat
3 Congo 11 tertiary education 2017 up 10.0% flat
5 Albania 10 tertiary education 2019 up 11.1% rising
5 Benin 10 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
5 Burkina Faso 10 tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 tertiary education 2019 up 11.1% flat
5 Cameroon 10 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
5 Democratic Republic of Congo 10 tertiary education 2016 unchanged flat
5 Cape Verde 10 tertiary education 2018 up 11.1% rising
5 Djibouti 10 tertiary education 2011 up 11.1% rising
5 Egypt 10 tertiary education 2017 up 11.1% falling
5 Gabon 10 tertiary education 2014 unchanged flat
5 Guinea 10 tertiary education 2017 unchanged flat
5 Guinea-Bissau 10 tertiary education 2014 unchanged flat
5 Haiti 10 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
5 Indonesia 10 tertiary education 2018 up 42.9% rising
5 Iran 10 tertiary education 2018 up 11.1% flat
5 Lebanon 10 tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
5 Liberia 10 tertiary education 2014 up 11.1% rising
5 Mali 10 tertiary education 2017 down 9.1% rising
5 Mauritania 10 tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
5 Nigeria 10 tertiary education 2014 unchanged flat
5 Nepal 10 tertiary education 2019 up 42.9% rising
5 Senegal 10 tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
5 Sierra Leone 10 tertiary education 2014 unchanged flat
5 San Marino 10 tertiary education 2019 up 11.1% rising
5 Somalia 10 tertiary education 2014 unchanged flat
5 Sao Tome and Principe 10 tertiary education 2017 unchanged flat
5 Chad 10 tertiary education 2015 unchanged falling
5 Togo 10 tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
33 Aruba 9 tertiary education 2016 up 12.5% rising
33 Andorra 9 tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
33 United Arab Emirates 9 tertiary education 2017 unchanged flat
33 Armenia 9 tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
33 Antigua and Barbuda 9 tertiary education 2015 up 12.5% rising
33 Austria 9 tertiary education 2018 down 10.0% falling
33 Azerbaijan 9 tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
33 Belgium 9 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
33 Bulgaria 9 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
33 Bahrain 9 tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
33 Bahamas 9 tertiary education 2015 unchanged flat
33 Belarus 9 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
33 Barbados 9 tertiary education 2015 unchanged flat
33 Canada 9 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
33 China 9 tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
33 Comoros 9 tertiary education 2017 down 10.0% falling
33 Cuba 9 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
33 Curacao 9 tertiary education 2014 unchanged flat
33 Cayman Islands 9 tertiary education 2015 unchanged flat
33 Cyprus 9 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
33 Czechia 9 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
33 Germany 9 tertiary education 2018 down 10.0% falling
33 Dominica 9 tertiary education 2015 unchanged flat
33 Algeria 9 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
33 Spain 9 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
33 Estonia 9 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
33 Ethiopia 9 tertiary education 2014 unchanged flat
33 France 9 tertiary education 2018 down 10.0% falling
33 United Kingdom 9 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
33 Georgia 9 tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
33 Gibraltar 9 tertiary education 2017 unchanged flat
33 Gambia 9 tertiary education 2014 unchanged flat
33 Equatorial Guinea 9 tertiary education 2014 unchanged flat
33 Greece 9 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
33 Grenada 9 tertiary education 2018 unchanged falling
33 Guyana 9 tertiary education 2015 unchanged flat
33 Hong Kong 9 tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
33 Croatia 9 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
33 Hungary 9 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
33 Ireland 9 tertiary education 2018 up 12.5% rising
33 Iraq 9 tertiary education 2015 unchanged flat
33 Israel 9 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
33 Italy 9 tertiary education 2018 down 18.2% falling
33 Jamaica 9 tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
33 Jordan 9 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
33 Kazakhstan 9 tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
33 Kyrgyzstan 9 tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
33 Kuwait 9 tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
33 Laos 9 tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
33 Libya 9 tertiary education 2018 down 10.0% falling
33 Lithuania 9 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
33 Luxembourg 9 tertiary education 2018 up 12.5% rising
33 Latvia 9 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
33 Macao 9 tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
33 Morocco 9 tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
33 Monaco 9 tertiary education 2020 unchanged flat
33 Moldova 9 tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
33 North Macedonia 9 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
33 Malta 9 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
33 Mongolia 9 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
33 Malawi 9 tertiary education 2014 unchanged flat
33 Niger 9 tertiary education 2019 down 10.0% falling
33 Oman 9 tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
33 Pakistan 9 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
33 Poland 9 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
33 Portugal 9 tertiary education 2018 up 12.5% rising
33 Palestine 9 tertiary education 2019 unchanged falling
33 Qatar 9 tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
33 Romania 9 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
33 Russia 9 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
33 Rwanda 9 tertiary education 2019 up 800.0% falling
33 Saudi Arabia 9 tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
33 Serbia 9 tertiary education 2019 down 10.0% rising
33 Slovakia 9 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
33 Slovenia 9 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
33 Syria 9 tertiary education 2016 unchanged flat
33 Turks and Caicos Islands 9 tertiary education 2015 unchanged flat
33 Tajikistan 9 tertiary education 2017 unchanged flat
33 Turkmenistan 9 tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
33 Trinidad and Tobago 9 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
33 Tunisia 9 tertiary education 2019 down 10.0% falling
33 Turkey 9 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
33 Ukraine 9 tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
33 Uzbekistan 9 tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
33 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
33 British Virgin Islands 9 tertiary education 2018 unchanged falling
33 Vietnam 9 tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
33 Yemen 9 tertiary education 2011 unchanged flat
121 Belize 8 tertiary education 2019 down 11.1% falling
121 Bermuda 8 tertiary education 2018 down 11.1% falling
121 Bhutan 8 tertiary education 2020 up 33.3% volatile
121 Botswana 8 tertiary education 2019 unchanged falling
121 Switzerland 8 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
121 Denmark 8 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
121 Finland 8 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
121 Micronesia (country) 8 tertiary education 2014 unchanged flat
121 Ghana 8 tertiary education 2019 down 11.1% falling
121 Iceland 8 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
121 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8 tertiary education 2015 down 11.1% flat
121 Saint Lucia 8 tertiary education 2019 unchanged falling
121 Liechtenstein 8 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
121 Mexico 8 tertiary education 2018 down 11.1% falling
121 Marshall Islands 8 tertiary education 2019 down 11.1% falling
121 Netherlands 8 tertiary education 2018 down 11.1% falling
121 Norway 8 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
121 Palau 8 tertiary education 2014 down 11.1% falling
121 Suriname 8 tertiary education 2015 unchanged flat
121 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 8 tertiary education 2015 — flat
121 Uganda 8 tertiary education 2014 down 20.0% falling
142 American Samoa 7 tertiary education 2009 unchanged flat
142 Bangladesh 7 tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
142 Brunei 7 tertiary education 2019 unchanged falling
142 Eritrea 7 tertiary education 2016 down 22.2% falling
142 India 7 tertiary education 2019 up 75.0% rising
142 Lesotho 7 tertiary education 2018 down 12.5% falling
142 Mauritius 7 tertiary education 2017 down 12.5% volatile
142 South Sudan 7 tertiary education 2014 unchanged flat
142 Sweden 7 tertiary education 2018 down 12.5% falling
142 United States 7 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
152 Philippines 6 tertiary education 2017 unchanged flat
153 Thailand 5 tertiary education 2017 unchanged flat
154 Argentina 4 tertiary education 2017 up 100.0% rising
154 Japan 4 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
154 North Korea 4 tertiary education 2018 down 55.6% falling
154 Singapore 4 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
154 East Timor 4 tertiary education 2014 down 60.0% falling
159 Afghanistan 3 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
159 Angola 3 tertiary education 2016 up 50.0% rising
159 Chile 3 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
159 South Korea 3 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
159 Panama 3 tertiary education 2016 unchanged falling
159 Peru 3 tertiary education 2019 down 25.0% falling
159 Uruguay 3 tertiary education 2017 unchanged flat
166 Bolivia 2 tertiary education 2015 unchanged flat
166 Brazil 2 tertiary education 2018 down 33.3% falling
166 Madagascar 2 tertiary education 2018 down 33.3% volatile
166 Mozambique 2 tertiary education 2018 unchanged volatile
166 Nicaragua 2 tertiary education 2015 unchanged flat
166 Paraguay 2 tertiary education 2015 unchanged flat
166 Tonga 2 tertiary education 2014 unchanged flat
166 Vanuatu 2 tertiary education 2014 unchanged flat
174 Australia 1 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
174 Burundi 1 tertiary education 2018 down 88.9% volatile
174 Colombia 1 tertiary education 2018 unchanged falling
174 Costa Rica 1 tertiary education 2019 down 50.0% falling
174 Dominican Republic 1 tertiary education 2017 down 87.5% falling
174 Ecuador 1 tertiary education 2016 unchanged volatile
174 Fiji 1 tertiary education 2016 unchanged flat
174 Guatemala 1 tertiary education 2015 down 66.7% volatile
174 Honduras 1 tertiary education 2018 unchanged falling
174 Kenya 1 tertiary education 2019 down 88.9% falling
174 Cambodia 1 tertiary education 2019 down 90.0% volatile
174 Kiribati 1 tertiary education 2014 unchanged flat
174 Sri Lanka 1 tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
174 Maldives 1 tertiary education 2017 unchanged flat
174 Montenegro 1 tertiary education 2019 down 88.9% falling
174 Malaysia 1 tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
174 Namibia 1 tertiary education 2017 down 50.0% falling
174 Nauru 1 tertiary education 2014 unchanged flat
174 New Zealand 1 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
174 Papua New Guinea 1 tertiary education 2014 unchanged flat
174 Puerto Rico 1 tertiary education 2018 down 85.7% falling
174 Solomon Islands 1 tertiary education 2014 unchanged flat
174 El Salvador 1 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
174 Eswatini 1 tertiary education 2015 down 87.5% falling
174 Seychelles 1 tertiary education 2019 unchanged flat
174 Tuvalu 1 tertiary education 2014 unchanged flat
174 Tanzania 1 tertiary education 2019 down 88.9% volatile
174 Venezuela 1 tertiary education 2015 down 88.9% volatile
174 Samoa 1 tertiary education 2018 down 50.0% falling
174 South Africa 1 tertiary education 2018 unchanged flat
174 Zambia 1 tertiary education 2014 unchanged falling
174 Zimbabwe 1 tertiary education 2015 unchanged flat

About this data

Indicator
Start month of the academic school year (tertiary education)
Unit
tertiary education
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
205 places, 4,023 data points, 1991–2020
Last refreshed

Starting month of the academic school year for tertiary education. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/