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Start month of the academic school year in Egypt

Egypt: Start month of the academic school year was 10 tertiary education in 2017. ▼ Falling

Latest (2017)
10 tertiary education
Change on year
up 900.0%
World rank
5th
of 205 countries
All-time high
10 tertiary education
in 2017
All-time low
1 tertiary education
in 2015
Years of data
19
1998–2017

Start month of the academic school year in Egypt, 1998–2017

02468101998200720171998: 9 tertiary education1999: 9 tertiary education2000: 9 tertiary education2001: 9 tertiary education2002: 9 tertiary education2003: 9 tertiary education2004: 9 tertiary education2005: 9 tertiary education2006: 9 tertiary education2007: 9 tertiary education2008: 9 tertiary education2009: 9 tertiary education2010: 9 tertiary education2012: 9 tertiary education2013: 9 tertiary education2014: 9 tertiary education2015: 1 tertiary education2016: 1 tertiary education2017: 10 tertiary education

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in tertiary education.

Analysis

In 2017, start month of the academic school year in Egypt stood at 10 tertiary education. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.

That represents a change of up 900.0% on the previous year and up 11.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, start month of the academic school year in Egypt peaked at 10 tertiary education in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1 tertiary education, in 2015.

Egypt ranks 5th of 205 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 9 tertiary education 9 tertiary education 9 tertiary education 2
2000s 9 tertiary education 9 tertiary education 9 tertiary education 10
2010s 6.86 tertiary education 1 tertiary education 10 tertiary education 7

Countries ranked near Egypt

  1. 3 Congo 11 tertiary education compare
  2. 3 Côte d'Ivoire 11 tertiary education compare
  3. 5 Albania 10 tertiary education compare
  4. 5 Benin 10 tertiary education compare
  5. 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 tertiary education compare
  6. 5 Burkina Faso 10 tertiary education compare
  7. 5 Cape Verde 10 tertiary education compare
  8. 5 Cameroon 10 tertiary education compare
  9. 5 Chad 10 tertiary education compare
  10. 5 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 10 tertiary education compare
  11. 5 Djibouti 10 tertiary education compare
  12. 5 Gabon 10 tertiary education compare
  13. 5 Guinea 10 tertiary education compare
  14. 5 Guinea-Bissau 10 tertiary education compare
  15. 5 Haiti 10 tertiary education compare
  16. 5 Indonesia 10 tertiary education compare
  17. 5 Iran 10 tertiary education compare
  18. 5 Lebanon 10 tertiary education compare
  19. 5 Liberia 10 tertiary education compare
  20. 5 Mali 10 tertiary education compare
  21. 5 Mauritania 10 tertiary education compare
  22. 5 Nepal 10 tertiary education compare
  23. 5 Nigeria 10 tertiary education compare
  24. 5 San Marino 10 tertiary education compare
  25. 5 Sao Tome and Principe 10 tertiary education compare
  26. 5 Senegal 10 tertiary education compare
  27. 5 Sierra Leone 10 tertiary education compare
  28. 5 Somalia 10 tertiary education compare
  29. 5 Togo 10 tertiary education compare

See the full ranking of 205 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is start month of the academic school year in Egypt?
Start month of the academic school year in Egypt was 10 tertiary education in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest start month of the academic school year recorded in Egypt?
The highest recorded value was 10 tertiary education in 2017.
What is the lowest start month of the academic school year recorded in Egypt?
The lowest recorded value was 1 tertiary education in 2015.
How does Egypt rank for start month of the academic school year?
Egypt ranks 5th out of 205 countries with data for 2017.
Is start month of the academic school year rising or falling in Egypt?
Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Egypt data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Start month of the academic school year (tertiary education). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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
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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/