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

Start 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
209
Highest
2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education
Afghanistan
Lowest
1,996 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education
United States Virgin Islands
Median
2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
10,415

What the numbers show

Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education) is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education in Afghanistan; the lowest is 1,996 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education in United States Virgin Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education, and the mean is 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education.

Start of the academic school year: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Afghanistan 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Angola 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Argentina 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Australia 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Bangladesh 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Brazil 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Brunei Darussalam 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Bhutan 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Botswana 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Chile 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Colombia 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Costa Rica 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Fiji 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Guatemala 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Honduras 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Kenya 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Kiribati 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Sri Lanka 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Lesotho 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Maldives 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Mozambique 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Mauritius 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Malawi 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Malaysia 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Namibia 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Nicaragua 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Naoero 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 New Zealand 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Panama 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Peru 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Palau 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Papua New Guinea 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Paraguay 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Rwanda 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Singapore 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Solomon Islands 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 El Salvador 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 South Sudan 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Eswatini 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Seychelles 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Tonga 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Tuvalu 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Tanzania, United Republic of 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Uganda 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Uruguay 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Vanuatu 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Samoa 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 South Africa 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Zambia 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Zimbabwe 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Aruba 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Albania 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Andorra 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 United Arab Emirates 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Armenia 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Antigua and Barbuda 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Austria 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Azerbaijan 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Burundi 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Belgium 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Benin 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Burkina Faso 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Bulgaria 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Bahrain 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Bahamas 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Belarus 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Belize 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Bermuda 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Barbados 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Central African Republic 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Canada 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Switzerland 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 China 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Côte d'Ivoire 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Cameroon 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Congo 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Comoros 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Cape Verde 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Cuba 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Curaçao 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.4% flat
52 Cayman Islands 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Cyprus 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Czechia 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Germany 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Djibouti 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Dominica 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Denmark 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Dominican Republic 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Algeria 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Ecuador 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Egypt 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Eritrea 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Spain 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Estonia 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Ethiopia 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Finland 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 France 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Gabon 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Georgia 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Ghana 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Gibraltar 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Guinea 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Gambia 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Guinea-Bissau 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Equatorial Guinea 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Greece 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Grenada 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Guyana 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Hong Kong, China 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Croatia 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Haiti 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Hungary 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Indonesia 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 India 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Ireland 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Iran, Islamic Republic of 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Iraq 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Iceland 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Israel 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Italy 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Jamaica 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Jordan 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Japan 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Kazakhstan 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Kyrgyzstan 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Cambodia 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Republic of Korea 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.4% flat
52 Kuwait 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Lebanon 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Liberia 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Libya 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Saint Lucia 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Liechtenstein 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Lithuania 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Luxembourg 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Latvia 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Macau (China) 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Morocco 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Monaco 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Republic of Moldova 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Madagascar 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Mexico 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Marshall Islands 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 North Macedonia 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Mali 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Malta 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Myanmar 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Montenegro 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Mongolia 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Mauritania 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Niger 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Nigeria 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Netherlands 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Norway 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Nepal 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Oman 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Pakistan 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Philippines 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Poland 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Puerto Rico 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Portugal 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Palestine, State of 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Qatar 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Romania 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Russian Federation 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Saudi Arabia 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Sudan 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Senegal 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Sierra Leone 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 San Marino 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Somalia 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Serbia 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Sao Tome and Principe 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Suriname 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Slovakia 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Slovenia 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Sweden 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Sint Maarten 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.4% flat
52 Syrian Arab Republic 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Turks and Caicos Islands 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Chad 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Togo 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Thailand 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Tajikistan 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Turkmenistan 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Timor-Leste 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.4% flat
52 Trinidad and Tobago 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Tunisia 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Türkiye 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Ukraine 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 United States of America 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Uzbekistan 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 British Virgin Islands 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Viet Nam 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
52 Yemen 2,019 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% flat
206 American Samoa 2,005 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2006 up 0.5% flat
207 Guam 1,996 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 1997 up 0.5% flat
207 French Polynesia 1,996 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 1997 up 0.5% flat
207 United States Virgin Islands 1,996 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 1997 up 0.5% flat

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Indicator
Start 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
209 places, 10,415 data points, 1970–2020
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Start 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/