Compulsory education, duration (years)

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About this dataset

Duration of compulsory education is the number of years that children are legally obliged to attend school.

Columns (4)

countrystringiso3stringyearstringvaluenumber

Sample rows

iso3yearvaluecountry
AFE20257.5Africa Eastern and Southern
AFW20259Africa Western and Central
ARB20259Arab World
CSS20257Caribbean small states
CEB202510Central Europe and the Baltics
EAR202510Early-demographic dividend
EAS20259East Asia & Pacific
EAP20259East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

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