Secondary education, duration (years)

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About this dataset

Secondary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in secondary school.

Columns (4)

countrystringiso3stringyearstringvaluenumber

Sample rows

iso3yearvaluecountry
AFE20256Africa Eastern and Southern
AFW20257Africa Western and Central
ARB20256Arab World
CSS20255Caribbean small states
CEB20258Central Europe and the Baltics
EAR20256Early-demographic dividend
EAS20256East Asia & Pacific
EAP20256East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

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