Education · Sweden
Yearly data from 1970 to 2025, from the World Bank.
Sweden's primary school starting age (years) was 7 in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is unchanged at from 7 in 2015.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 7 | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 7 | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 7 | 2015 |
| Highest | 7 | 1970 |
| Lowest | 7 | 1970 |
| Average since 2016 | 7 | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 7 | 1970 |
Over five years it is unchanged at from 7 in 2020. Since 1970 it is unchanged at from 7 in 1970.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
In 2025, Sweden had the 1st highest value of the 210 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Primary school starting age is the age at which students would enter primary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade.
Limitations: The theoretical entrance age to a given programme or level is typically, but not always, the most common entrance age.
| Year | Primary school starting age (years) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 |
| 2024 | 7 |
| 2023 | 7 |
| 2022 | 7 |
| 2021 | 7 |
| 2020 | 7 |
| 2019 | 7 |
| 2018 | 7 |
| 2017 | 7 |
| 2016 | 7 |
| 2015 | 7 |
| 2014 | 7 |
| 2013 | 7 |
| 2012 | 7 |
| 2011 | 7 |
| 2010 | 7 |
| 2009 | 7 |
| 2008 | 7 |
| 2007 | 7 |
| 2006 | 7 |
| 2005 | 7 |
| 2004 | 7 |
| 2003 | 7 |
| 2002 | 7 |
| 2001 | 7 |
| 2000 | 7 |
| 1999 | 7 |
| 1998 | 7 |
| 1997 | 7 |
| 1996 | 7 |
| 1995 | 7 |
| 1994 | 7 |
| 1993 | 7 |
| 1992 | 7 |
| 1991 | 7 |
| 1990 | 7 |
| 1989 | 7 |
| 1988 | 7 |
| 1987 | 7 |
| 1986 | 7 |
| 1985 | 7 |
| 1984 | 7 |
| 1983 | 7 |
| 1982 | 7 |
| 1981 | 7 |
| 1980 | 7 |
| 1979 | 7 |
| 1978 | 7 |
| 1977 | 7 |
| 1976 | 7 |
| 1975 | 7 |
| 1974 | 7 |
| 1973 | 7 |
| 1972 | 7 |
| 1971 | 7 |
| 1970 | 7 |
Every indicator for Sweden is on the Sweden data page.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.AGES, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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