Leaving Age By Country
Some countries have different leaving or employment ages, but in certain countries like China and Japan, the average age at which people graduate is 15, depending upon part-time or full-time learning or employment.
Legend
| Color legend | Ages legend |
| School leaving age higher | 0 denotes education is not compulsory |
| Employment age higher | 0 denotes no minimum employment age as children could be, in theory, employed from birth |
| Both ages synchronised | ― denotes no information available |
| No information / No age set | ? denotes the age set is unknown |
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