| Current Rank | Country | Value | Latest Reading | Previous Rank | Previous Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tajikistan | 7 | 2021 | 1 | 7 |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 7 | 2021 | 1 | 7 |
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 7 | 2021 | 1 | 7 |
| 1 | Russia | 7 | 2021 | 1 | 7 |
| 1 | North Korea | 7 | 2020 | 1 | 7 |
| 1 | Indonesia | 7 | 2021 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | India | 6 | 2021 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Japan | 6 | 2021 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 6 | 2021 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Cambodia | 6 | 2021 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | South Korea | 6 | 2021 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Laos | 6 | 2021 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Macao | 6 | 2021 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Maldives | 6 | 2021 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Mongolia | 6 | 2021 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Malaysia | 6 | 2021 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Philippines | 6 | 2020 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Vietnam | 6 | 2021 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 6 | 2021 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Brunei | 6 | 2021 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Bhutan | 6 | 2021 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | China | 6 | 2021 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 6 | 2021 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Singapore | 6 | 2021 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Thailand | 6 | 2021 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Turkmenistan | 6 | 2021 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Azerbaijan | 6 | 2021 | 7 | 6 |
| 28 | Pakistan | 5 | 2021 | 28 | 5 |
| 28 | Nepal | 5 | 2021 | 28 | 5 |
| 28 | Burma (Myanmar) | 5 | 2021 | 28 | 5 |
| 28 | Sri Lanka | 5 | 2021 | 28 | 5 |
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.
