duration_school_closures (1)

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1			UNESCO global dataset on the duration of school closures
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5	Definitions:	Full school closures refer to situations where all schools were closed at the nation-wide level due to COVID-19.
6		Partial school closures refer to school closures in some regions or for some grades, or with reduced in-person instruction.
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8	Description:	The data displayed on the map is that in column C - Duration of FULL and PARTIAL school closures (in weeks).
9		It is derived from the UNESCO global monitoring map of school closures https://en.unesco.org/covid19/educationresponse
10		recognizing that patterns of school closures have changed since September 2020, the last four columns break down the periods
11		March - August 2020 and September 2020 - May 2021 by type of closure. It becomes evident that governments have made
12		efforts to shift away from nation-wide closures as the pandemic progressed. Note possible discrepencies due to rounding.
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14	Prepared by the Future of Learning and Innovation team at UNESCO, Headquarters
15	Contact: erf@unesco.org
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17	Last update: 31 May 2021
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19	Country	ISO	Duration of FULL and PARTIAL school closures (in weeks)	Duration of FULL closures (in weeks)	Duration of PARTIAL closures (in weeks)	Duration of FULL closures from Mar-Aug 20 (in weeks)	Duration of FULL closures from Sep 20 - May 21 (in weeks)	Duration of PARTIAL closures from Mar-Aug 20 (in weeks)	Duration of PARTIAL closures from Sep 20 - May 21 (in weeks)
20	Nepal	NPL	61	26	35	23	3	0	35
21	Uganda	UGA	59	37	22	24	13	0	22
22	Palestine	PSE	58	17	41	16	1	5	36
23	Myanmar	MMR	57	52	5	14	38	5	0
24	Iraq	IRQ	57	46	11	23	23	1	10
25	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	BOL	56	39	17	22	17	0	17
26	India	IND	56	25	31	18	7	3	28
27	United States of America	USA	56	0	56	0	0	19	37
28	Panama	PAN	55	55	0	25	30	0	0
29	Honduras	HND	55	46	9	25	21	0	9
30	Costa Rica	CRI	55	39	16	21	18	0	16
31	Republic of Korea	KOR	55	11	44	11	0	12	32
32	El Salvador	SLV	54	46	8	24	22	0	8
33	Guatemala	GTM	54	33	21	24	9	0	21
34	South Sudan	SSD	54	33	21	24	9	0	21
35	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	IRN	54	20	34	16	4	0	34
36	Indonesia	IDN	54	20	34	19	1	1	33
37	Argentina	ARG	54	22	32	22	0	0	32
38	Mexico	MEX	53	53	0	17	36	0	0
39	Ecuador	ECU	53	39	14	16	23	0	14
40	Brazil	BRA	53	38	15	21	17	2	13
41	Bahrain	BHR	53	29	24	18	11	0	24
42	Chile	CHL	53	14	39	14	0	9	30
43	Jordan	JOR	52	42	10	15	27	0	10
44	Guyana	GUY	52	27	25	18	9	0	25
45	North Macedonia	MKD	52	20	32	16	4	0	32
46	Colombia	COL	52	23	29	21	2	0	29
47	Kuwait	KWT	51	51	0	17	34	0	0
48	Bhutan	BTN	51	20	31	18	2	8	23
49	United Arab Emirates	ARE	51	15	36	15	0	0	36
50	Saudi Arabia	SAU	50	50	0	13	37	0	0
51	Bangladesh	BGD	50	50	0	18	32	0	0
52	Sri Lanka	LKA	50	32	18	21	11	0	18
53	Peru	PER	50	26	24	15	11	7	17
54	Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	50	25	25	16	9	0	25
55	Qatar	QAT	50	21	29	14	7	0	29
56	Bahamas	BHS	50	19	31	14	5	0	31
57	Ghana	GHA	50	10	40	9	1	11	29
58	Eritrea	ERI	50	14	36	14	0	8	28
59	Eswatini	SWZ	49	28	21	16	12	8	13
60	Paraguay	PRY	49	32	17	23	9	0	17
61	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	49	19	30	13	6	0	30
62	Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	48	19	29	11	8	0	29
63	Libya	LBY	48	15	33	15	0	0	33
64	Venezuela	VEN	47	47	0	14	33	0	0
65	Turkey	TUR	47	30	17	13	17	0	17
66	Czechia	CZE	47	20	27	9	11	7	20
67	Pakistan	PAK	47	23	24	16	7	2	22
68	Rwanda	RWA	47	27	20	22	5	0	20
69	Canada	CAN	47	13	34	13	0	0	34
70	Grenada	GRD	47	12	35	12	0	8	27
71	Angola	AGO	46	28	18	23	5	0	18
72	Latvia	LVA	46	13	33	9	4	3	30
73	Slovakia	SVK	46	12	34	10	2	5	29
74	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	PRK	45	37	8	7	30	6	2
75	Azerbaijan	AZE	45	31	14	13	18	0	14
76	Mozambique	MOZ	45	25	20	21	4	0	20
77	Jamaica	JAM	45	17	28	14	3	0	28
78	Kazakhstan	KAZ	45	9	36	9	0	0	36
79	Belize	BLZ	44	27	17	10	17	2	15
80	Slovenia	SVN	44	21	23	8	13	5	18
81	Cuba	CUB	44	15	29	15	0	0	29
82	Philippines	PHL	43	42	1	8	34	1	0
83	Lebanon	LBN	43	34	9	15	19	0	9
84	Poland	POL	43	24	19	9	15	5	14
85	Lesotho	LSO	43	11	32	9	2	15	17
86	Saint Lucia	LCA	42	32	10	11	21	4	6
87	Mongolia	MNG	42	22	20	18	4	0	20
88	Dominican Republic	DOM	41	33	8	13	20	0	8
89	British Virgin Islands	VGB	41	9	32	9	0	8	24
90	Malaysia	MYS	38	27	11	14	13	6	5
91	Cambodia	KHM	38	26	12	15	11	1	11
92	Barbados	BRB	38	19	19	9	10	1	18
93	Montenegro	MNE	38	19	19	12	7	0	19
94	Hungary	HUN	38	20	18	14	6	1	17
95	Lithuania	LTU	38	10	28	10	0	1	27
96	Serbia	SRB	37	28	9	15	13	0	9
97	Greece	GRC	37	18	19	7	11	6	13
98	Kenya	KEN	37	28	9	21	7	0	9
99	South Africa	ZAF	37	15	22	11	4	8	14
100	Liberia	LBR	37	15	22	15	0	9	13