This fact sheet focuses on the duration of compulsory education/training in Europe. It highlights the starting and leaving ages and distinguishes the notions of full-time and part-time compulsory education/training. The information is available for 39 European education systems covering 37 countries participating in the EU's Erasmus+ programme. Detailed information on the structure of education systems is available in the report: "The structure of the European education systems 2022/2023: schematic diagrams." [For the 2021/22 report, see ED617605.]