Indicators / Expected years of schooling
Expected years of schooling
Years of schooling a child entering school today could expect to receive, given current enrollment patterns.
74 countries with a value for 2023. Ranked highest to lowest — rank #1 is the best outcome on this measure.
1GreeceVery High20.8 yrs2AustraliaVery High20.7 yrs3TürkiyeVery High19.8 yrs4FinlandVery High19.5 yrs5New ZealandVery High19.3 yrs6IrelandVery High19.2 yrs7BelgiumVery High19 yrs8SwedenVery High19 yrs9IcelandVery High18.9 yrs10ArgentinaVery High18.8 yrs11NorwayVery High18.8 yrs12DenmarkVery High18.7 yrs13NetherlandsVery High18.6 yrs14Saint Kitts and NevisVery High18.4 yrs15SeychellesVery High18.2 yrs16SpainVery High17.8 yrs17United KingdomVery High17.8 yrs18PortugalVery High17.5 yrs19UruguayVery High17.5 yrs20SloveniaVery High17.5 yrs21GermanyVery High17.3 yrs22Saudi ArabiaVery High16.9 yrs23ChileVery High16.9 yrs24Hong Kong, China (SAR)Very High16.9 yrs25CzechiaVery High16.8 yrs26GeorgiaVery High16.8 yrs27SingaporeVery High16.7 yrs28ItalyVery High16.7 yrs29PolandVery High16.7 yrs30SwitzerlandVery High16.7 yrs31BarbadosVery High16.6 yrs32Korea (Republic of)Very High16.6 yrs33LatviaVery High16.5 yrs34LithuaniaVery High16.5 yrs35Costa RicaVery High16.3 yrs36CroatiaVery High16.3 yrs37AustriaVery High16.3 yrs38CyprusVery High16.2 yrs39FranceVery High16.1 yrs40EstoniaVery High16 yrs41BahrainVery High15.9 yrs42United StatesVery High15.9 yrs43MaltaVery High15.9 yrs44KuwaitVery High15.9 yrs45CanadaVery High15.9 yrs46United Arab EmiratesVery High15.6 yrs47MontenegroVery High15.5 yrs48JapanVery High15.5 yrs49Antigua and BarbudaVery High15.5 yrs50HungaryVery High15.5 yrs51LiechtensteinVery High15.4 yrs52BulgariaVery High15.3 yrs53SerbiaVery High15 yrs54SlovakiaVery High14.9 yrs55IsraelVery High14.9 yrs56North MacedoniaVery High14.8 yrs57San MarinoVery High14.6 yrs58AndorraVery High14.5 yrs59AlbaniaVery High14.5 yrs60ArmeniaVery High14.4 yrs61LuxembourgVery High14.4 yrs62Trinidad and TobagoVery High14.2 yrs63MauritiusVery High14.2 yrs64RomaniaVery High14.1 yrs65KazakhstanVery High14 yrs66BelarusVery High13.7 yrs67Brunei DarussalamVery High13.7 yrs68OmanVery High13.4 yrs69PanamaVery High13.3 yrs70Russian FederationVery High13.2 yrs71Bosnia and HerzegovinaVery High13.2 yrs72QatarVery High13.1 yrs73MalaysiaVery High12.7 yrs74BahamasVery High11.9 yrs