Indicators / Mean years of schooling
Mean years of schooling
Average number of years of education actually completed by adults aged 25 and older.
50 countries with a value for 2023. Ranked highest to lowest — rank #1 is the best outcome on this measure.
1PalauHigh13.3 yrs2KyrgyzstanHigh12.1 yrs3UzbekistanHigh11.9 yrs4Moldova (Republic of)High11.8 yrs5Marshall IslandsHigh11.6 yrs6South AfricaHigh11.6 yrs7SamoaHigh11.3 yrs8Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesHigh11.3 yrs9TurkmenistanHigh11.2 yrs10UkraineHigh11.1 yrs11AzerbaijanHigh11.1 yrs12TongaHigh10.9 yrs13Iran (Islamic Republic of)High10.8 yrs14Sri LankaHigh10.8 yrs15CubaHigh10.6 yrs16BotswanaHigh10.5 yrs17FijiHigh10.4 yrs18LebanonHigh10.4 yrs19JordanHigh10.2 yrs20PeruHigh10.2 yrs21EgyptHigh10.1 yrs22DominicaHigh10.1 yrs23Bolivia (Plurinational State of)High10 yrs24PhilippinesHigh10 yrs25JamaicaHigh10 yrs26NicaraguaHigh9.9 yrs27GabonHigh9.7 yrs28Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)High9.7 yrs29NauruHigh9.4 yrs30GrenadaHigh9.4 yrs31Dominican RepublicHigh9.4 yrs32MongoliaHigh9.4 yrs33MexicoHigh9.3 yrs34ThailandHigh9 yrs35ColombiaHigh9 yrs36Viet NamHigh9 yrs37EcuadorHigh9 yrs38ParaguayHigh8.9 yrs39BelizeHigh8.8 yrs40GuyanaHigh8.7 yrs41IndonesiaHigh8.7 yrs42Saint LuciaHigh8.6 yrs43SurinameHigh8.4 yrs44BrazilHigh8.4 yrs45ChinaHigh8 yrs46LibyaHigh7.8 yrs47TunisiaHigh7.6 yrs48AlgeriaHigh7.4 yrs49MaldivesHigh7.4 yrs50MoroccoHigh6.2 yrs