Human Development

Indicators / Mean years of schooling

Mean years of schooling

Average number of years of education actually completed by adults aged 25 and older.

20 countries with a value for 2023. Ranked highest to lowest — rank #1 is the best outcome on this measure.

AllLowMediumHighVery High
All regionsArab StatesEast Asia and the PacificEurope and Central AsiaLatin America and the CaribbeanSouth AsiaSub-Saharan Africa
1Congo (Democratic Republic of the)Low7.4 yrs2LiberiaLow6.2 yrs3South SudanLow5.7 yrs4MalawiLow5.2 yrs5EritreaLow5.1 yrs6GambiaLow4.7 yrs7MadagascarLow4.6 yrs8MozambiqueLow4.6 yrs9Central African RepublicLow4 yrs10Guinea-BissauLow3.7 yrs11Sierra LeoneLow3.5 yrs12BurundiLow3.5 yrs13BeninLow3.2 yrs14SenegalLow2.9 yrs15GuineaLow2.5 yrs16EthiopiaLow2.4 yrs17ChadLow2.3 yrs18Burkina FasoLow2.3 yrs19MaliLow1.6 yrs20NigerLow1.4 yrs