Indicators / Mean years of schooling
Mean years of schooling
Average number of years of education actually completed by adults aged 25 and older.
74 countries with a value for 2023. Ranked highest to lowest — rank #1 is the best outcome on this measure.
1GermanyVery High14.3 yrs2SwitzerlandVery High13.9 yrs3United StatesVery High13.9 yrs4IcelandVery High13.9 yrs5CanadaVery High13.9 yrs6LithuaniaVery High13.6 yrs7EstoniaVery High13.6 yrs8IsraelVery High13.5 yrs9United KingdomVery High13.5 yrs10LatviaVery High13.4 yrs11PolandVery High13.2 yrs12NorwayVery High13.1 yrs13SlovakiaVery High13.1 yrs14DenmarkVery High13 yrs15United Arab EmiratesVery High13 yrs16FinlandVery High13 yrs17CzechiaVery High13 yrs18SloveniaVery High13 yrs19New ZealandVery High12.9 yrs20AustraliaVery High12.9 yrs21BahamasVery High12.8 yrs22MontenegroVery High12.8 yrs23SwedenVery High12.7 yrs24Korea (Republic of)Very High12.7 yrs25GeorgiaVery High12.7 yrs26BelgiumVery High12.7 yrs27JapanVery High12.7 yrs28NetherlandsVery High12.7 yrs29LuxembourgVery High12.6 yrs30CyprusVery High12.6 yrs31KazakhstanVery High12.5 yrs32MaltaVery High12.4 yrs33Russian FederationVery High12.4 yrs34LiechtensteinVery High12.4 yrs35AustriaVery High12.4 yrs36Hong Kong, China (SAR)Very High12.4 yrs37BelarusVery High12.3 yrs38HungaryVery High12.3 yrs39CroatiaVery High12.1 yrs40SingaporeVery High12 yrs41OmanVery High11.9 yrs42FranceVery High11.8 yrs43IrelandVery High11.7 yrs44Antigua and BarbudaVery High11.6 yrs45SerbiaVery High11.6 yrs46AndorraVery High11.6 yrs47Saudi ArabiaVery High11.6 yrs48GreeceVery High11.6 yrs49RomaniaVery High11.6 yrs50BulgariaVery High11.5 yrs51San MarinoVery High11.4 yrs52ArmeniaVery High11.3 yrs53ChileVery High11.3 yrs54SeychellesVery High11.2 yrs55ArgentinaVery High11.2 yrs56BahrainVery High11.1 yrs57MalaysiaVery High11.1 yrs58Bosnia and HerzegovinaVery High11 yrs59Saint Kitts and NevisVery High10.8 yrs60PanamaVery High10.8 yrs61ItalyVery High10.8 yrs62Trinidad and TobagoVery High10.8 yrs63QatarVery High10.8 yrs64SpainVery High10.8 yrs65UruguayVery High10.5 yrs66North MacedoniaVery High10.2 yrs67AlbaniaVery High10.2 yrs68MauritiusVery High10.1 yrs69BarbadosVery High9.9 yrs70PortugalVery High9.7 yrs71Brunei DarussalamVery High9.3 yrs72TürkiyeVery High9 yrs73Costa RicaVery High8.8 yrs74KuwaitVery High7.6 yrs