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.
1United Arab EmiratesVery High13 yrs2OmanVery High11.9 yrs3Saudi ArabiaVery High11.6 yrs4BahrainVery High11.1 yrs5QatarVery High10.8 yrs6LebanonHigh10.4 yrs7JordanHigh10.2 yrs8EgyptHigh10.1 yrs9Palestine, State ofMedium10.1 yrs10LibyaHigh7.8 yrs11TunisiaHigh7.6 yrs12KuwaitVery High7.6 yrs13AlgeriaHigh7.4 yrs14IraqMedium6.8 yrs15MoroccoHigh6.2 yrs16Syrian Arab RepublicMedium5.9 yrs17YemenLow5.5 yrs18SudanLow4 yrs19DjiboutiLow4 yrs20SomaliaLow1.9 yrs