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.

25 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
1PalauHigh13.3 yrs2SingaporeVery High12 yrs3Marshall IslandsHigh11.6 yrs4SamoaHigh11.3 yrs5MalaysiaVery High11.1 yrs6TongaHigh10.9 yrs7TuvaluMedium10.8 yrs8FijiHigh10.4 yrs9PhilippinesHigh10 yrs10NauruHigh9.4 yrs11MongoliaHigh9.4 yrs12Brunei DarussalamVery High9.3 yrs13KiribatiMedium9.1 yrs14ThailandHigh9 yrs15Viet NamHigh9 yrs16IndonesiaHigh8.7 yrs17ChinaHigh8 yrs18Micronesia (Federated States of)Medium7.3 yrs19VanuatuMedium7.2 yrs20MyanmarMedium6.4 yrs21Timor-LesteMedium6.2 yrs22Lao People's Democratic RepublicMedium6.1 yrs23Solomon IslandsMedium5.9 yrs24CambodiaMedium5.2 yrs25Papua New GuineaMedium5 yrs