Indicators / Mean years of schooling
Mean years of schooling
Average number of years of education actually completed by adults aged 25 and older.
33 countries with a value for 2023. Ranked highest to lowest — rank #1 is the best outcome on this measure.
1BahamasVery High12.8 yrs2Antigua and BarbudaVery High11.6 yrs3Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesHigh11.3 yrs4ChileVery High11.3 yrs5ArgentinaVery High11.2 yrs6Saint Kitts and NevisVery High10.8 yrs7PanamaVery High10.8 yrs8Trinidad and TobagoVery High10.8 yrs9CubaHigh10.6 yrs10UruguayVery High10.5 yrs11PeruHigh10.2 yrs12DominicaHigh10.1 yrs13Bolivia (Plurinational State of)High10 yrs14JamaicaHigh10 yrs15NicaraguaHigh9.9 yrs16BarbadosVery High9.9 yrs17Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)High9.7 yrs18GrenadaHigh9.4 yrs19Dominican RepublicHigh9.4 yrs20MexicoHigh9.3 yrs21ColombiaHigh9 yrs22EcuadorHigh9 yrs23ParaguayHigh8.9 yrs24Costa RicaVery High8.8 yrs25BelizeHigh8.8 yrs26GuyanaHigh8.7 yrs27Saint LuciaHigh8.6 yrs28SurinameHigh8.4 yrs29BrazilHigh8.4 yrs30HondurasMedium7.5 yrs31El SalvadorMedium7.3 yrs32GuatemalaMedium5.8 yrs33HaitiMedium5.4 yrs