Indicators / Mean years of schooling
Mean years of schooling
Average number of years of education actually completed by adults aged 25 and older.
193 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 yrs11PalauHigh13.3 yrs12PolandVery High13.2 yrs13NorwayVery High13.1 yrs14SlovakiaVery High13.1 yrs15DenmarkVery High13 yrs16United Arab EmiratesVery High13 yrs17FinlandVery High13 yrs18CzechiaVery High13 yrs19SloveniaVery High13 yrs20New ZealandVery High12.9 yrs21AustraliaVery High12.9 yrs22BahamasVery High12.8 yrs23MontenegroVery High12.8 yrs24SwedenVery High12.7 yrs25Korea (Republic of)Very High12.7 yrs26GeorgiaVery High12.7 yrs27BelgiumVery High12.7 yrs28JapanVery High12.7 yrs29NetherlandsVery High12.7 yrs30LuxembourgVery High12.6 yrs31CyprusVery High12.6 yrs32KazakhstanVery High12.5 yrs33MaltaVery High12.4 yrs34Russian FederationVery High12.4 yrs35LiechtensteinVery High12.4 yrs36AustriaVery High12.4 yrs37Hong Kong, China (SAR)Very High12.4 yrs38BelarusVery High12.3 yrs39HungaryVery High12.3 yrs40CroatiaVery High12.1 yrs41KyrgyzstanHigh12.1 yrs42SingaporeVery High12 yrs43UzbekistanHigh11.9 yrs44OmanVery High11.9 yrs45Moldova (Republic of)High11.8 yrs46FranceVery High11.8 yrs47IrelandVery High11.7 yrs48Antigua and BarbudaVery High11.6 yrs49SerbiaVery High11.6 yrs50Marshall IslandsHigh11.6 yrs51AndorraVery High11.6 yrs52South AfricaHigh11.6 yrs53Saudi ArabiaVery High11.6 yrs54GreeceVery High11.6 yrs55RomaniaVery High11.6 yrs56BulgariaVery High11.5 yrs57San MarinoVery High11.4 yrs58ArmeniaVery High11.3 yrs59SamoaHigh11.3 yrs60Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesHigh11.3 yrs61ChileVery High11.3 yrs62TajikistanMedium11.3 yrs63TurkmenistanHigh11.2 yrs64SeychellesVery High11.2 yrs65ArgentinaVery High11.2 yrs66BahrainVery High11.1 yrs67UkraineHigh11.1 yrs68MalaysiaVery High11.1 yrs69AzerbaijanHigh11.1 yrs70Bosnia and HerzegovinaVery High11 yrs71TongaHigh10.9 yrs72Saint Kitts and NevisVery High10.8 yrs73Iran (Islamic Republic of)High10.8 yrs74PanamaVery High10.8 yrs75ItalyVery High10.8 yrs76Trinidad and TobagoVery High10.8 yrs77QatarVery High10.8 yrs78Sri LankaHigh10.8 yrs79TuvaluMedium10.8 yrs80SpainVery High10.8 yrs81CubaHigh10.6 yrs82UruguayVery High10.5 yrs83BotswanaHigh10.5 yrs84FijiHigh10.4 yrs85LebanonHigh10.4 yrs86JordanHigh10.2 yrs87North MacedoniaVery High10.2 yrs88AlbaniaVery High10.2 yrs89PeruHigh10.2 yrs90EgyptHigh10.1 yrs91Palestine, State ofMedium10.1 yrs92DominicaHigh10.1 yrs93MauritiusVery High10.1 yrs94Bolivia (Plurinational State of)High10 yrs95PhilippinesHigh10 yrs96JamaicaHigh10 yrs97NicaraguaHigh9.9 yrs98BarbadosVery High9.9 yrs99PortugalVery High9.7 yrs100GabonHigh9.7 yrs101Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)High9.7 yrs102NauruHigh9.4 yrs103GrenadaHigh9.4 yrs104Dominican RepublicHigh9.4 yrs105MongoliaHigh9.4 yrs106MexicoHigh9.3 yrs107Brunei DarussalamVery High9.3 yrs108KiribatiMedium9.1 yrs109ThailandHigh9 yrs110ColombiaHigh9 yrs111TürkiyeVery High9 yrs112Viet NamHigh9 yrs113EcuadorHigh9 yrs114ZimbabweMedium8.9 yrs115ParaguayHigh8.9 yrs116Costa RicaVery High8.8 yrs117BelizeHigh8.8 yrs118GuyanaHigh8.7 yrs119IndonesiaHigh8.7 yrs120Eswatini (Kingdom of)Medium8.7 yrs121KenyaMedium8.6 yrs122Saint LuciaHigh8.6 yrs123SurinameHigh8.4 yrs124BrazilHigh8.4 yrs125CongoMedium8.3 yrs126Equatorial GuineaMedium8.3 yrs127ChinaHigh8 yrs128LibyaHigh7.8 yrs129LesothoMedium7.7 yrs130TunisiaHigh7.6 yrs131NigeriaMedium7.6 yrs132KuwaitVery High7.6 yrs133HondurasMedium7.5 yrs134AlgeriaHigh7.4 yrs135MaldivesHigh7.4 yrs136ZambiaMedium7.4 yrs137Congo (Democratic Republic of the)Low7.4 yrs138Micronesia (Federated States of)Medium7.3 yrs139El SalvadorMedium7.3 yrs140NamibiaMedium7.3 yrs141VanuatuMedium7.2 yrs142GhanaMedium7.1 yrs143IndiaMedium6.9 yrs144BangladeshMedium6.8 yrs145IraqMedium6.8 yrs146CameroonMedium6.6 yrs147MyanmarMedium6.4 yrs148UgandaMedium6.3 yrs149Timor-LesteMedium6.2 yrs150MoroccoHigh6.2 yrs151LiberiaLow6.2 yrs152Cabo VerdeMedium6.1 yrs153Tanzania (United Republic of)Medium6.1 yrs154Lao People's Democratic RepublicMedium6.1 yrs155ComorosMedium6 yrs156Sao Tome and PrincipeMedium6 yrs157AngolaMedium6 yrs158Syrian Arab RepublicMedium5.9 yrs159Solomon IslandsMedium5.9 yrs160TogoMedium5.9 yrs161GuatemalaMedium5.8 yrs162BhutanMedium5.8 yrs163South SudanLow5.7 yrs164YemenLow5.5 yrs165HaitiMedium5.4 yrs166MalawiLow5.2 yrs167CambodiaMedium5.2 yrs168EritreaLow5.1 yrs169Papua New GuineaMedium5 yrs170RwandaMedium4.9 yrs171Côte d'IvoireMedium4.9 yrs172MauritaniaMedium4.9 yrs173GambiaLow4.7 yrs174MadagascarLow4.6 yrs175MozambiqueLow4.6 yrs176NepalMedium4.5 yrs177PakistanLow4.3 yrs178Central African RepublicLow4 yrs179SudanLow4 yrs180DjiboutiLow4 yrs181Guinea-BissauLow3.7 yrs182Sierra LeoneLow3.5 yrs183BurundiLow3.5 yrs184BeninLow3.2 yrs185SenegalLow2.9 yrs186AfghanistanLow2.5 yrs187GuineaLow2.5 yrs188EthiopiaLow2.4 yrs189ChadLow2.3 yrs190Burkina FasoLow2.3 yrs191SomaliaLow1.9 yrs192MaliLow1.6 yrs193NigerLow1.4 yrs