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SOURCE
UNESCO
DEFINITION
Average years of schooling of adults is the years of formal schooling received, on average, by adults over age 15. (Data Source: Barro-Lee Data Set www.worldbank.org/html/prdmg/grthweb/ddbarle2.htm)
Education Statistics > Average years of schooling of adults (most recent) by country
Showing latest available data.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 |
United States: |
12 |
|
| #2 |
Norway: |
11.8 |
|
| #3 |
New Zealand: |
11.7 |
|
| #4 |
Canada: |
11.6 |
|
| #5 |
Sweden: |
11.4 |
|
| #6 |
Australia: |
10.9 |
|
| #7 |
Switzerland: |
10.5 |
|
| #8 |
Germany: |
10.2 |
|
| #9 |
Finland: |
10 |
|
| #10 |
Poland: |
9.8 |
|
| #11 |
Denmark: |
9.7 |
|
| #12 |
Israel: |
9.6 |
|
| #13 |
Japan: |
9.5 |
|
| #14 |
Netherlands: |
9.4 |
|
| #15 |
United Kingdom: |
9.4 |
|
| #16 |
Ireland: |
9.4 |
|
| #17 |
Slovakia: |
9.3 |
|
| #18 |
Belgium: |
9.3 |
|
| #19 |
Cyprus: |
9.2 |
|
| #20 |
Hungary: |
9.1 |
|
| #21 |
Argentina: |
8.8 |
|
| #22 |
Iceland: |
8.8 |
|
| #23 |
Greece: |
8.7 |
|
| #24 |
Barbados: |
8.7 |
|
| #25 |
Panama: |
8.6 |
|
| #26 |
Austria: |
8.4 |
|
| #27 |
Fiji: |
8.3 |
|
| #28 |
Philippines: |
8.2 |
|
| #29 |
France: |
7.9 |
|
| #30 |
Trinidad and Tobago: |
7.8 |
|
| #31 |
Peru: |
7.6 |
|
| #32 |
Uruguay: |
7.6 |
|
| #33 |
Chile: |
7.5 |
|
| #34 |
Spain: |
7.3 |
|
| #35 |
Italy: |
7.2 |
|
| #36 |
Mexico: |
7.2 |
|
| #37 |
Kuwait: |
7.1 |
|
| #38 |
Slovenia: |
7.1 |
|
| #39 |
Singapore: |
7 |
|
| #40 |
Sri Lanka: |
6.9 |
|
| #41 |
Jordan: |
6.9 |
|
| #42 |
Malaysia: |
6.8 |
|
| #43 |
Venezuela: |
6.6 |
|
| #44 |
Thailand: |
6.5 |
|
| #45 |
Ecuador: |
6.4 |
|
| #46 |
China: |
6.4 |
|
| #47 |
Botswana: |
6.3 |
|
| #48 |
Guyana: |
6.2 |
|
| #49 |
Paraguay: |
6.2 |
|
| #50 |
Bahrain: |
6.1 |
|
| #51 |
South Africa: |
6.1 |
|
| #52 |
Costa Rica: |
6 |
|
| #53 |
Mauritius: |
6 |
|
| #54 |
Swaziland: |
6 |
|
| #55 |
Portugal: |
5.9 |
|
| #56 |
Syria: |
5.8 |
|
| #57 |
Bolivia: |
5.6 |
|
| #58 |
Zambia: |
5.5 |
|
| #59 |
Algeria: |
5.4 |
|
| #60 |
Zimbabwe: |
5.4 |
|
| #61 |
Colombia: |
5.3 |
|
| #62 |
Jamaica: |
5.3 |
|
| #63 |
Turkey: |
5.3 |
|
| #64 |
El Salvador: |
5.2 |
|
| #65 |
India: |
5.1 |
|
| #66 |
Indonesia: |
5 |
|
| #67 |
Tunisia: |
5 |
|
| #68 |
Brazil: |
4.9 |
|
| #69 |
Dominican Republic: |
4.9 |
|
| #70 |
Honduras: |
4.8 |
|
| #71 |
Nicaragua: |
4.6 |
|
| #72 |
Lesotho: |
4.2 |
|
| #73 |
Kenya: |
4.2 |
|
| #74 |
Iraq: |
4 |
|
| #75 |
Ghana: |
3.9 |
|
| #76 |
Pakistan: |
3.9 |
|
| #77 |
Uganda: |
3.5 |
|
| #78 |
Guatemala: |
3.5 |
|
| #79 |
Cameroon: |
3.5 |
|
| #80 |
Togo: |
3.3 |
|
| #81 |
Malawi: |
3.2 |
|
| #82 |
Papua New Guinea: |
2.9 |
|
| #83 |
Burma: |
2.8 |
|
| #84 |
Haiti: |
2.8 |
|
| #85 |
Tanzania: |
2.7 |
|
| #86 |
Senegal: |
2.6 |
|
| #87 |
Rwanda: |
2.6 |
|
| #88 |
Bangladesh: |
2.6 |
|
| #89 |
Liberia: |
2.5 |
|
| #90 |
Central African Republic: |
2.5 |
|
| #91 |
Sierra Leone: |
2.4 |
|
| #92 |
Nepal: |
2.4 |
|
| #93 |
Gambia, The: |
2.3 |
|
| #94 |
Benin: |
2.3 |
|
| #95 |
Sudan: |
2.1 |
|
| #96 |
Afghanistan: |
1.7 |
|
| #97 |
Mozambique: |
1.1 |
|
| #98 |
Niger: |
1 |
|
| #99 |
Mali: |
0.9 |
|
| #100 |
Guinea-Bissau: |
0.8 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
6.2 |
|
DEFINITION: Average years of schooling of adults is the years of formal schooling received, on average, by adults over age 15. (Data Source: Barro-Lee Data Set www.worldbank.org/html/prdmg/grthweb/ddbarle2.htm)
SOURCE: UNESCO
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