Education Statistics > Average years of schooling of adults (most recent) by country

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Rank	Countries	Amount
# 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	United Kingdom:	9.4
= 14	Ireland:	9.4
= 14	Netherlands:	9.4
= 17	Belgium:	9.3
= 17	Slovakia:	9.3
# 19	Cyprus:	9.2
# 20	Hungary:	9.1
= 21	Iceland:	8.8
= 21	Argentina:	8.8
= 23	Barbados:	8.7
= 23	Greece:	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	Uruguay:	7.6
= 31	Peru:	7.6
# 33	Chile:	7.5
# 34	Spain:	7.3
= 35	Mexico:	7.2
= 35	Italy:	7.2
= 37	Kuwait:	7.1
= 37	Slovenia:	7.1
# 39	Singapore:	7
= 40	Sri Lanka:	6.9
= 40	Jordan:	6.9
# 42	Malaysia:	6.8
# 43	Venezuela:	6.6
# 44	Thailand:	6.5
= 45	China:	6.4
= 45	Ecuador:	6.4
# 47	Botswana:	6.3
= 48	Guyana:	6.2
= 48	Paraguay:	6.2
= 50	South Africa:	6.1
= 50	Bahrain:	6.1
= 52	Costa Rica:	6
= 52	Mauritius:	6
= 52	Swaziland:	6
# 55	Portugal:	5.9
# 56	Syria:	5.8
# 57	Bolivia:	5.6
# 58	Zambia:	5.5
= 59	Algeria:	5.4
= 59	Zimbabwe:	5.4
= 61	Colombia:	5.3
= 61	Jamaica:	5.3
= 61	Turkey:	5.3
# 64	El Salvador:	5.2
# 65	India:	5.1
= 66	Tunisia:	5
= 66	Indonesia:	5
= 68	Brazil:	4.9
= 68	Dominican Republic:	4.9
# 70	Honduras:	4.8
# 71	Nicaragua:	4.6
= 72	Lesotho:	4.2
= 72	Kenya:	4.2
# 74	Iraq:	4
= 75	Ghana:	3.9
= 75	Pakistan:	3.9
= 77	Cameroon:	3.5
= 77	Guatemala:	3.5
= 77	Uganda:	3.5
# 80	Togo:	3.3
# 81	Malawi:	3.2
# 82	Papua New Guinea:	2.9
= 83	Burma:	2.8
= 83	Haiti:	2.8
# 85	Tanzania:	2.7
= 86	Bangladesh:	2.6
= 86	Rwanda:	2.6
= 86	Senegal:	2.6
= 89	Liberia:	2.5
= 89	Central African Republic:	2.5
= 91	Sierra Leone:	2.4
= 91	Nepal:	2.4
= 93	Benin:	2.3
= 93	Gambia, The:	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

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