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Average years of schooling of adults by country. Definition, graph and map.
 

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  



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 via NationMaster

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