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

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"Average years of schooling of adults by country", UNESCO. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/red/graph/edu_ave_yea_of_sch_of_adu-education-average-years-schooling-adults&b_printable=1

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