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DEFINITION: Expected years of schooling for a female 5-year-old under current conditions, excluding education for children under 5. Data for 2000.
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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH
1 Sweden 22 years 2000
2 Australia 20.1 years 2000
3 United Kingdom 19.8 years 2000
4 Finland 19.4 years 2000
5 Belgium 19.2 years 2000
=6 Iceland 18.6 years 2000
=6 Norway 18.6 years 2000
8 Denmark 18.3 years 2000
9 New Zealand 18.1 years 2000
10 Spain 17.9 years 2000
11 Portugal 17.4 years 2000
12 United States 17.1 years 2000
=13 Netherlands 17 years 2000
=13 Germany 17 years 2000
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 16.97 years 2000
=15 Canada 16.8 years 2000
=15 Poland 16.8 years 2000
17 France 16.7 years 2000
18 Hungary 16.6 years 2000
19 Ireland 16.4 years 2000
20 Greece 16.3 years 2000
21 Switzerland 16 years 2000
=22 Austria 15.9 years 2000
=22 Italy 15.9 years 2000
24 Czech Republic 15.6 years 2000
25 Japan 15.5 years 2000
26 Mexico 12.6 years 2000
27 Jordan 12 years 2000
28 Turkey 8.8 years 2000

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Interesting observations about Education > Expected duration of education for females

  • United Kingdom ranked first for expected duration of education for females amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2000.
  • Sweden ranked first for expected duration of education for females amongst High income OECD countries in 2000.
  • All of the top 2 countries by expected duration of education for females are Christian.
  • Japan ranked second last for expected duration of education for females amongst Non-religious countries in 2000.
  • Italy ranked second last for expected duration of education for females amongst European Union in 2000.
  • 20 of the bottom 26 countries by expected duration of education for females are European.
  • Finland ranked first for expected duration of education for females amongst Eurozone in 2000.
  • Australia ranked first for expected duration of education for females amongst English speaking countries in 2000.
  • Belgium ranked second for expected duration of education for females amongst NATO countries in 2000.
  • 7 of the top 8 countries by expected duration of education for females are Cold countries'.

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  • Over the years, Africa has had some of the worst literacy rates on Earth; up to 50% of the population is illiterate in some countries.

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