NationMaster - Average years of schooling of adults (most recent) by country

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	United Kingdom:	9.4
#15	Ireland:	9.4
#16	Netherlands:	9.4
#17	Belgium:	9.3
#18	Slovakia:	9.3
#19	Cyprus:	9.2
#20	Hungary:	9.1
#21	Iceland:	8.8
#22	Argentina:	8.8
#23	Barbados:	8.7
#24	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
#32	Peru:	7.6
#33	Chile:	7.5
#34	Spain:	7.3
#35	Mexico:	7.2
#36	Italy:	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	China:	6.4
#46	Ecuador:	6.4
#47	Botswana:	6.3
#48	Guyana:	6.2
#49	Paraguay:	6.2
#50	South Africa:	6.1
#51	Bahrain:	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	Tunisia:	5
#67	Indonesia:	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	Cameroon:	3.5
#78	Guatemala:	3.5
#79	Uganda:	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	Bangladesh:	2.6
#87	Rwanda:	2.6
#88	Senegal:	2.6
#89	Liberia:	2.5
#90	Central African Republic:	2.5
#91	Sierra Leone:	2.4
#92	Nepal:	2.4
#93	Benin:	2.3
#94	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

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

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