Rankings · education
Countries by years of schooling
Average years of formal education for individuals aged 15-64. 145 countries ranked for 2020 (years).
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| 1 |  Ireland | 13.7 years | +9.6% | ▲ 7 |
| 2 |  South Korea | 13.7 years | +5.4% | = |
| 3 |  Iceland | 13.5 years | +17.4% | ▲ 18 |
| 4 |  United States | 13.3 years | +0.8% | ▼ 3 |
| 5 |  Germany | 13.1 years | +4.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 6 |  Singapore | 13.1 years | – | – |
| 7 |  Slovakia | 13.1 years | – | – |
| 8 |  Switzerland | 13 years | +0.8% | ▼ 5 |
| 9 |  Australia | 12.9 years | +10.3% | ▲ 8 |
| 10 |  Canada | 12.9 years | +1.6% | ▼ 5 |
| 11 |  Czechia | 12.9 years | +0.8% | ▼ 7 |
| 12 |  United Kingdom | 12.9 years | +3.2% | ▼ 5 |
| 13 |  Hong Kong S.A.R. | 12.8 years | +4.9% | ▼ 3 |
| 14 |  Japan | 12.8 years | +3.2% | ▼ 5 |
| 15 |  Taiwan | 12.8 years | +6.7% | = |
| 16 |  Lithuania | 12.5 years | – | – |
| 17 |  Cyprus | 12.4 years | +5.1% | ▼ 1 |
| 18 |  Estonia | 12.3 years | – | – |
| 19 |  Malta | 12.1 years | +9.0% | ▲ 12 |
| 20 |  Norway | 12.1 years | +3.4% | ▼ 1 |
| 21 |  Slovenia | 12.1 years | – | – |
| 22 |  Croatia | 12 years | – | – |
| 23 |  Hungary | 12 years | +0.0% | ▼ 11 |
| 24 |  Israel | 12 years | – | – |
| 25 |  Latvia | 12 years | – | – |
| 26 |  Malaysia | 12 years | +10.1% | ▲ 8 |
| 27 |  Poland | 12 years | +3.4% | ▼ 7 |
| 28 |  France | 11.9 years | +5.3% | ▼ 2 |
| 29 |  Greece | 11.9 years | +4.4% | ▼ 6 |
| 30 |  Sweden | 11.9 years | -0.8% | ▼ 16 |
| 31 |  Kazakhstan | 11.8 years | – | – |
| 32 |  Netherlands | 11.8 years | +0.9% | ▼ 14 |
| 33 |  Denmark | 11.7 years | -2.5% | ▼ 22 |
| 34 |  Republic of Serbia | 11.7 years | +1.7% | ▼ 12 |
| 35 |  Belgium | 11.6 years | +2.7% | ▼ 11 |
| 36 |  Cuba | 11.6 years | +4.5% | ▼ 6 |
| 37 |  Russia | 11.6 years | -3.3% | ▼ 24 |
| 38 |  Spain | 11.5 years | +6.5% | ▼ 3 |
| 39 |  Fiji | 11.5 years | +10.6% | ▲ 2 |
| 40 |  Italy | 11.5 years | +7.5% | ▼ 3 |
| 41 |  Luxembourg | 11.5 years | +1.8% | ▼ 14 |
| 42 |  Tonga | 11.4 years | – | – |
| 43 |  Romania | 11.3 years | +0.9% | ▼ 15 |
| 44 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 11.3 years | +2.7% | ▼ 11 |
| 45 |  Kyrgyzstan | 11.2 years | – | – |
| 46 |  Finland | 11.1 years | +3.7% | ▼ 10 |
| 47 |  Macao S.A.R | 11 years | – | – |
| 48 |  Bulgaria | 10.8 years | -2.7% | ▼ 19 |
| 49 |  Jordan | 10.8 years | +9.1% | ▼ 5 |
| 50 |  Moldova | 10.8 years | – | – |
| 51 |  New Zealand | 10.8 years | -2.7% | ▼ 19 |
| 52 |  Ukraine | 10.8 years | – | – |
| 53 |  Belize | 10.7 years | -5.3% | ▼ 28 |
| 54 |  Chile | 10.7 years | +2.9% | ▼ 14 |
| 55 |  Botswana | 10.6 years | – | – |
| 56 |  Armenia | 10.5 years | – | – |
| 57 |  South Africa | 10.5 years | +6.1% | ▼ 12 |
| 58 |  Austria | 10.4 years | +3.0% | ▼ 15 |
| 59 |  Mauritius | 10.4 years | +10.6% | ▼ 9 |
| 60 |  Panama | 10.4 years | +7.2% | ▼ 13 |
| 61 |  Albania | 10.3 years | -1.0% | ▼ 22 |
| 62 |  Sri Lanka | 10.3 years | -3.7% | ▼ 24 |
| 63 |  Colombia | 10.2 years | +8.5% | ▼ 14 |
| 64 |  Gabon | 10.2 years | – | – |
| 65 |  Mexico | 10.2 years | +10.9% | ▼ 12 |
| 66 |  Jamaica | 10.1 years | -1.9% | ▼ 24 |
| 67 |  Tajikistan | 10.1 years | – | – |
| 68 |  Mongolia | 10 years | – | – |
| 69 |  Peru | 10 years | +7.5% | ▼ 18 |
| 70 |  Argentina | 9.9 years | +2.1% | ▼ 24 |
| 71 |  Saudi Arabia | 9.9 years | – | – |
| 72 |  Iran | 9.8 years | +6.5% | ▼ 20 |
| 73 |  Barbados | 9.7 years | +1.0% | ▼ 25 |
| 74 |  United Arab Emirates | 9.6 years | – | – |
| 75 |  Libya | 9.6 years | +14.3% | ▼ 13 |
| 76 |  Portugal | 9.6 years | +10.3% | ▼ 19 |
| 77 |  Philippines | 9.4 years | +8.0% | ▼ 21 |
| 78 |  Brunei | 9.3 years | – | – |
| 79 |  Thailand | 9.3 years | +9.4% | ▼ 19 |
| 80 |  Tunisia | 9.3 years | +16.3% | ▼ 10 |
| 81 |  Venezuela | 9.3 years | +5.7% | ▼ 26 |
| 82 |  Bolivia | 9.1 years | +5.8% | ▼ 24 |
| 83 |  Costa Rica | 9.1 years | +8.3% | ▼ 22 |
| 84 |  Ecuador | 9.1 years | +13.7% | ▼ 17 |
| 85 |  Indonesia | 9.1 years | +13.7% | ▼ 17 |
| 86 |  China | 9 years | +8.4% | ▼ 23 |
| 87 |  Dominican Republic | 9 years | +11.1% | ▼ 22 |
| 88 |  Paraguay | 8.8 years | +10.0% | ▼ 19 |
| 89 |  Uruguay | 8.8 years | +2.3% | ▼ 30 |
| 90 |  Guyana | 8.5 years | -5.6% | ▼ 36 |
| 91 |  Qatar | 8.5 years | – | – |
| 92 |  Turkey | 8.5 years | +14.9% | ▼ 17 |
| 93 |  Ghana | 8.4 years | +9.1% | ▼ 21 |
| 94 |  Vietnam | 8.4 years | – | – |
| 95 |  Zambia | 8.4 years | +13.5% | ▼ 19 |
| 96 |  Iraq | 8.3 years | +12.2% | ▼ 22 |
| 97 |  Zimbabwe | 8.3 years | +5.1% | ▼ 26 |
| 98 |  Bahrain | 8.2 years | – | – |
| 99 |  Algeria | 8.2 years | +17.1% | ▼ 21 |
| 100 |  Maldives | 8.1 years | – | – |
| 101 |  El Salvador | 8.1 years | +0.0% | ▼ 35 |
| 102 |  Brazil | 8 years | -2.4% | ▼ 38 |
| 103 |  Egypt | 8 years | +8.1% | ▼ 30 |
| 104 |  Syria | 7.9 years | +11.3% | ▼ 27 |
| 105 |  India | 7.8 years | +18.2% | ▼ 24 |
| 106 |  Nicaragua | 7.8 years | +14.7% | ▼ 27 |
| 107 |  Togo | 7.7 years | +26.2% | ▼ 20 |
| 108 |  Honduras | 7.5 years | +13.6% | ▼ 28 |
| 109 |  Cameroon | 7.4 years | +15.6% | ▼ 26 |
| 110 |  Bangladesh | 7.2 years | +16.1% | ▼ 25 |
| 111 |  Lesotho | 6.9 years | +13.1% | ▼ 25 |
| 112 |  Namibia | 6.9 years | – | – |
| 113 |  United Republic of Tanzania | 6.9 years | – | – |
| 114 |  Morocco | 6.8 years | +28.3% | ▼ 25 |
| 115 |  Republic of the Congo | 6.7 years | – | – |
| 116 |  Kenya | 6.7 years | +3.1% | ▼ 34 |
| 117 |  Uganda | 6.7 years | +13.6% | ▼ 29 |
| 118 |  Kuwait | 6.6 years | +3.1% | ▼ 34 |
| 119 |  Myanmar | 6.5 years | +27.5% | ▼ 25 |
| 120 |  Eswatini | 6.5 years | +22.6% | ▼ 30 |
| 121 |  Pakistan | 6.4 years | +23.1% | ▼ 28 |
| 122 |  Benin | 6.3 years | +37.0% | ▼ 24 |
| 123 |  Guatemala | 6.3 years | +21.2% | ▼ 32 |
| 124 |  Nepal | 6.2 years | +40.9% | ▼ 24 |
| 125 |  Ivory Coast | 6.1 years | +24.5% | ▼ 29 |
| 126 |  Laos | 6.1 years | – | – |
| 127 |  Haiti | 6 years | +15.4% | ▼ 35 |
| 128 |  Cambodia | 5.8 years | +18.4% | ▼ 31 |
| 129 |  Liberia | 5.8 years | +31.8% | ▼ 30 |
| 130 |  Afghanistan | 5.7 years | +46.2% | ▼ 28 |
| 131 |  Mauritania | 5.6 years | – | – |
| 132 |  Yemen | 5.6 years | +47.4% | ▼ 27 |
| 133 |  Malawi | 5.4 years | +8.0% | ▼ 38 |
| 134 |  Rwanda | 5.2 years | – | – |
| 135 |  Burundi | 5.1 years | – | – |
| 136 |  Sierra Leone | 5 years | +16.3% | ▼ 35 |
| 137 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4.9 years | +28.9% | ▼ 33 |
| 138 |  Gambia | 4.9 years | +25.6% | ▼ 35 |
| 139 |  Papua New Guinea | 4.8 years | – | – |
| 140 |  Central African Republic | 4.6 years | – | – |
| 141 |  Sudan | 4.4 years | +25.7% | ▼ 35 |
| 142 |  Senegal | 4.4 years | +41.9% | ▼ 35 |
| 143 |  Mozambique | 4.2 years | +110.0% | ▼ 34 |
| 144 |  Mali | 3.6 years | +71.4% | ▼ 36 |
| 145 |  Niger | 3 years | +50.0% | ▼ 35 |
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