Mean years of schooling

Name: Mean years of schooling — WorldScore
Creator: Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0

Tier A· Official

Average years of formal education among the population aged 15–64.

100 = most years of schooling in the dataset, 0 = fewest

How this score is built

Average years of formal education completed by people aged 15–64, compiled by Our World in Data from UNDP Human Development Report and UNESCO education statistics. Direction is higher_better.

Normalized with min–max across countries with data, so the score is relative to the current set. The raw number of years is shown. Coverage is narrower than most metrics (schooling is measured infrequently); the reference year is shown per country.

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100No data

100 = most years of schooling in the dataset, 0 = fewest

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146 countries with data. Rank 1 = best. Click a column to sort; click a country for its full provenance.

Continent

Rank ↑	Country	Score	Raw value
1st	IrelandIRL	100100	13.74 years
2nd	South KoreaKOR	99.4499	13.68 years
3rd	IcelandISL	98.0498	13.53 years
4th	United StatesUSA	96.0796	13.32 years
5th	SlovakiaSVK	94.3994	13.14 years
6th	GermanyDEU	94.0294	13.1 years
7th	SingaporeSGP	93.6494	13.06 years
8th	SwitzerlandCHE	92.893	12.97 years
9th	AustraliaAUS	92.4392	12.93 years
9th	CanadaCAN	92.4392	12.93 years
9th	CzechiaCZE	92.4392	12.93 years
12th	United KingdomGBR	92.1592	12.9 years
13th	Hong KongHKG	91.592	12.83 years
13th	JapanJPN	91.592	12.83 years
15th	TaiwanTWN	90.8491	12.76 years
16th	LithuaniaLTU	88.4188	12.5 years
17th	CyprusCYP	87.6688	12.42 years
18th	EstoniaEST	86.4586	12.29 years
19th	MaltaMLT	84.5885	12.09 years
20th	NorwayNOR	84.4984	12.08 years
21st	SloveniaSVN	84.384	12.06 years
22nd	IsraelISR	84.1184	12.04 years
23rd	CroatiaHRV	84.0284	12.03 years
24th	PolandPOL	83.8384	12.01 years
25th	HungaryHUN	83.3683	11.96 years
25th	LatviaLVA	83.3683	11.96 years
25th	MalaysiaMYS	83.3683	11.96 years
28th	SwedenSWE	83.0883	11.93 years
29th	FranceFRA	82.7183	11.89 years
30th	GreeceGRC	82.4382	11.86 years
31st	NetherlandsNLD	82.0682	11.82 years
32nd	KazakhstanKAZ	81.7882	11.79 years
33rd	SerbiaSRB	81.1281	11.72 years
34th	DenmarkDNK	80.8481	11.69 years
35th	CubaCUB	80.0980	11.61 years
36th	RussiaRUS	8080	11.6 years
37th	BelgiumBEL	79.7280	11.57 years
38th	LuxembourgLUX	79.3579	11.53 years
39th	FijiFJI	79.2579	11.52 years
40th	ItalyITA	79.1679	11.51 years
40th	SpainESP	79.1679	11.51 years
42nd	TongaTON	78.3278	11.42 years
43rd	RomaniaROU	77.0177	11.28 years
43rd	Trinidad and TobagoTTO	77.0177	11.28 years
45th	KyrgyzstanKGZ	76.0776	11.18 years
46th	FinlandFIN	74.8675	11.05 years
47th	MacauMAC	74.1174	10.97 years
48th	MoldovaMDA	72.973	10.84 years
49th	UkraineUKR	72.7173	10.82 years
50th	JordanJOR	72.6273	10.81 years
50th	New ZealandNZL	72.6273	10.81 years
52nd	BulgariaBGR	72.0672	10.75 years
53rd	ChileCHL	71.9672	10.74 years
54th	BelizeBLZ	71.6872	10.71 years
55th	BotswanaBWA	70.4770	10.58 years
56th	ArmeniaARM	70.0970	10.54 years
57th	South AfricaZAF	69.4469	10.47 years
58th	PanamaPAN	69.1669	10.44 years
59th	MauritiusMUS	68.7969	10.4 years
60th	AustriaAUT	68.6969	10.39 years
61st	Sri LankaLKA	68.1368	10.33 years
62nd	AlbaniaALB	68.0468	10.32 years
63rd	ColombiaCOL	66.9267	10.2 years
64th	GabonGAB	66.7367	10.18 years
64th	MexicoMEX	66.7367	10.18 years
66th	TajikistanTJK	66.1766	10.12 years
67th	JamaicaJAM	65.9866	10.1 years
68th	MongoliaMNG	65.0565	10 years
69th	PeruPER	64.6765	9.96 years
70th	ArgentinaARG	63.7464	9.86 years
70th	Saudi ArabiaSAU	63.7464	9.86 years
72nd	IranIRN	63.1863	9.8 years
73rd	BarbadosBRB	61.9662	9.67 years
74th	LibyaLBY	61.0361	9.57 years
74th	United Arab EmiratesARE	61.0361	9.57 years
76th	PortugalPRT	60.9361	9.56 years
77th	PhilippinesPHL	59.8160	9.44 years
78th	VenezuelaVEN	58.7959	9.33 years
79th	ThailandTHA	58.6959	9.32 years
80th	TunisiaTUN	58.4158	9.29 years
81st	BruneiBRN	58.3258	9.28 years
82nd	Costa RicaCRI	56.8257	9.12 years
83rd	EcuadorECU	56.3656	9.07 years
84th	BoliviaBOL	56.2656	9.06 years
84th	IndonesiaIDN	56.2656	9.06 years
86th	Dominican RepublicDOM	56.0756	9.04 years
87th	ChinaCHN	55.6156	8.99 years
88th	ParaguayPRY	54.1154	8.83 years
89th	UruguayURY	53.4653	8.76 years
90th	RéunionREU	52.9953	8.71 years
91st	GuyanaGUY	51.2151	8.52 years
91st	QatarQAT	51.2151	8.52 years
93rd	TürkiyeTUR	50.9351	8.49 years
94th	GhanaGHA	5050	8.39 years
95th	ZambiaZMB	49.8150	8.37 years
96th	VietnamVNM	49.6350	8.35 years
97th	ZimbabweZWE	49.3549	8.32 years
98th	IraqIRQ	48.8849	8.27 years
99th	BahrainBHR	48.3248	8.21 years
100th	AlgeriaDZA	48.0448	8.18 years
101st	El SalvadorSLV	47.2947	8.1 years
102nd	MaldivesMDV	46.9247	8.06 years
103rd	EgyptEGY	46.4546	8.01 years
104th	BrazilBRA	46.3646	8 years
105th	SyriaSYR	45.6146	7.92 years
106th	IndiaIND	44.4944	7.8 years
107th	NicaraguaNIC	44.1144	7.76 years
108th	TogoTGO	43.3643	7.68 years
109th	HondurasHND	41.7842	7.51 years
110th	CameroonCMR	40.4740	7.37 years
111th	BangladeshBGD	39.1639	7.23 years
112th	LesothoLSO	35.8936	6.88 years
112th	NamibiaNAM	35.8936	6.88 years
114th	TanzaniaTZA	35.7936	6.87 years
115th	MoroccoMAR	35.4235	6.83 years
116th	CongoCOG	34.5835	6.74 years
117th	KenyaKEN	34.4934	6.73 years
118th	UgandaUGA	34.1134	6.69 years
119th	KuwaitKWT	33.4633	6.62 years
120th	MyanmarMMR	32.1532	6.48 years
121st	EswatiniSWZ	31.9632	6.46 years
122nd	PakistanPAK	31.532	6.41 years
123rd	BeninBEN	30.1930	6.27 years
124th	GuatemalaGTM	30.0930	6.26 years
125th	NepalNPL	29.4429	6.19 years
126th	Ivory CoastCIV	28.1328	6.05 years
126th	LaosLAO	28.1328	6.05 years
128th	HaitiHTI	27.227	5.95 years
129th	CambodiaKHM	25.8926	5.81 years
130th	LiberiaLBR	25.7926	5.8 years
131st	AfghanistanAFG	24.7725	5.69 years
132nd	YemenYEM	23.5524	5.56 years
133rd	MauritaniaMRT	23.4623	5.55 years
134th	MalawiMWI	22.1522	5.41 years
135th	RwandaRWA	20.5621	5.24 years
136th	BurundiBDI	18.7919	5.05 years
137th	Sierra LeoneSLE	18.2218	4.99 years
138th	GambiaGMB	17.5718	4.92 years
139th	DR CongoCOD	16.9217	4.85 years
140th	Papua New GuineaPNG	16.8217	4.84 years
141st	Central African RepublicCAF	14.9515	4.64 years
142nd	SenegalSEN	12.7113	4.4 years
143rd	SudanSDN	12.5213	4.38 years
144th	MozambiqueMOZ	11.0311	4.22 years
145th	MaliMLI	4.775	3.55 years
146th	NigerNER	00	3.04 years

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