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Mean years of schooling
UNDP (HDRO)
years
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193 countries · 1990–2023
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Value
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1
Germany
14.3
2
Switzerland
13.9
3
United States
13.9
4
Iceland
13.9
5
Canada
13.9
6
Lithuania
13.6
7
Estonia
13.6
8
Israel
13.5
9
United Kingdom
13.5
10
Latvia
13.4
11
Palau
13.3
12
Poland
13.2
13
Norway
13.1
14
Slovak Republic
13.1
15
Denmark
13
16
United Arab Emirates
13
17
Finland
13
18
Czechia
13
19
Slovenia
13
20
New Zealand
12.9
21
Australia
12.9
22
Bahamas, The
12.8
23
Montenegro
12.8
24
Sweden
12.7
25
Korea, Rep.
12.7
26
Georgia
12.7
27
Belgium
12.7
28
Japan
12.7
29
Netherlands
12.7
30
Luxembourg
12.6
31
Cyprus
12.6
32
Kazakhstan
12.5
33
Malta
12.4
34
Russian Federation
12.4
35
Liechtenstein
12.4
36
Austria
12.4
37
Hong Kong SAR, China
12.4
38
Belarus
12.3
39
Hungary
12.3
40
Croatia
12.1
41
Kyrgyz Republic
12.1
42
Singapore
12
43
Uzbekistan
11.9
44
Oman
11.9
45
Moldova
11.8
46
France
11.8
47
Ireland
11.7
48
Antigua and Barbuda
11.6
49
Serbia
11.6
50
Marshall Islands
11.6
51
Andorra
11.6
52
South Africa
11.6
53
Saudi Arabia
11.6
54
Greece
11.6
55
Romania
11.6
56
Bulgaria
11.5
57
San Marino
11.4
58
Armenia
11.3
59
Samoa
11.3
60
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
11.3
61
Chile
11.3
62
Tajikistan
11.3
63
Turkmenistan
11.2
64
Seychelles
11.2
65
Argentina
11.2
66
Bahrain
11.1
67
Ukraine
11.1
68
Malaysia
11.1
69
Azerbaijan
11.1
70
Bosnia and Herzegovina
11
71
Tonga
10.9
72
St. Kitts and Nevis
10.8
73
Iran, Islamic Rep.
10.8
74
Panama
10.8
75
Italy
10.8
76
Trinidad and Tobago
10.8
77
Sri Lanka
10.8
78
Qatar
10.8
79
Tuvalu
10.8
80
Spain
10.8
81
Cuba
10.6
82
Uruguay
10.5
83
Botswana
10.5
84
Fiji
10.4
85
Lebanon
10.4
86
Jordan
10.2
87
North Macedonia
10.2
88
Albania
10.2
89
Peru
10.2
90
Egypt, Arab Rep.
10.1
91
West Bank and Gaza
10.1
92
Dominica
10.1
93
Mauritius
10.1
94
Bolivia
10
95
Philippines
10
96
Jamaica
10
97
Nicaragua
9.9
98
Barbados
9.9
99
Portugal
9.7
100
Gabon
9.7
101
Venezuela, RB
9.7
102
Naoero
9.4
103
Grenada
9.4
104
Dominican Republic
9.4
105
Mongolia
9.4
106
Mexico
9.3
107
Brunei Darussalam
9.3
108
Kiribati
9.1
109
Thailand
9
110
Colombia
9
111
Turkiye
9
112
Viet Nam
9
113
Ecuador
9
114
Zimbabwe
8.9
115
Paraguay
8.9
116
Costa Rica
8.8
117
Belize
8.8
118
Guyana
8.7
119
Indonesia
8.7
120
Eswatini
8.7
121
Kenya
8.6
122
St. Lucia
8.6
123
Suriname
8.4
124
Brazil
8.4
125
Congo, Rep.
8.3
126
Equatorial Guinea
8.3
127
China
8
128
Libya
7.8
129
Lesotho
7.7
130
Tunisia
7.6
131
Nigeria
7.6
132
Kuwait
7.6
133
Honduras
7.5
134
Algeria
7.4
135
Maldives
7.4
136
Zambia
7.4
137
Congo, Dem. Rep.
7.4
138
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
7.3
139
El Salvador
7.3
140
Namibia
7.3
141
Vanuatu
7.2
142
Ghana
7.1
143
India
6.9
144
Bangladesh
6.8
145
Iraq
6.8
146
Cameroon
6.6
147
Myanmar
6.4
148
Uganda
6.3
149
Timor-Leste
6.2
150
Morocco
6.2
151
Liberia
6.2
152
Cabo Verde
6.1
153
Tanzania
6.1
154
Lao PDR
6.1
155
Comoros
6
156
Sao Tome and Principe
6
157
Angola
6
158
Syrian Arab Republic
5.9
159
Solomon Islands
5.9
160
Togo
5.9
161
Guatemala
5.8
162
Bhutan
5.8
163
South Sudan
5.7
164
Yemen, Rep.
5.5
165
Haiti
5.4
166
Malawi
5.2
167
Cambodia
5.2
168
Eritrea
5.1
169
Papua New Guinea
5
170
Rwanda
4.9
171
Cote d'Ivoire
4.9
172
Mauritania
4.9
173
Gambia, The
4.7
174
Madagascar
4.6
175
Mozambique
4.6
176
Nepal
4.5
177
Pakistan
4.3
178
Central African Republic
4
179
Sudan
4
180
Djibouti
4
181
Guinea-Bissau
3.7
182
Sierra Leone
3.5
183
Burundi
3.5
184
Benin
3.2
185
Senegal
2.9
186
Afghanistan
2.5
187
Guinea
2.5
188
Ethiopia
2.4
189
Chad
2.3
190
Burkina Faso
2.3
191
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
1.9
192
Mali
1.6
193
Niger
1.4
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