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Learning-adjusted years of schooling
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173 countries · 2010–2020
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1
Singapore
12.8
2
Hong Kong SAR, China
11.9
3
Finland
11.7
4
Japan
11.7
5
Canada
11.7
6
Estonia
11.7
7
Korea, Rep.
11.7
8
Ireland
11.6
9
Sweden
11.6
10
Macao SAR, China
11.6
11
Netherlands
11.5
12
United Kingdom
11.5
13
New Zealand
11.4
14
Poland
11.4
15
Slovenia
11.4
16
Portugal
11.3
17
France
11.3
18
Norway
11.2
19
Australia
11.2
20
Belgium
11.2
21
Czechia
11.1
22
Denmark
11.1
23
Germany
11
24
Latvia
11
25
Lithuania
11
26
Switzerland
10.9
27
Cyprus
10.9
28
Austria
10.9
29
Russian Federation
10.9
30
Belarus
10.8
31
Iceland
10.7
32
Viet Nam
10.7
33
Israel
10.6
34
United States
10.6
35
Spain
10.5
36
Italy
10.5
37
Croatia
10.4
38
Hungary
10.3
39
Malta
10.2
40
Greece
10
41
Ukraine
9.9
42
Slovak Republic
9.8
43
Luxembourg
9.8
44
Serbia
9.8
45
Seychelles
9.7
46
United Arab Emirates
9.6
47
Chile
9.4
48
Mauritius
9.4
49
Bahrain
9.3
50
China
9.3
51
Turkiye
9.2
52
Brunei Darussalam
9.2
53
Mongolia
9.2
54
Uzbekistan
9.1
55
Kazakhstan
9.1
56
Trinidad and Tobago
9.1
57
Costa Rica
9
58
Albania
9
59
Montenegro
8.9
60
Malaysia
8.9
61
Mexico
8.8
62
Qatar
8.8
63
Ecuador
8.7
64
Palau
8.7
65
Bulgaria
8.7
66
Thailand
8.7
67
Kyrgyz Republic
8.7
68
Oman
8.6
69
Peru
8.6
70
Colombia
8.6
71
Uruguay
8.6
72
St. Lucia
8.5
73
St. Kitts and Nevis
8.5
74
Kenya
8.5
75
Sri Lanka
8.5
76
Antigua and Barbuda
8.4
77
Argentina
8.4
78
Romania
8.4
79
Moldova
8.3
80
Azerbaijan
8.3
81
Georgia
8.3
82
Grenada
8.3
83
Iran, Islamic Rep.
8.2
84
West Bank and Gaza
8
85
Dominica
8
86
Armenia
8
87
Saudi Arabia
7.9
88
Brazil
7.9
89
Indonesia
7.8
90
Bosnia and Herzegovina
7.8
91
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
7.7
92
Jordan
7.7
93
El Salvador
7.6
94
Philippines
7.5
95
Kuwait
7.4
96
Kiribati
7.4
97
North Macedonia
7.3
98
Samoa
7.2
99
Nepal
7.2
100
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
7.2
101
Tonga
7.1
102
India
7.1
103
Algeria
7.1
104
Jamaica
7.1
105
Zimbabwe
7
106
Paraguay
7
107
Fiji
7
108
Cambodia
6.8
109
Myanmar
6.8
110
Tajikistan
6.8
111
Guyana
6.8
112
Nicaragua
6.7
113
Dominican Republic
6.6
114
Egypt, Arab Rep.
6.5
115
Naoero
6.5
116
Tunisia
6.5
117
Panama
6.5
118
Lebanon
6.3
119
Bhutan
6.3
120
Morocco
6.3
121
Lesotho
6.3
122
Guatemala
6.3
123
Timor-Leste
6.3
124
Lao PDR
6.3
125
Haiti
6.1
126
Honduras
6.1
127
Namibia
6.1
128
Gabon
6
129
Papua New Guinea
6
130
Tuvalu
6
131
Bangladesh
6
132
Togo
6
133
Ghana
6
134
Benin
5.7
135
Marshall Islands
5.7
136
Vanuatu
5.6
137
South Africa
5.6
138
Malawi
5.5
139
Gambia, The
5.4
140
Cameroon
5.3
141
Congo, Rep.
5.3
142
Burundi
5.2
143
Comoros
5.1
144
Botswana
5.1
145
Pakistan
5.1
146
Afghanistan
5.1
147
Nigeria
5
148
Zambia
5
149
Sierra Leone
4.9
150
Senegal
4.8
151
Cote d'Ivoire
4.8
152
Madagascar
4.7
153
Solomon Islands
4.7
154
Guinea
4.6
155
Burkina Faso
4.5
156
Congo, Dem. Rep.
4.5
157
Eswatini
4.5
158
Tanzania
4.5
159
Mozambique
4.5
160
Ethiopia
4.3
161
Uganda
4.3
162
Sudan
4.3
163
Angola
4.2
164
Mauritania
4.2
165
Yemen, Rep.
4.2
166
Iraq
4
167
Rwanda
3.9
168
Chad
2.8
169
Central African Republic
2.7
170
Niger
2.7
171
Mali
2.6
172
South Sudan
2.5
173
Liberia
2.2
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