Expected years of schooling

Expected years of schooling, 2023: from 5.6 years (South Sudan) to 21.7 years (Monaco), median 13.3 years.

World map: Expected years of schooling, 2023.

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Ranking

RankCountryValue (years)Year
1Monaco21.72023
2Greece20.92023
3Australia20.62023
4Turkey19.82023
5Finland19.52023
6New Zealand19.32023
7Ireland19.22023
8Belgium19.02023
9Sweden19.02023
10Iceland18.92023
11Argentina18.82023
12Norway18.82023
13Denmark18.72023
14Netherlands18.62023
15Saint Kitts and Nevis18.42023
16Seychelles18.22023
17Spain17.82023
18United Kingdom17.82023
19Tonga17.82023
20Portugal17.52023
21Slovenia17.52023
21Uruguay17.52023
23Germany17.32023
24Saudi Arabia16.92023
25Chile16.92023
26Hong Kong16.92023
27Czech Republic16.82023
28Georgia16.82023
29Singapore16.72023
30Italy16.72023
31Poland16.72023
32Switzerland16.72023
33Barbados16.62023
34South Korea16.62023
35Grenada16.62023
36Latvia16.52023
37Lithuania16.42023
38Marshall Islands16.42023
39Costa Rica16.42023
39Croatia16.42023
41Austria16.32023
42Saint Vincent and the Grenadines16.32023
43Cyprus16.22023
44France16.12023
45Estonia16.02023
46Bahrain15.92023
47United States of America15.92023
48Malta15.92023
49Kuwait15.92023
50Canada15.92023
51Brazil15.82023
52Bolivia15.62023
53United Arab Emirates15.62023
54Montenegro15.52023
55Japan15.52023
56Antigua and Barbuda15.52023
56Algeria15.52023
58People's Republic of China15.52023
59Hungary15.52023
60Vietnam15.52023
61Liechtenstein15.42023
62Thailand15.42023
63Bulgaria15.32023
64Eswatini15.32023
65Morocco15.12023
66Serbia15.02023
67Slovakia14.92023
68Israel14.92023
69Peru14.92023
70Ecuador14.82023
71North Macedonia14.82023
72Tunisia14.72023
73Moldova14.62023
74San Marino14.62023
75Andorra14.52023
76Albania14.52023
77Mexico14.52023
78Armenia14.42023
79Luxembourg14.42023
80Colombia14.32023
81Trinidad and Tobago14.22023
82Mauritius14.22023
83Dominica14.22023
84Palau14.12023
85Romania14.12023
86Kazakhstan14.02023
87Paraguay14.02023
88Iran14.02023
89Cuba13.92023
90Fiji13.82023
91South Africa13.82023
92Nepal13.82023
93Belarus13.72023
94Brunei13.72023
95Mongolia13.62023
96Dominican Republic13.62023
97Oman13.42023
98Indonesia13.32023
99Ukraine13.32023
100Panama13.32023
101Comoros13.32023
102East Timor13.32023
103Turkmenistan13.22023
104Russia13.22023
105Bosnia and Herzegovina13.22023
106Bhutan13.22023
107Qatar13.12023
108Egypt13.12023
108Sri Lanka13.12023
110Jordan13.12023
111Togo13.12023
112Guyana13.02023
113Palestine13.02023
114Venezuela13.02023
115India12.92023
116Libya12.92023
117Azerbaijan12.92023
118São Tomé and Príncipe12.92023
119Nauru12.82023
120Philippines12.82023
121Maldives12.82023
122Saint Lucia12.72023
123Kyrgyzstan12.72023
124Republic of the Congo12.72023
124Malaysia12.72023
126Rwanda12.62023
127Equatorial Guinea12.52023
128Gabon12.52023
129Uzbekistan12.52023
130Samoa12.42023
131Jamaica12.42023
131Tuvalu12.42023
133Iraq12.42023
134Bangladesh12.32023
135North Korea12.22023
136Angola12.22023
137Belize12.02023
138The Bahamas11.92023
139Kiribati11.92023
140Vanuatu11.82023
141Namibia11.82023
142Lebanon11.72023
143Uganda11.62023
144Federated States of Micronesia11.52023
145Nicaragua11.52023
145Papua New Guinea11.52023
147Myanmar11.52023
148Kenya11.52023
149Botswana11.42023
150Ghana11.42023
151Ivory Coast11.42023
152Cape Verde11.42023
153Solomon Islands11.32023
154Cambodia11.22023
155El Salvador11.12023
156Zimbabwe11.12023
157Zambia11.02023
158Lesotho11.02023
159Suriname11.02023
160Democratic Republic of the Congo10.92023
161Haiti10.92023
162Mozambique10.82023
162Tajikistan10.82023
164Afghanistan10.82023
164Cameroon10.82023
166Guatemala10.72023
167Guinea-Bissau10.62023
168Nigeria10.52023
169Liberia10.52023
170Benin10.42023
171Guinea10.42023
172Honduras10.22023
173Malawi9.92023
174Burundi9.82023
175Laos9.62023
176Ethiopia9.22023
177Senegal9.12023
178Sierra Leone9.12023
179Madagascar9.12023
180The Gambia9.02023
181Burkina Faso8.72023
182Sudan8.62023
183Tanzania8.62023
184Chad8.32023
185Niger8.32023
186Mauritania8.02023
187Pakistan7.92023
188Yemen7.52023
189Somalia7.52023
190Central African Republic7.42023
191Syria7.42023
192Eritrea7.32023
193Mali7.02023
194Djibouti6.22023
195South Sudan5.62023

Source

Expected years of schooling — UNDP, Human Development Report 2025, eys · CC BY 3.0 IGO · Nov 2026 · hdr.undp.org

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