Expected years of schooling - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators

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Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expect to spend at school, or university, including years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrolment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education. Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.
Expected years of schooling - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Libya (2003)16.5
2Seychelles (2007)14.71
3Tunisia (2007)13.98
4Mauritius (2005)13.53
5Gabon (1999)13.12
6South Africa (2006)13.08
7Algeria (2005)12.77
8Egypt (2004)12.14
9Botswana (2005)11.93
10Cape Verde (2007)11.38
11Namibia (2006)10.77
12Swaziland (2006)10.55
13Morocco (2007)10.49
14Kenya (2007)10.46
15Uganda (2004)10.28
16Lesotho (2006)10.26
17Sao Tome and Principe (2008)10.2
18Liberia (2000)9.71
19Equatorial Guinea (2000)9.63
20Madagascar (2007)9.42
21Ghana (2007)9.29
22Zimbabwe (2003)9.12
23Malawi (2007)9.11
24Republic of the Congo (2003)9.05
25Togo (2007)9
26Cameroon (2007)8.98
27Rwanda (2005)8.58
28Sub-Saharan Africa (2007)8.5
29Nigeria (2004)8.41
30Benin (2005)8.37
31Mozambique (2005)8.26
32Guinea (2006)8.22
33Mauritania (2007)8.2
34Burundi (2007)8.19
35Comoros (2004)8.02
36Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)7.77
37Ethiopia (2007)7.61
38Gambia (2004)7.58
39Mali (2007)7.24
40Senegal (2007)7.18
41Zambia (2000)7.01
42Sierra Leone (2001)6.87
43Ivory Coast (2000)6.06
44Chad (2005)5.87
45Burkina Faso (2008)5.67
46Eritrea (2004)5.47
47Guinea-Bissau (2001)5.45
48Tanzania (1999)5.33
49Central African Republic (1990)4.96
50Djibouti (2007)4.72
51Sudan (2000)4.58
52Angola (1998)4.51
53Niger (2007)4.02
54Somalia (1980)1.98
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