Average years of total schooling, 25+, total - Barro-Lee Dataset - Education Statistics

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Average years of total schooling, 25+, total is the average years of education completed among people over age 25.

Rank	Country	Value
Average years of total schooling, 25+, total - Barro-Lee Dataset - Education Statistics (2010)
1	Norway	12.63
2	New Zealand	12.52
3	United States	12.45
4	Czech Republic	12.33
5	Germany	12.21
6	Australia	12.04
7	Estonia	12
8	Israel	11.91
9	Hungary	11.67
10	South Korea	11.64
11	North Korea	11.64
12	Sweden	11.62
13	Ireland	11.62
14	Slovakia	11.57
15	Canada	11.49
16	Japan	11.48
17	Ukraine	11.28
18	Netherlands	11.16
19	Fiji	11.04
20	Lithuania	10.90
21	Armenia	10.79
22	Romania	10.59
23	Belgium	10.57
24	Greece	10.50
25	France	10.43
26	Tonga	10.43
27	Iceland	10.42
28	Latvia	10.39
29	Albania	10.38
30	Spain	10.35
31	Kazakhstan	10.34
32	Finland	10.30
33	Denmark	10.29
34	Switzerland	10.27
35	Cuba	10.17
36	Luxembourg	10.10
37	Hong Kong	10.02
38	Poland	9.95
39	Bulgaria	9.94
40	Malta	9.93
41	Cyprus	9.88
42	Tajikistan	9.78
43	Austria	9.77
44	Chile	9.74
45	Italy	9.72
46	Moldova	9.66
47	Jamaica	9.61
48	Peru	9.56
49	Malaysia	9.53
50	Serbia	9.53
51	United Kingdom	9.47
52	Bahrain	9.42
53	Panama	9.39
54	Barbados	9.34
55	Argentina	9.28
56	Kyrgyzstan	9.25
57	United Arab Emirates	9.24
58	Trinidad and Tobago	9.24
59	Bolivia	9.20
60	Belize	9.17
61	Slovenia	9.01
62	Croatia	8.96
63	Botswana	8.90
64	Russia	8.85
65	Singapore	8.83
66	Mexico	8.67
67	Philippines	8.66
68	Jordan	8.65
69	Guyana	8.52
70	Uruguay	8.41
71	Costa Rica	8.35
72	Mongolia	8.31
73	South Africa	8.21
74	Sri Lanka	8.20
75	Portugal	8.04
76	Paraguay	7.79
77	Saudi Arabia	7.78
78	El Salvador	7.69
79	Ecuador	7.59
80	China	7.55
81	Gabon	7.49
82	Brunei Darussalam	7.47
83	Colombia	7.44
84	Macau	7.42
85	Namibia	7.35
86	Qatar	7.28
87	Libya	7.26
88	Zimbabwe	7.25
89	Algeria	7.24
90	Iran	7.20
91	Mauritius	7.18
92	Brazil	7.18
93	Swaziland	7.12
94	Ghana	7.09
95	Kenya	6.95
96	Dominican Republic	6.91
97	Thailand	6.56
98	Zambia	6.54
99	Honduras	6.50
100	Egypt	6.49
101	Tunisia	6.48
102	Turkey	6.47
103	Venezuela	6.19
104	Kuwait	6.10
105	Cameroon	5.90
106	Republic of the Congo	5.88
107	Cambodia	5.78
108	Lesotho	5.77
109	Nicaragua	5.72
110	Indonesia	5.66
111	Iraq	5.56
112	Vietnam	5.49
113	Togo	5.27
114	Tanzania	5.11
115	Haiti	4.90
116	Syria	4.88
117	Pakistan	4.87
118	Bangladesh	4.77
119	Maldives	4.74
120	Uganda	4.72
121	Laos	4.58
122	India	4.40
123	Morocco	4.36
124	Papua New Guinea	4.33
125	Malawi	4.26
126	Guatemala	4.14
127	Burma	3.97
128	Liberia	3.93
129	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.76
130	Mauritania	3.74
131	Central African Republic	3.53
132	Senegal	3.49
133	Benin	3.47
134	Rwanda	3.34
135	Afghanistan	3.33
136	Ivory Coast	3.31
137	Nepal	3.24
138	Sudan	2.90
139	Sierra Leone	2.88
140	Gambia	2.83
141	Burundi	2.69
142	Yemen	2.50
143	Niger	1.44
144	Mali	1.38
145	Mozambique	1.21

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Average years of total schooling, 25+, total - Barro-Lee Dataset - Education Statistics

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