Expected years of schooling, male - Gender Statistics

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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.
Expected years of schooling, male - Gender Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Australia (2008)20.36
2New Zealand (2008)18.53
3North Korea (2008)17.84
4South Korea (2008)17.84
5Ireland (2008)17.68
6Monaco (2009)17.63
7Iceland (2008)17.06
8Netherlands (2008)16.73
9Norway (2008)16.66
10Finland (2008)16.47
11Greece (2007)16.35
12Cuba (2009)16.14
13Germany (1997)16.13
14Denmark (2008)16.11
15Slovenia (2008)16.06
16Libya (2003)16.06
17Spain (2008)15.9
18Italy (2008)15.85
19France (2008)15.84
20High income: OECD (2008)15.72
21Belgium (2008)15.67
22Switzerland (2008)15.64
23United Kingdom (2008)15.63
24Portugal (2008)15.6
25Canada (2002)15.58
26Grenada (2009)15.48
27High income (2008)15.47
28Hong Kong (2009)15.39
29Japan (2008)15.24
30United States (2008)15.14
31Lithuania (2008)15.09
32Austria (2008)15.03
33Czech Republic (2008)15.02
34Israel (2008)14.94
35Sweden (2008)14.88
36Hungary (2008)14.84
37Chile (2008)14.78
38Macau (2009)14.72
39Estonia (2008)14.67
40Poland (2008)14.65
41Argentina (2007)14.58
42Kazakhstan (2009)14.55
43Uruguay (2008)14.4
44Romania (2008)14.31
45Ukraine (2008)14.28
46Latvia (2008)14.27
47Saudi Arabia (2009)14.26
48Slovakia (2008)14.23
49Malta (2008)14.21
50Belarus (2007)14.19
51Cyprus (2008)14.17
52Tunisia (2008)14
53Bolivia (2007)13.89
54Brunei Darussalam (2009)13.81
55Netherlands Antilles (2002)13.78
56Antigua and Barbuda (2009)13.77
57Palau (2000)13.68
58Mexico (2008)13.66
59Russia (2008)13.61
60Brazil (2008)13.61
61Tonga (2006)13.54
62Croatia (2008)13.46
63Bulgaria (2008)13.44
64High income: nonOECD (2008)13.35
65Serbia (2009)13.34
66Lebanon (2009)13.34
67Mongolia (2009)13.34
68Colombia (2009)13.34
69Mauritius (2008)13.34
70Upper middle income (2008)13.23
71Macedonia (2008)13.19
72Bosnia and Herzegovina (2009)13.18
73Luxembourg (2006)13.15
74Dominica (2008)13.14
75Jamaica (2008)13.13
76Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2007)13.13
77Ecuador (2007)13.12
78St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2004)13.08
79Venezuela (2008)13.08
80Aruba (2009)13.05
81Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2008)13.05
82South Africa (1994)13.02
83Sierra Leone (2007)12.98
84Peru (2006)12.91
85United Arab Emirates (2009)12.9
86Jordan (2008)12.89
87Indonesia (2008)12.84
88Iran (2009)12.82
89Seychelles (2008)12.82
90Bahrain (1999)12.81
91Liberia (2000)12.79
92Liechtenstein (2008)12.78
93Fiji (2005)12.74
94Panama (2008)12.71
95Algeria (2005)12.67
96Georgia (2008)12.64
97Maldives (2006)12.54
98St. Lucia (2009)12.52
99Turkey (2008)12.41
100Sri Lanka (2003)12.41
101St. Kitts and Nevis (2008)12.39
102Tajikistan (2008)12.29
103Malaysia (2008)12.24
104El Salvador (2008)12.22
105Belize (2009)12.2
106West Bank and Gaza (2009)12.19
107Gabon (2000)12.18
108Botswana (2007)12.15
109Western Samoa (2005)12.06
110Kyrgyzstan (2009)11.98
111Guyana (2009)11.97
112Bermuda (2006)11.88
113Bahamas (2006)11.88
114Thailand (2009)11.87
115Kuwait (2004)11.7
116Azerbaijan (2009)11.69
117Kiribati (2008)11.68
118Namibia (2008)11.62
119Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2005)11.62
120Philippines (2008)11.62
121Armenia (2009)11.61
122Comoros (2005)11.61
123Uzbekistan (2009)11.61
124Paraguay (2007)11.58
125Moldova (2009)11.53
126Syria (2007)11.51
127Costa Rica (2005)11.51
128Oman (2003)11.45
129Egypt (2004)11.44
130Dominican Republic (2004)11.36
131Cape Verde (2009)11.33
132Afghanistan (2009)11.3
133China (2009)11.28
134Trinidad and Tobago (2005)11.28
135Kenya (2009)11.28
136Suriname (2002)11.22
137Middle income (2008)11.2
138Bhutan (2008)11.19
139Togo (2007)11.18
140Albania (2004)11.18
141Qatar (2009)11.17
142Rwanda (2009)11.16
143Morocco (2007)11.14
144Cameroon (2009)11.13
145Cayman Islands (2008)11.11
146Iraq (2004)11.06
147Guatemala (2007)11.01
148Swaziland (2007)10.99
149Madagascar (2009)10.97
150Republic of the Congo (2004)10.97
151Turks and Caicos Islands (2005)10.93
152Uganda (2009)10.91
153India (2007)10.86
154Ghana (2009)10.85
155Andorra (2008)10.84
156Honduras (2008)10.83
157Benin (2005)10.82
158Vietnam (2001)10.79
159Sao Tome and Principe (2009)10.68
160Vanuatu (2004)10.68
161East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2003)10.67
162Lower middle income (2007)10.63
163Low & middle income (2007)10.63
164Yemen (2005)10.61
165Nicaragua (2003)10.59
166Marshall Islands (2003)10.5
167Cambodia (2007)10.44
168Tuvalu (2001)10.34
169Mozambique (2007)10
170Guinea (2008)9.98
171South Asia (2006)9.94
172Laos (2008)9.89
173Nepal (2002)9.8
174Nigeria (2005)9.76
175Lesotho (2007)9.65
176Zimbabwe (2003)9.47
177Solomon Islands (2007)9.41
178Mali (2009)9.39
179Ethiopia (2008)9.37
180Tanzania (2007)9.29
181Malawi (2007)9.01
182Democratic Republic of the Congo (2008)8.97
183Chad (2009)8.87
184Gambia (2007)8.73
185Low income (2006)8.58
186Burundi (2006)8.49
187Equatorial Guinea (2002)8.49
188Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) (2005)8.42
189Mauritania (2007)8.07
190Bangladesh (2007)8.03
191Central African Republic (2009)7.84
192Senegal (2008)7.8
193Burma (1993)7.7
194Zambia (2000)7.59
195Ivory Coast (2000)7.55
196Pakistan (2009)7.54
197Guinea-Bissau (2000)7.48
198Burkina Faso (2009)6.83
199Papua New Guinea (1998)6.35
200Djibouti (2009)5.59
201Eritrea (2009)5.52
202Niger (2009)5.26
203Angola (1998)4.85
204Sudan (1986)4.46
205Somalia (2007)3.31
206San Marino (2000)0
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