Average years of primary schooling, 15+, total - Barro-Lee Dataset - Education Statistics

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Average years of primary schooling, 15+, total is the average years of primary education completed among people over age 15.

Rank	Country	Value
Average years of primary schooling, 15+, total - Barro-Lee Dataset - Education Statistics (2010)
1	Czech Republic	8.44
2	Slovakia	7.76
3	Hungary	7.65
4	Poland	7.30
5	Bulgaria	7.18
6	Belize	7.09
7	Albania	7.05
8	New Zealand	6.95
9	Ireland	6.90
10	Romania	6.71
11	Trinidad and Tobago	6.67
12	Fiji	6.66
13	Norway	6.58
14	Argentina	6.46
15	Israel	6.40
16	Denmark	6.33
17	Botswana	6.30
18	Bolivia	6.29
19	Croatia	6.07
20	El Salvador	6.04
21	Australia	6
22	Kenya	5.98
23	Slovenia	5.98
24	Estonia	5.97
25	United States	5.96
26	Serbia	5.92
27	South Africa	5.92
28	Japan	5.88
29	Sweden	5.86
30	Canada	5.86
31	Barbados	5.85
32	Greece	5.85
33	Iceland	5.82
34	Tonga	5.80
35	United Kingdom	5.80
36	Netherlands	5.77
37	Finland	5.77
38	North Korea	5.77
39	South Korea	5.77
40	Guyana	5.75
41	Uruguay	5.72
42	Malta	5.69
43	Cuba	5.66
44	Zimbabwe	5.65
45	Zambia	5.61
46	Costa Rica	5.56
47	Bahrain	5.54
48	Belgium	5.53
49	Swaziland	5.52
50	Luxembourg	5.52
51	Chile	5.52
52	Peru	5.49
53	Jamaica	5.48
54	Philippines	5.47
55	Panama	5.46
56	Sri Lanka	5.44
57	Lesotho	5.42
58	Portugal	5.40
59	Mexico	5.39
60	Namibia	5.38
61	Paraguay	5.37
62	Cyprus	5.35
63	Malaysia	5.31
64	Spain	5.31
65	Honduras	5.24
66	Hong Kong	5.20
67	Brazil	5.19
68	Singapore	5.17
69	Tanzania	5.17
70	Thailand	5.15
71	Switzerland	5.14
72	Lithuania	5.12
73	Cambodia	5.08
74	Russia	5.04
75	Latvia	5.02
76	China	5
77	Saudi Arabia	4.99
78	Ukraine	4.98
79	Ecuador	4.94
80	United Arab Emirates	4.90
81	Algeria	4.89
82	Gabon	4.89
83	Macau	4.81
84	Jordan	4.79
85	Venezuela	4.79
86	Mauritius	4.78
87	France	4.71
88	Italy	4.70
89	Brunei Darussalam	4.67
90	Armenia	4.62
91	Dominican Republic	4.61
92	Uganda	4.61
93	Indonesia	4.46
94	Libya	4.45
95	Colombia	4.42
96	Turkey	4.40
97	Ghana	4.37
98	Tunisia	4.32
99	Cameroon	4.28
100	Vietnam	4.26
101	Syria	4.11
102	Malawi	4.11
103	Qatar	4.06
104	Iran	4.03
105	Nicaragua	3.96
106	Kazakhstan	3.92
107	Togo	3.90
108	Egypt	3.90
109	Tajikistan	3.86
110	Republic of the Congo	3.86
111	Austria	3.85
112	Moldova	3.84
113	Maldives	3.84
114	Iraq	3.81
115	Germany	3.81
116	Kyrgyzstan	3.78
117	Mauritania	3.70
118	Papua New Guinea	3.67
119	Guatemala	3.65
120	Rwanda	3.44
121	Laos	3.44
122	Bangladesh	3.38
123	India	3.31
124	Mongolia	3.20
125	Haiti	3.16
126	Liberia	3.16
127	Burma	3.14
128	Kuwait	3.09
129	Pakistan	3.02
130	Senegal	2.94
131	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2.84
132	Morocco	2.81
133	Afghanistan	2.79
134	Burundi	2.77
135	Benin	2.71
136	Nepal	2.69
137	Central African Republic	2.55
138	Ivory Coast	2.49
139	Yemen	2.41
140	Sudan	2.27
141	Sierra Leone	2.24
142	Gambia	2.04
143	Mali	1.63
144	Mozambique	1.50
145	Niger	1.42

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Average years of primary schooling, 15+, total - Barro-Lee Dataset - Education Statistics

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