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

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

Rank	Country	Value
Average years of primary schooling, 25+, total - Barro-Lee Dataset - Education Statistics (2010)
1	Czech Republic	8.76
2	Slovakia	8.54
3	Hungary	7.93
4	Albania	7.38
5	Poland	7.35
6	Bulgaria	7.33
7	Belize	7.29
8	Romania	7.23
9	New Zealand	7.18
10	Fiji	6.90
11	Ireland	6.89
12	Norway	6.59
13	Trinidad and Tobago	6.58
14	Argentina	6.48
15	Denmark	6.43
16	Serbia	6.34
17	Slovenia	6.29
18	Israel	6.27
19	Croatia	6.12
20	Bolivia	6.02
21	Estonia	5.98
22	United States	5.95
23	Australia	5.93
24	Japan	5.86
25	Botswana	5.84
26	Canada	5.84
27	Sweden	5.83
28	Greece	5.83
29	Barbados	5.82
30	United Kingdom	5.77
31	Tonga	5.77
32	Finland	5.77
33	Netherlands	5.75
34	North Korea	5.74
35	South Korea	5.74
36	El Salvador	5.74
37	Kenya	5.71
38	Guyana	5.69
39	Iceland	5.68
40	Uruguay	5.66
41	Malta	5.65
42	Sri Lanka	5.63
43	South Africa	5.60
44	Cuba	5.59
45	Belgium	5.53
46	Luxembourg	5.46
47	Bahrain	5.43
48	Jamaica	5.41
49	Costa Rica	5.40
50	Lithuania	5.39
51	Chile	5.35
52	Philippines	5.34
53	Panama	5.33
54	Peru	5.33
55	Zambia	5.32
56	Spain	5.30
57	Portugal	5.30
58	Ukraine	5.27
59	Namibia	5.26
60	Latvia	5.23
61	Russia	5.21
62	Switzerland	5.21
63	Cyprus	5.21
64	Mexico	5.17
65	Malaysia	5.16
66	Swaziland	5.13
67	Armenia	5.13
68	Paraguay	5.12
69	Singapore	5.08
70	Hong Kong	5.07
71	Zimbabwe	4.99
72	China	4.97
73	Brazil	4.96
74	Cambodia	4.87
75	Thailand	4.86
76	Lesotho	4.81
77	United Arab Emirates	4.77
78	Honduras	4.76
79	Tanzania	4.75
80	Ecuador	4.69
81	France	4.68
82	Brunei Darussalam	4.68
83	Italy	4.66
84	Saudi Arabia	4.56
85	Algeria	4.55
86	Macau	4.54
87	Mauritius	4.54
88	Jordan	4.45
89	Gabon	4.44
90	Venezuela	4.40
91	Dominican Republic	4.30
92	Colombia	4.29
93	Turkey	4.28
94	Libya	4.26
95	Cameroon	4.24
96	Indonesia	4.11
97	Vietnam	3.99
98	Tunisia	3.95
99	Kazakhstan	3.92
100	Uganda	3.89
101	Ghana	3.87
102	Tajikistan	3.86
103	Qatar	3.85
104	Austria	3.84
105	Moldova	3.81
106	Germany	3.81
107	Kyrgyzstan	3.80
108	Iran	3.78
109	Syria	3.77
110	Malawi	3.66
111	Egypt	3.66
112	Republic of the Congo	3.63
113	Iraq	3.62
114	Togo	3.55
115	Nicaragua	3.37
116	Papua New Guinea	3.35
117	Laos	3.21
118	Mongolia	3.15
119	Guatemala	3.10
120	Haiti	3.05
121	Maldives	3.04
122	Kuwait	2.95
123	Mauritania	2.91
124	Rwanda	2.90
125	Bangladesh	2.87
126	India	2.83
127	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2.75
128	Burma	2.74
129	Senegal	2.56
130	Pakistan	2.56
131	Central African Republic	2.44
132	Liberia	2.39
133	Morocco	2.36
134	Burundi	2.29
135	Afghanistan	2.23
136	Benin	2.17
137	Ivory Coast	2.12
138	Sudan	2.08
139	Nepal	2.07
140	Sierra Leone	2.04
141	Yemen	1.66
142	Gambia	1.64
143	Niger	1.10
144	Mali	1.04
145	Mozambique	1.04

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

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