Average years of schooling of adults (aged 15+), total - Other - Education Statistics

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Average years of schooling are the years of formal schooling received, on average, by youths and adults ages 15-24.

Rank	Country	Value
Average years of schooling of adults (aged 15+), total - Other - Education Statistics (2000)
1	United States	12.05
2	Norway	11.85
3	New Zealand	11.74
4	Canada	11.62
5	Sweden	11.41
6	Australia	10.92
7	South Korea	10.84
8	North Korea	10.84
9	Switzerland	10.48
10	Germany	10.20
11	High income: OECD	10.13
12	High income	10.08
13	Finland	9.99
14	Poland	9.84
15	Denmark	9.66
16	Israel	9.60
17	Japan	9.47
18	United Kingdom	9.42
19	Hong Kong	9.41
20	Ireland	9.35
21	Netherlands	9.35
22	Belgium	9.34
23	Slovakia	9.27
24	Cyprus	9.15
25	Hungary	9.13
26	Iceland	8.83
27	Argentina	8.83
28	Barbados	8.73
29	Greece	8.67
30	Panama	8.55
31	Euro area	8.41
32	Austria	8.35
33	Fiji	8.30
34	Philippines	8.21
35	France	7.86
36	Trinidad and Tobago	7.76
37	Peru	7.58
38	Uruguay	7.56
39	Chile	7.55
40	Spain	7.28
41	Upper middle income	7.26
42	Mexico	7.23
43	Italy	7.18
44	Slovenia	7.11
45	Singapore	7.05
46	Kuwait	7.05
47	Jordan	6.91
48	Sri Lanka	6.87
49	Malaysia	6.80
50	Venezuela	6.64
51	Thailand	6.50
52	Ecuador	6.41
53	China	6.36
54	Middle income	6.34
55	Botswana	6.28
56	Guyana	6.24
57	Paraguay	6.18
58	East Asia & Pacific (developing only)	6.17
59	South Africa	6.14
60	Bahrain	6.11
61	Lower middle income	6.05
62	Latin America & Caribbean (developing only)	6.05
63	Costa Rica	6.05
64	Swaziland	6.01
65	Mauritius	6
66	Portugal	5.87
67	Syria	5.78
68	Bolivia	5.58
69	Egypt	5.51
70	Low & middle income	5.49
71	Zambia	5.46
72	Algeria	5.37
73	Zimbabwe	5.35
74	Iran	5.31
75	Middle East & North Africa (developing only)	5.30
76	Turkey	5.29
77	Colombia	5.27
78	Jamaica	5.26
79	El Salvador	5.15
80	Republic of the Congo	5.14
81	India	5.06
82	Tunisia	5.01
83	Indonesia	4.99
84	Dominican Republic	4.93
85	Brazil	4.88
86	Honduras	4.80
87	South Asia	4.67
88	Nicaragua	4.58
89	Low income	4.29
90	Lesotho	4.23
91	Kenya	4.20
92	Ghana	3.89
93	Pakistan	3.88
94	Cameroon	3.54
95	Uganda	3.51
96	Guatemala	3.49
97	Togo	3.33
98	Malawi	3.20
99	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.03
100	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	2.92
101	Papua New Guinea	2.88
102	Haiti	2.78
103	Burma	2.77
104	Tanzania	2.70
105	Bangladesh	2.58
106	Rwanda	2.56
107	Senegal	2.55
108	Central African Republic	2.53
109	Liberia	2.45
110	Nepal	2.43
111	Sierra Leone	2.40
112	Benin	2.34
113	Gambia	2.31
114	Sudan	2.13
115	Mozambique	1.11
116	Niger	1.02
117	Mali	0.88
118	Guinea-Bissau	0.84

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Average years of schooling of adults (aged 15+), total - Other - Education Statistics

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