Average years of schooling of adults (aged 15+), female - 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+), female - Other - Education Statistics (2000)
1	United States	12.02
2	Canada	11.57
3	Norway	11.56
4	New Zealand	11.53
5	Sweden	11.44
6	Australia	10.66
7	North Korea	10.01
8	South Korea	10.01
9	Switzerland	9.92
10	High income: OECD	9.91
11	Germany	9.89
12	High income	9.87
13	Finland	9.84
14	Poland	9.65
15	Denmark	9.50
16	Israel	9.43
17	Ireland	9.39
18	United Kingdom	9.39
19	Netherlands	9.12
20	Japan	9.08
21	Belgium	9.05
22	Argentina	8.90
23	Hong Kong	8.86
24	Cyprus	8.72
25	Hungary	8.70
26	Barbados	8.64
27	Iceland	8.63
28	Panama	8.51
29	Philippines	8.18
30	Euro area	8.06
31	Fiji	7.99
32	Trinidad and Tobago	7.99
33	Uruguay	7.87
34	France	7.63
35	Greece	7.63
36	Austria	7.56
37	Chile	7.52
38	Spain	7.14
39	Peru	7.12
40	Upper middle income	6.96
41	Kuwait	6.89
42	Mexico	6.88
43	Italy	6.82
44	Venezuela	6.78
45	Singapore	6.63
46	South Africa	6.58
47	Sri Lanka	6.58
48	Ecuador	6.41
49	Guyana	6.35
50	Botswana	6.33
51	Bahrain	6.22
52	Swaziland	6.22
53	Malaysia	6.20
54	Paraguay	6.09
55	Jordan	6.05
56	Costa Rica	6.03
57	Thailand	5.98
58	Latin America & Caribbean (developing only)	5.80
59	Portugal	5.66
60	Colombia	5.66
61	Jamaica	5.63
62	Middle income	5.55
63	Mauritius	5.55
64	Bolivia	5.12
65	El Salvador	5.11
66	East Asia & Pacific (developing only)	5.11
67	Lower middle income	5.09
68	China	5.08
69	Dominican Republic	4.99
70	Zambia	4.96
71	Lesotho	4.81
72	Syria	4.77
73	Zimbabwe	4.74
74	Nicaragua	4.63
75	Republic of the Congo	4.58
76	Iran	4.54
77	Algeria	4.53
78	Low & middle income	4.52
79	Egypt	4.48
80	Indonesia	4.47
81	Middle East & North Africa (developing only)	4.43
82	Brazil	4.41
83	Turkey	4.33
84	Tunisia	4.23
85	Honduras	3.98
86	India	3.74
87	Kenya	3.66
88	South Asia	3.42
89	Low income	3.16
90	Guatemala	3.13
91	Cameroon	2.95
92	Malawi	2.80
93	Uganda	2.74
94	Pakistan	2.53
95	Burma	2.51
96	Papua New Guinea	2.44
97	Tanzania	2.33
98	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	2.32
99	Rwanda	2.16
100	Ghana	2.15
101	Haiti	2.11
102	Togo	2.10
103	Senegal	1.96
104	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1.96
105	Bangladesh	1.83
106	Central African Republic	1.72
107	Sierra Leone	1.71
108	Gambia	1.64
109	Sudan	1.62
110	Liberia	1.54
111	Nepal	1.47
112	Benin	1.39
113	Mozambique	0.84
114	Guinea-Bissau	0.74
115	Niger	0.66
116	Mali	0.57

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

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