Average years of schooling of adults (aged 15+), male - 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+), male - Other - Education Statistics (2000)
1	Norway	12.15
2	United States	12.08
3	New Zealand	11.96
4	South Korea	11.68
5	North Korea	11.68
6	Canada	11.67
7	Sweden	11.39
8	Australia	11.19
9	Switzerland	11.05
10	Germany	10.54
11	High income: OECD	10.36
12	High income	10.32
13	Finland	10.15
14	Poland	10.03
15	Hong Kong	9.94
16	Japan	9.87
17	Denmark	9.83
18	Israel	9.78
19	Greece	9.76
20	Belgium	9.64
21	Cyprus	9.60
22	Hungary	9.60
23	Netherlands	9.59
24	United Kingdom	9.46
25	Ireland	9.31
26	Austria	9.19
27	Iceland	9.03
28	Barbados	8.83
29	Euro area	8.77
30	Argentina	8.75
31	Fiji	8.61
32	Panama	8.59
33	Philippines	8.24
34	France	8.11
35	Peru	8.05
36	Jordan	7.74
37	Mexico	7.59
38	Chile	7.58
39	China	7.57
40	Italy	7.57
41	Trinidad and Tobago	7.52
42	Upper middle income	7.48
43	Singapore	7.46
44	Spain	7.43
45	Malaysia	7.40
46	Middle income	7.29
47	Uruguay	7.22
48	East Asia & Pacific (developing only)	7.22
49	Kuwait	7.19
50	Sri Lanka	7.16
51	Thailand	7.03
52	Lower middle income	7
53	Syria	6.78
54	Egypt	6.51
55	Venezuela	6.50
56	Mauritius	6.45
57	Low & middle income	6.43
58	Ecuador	6.41
59	India	6.31
60	Latin America & Caribbean (developing only)	6.30
61	Paraguay	6.28
62	Botswana	6.22
63	Turkey	6.21
64	Algeria	6.19
65	Middle East & North Africa (developing only)	6.15
66	Guyana	6.14
67	Portugal	6.11
68	Costa Rica	6.07
69	Iran	6.07
70	Bolivia	6.06
71	Bahrain	6.04
72	Zimbabwe	5.99
73	Zambia	5.97
74	South Asia	5.83
75	Tunisia	5.80
76	Swaziland	5.78
77	Republic of the Congo	5.75
78	South Africa	5.68
79	Ghana	5.67
80	Honduras	5.61
81	Indonesia	5.52
82	Brazil	5.37
83	Low income	5.37
84	El Salvador	5.21
85	Pakistan	5.12
86	Jamaica	4.89
87	Colombia	4.86
88	Dominican Republic	4.86
89	Kenya	4.74
90	Togo	4.62
91	Nicaragua	4.52
92	Uganda	4.31
93	Cameroon	4.15
94	Democratic Republic of the Congo	4.14
95	Guatemala	3.85
96	Malawi	3.63
97	Lesotho	3.62
98	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	3.55
99	Haiti	3.49
100	Central African Republic	3.42
101	Nepal	3.36
102	Liberia	3.35
103	Benin	3.32
104	Bangladesh	3.29
105	Papua New Guinea	3.29
106	Senegal	3.15
107	Sierra Leone	3.13
108	Tanzania	3.09
109	Burma	3.03
110	Gambia	3.02
111	Rwanda	2.98
112	Sudan	2.65
113	Niger	1.39
114	Mozambique	1.38
115	Mali	1.20
116	Guinea-Bissau	0.94

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

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