Expected years of schooling, female - Gender Statistics

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Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expect to spend at school, or university, including years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrolment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education.
Expected years of schooling, female - Gender Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Australia (2008)20.89
2New Zealand (2008)20.22
3Iceland (2008)19.69
4Cuba (2009)19.14
5Ireland (2008)18.09
6Norway (2008)18
7Finland (2008)17.7
8Slovenia (2008)17.61
9Denmark (2008)17.58
10Monaco (2009)17.37
11Libya (2003)16.97
12Spain (2008)16.86
13Lithuania (2008)16.84
14Italy (2008)16.83
15Estonia (2008)16.8
16Netherlands (2008)16.69
17Uruguay (2008)16.65
18United Kingdom (2008)16.65
19Greece (2007)16.61
20United States (2008)16.58
21Argentina (2007)16.55
22Latvia (2008)16.54
23Grenada (2009)16.48
24France (2008)16.46
25High income: OECD (2008)16.41
26Sweden (2008)16.35
27Canada (2002)16.33
28Belgium (2008)16.25
29High income (2008)16.12
30Hong Kong (2009)16.11
31Portugal (2008)16.08
32Israel (2008)15.88
33Czech Republic (2008)15.83
34Poland (2008)15.83
35North Korea (2008)15.73
36South Korea (2008)15.73
37Hungary (2008)15.73
38Germany (1997)15.62
39Slovakia (2008)15.51
40Kazakhstan (2009)15.45
41Palau (2000)15.39
42Austria (2008)15.38
43Romania (2008)15.35
44Venezuela (2008)15.33
45Switzerland (2008)15.3
46Belarus (2007)15.04
47Ukraine (2008)15.03
48Tunisia (2008)15.03
49Japan (2008)14.9
50Mongolia (2009)14.89
51Netherlands Antilles (2002)14.73
52Malta (2008)14.62
53Chile (2008)14.62
54Russia (2008)14.59
55Jamaica (2008)14.47
56Brunei Darussalam (2009)14.43
57Brazil (2008)14.33
58Croatia (2008)14.26
59Lebanon (2009)14.19
60Cyprus (2008)14.17
61Serbia (2009)14.11
62Antigua and Barbuda (2009)14.1
63Qatar (2009)13.99
64Colombia (2009)13.96
65Bahrain (1999)13.95
66Bosnia and Herzegovina (2009)13.95
67Mauritius (2008)13.89
68Seychelles (2008)13.89
69Macau (2009)13.87
70Bulgaria (2008)13.86
71United Arab Emirates (2009)13.86
72Tonga (2006)13.84
73Mexico (2008)13.83
74Panama (2008)13.79
75Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2007)13.74
76Upper middle income (2008)13.72
77St. Lucia (2009)13.61
78Ecuador (2007)13.53
79Bolivia (2007)13.53
80Aruba (2009)13.45
81St. Kitts and Nevis (2008)13.43
82Macedonia (2008)13.42
83Luxembourg (2006)13.41
84St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2004)13.41
85Jordan (2008)13.34
86West Bank and Gaza (2009)13.34
87High income: nonOECD (2008)13.34
88South Africa (1994)13.19
89Dominica (2008)13.19
90Fiji (2005)13.18
91Saudi Arabia (2009)13.18
92Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2008)13.11
93Kuwait (2004)12.99
94Malaysia (2008)12.94
95Peru (2006)12.9
96Algeria (2005)12.88
97Suriname (2002)12.87
98Sri Lanka (2003)12.81
99Kyrgyzstan (2009)12.74
100Belize (2009)12.69
101Thailand (2009)12.63
102Iran (2009)12.62
103Georgia (2008)12.59
104Indonesia (2008)12.53
105Western Samoa (2005)12.52
106Dominican Republic (2004)12.51
107Armenia (2009)12.5
108Kiribati (2008)12.49
109Maldives (2006)12.35
110Bermuda (2006)12.31
111Moldova (2009)12.27
112Botswana (2007)12.18
113Andorra (2008)12.15
114Bahamas (2006)12.14
115Cayman Islands (2008)12.14
116Philippines (2008)12.13
117Namibia (2008)12.06
118El Salvador (2008)12.02
119Honduras (2008)12.01
120Costa Rica (2005)11.96
121Paraguay (2007)11.92
122Cape Verde (2009)11.92
123Guyana (2009)11.92
124China (2009)11.88
125Azerbaijan (2009)11.81
126Turks and Caicos Islands (2005)11.78
127Liechtenstein (2008)11.67
128Trinidad and Tobago (2005)11.57
129Gabon (2000)11.46
130Tuvalu (2001)11.4
131Albania (2004)11.36
132Uzbekistan (2009)11.28
133Marshall Islands (2003)11.2
134Turkey (2008)11.2
135Rwanda (2009)11.1
136Oman (2003)11.03
137Syria (2007)11.02
138Sao Tome and Principe (2009)10.99
139Nicaragua (2003)10.95
140Middle income (2008)10.85
141Bhutan (2008)10.84
142Barbados (1971)10.75
143Sierra Leone (2007)10.75
144Kenya (2009)10.63
145Uganda (2009)10.62
146Egypt (2004)10.62
147Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2005)10.58
148East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2003)10.54
149Madagascar (2009)10.53
150Tajikistan (2008)10.43
151Guatemala (2007)10.26
152Swaziland (2007)10.12
153Ghana (2009)10.09
154Lesotho (2007)10.09
155Vanuatu (2004)10.03
156Low & middle income (2007)10.02
157Vietnam (2001)9.95
158Lower middle income (2007)9.94
159Republic of the Congo (2004)9.92
160Morocco (2007)9.82
161India (2007)9.79
162Comoros (2005)9.75
163Cameroon (2009)9.47
164Liberia (2000)9.23
165Cambodia (2007)9.22
166Zimbabwe (2003)9.02
167Tanzania (2007)8.87
168Malawi (2007)8.79
169Solomon Islands (2007)8.77
170South Asia (2006)8.68
171Gambia (2007)8.5
172Laos (2008)8.46
173Iraq (2004)8.38
174Mozambique (2007)8.37
175Bangladesh (2007)8.25
176Mauritania (2007)8.05
177Togo (2007)7.99
178Nigeria (2005)7.95
179Nepal (2002)7.81
180Ethiopia (2008)7.72
181Benin (2005)7.57
182Burma (1993)7.45
183Burundi (2006)7.41
184Low income (2006)7.28
185Guinea (2008)7.2
186Senegal (2008)7.17
187Mali (2009)7.11
188Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) (2005)7.03
189Equatorial Guinea (2002)6.85
190Afghanistan (2009)6.82
191Zambia (2000)6.76
192Yemen (2005)6.6
193Democratic Republic of the Congo (2008)6.55
194Pakistan (2009)6.18
195Burkina Faso (2009)5.71
196Chad (2009)5.46
197Central African Republic (2009)5.29
198Papua New Guinea (1998)5.25
199Ivory Coast (2000)5.04
200Guinea-Bissau (2000)4.81
201Djibouti (2009)4.55
202Eritrea (2009)4.16
203Angola (1998)3.95
204Niger (2009)3.92
205Sudan (1986)3.18
206Somalia (2007)1.75
207Gibraltar (1981)0
208San Marino (2008)0
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