Years of Schooling
WorldPopulationSocial / HealthAverage number of years of educational attainment by country
UNCountries with less than 5 years of mean schooling are shown in the lightest green. Countries with 5 to 7 years are shown in light green. Countries with 8 to 11 are in green, and countries with more than 11 are in dark green.
In North America, Canada and the United States both haven an average of 12 to 13 mean years of schooling. Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, Belize, and Panama range from 9 to 11 years; Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Dominican Republic range from 7 to 8 years; and Haiti, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua range from 4 to 6 years. Most countries in South America range from 9 to 11 years, except for Colombia, Ecuador, Suriname, Brazil, and Paraguay, which range from 7 to 8 years. In Europe, most countries in northern Europe range from 12 to 13 years, except for Iceland, Finland, Belgium, and France, which range from 9 to 11 years. In southern and eastern Europe, most countries range from 9 to 11 years, except for Portugal, Bosnia, Herzegovina, and Macedonia, which range from 7 to 8 years. Most countries in Africa range from 4 to 6 years. Several, however, have only 1 to 3 years, including Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, and Ethiopia; and a few, including Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Ghana, Gabon, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, have from 7 to 8 years. Botswana and South Africa range from 9 to 10 years. In Southwest Asia, Israel is 12 to 13 years; Armenia, Azerbaijan, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the Persian Gulf countries are 9 to 11 years; Turkey, Syria, Iran, and Oman range from 7 to 8 years; and Iraq and Yemen from 4 to 6 years. The Central Asian countries are 9 to 11 years, except for Afghanistan, which is 4 to 6 years. The countries of South Asia are 4 to 6 years, except for Sri Lanka, which is 9 to 11 years. In Southeast Asia, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam range from 4 to 6 years, whereas Thailand and Indonesia range from 7 to 8 years, and Malaysia and the Philippines from 9 to 11 years. In Oceania, Australia and New Zealand range from 12 to 13 years, and Papua New Guinea is 4 to 6 years.
Countries | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Class | Rank | Years | Tin Mines | Class | Rank | Metric tons | Antarctic 200NM zone beyond the coastline | Azerbaijanis Exclusive Economic Zone | Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone | Nauruan Exclusive Economic Zone | Palau Exclusive Economic Zone | Saint Kitts and Nevis Exclusive Economic Zone | Tuvaluan Exclusive Economic Zone | Yemeni Exclusive Economic Zone | Overlapping claim Chagos Archipelago Exclusive Economic Zone: UK / Mauritius | Overlapping claim Falkland / Malvinas Islands Exclusive Economic Zone: UK / Argentina | Overlapping claim Gibraltarian Exclusive Economic Zone | Overlapping claim Mayotte: France / Comoros | Overlapping claim South Georgia and South Sandwich Exclusive Economic Zone: UK / Argentina | Micronesian Exclusive Economic Zone | Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone | Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone | Jamaican Exclusive Economic Zone | Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone (Azores) | Aruban Exclusive Economic Zone | Bonaire Exclusive Economic Zone | Curaçaoan Exclusive Economic Zone | Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone | Saba Exclusive Economic Zone | Sint-Eustatius Exclusive Economic Zone | Sint-Maarten Exclusive Economic Zone | Russian Exclusive economic Zone | Guinea Bissau Exclusive Economic Zone | Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone | Italian Exclusive Economic Zone | Icelandic Exclusive Economic Zone | Anguilla Exclusive Economic Zone | Ascension Exclusive Economic Zone | Bermudian Exclusive Economic Zone | British Virgin Islands Exclusive Economic Zone | Cayman Islands Exclusive Economic Zone | Guernsey Exclusive Economic Zone | Jersey Exclusive Economic Zone | Montserrat Exclusive Economic Zone | Pitcairn Islands Exclusive Economic Zone | St. Helena Exclusive Economic Zone | Turks and Caicos Exclusive Economic Zone | United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone | Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone | Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone | Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone | Grenadian Exclusive Economic Zone | Bahraini Exclusive Economic Zone | Barbados Exclusive Economic Zone | Saint Lucia Exclusive Economic Zone | Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone | Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone | Bruneian Exclusive Economic Zone | Solomon Islands Exclusive Economic Zone | Danish Exclusive Economic Zone | Faeroe Exclusive Economic Zone | Greenlandic Exclusive Economic Zone | Chilean Exclusive Economic Zone | Dominican Exclusive Economic Zone | Vanuatu Exclusive Economic Zone | Cypriote Exclusive Economic Zone | Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone | Honduran Exclusive Economic Zone | Croatian Exclusive Economic Zone | Sierra Leonian Exclusive Economic Zone | Venezuelan Exclusive Economic Zone | Maltese Exclusive Economic Zone | United Arab Emirates Exclusive Economic Zone | Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone | Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone | New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone | Niue Exclusive Economic Zone | American Samoa Exclusive Economic Zone | Guam Exclusive Economic Zone | Northern Mariana Exclusive Economic Zone | Puerto Rican Exclusive Economic Zone | United States Exclusive Economic Zone (Alaska) | Virgin Islander Exclusive Economic Zone | French Exclusive Economic Zone | French Polynesian Exclusive Economic Zone | Guadeloupean Exclusive Economic Zone | Kerguelen Exclusive Economic Zone | Martinican Exclusive Economic Zone | New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone | Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone | Saint-Barthélemy Exclusive Economic Zone | Saint-Martin Exclusive Economic Zone | Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Exclusive Economic Zone | Wallis and Futuna Exclusive Economic Zone | Comoran Exclusive Economic Zone | Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone | Australian Exclusive Economic Zone | Christmas Island Exclusive Economic Zone | Heard and McDonald Islands Exclusive Economic Zone | Norfolk Island Exclusive Economic Zone | Antigua and Barbuda Exclusive Economic Zone | Trinidad and Tobago Exclusive Economic Zone | Ecuadorian Exclusive Economic Zone (Galapagos) | Ecuadorian Exclusive Economic Zone | Cape Verdean Exclusive Economic Zone | Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone | Haitian Exclusive Economic Zone | Panamanian Exclusive Economic Zone | East Timorian Exclusive Economic Zone | Samoan Exclusive Economic Zone | Qatari Exclusive Economic Zone | Greek Exclusive Economic Zone | Malaysian Exclusive Economic Zone | Fijian Exclusive Economic Zone | Sao Tome and Principe Exclusive Economic Zone | Taiwanese Exclusive Economic Zone | Maldives Exclusive Economic Zone | Bangladeshi Exclusive Economic Zone | South Korean Exclusive Economic Zone | Vietnamese Exclusive Economic Zone | Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone | Svalvard Exclusive Economic Zone | Nigerian Exclusive Economic Zone | Costa Rican Exclusive Economic Zone | Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone | Myanmar Exclusive Economic Zone | Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone | Irish Exclusive Economic Zone | Kiribati Exclusive Economic Zone (Gilbert Islands) | Kiribati Exclusive Economic Zone (Line Islands) | Kiribati Exclusive Economic Zone (Phoenix Islands) | Singaporean Exclusive Economic Zone | Dominican Republic Exclusive Economic Zone | Estonian Exclusive Economic Zone | Tongan Exclusive Economic Zone | Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Exclusive Economic Zone | Lebanese Exclusive Economic Zone | Eritrean Exclusive Economic Zone | |
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16.4% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 1.10% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2.4 | 69.9% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 49.75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.44% | 100% | 11.5% | 100% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9.333333333333334 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.01% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4.142857142857143 | 100% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||