List of countries by educational expectation

This list of countries according to educational expectation sorts countries according to the mean school attendance of the over 25-year-old population in their previous life and the expected educational time. School time includes the time from pre-school to postgraduate studies . All data are from the United Nations and are part of the Human Development Index .

List by average school attendance

Median school attendance applies to the population over 25 years of age. The mean school attendance is an indicator of the educational level of the entire population.

rank	country	Median school time in 2015	Median school years in 1990
1	Switzerland	13.4	9.7
2	United Kingdom	13.3	7.9
3	Australia	13.2	11.7
	Germany	13.2	8.8
	United States	13.2	12.3
6th	Canada	13.1	10.1
7th	Israel	12.8	10.8
8th	Denmark	12.7	9.0
	Lithuania	12.7	9.0
10	Norway	12.5	11.5
	Estonia	12.5	9.3
	Japan	12.5	9.6
	New Zealand	12.5	11.5
14th	Liechtenstein	12.4	9.2
15th	Ireland	12.3	9.7
	Sweden	12.3	10.5
	Czech Republic	12.3	10.9
18th	Georgia	12.2	...
	Iceland	12.2	8.5
	Slovakia	12.2	10.8
	South Korea	12.2	8.9
22nd	Slovenia	12.1	10.9
23	Luxembourg	12.0	8.8
	Russia	12.0	9.2
	Hungary	12.0	8.6
	Uzbekistan	12.0	...
	Belarus	12.0	...
28	Moldova	11.9	8.0
	Netherlands	11.9	10.2
	Poland	11.9	9.8
31	Cuba	11.8	8.5
32	Kazakhstan	11.7	8.1
	Latvia	11.7	7.6
	Cyprus	11.7	8.7
35	France	11.6	7.1
	Hong Kong	11.6	8.6
	Singapore	11.6	5.8
38	Belgium	11.4	9.4
39	Armenia	11.3	10.1
	Malta	11.3	7.4
	Montenegro	11.3	...
	Austria	11.3	8.6
	Ukraine	11.3	9.1
44	Azerbaijan	11.2	...
	Croatia	11.2	6.0
	Finland	11.2	7.5
47	Bahamas	10.9	...
	Italy	10.9	7.3
	Sri Lanka	10.9	8.4
	Trinidad and Tobago	10.9	7.9
51	Bulgaria	10.8	8.9
	Kyrgyzstan	10.8	8.6
	Romania	10.8	9.0
	Serbia	10.8	8.0
55	Barbados	10.5	8.1
	Belize	10.5	8.2
	Fiji	10.5	8.4
	Greece	10.5	7.9
	South Africa	10.5	6.5
60	Tajikistan	10.4	9.6
61	Andorra	10.3	...
62	Jordan	10.1	5.1
	Malaysia	10.1	6.5
64	Argentina	9.9	7.9
	Chile	9.9	8.1
	Panama	9.9	7.3
	Turkmenistan	9.9	...
68	Qatar	9.8	5.4
	Mongolia	9.8	7.7
	Spain	9.8	6.0
71	Albania	9.6	7.4
	Jamaica	9.6	6.5
	Saudi Arabia	9.6	5.7
74	United Arab Emirates	9.5	5.6
75	Bahrain	9.4	6.0
	North Macedonia	9.4	...
	Venezuela	9.4	4.6
78	Philippines	9.3	6.6
79	Botswana	9.2	5.5
80	Mauritius	9.1	5.7
81	Bosnia and Herzegovina	9.0	...
	Brunei	9.0	7.5
	Peru	9.0	6.6
84	Palestine	8.9	...
	Portugal	8.9	6.2
86	Iran	8.8	4.2
87	Costa Rica	8.7	6.9
88	Lebanon	8.6	...
	Uruguay	8.6	7.2
	Mexico	8.6	5.5
91	Guyana	8.4	6.8
92	Ecuador	8.3	6.6
	Suriname	8.3	...
94	Bolivia	8.2	6.4
95	Gabon	8.1	4.3
	Oman	8.1	...
	Paraguay	8.1	5.8
98	Vietnam	8.0	3.9
99	Indonesia	7.9	3.3
	Thailand	7.9	4.6
	Turkey	7.9	4.5
102	Algeria	7.8	3.6
	Brazil	7.8	3.8
104	Dominican Republic	7.7	5.0
	Zimbabwe	7.7	4.5
106	People's Republic of China	7.6	4.8
	Colombia	7.6	5.5
108	Kuwait	7.3	5.5
	Libya	7.3	3.8
110	Egypt	7.1	3.5
	Tunisia	7.1	3.4
112	Ghana	6.9	4.9
	Zambia	6.9	4.7
114	Swaziland	6.8	4.8
	Vanuatu	6.8	...
116	Namibia	6.7	5.6
117	Iraq	6.6	3.2
118	El Salvador	6.5	3.7
	Nicaragua	6.5	4.1
120	Republic of the Congo	6.3	4.4
	Guatemala	6.3	3.1
	India	6.3	3.0
	Kenya	6.3	3.7
124	Honduras	6.2	3.5
	Maldives	6.2	4.0
126	Cameroon	6.1	3.5
	Democratic Republic of Congo	6.1	2.3
	Lesotho	6.1	4.4
	Madagascar	6.1	...
130	Nigeria	6.0	...
131	Tanzania	5.8	3.6
132	Uganda	5.7	2.8
133	Equatorial Guinea	5.5	...
134	Solomon Islands	5.3	...
	Sao Tome and Principe	5.3	2.9
136	Bangladesh	5.2	2.8
	Haiti	5.2	2.7
	Laos	5.2	3.1
139	Pakistan	5.1	2.3
	Syria	5.1	4.0
141	Ivory Coast	5.0	2.0
	Morocco	5.0	2.2
143	Cape Verde	4.8	...
	Comoros	4.8	...
	South Sudan	4.8	...
146	Cambodia	4.7	2.7
	Myanmar	4.7	2.4
	Togo	4.7	3.0
149	Liberia	4.4	2.6
	Malawi	4.4	2.5
	East Timor	4.4	...
152	Mauritania	4.3	2.2
	Papua New Guinea	4.3	2.3
154	Central African Republic	4.2	2.1
155	Djibouti	4.1	...
	Nepal	4.1	2.0
157	Eritrea	3.9	...
158	Rwanda	3.8	1.8
159	Afghanistan	3.6	1.5
160	Benin	3.5	1.6
	Mozambique	3.5	0.8
	Sudan	3.5	1.5
163	Gambia	3.3	1.2
	Sierra Leone	3.3	1.6
165	Bhutan	3.1	...
166	Burundi	3.0	1.4
	Yemen	3.0	0.3
168	Guinea-Bissau	2.9	...
169	Senegal	2.8	2.2
170	Ethiopia	2.6	...
	Guinea	2.6	1.2
172	Somalia	2.5	...
173	Mali	2.3	0.7
	Chad	2.3	...
175	Burkina Faso	1.4	...
	Niger	1.4	0.7

Countries according to expected school attendance

The expected length of school attendance is the amount of time a current student will complete given the same circumstances. The expected length of school attendance is an indicator of the future educational level of the current generation.

rank	country	Expected schooling in 2015	Expected schooling in 1990
1	Australia	20.4	17.4
2	Denmark	19.2	14.1
	New Zealand	19.2	14.5
4th	Iceland	19.0	14.2
5	Ireland	18.6	12.1
6th	Netherlands	18.1	14.7
7th	Norway	17.7	14.0
	Spain	17.7	14.1
9	Argentina	17.3	13.2
	Slovenia	17.3	12.0
11	Greece	17.2	12.9
12	Germany	17.1	14.4
13	Finland	17.0	14.2
14th	Czech Republic	16.8	11.9
15th	Belgium	16.6	14.1
	Portugal	16.6	11.8
	South Korea	16.6	13.7
18th	Estonia	16.5	13.1
	Lithuania	16.5	12.8
	United States	16.5	15.3
21st	Poland	16.4	12.3
22nd	Chile	16.3	12.9
	France	16.3	14.2
	Italy	16.3	12.8
	Canada	16.3	16.7
	United Kingdom	16.3	13.7
27	Sweden	16.1	12.9
	Saudi Arabia	16.1	10.8
29	Israel	16.0	12.7
	Latvia	16.0	12.6
	Switzerland	16.0	13.4
32	Austria	15.9	14.0
33	Hong Kong	15.7	12.8
	Belarus	15.7	12.9
35	Hungary	15.6	11.1
36	Uruguay	15.5	12.9
37	Singapore	15.4	10.6
38	Barbados	15.3	12.8
	Fiji	15.3	12.1
	Japan	15.3	13.3
	Croatia	15.3	10.2
	Ukraine	15.3	12.4
43	Brazil	15.2	12.2
	Mauritius	15.2	10.5
45	Montenegro	15.1	...
46	Bulgaria	15.0	12.1
	Kazakhstan	15.0	12.4
	Russia	15.0	12.8
	Slovakia	15.0	11.6
50	Brunei	14.9	12.1
51	Iran	14.8	9.2
	Mongolia	14.8	10.2
53	Romania	14.7	11.9
54	Liechtenstein	14.6	...
	Malta	14.6	12.9
	Turkey	14.6	8.9
	Tunisia	14.6	10.5
58	Bahrain	14.5	13.4
59	Algeria	14.4	9.6
	Serbia	14.4	12.4
61	Venezuela	14.3	9.8
	Cyprus	14.3	9.2
63	Albania	14.2	11.6
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	14.2	...
	Costa Rica	14.2	9.8
66	Seychelles	14.1	11.4
67	Ecuador	14.0	11.9
	Sri Lanka	14.0	11.3
69	Georgia	13.9	12.4
	Cuba	13.9	12.3
	Luxembourg	13.9	11.1
72	Bolivia	13.8	11.3
73	Oman	13.7	7.9
74	Colombia	13.6	9.1
	Thailand	13.6	8.4
76	Andorra	13.5	10.8
	People's Republic of China	13.5	8.8
	Cape Verde	13.5	...
79	Qatar	13.4	11.8
	Libya	13.4	14.0
	Peru	13.4	11.9
82	Kuwait	13.3	10.6
	Lebanon	13.3	11.7
	Mexico	13.3	10.6
	United Arab Emirates	13.3	10.7
86	Dominican Republic	13.2	11.5
	El Salvador	13.2	9.3
88	Egypt	13.1	9.8
	Jordan	13.1	11.7
	Malaysia	13.1	9.7
91	Kyrgyzstan	13.0	11.8
	Panama	13.0	10.7
	South Africa	13.0	11.4
94	Indonesia	12.9	10.1
	North Macedonia	12.9	10.3
96	Belize	12.8	10.8
	Jamaica	12.8	11.2
	Palestine	12.8	..
99	Armenia	12.7	10.7
	Azerbaijan	12.7	10.7
	Bahamas	12.7	12.1
	Maldives	12.7	...
	Suriname	12.7	11.9
	Trinidad and Tobago	12.7	11.2
105	Botswana	12.6	10.0
	Gabon	12.6	11.8
	Vietnam	12.6	7.8
108	Bhutan	12.5	5.4
	Zambia	12.5	7.5
	East Timor	12.5	...
111	Paraguay	12.3	8.6
112	Nepal	12.2	7.5
	Uzbekistan	12.2	11.3
114	Morocco	12.1	6.5
115	North Korea	12.0	...
	Sao Tome and Principe	12.0	8.2
	Togo	12.0	7.6
118	Moldova	11.8	12.0
119	India	11.7	7.6
	Namibia	11.7	11.1
	Nicaragua	11.7	7.7
	Philippines	11.7	10.8
123	Ghana	11.5	7.6
124	Angola	11.4	3.8
	Swaziland	11.4	9.6
126	Tajikistan	11.3	12.0
127	Honduras	11.2	8.6
128	Kenya	11.1	9.1
	Comoros	11.1	7.9
	Republic of the Congo	11.1	11.2
131	Cambodia	10.9	6.7
132	Laos	10.8	6.7
	Malawi	10.8	5.4
	Rwanda	10.8	5.7
	Turkmenistan	10.8	...
	Vanuatu	10.8	...
137	Benin	10.7	5.3
	Guatemala	10.7	6.5
	Lesotho	10.7	9.6
140	Burundi	10.6	4.4
141	Cameroon	10.4	8.0
142	Guyana	10.3	10.1
	Madagascar	10.3	6.4
	Zimbabwe	10.3	9.8
145	Bangladesh	10.2	5.7
146	Afghanistan	10.1	2.6
	Iraq	10.1	9.6
148	Nigeria	10.0	6.7
	Uganda	10.0	5.7
150	Liberia	9.9	...
	Papua New Guinea	9.9	4.7
152	Democratic Republic of Congo	9.8	6.8
153	Solomon Islands	9.6	6.0
154	Senegal	9.5	4.5
	Sierra Leone	9.5	4.9
156	Equatorial Guinea	9.2	...
	Guinea-Bissau	9.2	3.7
158	Haiti	9.1	7.2
	Mozambique	9.1	3.7
	Myanmar	9.1	5.9
161	Yemen	9.0	7.5
	Syria	9.0	10.3
163	Ivory Coast	8.9	5.9
	Gambia	8.9	5.1
	Tanzania	8.9	5.5
166	Guinea	8.8	2.9
167	Mauritania	8.5	3.8
168	Ethiopia	8.4	3.1
	Mali	8.4	2.1
170	Pakistan	8.1	4.6
171	Burkina Faso	7.7	2.5
172	Chad	7.3	3.2
173	Sudan	7.2	3.9
174	Central African Republic	7.1	5.2
175	Djibouti	6.3	2.7
176	Niger	5.4	2.1
177	Eritrea	5.0	...
178	South Sudan	4.9	...

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mean years of schooling (years) - Average number of years of education received by people ages 25 and older, converted from education attainment levels using official durations of each level. Retrieved August 2, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Expected years of schooling (years) - Number of years of schooling that a child of school entrance age can expect to receive if prevailing patterns of age-specific enrollment rates persist throughout the childs life. Retrieved August 2, 2018 .