Education level & access

How educated the adult population is, how many young people reach university, and how much is actually learned in school.

History

Education level & access: component score, 0–100

Ranking on this component

Year

Component score and the score of each indicator in it (0–100). Countries with partial indicator coverage are included but marked.

#	Country	Score	Adults with a bachelor's d…	Adults who completed upper…	Tertiary enrolment, gross	Learning-adjusted years of…	Mean years of schooling (a…	Overall rank
1	Korea, Rep.	95	97	88	100	97	95	24
2	Australia	94	98	86	100	92	96	6
3	Singapore	94	97	85	100	100	88	19
4	Lithuania	93	100	100	77	89	100	22
5	Canada	93	92	98	78	97	100	16
6	United States	93	100	100	81	85	100	32
7	United Kingdom	93	100	87	82	95	100	20
8	Norway	93	86	88	98	92	98	1
9	Finland	92	79	88	100	98	97	5
10	Sweden	92	93	92	86	96	95	8
11	Latvia	92	88	97	85	89	100	29
12	Cyprus	92	93	84	100	89	93	27
13	Netherlands	91	98	79	89	95	94	4
14	Switzerland	91	100	91	75	89	100	7
15	Hong Kong SAR, China(4/5 indicators)	90	–	70	100	99	92	21
16	Ireland	90	100	90	80	96	86	9
17	Belgium	90	100	80	84	91	95	18
18	Estonia	89	88	94	67	97	100	17
19	Poland	89	73	95	83	94	99	26
20	Iceland	89	92	86	78	86	100	2
21	Denmark	88	90	84	81	91	97	3
22	Russian Federation	88	100	100	61	88	92	66
23	Germany	88	81	88	79	90	100	10
24	New Zealand	87	86	80	79	94	96	11
25	Israel	87	100	92	57	85	100	37
26	Belarus	85	75	100	72	87	91	60
27	Georgia	85	90	100	80	60	95	65
28	United Arab Emirates	84	100	82	65	75	97	35
29	Slovenia	84	58	89	82	94	97	23
30	Ukraine	84	93	77	90	77	81	61
31	Japan	83	67	92	66	98	95	13
32	Macao SAR, China(3/5 indicators)	83	–	53	100	96	–	–
33	Greece	83	77	74	100	78	85	39
34	Czechia	83	58	99	68	91	97	14
35	Puerto Rico (US)(3/5 indicators)	82	78	88	80	–	–	–
36	Kazakhstan	81	88	100	54	69	93	53
37	Saudi Arabia	81	96	81	86	55	85	57
38	Austria	80	38	89	95	88	92	15
39	Croatia	80	58	88	83	83	89	36
40	France	80	64	84	73	92	86	30
41	Monaco(1/5 indicators)	79	–	–	79	–	–	–
42	Bahamas, The(3/5 indicators)	79	44	99	–	–	96	47
43	Hungary	79	70	91	62	81	91	41
44	Slovak Republic	79	67	98	55	76	98	34
45	Mongolia	78	95	91	71	69	66	70
46	Chile	77	58	74	100	72	82	45
47	Malta	77	69	58	83	81	92	28
48	Spain	76	66	58	97	84	78	33
49	Bulgaria	75	70	86	71	64	84	48
50	Luxembourg	75	100	83	22	76	94	12
51	Palau	74	38	95	73	64	100	42
52	Serbia	74	52	83	72	76	85	68
53	Moldova	73	59	81	76	60	87	58
54	Armenia	72	68	100	53	56	83	72
55	Bahrain	72	78	70	59	71	81	55
56	Uzbekistan	72	43	100	57	69	88	94
57	Montenegro	71	51	88	56	66	95	49
58	Portugal	71	66	49	80	93	68	31
59	Andorra(4/5 indicators)	71	66	64	69	–	85	–
60	St. Kitts and Nevis(2/5 indicators)	70	–	–	–	62	78	–
61	Liechtenstein(2/5 indicators)	69	–	–	46	–	92	–
62	Italy	68	45	57	78	83	78	38
63	Kyrgyz Republic(4/5 indicators)	67	63	–	54	64	89	87
64	Curacao(2/5 indicators)	66	80	52	–	–	–	–
65	Turkiye	66	57	41	100	70	62	112
66	Antigua and Barbuda(4/5 indicators)	66	38	79	–	61	85	–
67	Peru(3/5 indicators)	66	–	61	–	63	72	91
68	Azerbaijan	65	46	100	41	60	80	98
69	Albania	65	45	56	86	67	73	73
70	Argentina	65	27	56	100	61	81	71
71	Bermuda(3/5 indicators)	65	83	95	16	–	–	–
72	Qatar	64	81	53	43	65	78	43
73	Romania	63	37	78	56	61	85	50
74	San Marino(4/5 indicators)	63	48	61	58	–	83	25
75	Barbados(2/5 indicators)	62	–	–	54	–	70	54
76	Venezuela, RB(3/5 indicators)	62	58	60	–	–	68	128
77	Oman	62	50	67	42	64	88	52
78	North Macedonia	61	52	73	56	49	73	69
79	Malaysia	59	37	74	38	66	81	51
80	St. Vincent and the Grenadines(3/5 indicators)	59	–	–	42	53	82	80
81	Colombia	59	46	61	60	63	63	96
82	Brazil	59	44	65	71	55	57	83
83	Bolivia(3/5 indicators)	58	49	55	–	–	71	99
84	Brunei Darussalam	58	48	72	36	70	65	40
85	Tajikistan	58	42	87	35	43	82	123
86	Iran, Islamic Rep.	58	46	46	60	59	78	133
87	Uruguay	57	33	33	82	63	76	44
88	Bosnia and Herzegovina	57	28	77	46	54	80	84
89	Seychelles	57	23	91	13	75	82	46
90	Turkmenistan(4/5 indicators)	56	23	100	20	–	82	119
91	Equatorial Guinea(1/5 indicators)	56	–	–	–	–	56	147
92	West Bank and Gaza	56	60	46	45	57	72	141
93	Mauritius	54	29	52	46	72	72	63
94	Cuba(4/5 indicators)	54	39	57	43	–	77	85
95	Costa Rica(4/5 indicators)	54	43	43	–	67	61	59
96	Lebanon	54	58	42	55	38	74	122
97	Mexico	54	48	40	49	66	65	104
98	Dominican Republic	53	50	50	59	41	66	77
99	Fiji	53	25	45	77	45	74	62
100	Jordan	53	61	42	36	53	73	93
101	New Caledonia(2/5 indicators)	52	39	66	–	–	–	–
102	Trinidad and Tobago	52	25	67	23	69	78	75
103	Ecuador	52	19	46	69	64	62	103
104	Panama	52	37	50	54	40	78	89
105	Libya(1/5 indicators)	52	–	–	–	–	52	134
106	Gabon(2/5 indicators)	52	–	–	–	35	68	127
107	Thailand	51	45	38	45	64	63	79
108	Egypt, Arab Rep.	51	47	58	38	40	72	131
109	Jamaica(4/5 indicators)	51	27	58	–	46	71	86
110	Viet Nam	51	28	39	38	86	62	101
111	China	50	18	30	79	70	54	88
112	Grenada(4/5 indicators)	50	19	55	–	60	66	81
113	Philippines	50	47	33	48	51	71	106
114	Dominica(4/5 indicators)	50	16	54	–	57	72	–
115	Paraguay(4/5 indicators)	49	42	47	–	45	62	92
116	Sri Lanka	48	12	69	20	62	78	100
117	Nicaragua(3/5 indicators)	48	–	–	30	43	70	120
118	Tonga	48	29	41	43	47	79	67
119	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.(2/5 indicators)	48	–	–	–	48	48	–
120	Samoa	46	42	44	15	48	83	64
121	Marshall Islands	46	9	68	38	31	85	–
122	Aruba(3/5 indicators)	45	51	72	13	–	–	–
123	Timor-Leste	45	53	67	31	38	38	97
124	Turks and Caicos Islands(3/5 indicators)	45	29	80	25	–	–	–
125	South Africa	45	37	49	23	30	85	125
126	Indonesia	44	23	38	45	55	60	95
127	St. Lucia	43	28	52	14	62	59	78
128	Kuwait	42	28	29	53	50	50	56
129	India	41	38	41	34	47	44	114
130	Algeria	40	29	21	55	47	49	117
131	Nigeria(4/5 indicators)	37	26	49	–	24	50	155
132	Kenya	37	16	38	9	62	59	124
133	Tuvalu	36	20	31	18	35	78	–
134	El Salvador	36	17	32	33	53	48	113
135	Botswana	36	18	43	21	24	75	109
136	Naoero(3/5 indicators)	36	3	39	–	–	66	–
137	Belize(4/5 indicators)	36	16	43	24	–	60	102
138	Syrian Arab Republic(1/5 indicators)	36	–	–	–	–	36	164
139	Tunisia	35	32	15	38	40	50	116
140	Guyana	34	9	34	26	43	60	110
141	Morocco(4/5 indicators)	34	–	12	49	38	38	111
142	Maldives(4/5 indicators)	34	27	11	49	–	48	74
143	Namibia	33	21	36	25	36	47	115
144	Eswatini(4/5 indicators)	32	15	34	–	18	60	163
145	Myanmar(4/5 indicators)	31	23	19	–	43	39	158
146	Congo, Rep.(3/5 indicators)	31	–	–	9	27	56	161
147	Lesotho(4/5 indicators)	30	8	23	–	38	51	143
148	Bangladesh	30	18	32	23	34	43	148
149	Comoros(4/5 indicators)	29	36	19	–	25	36	139
150	British Virgin Islands(1/5 indicators)	29	–	–	29	–	–	–
151	Honduras	29	17	19	23	36	49	132
152	Eritrea(1/5 indicators)	28	–	–	–	–	28	–
153	Cabo Verde(3/5 indicators)	28	22	24	–	–	37	90
154	Solomon Islands(2/5 indicators)	28	–	–	–	20	35	107
155	Ghana	26	11	19	20	34	46	118
156	Suriname(4/5 indicators)	26	22	24	1	–	57	105
157	Iraq(4/5 indicators)	26	27	19	–	13	43	152
158	Kiribati	25	2	9	3	50	63	82
159	Zambia(4/5 indicators)	25	6	21	–	24	48	144
160	Guatemala	25	11	13	27	38	35	126
161	Congo, Dem. Rep.	24	22	28	5	18	48	177
162	Zimbabwe	24	0	8	6	46	62	166
163	Bhutan	24	20	15	12	38	35	76
164	Lao PDR	24	14	17	14	37	37	142
165	Sao Tome and Principe(2/5 indicators)	23	10	–	–	–	36	121
166	Yemen, Rep.(3/5 indicators)	23	–	22	–	15	32	–
167	Vanuatu(4/5 indicators)	23	6	7	–	30	46	108
168	Nepal	22	13	8	20	48	23	137
169	Cambodia	22	13	5	21	44	29	129
170	Cameroon	21	15	9	16	27	41	159
171	Haiti(4/5 indicators)	21	10	6	–	36	31	175
172	Papua New Guinea(4/5 indicators)	21	6	15	–	35	27	145
173	Pakistan	21	24	23	9	24	21	150
174	Angola	20	15	24	9	15	36	165
175	Togo	20	9	5	14	34	35	157
176	Gambia, The	18	4	22	12	28	25	140
177	Uganda(4/5 indicators)	18	9	8	–	16	39	156
178	Liberia(4/5 indicators)	18	11	23	–	0	38	149
179	Sudan(4/5 indicators)	18	19	17	–	16	18	178
180	South Sudan(2/5 indicators)	17	–	–	–	0	34	182
181	Cote d'Ivoire	16	11	12	11	22	26	138
182	Djibouti(3/5 indicators)	15	17	11	–	–	18	169
183	Mauritania(3/5 indicators)	15	–	–	4	15	26	151
184	Rwanda	15	15	12	8	12	26	136
185	Malawi	13	1	7	1	29	30	153
186	Mozambique(4/5 indicators)	13	5	6	–	18	24	168
187	Tanzania	12	3	0	2	18	37	135
188	Benin	12	8	0	9	31	12	146
189	Sierra Leone(4/5 indicators)	11	2	7	–	22	15	160
190	Madagascar	11	5	3	5	20	24	154
191	Senegal	11	8	2	14	22	9	130
192	Afghanistan	11	8	7	9	24	6	176
193	Guinea(4/5 indicators)	10	14	1	–	19	6	167
194	Guinea-Bissau(3/5 indicators)	10	4	9	–	–	16	162
195	Burundi	9	0	3	4	25	14	174
196	Ethiopia(4/5 indicators)	8	8	4	–	16	5	173
197	Burkina Faso	7	4	0	9	18	4	170
198	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)(1/5 indicators)	6	–	–	6	–	–	–
199	Central African Republic(4/5 indicators)	5	2	0	–	0	19	179
200	Somalia, Fed. Rep.(3/5 indicators)	4	9	4	–	–	0	181
201	Chad	2	2	0	3	0	4	180
202	Mali(4/5 indicators)	1	4	1	–	0	0	171
203	Niger(4/5 indicators)	0	0	0	–	0	0	172