← Education level & access
Mean years of schooling (adults 25+)
years
direct measurestatistical agency datahigher is better
What it measures
Average education level of the adult population.Note
Annual series from the HDR composite indices file; UNDP interpolates between survey years.From published value to score
- Published value. Native scale: years, 0 to about 14.
- Transform: value (no transform).
- Goalposts (fixed for all years; 2.5th and 97.5th percentiles of all observed country-years): worst = 1.86 scores 0, best = 13.3 scores 100.
- Direction: higher is better, no flip.
- Clip and scale: anything below the worst goalpost scores 0 and anything above the best scores 100; multiply by 100.
Goalposts come from 4,538 observed country-years since 2000. Coverage: 193 countries · 4,538 observed country-years · 193 carried forward (max 3 years) · last year with ≥100 countries observed: 2023. Open any country row below to see this calculation applied to its value.
Where the numbers come from
Downloaded from
UNDP HDR 2025 composite indices time series (CSV), column mys_YYYY · series page · source updated HDR 2025 · fetched 2026-10-04Built from several sources, each contributing as follows
- UNDP Human Development Report 2025, composite indices time series produces the series — UNDP assembles the annual series, taking UIS values where available and filling and interpolating from the survey sources below.
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics underlying data — Main source: attainment distributions from censuses and surveys.
- Barro-Lee Educational Attainment Dataset underlying data — Fills countries and years without UIS data.
- ICF Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and UNICEF MICS underlying data — Household surveys used for countries with no census-based attainment data.
- OECD education statistics underlying data — Attainment for OECD members.
Source statement as published by the data provider (verbatim)
UNDP Human Development Report Office, HDR 2025 composite indices time series, column mys_YYYY
Average number of completed years of education of a country's population aged 25 years and older, excluding years spent repeating individual grades.
Every country row below has a “verify” link to this series filtered to that country, so each value can be checked against the source.
History
Dots mark years with a published observation; flat stretches are carried forward.
Countries ranked on this indicator
193 countries have a usable value for 2024 (193 carried forward from an earlier year); 24 have none within 3 years.
| # | Country | Value | Observed | Score | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 14.3 | carried from 2023 | 100 | source ↗ |
| 2 | Switzerland | 13.9 | carried from 2023 | 100 | source ↗ |
| 3 | United States | 13.9 | carried from 2023 | 100 | source ↗ |
| 4 | Iceland | 13.9 | carried from 2023 | 100 | source ↗ |
| 5 | Canada | 13.9 | carried from 2023 | 100 | source ↗ |
| 6 | Lithuania | 13.6 | carried from 2023 | 100 | source ↗ |
| 7 | Estonia | 13.6 | carried from 2023 | 100 | source ↗ |
| 8 | Israel | 13.5 | carried from 2023 | 100 | source ↗ |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 13.5 | carried from 2023 | 100 | source ↗ |
| 10 | Latvia | 13.4 | carried from 2023 | 100 | source ↗ |
| 11 | Palau | 13.3 | carried from 2023 | 100 | source ↗ |
| 12 | Poland | 13.2 | carried from 2023 | 99 | source ↗ |
| 13 | Norway | 13.1 | carried from 2023 | 98 | source ↗ |
| 14 | Slovak Republic | 13.1 | carried from 2023 | 98 | source ↗ |
| 15 | Denmark | 13.0 | carried from 2023 | 97 | source ↗ |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 13.0 | carried from 2023 | 97 | source ↗ |
| 17 | Finland | 13.0 | carried from 2023 | 97 | source ↗ |
| 18 | Czechia | 13.0 | carried from 2023 | 97 | source ↗ |
| 19 | Slovenia | 13.0 | carried from 2023 | 97 | source ↗ |
| 20 | New Zealand | 12.9 | carried from 2023 | 96 | source ↗ |
| 21 | Australia | 12.9 | carried from 2023 | 96 | source ↗ |
| 22 | Bahamas, The | 12.8 | carried from 2023 | 96 | source ↗ |
| 23 | Montenegro | 12.8 | carried from 2023 | 95 | source ↗ |
| 24 | Sweden | 12.7 | carried from 2023 | 95 | source ↗ |
| 25 | Korea, Rep. | 12.7 | carried from 2023 | 95 | source ↗ |
| 26 | Georgia | 12.7 | carried from 2023 | 95 | source ↗ |
| 27 | Belgium | 12.7 | carried from 2023 | 95 | source ↗ |
| 28 | Japan | 12.7 | carried from 2023 | 95 | source ↗ |
| 29 | Netherlands | 12.7 | carried from 2023 | 94 | source ↗ |
| 30 | Luxembourg | 12.6 | carried from 2023 | 94 | source ↗ |
| 31 | Cyprus | 12.6 | carried from 2023 | 93 | source ↗ |
| 32 | Kazakhstan | 12.5 | carried from 2023 | 93 | source ↗ |
| 33 | Malta | 12.4 | carried from 2023 | 92 | source ↗ |
| 34 | Liechtenstein | 12.4 | carried from 2023 | 92 | source ↗ |
| 35 | Russian Federation | 12.4 | carried from 2023 | 92 | source ↗ |
| 36 | Austria | 12.4 | carried from 2023 | 92 | source ↗ |
| 37 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 12.3 | carried from 2023 | 92 | source ↗ |
| 38 | Belarus | 12.3 | carried from 2023 | 91 | source ↗ |
| 39 | Hungary | 12.3 | carried from 2023 | 91 | source ↗ |
| 40 | Croatia | 12.1 | carried from 2023 | 89 | source ↗ |
| 41 | Kyrgyz Republic | 12.1 | carried from 2023 | 89 | source ↗ |
| 42 | Singapore | 12.0 | carried from 2023 | 88 | source ↗ |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 11.9 | carried from 2023 | 88 | source ↗ |
| 44 | Oman | 11.9 | carried from 2023 | 88 | source ↗ |
| 45 | Moldova | 11.8 | carried from 2023 | 87 | source ↗ |
| 46 | France | 11.8 | carried from 2023 | 86 | source ↗ |
| 47 | Ireland | 11.7 | carried from 2023 | 86 | source ↗ |
| 48 | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.6 | carried from 2023 | 85 | source ↗ |
| 49 | Serbia | 11.6 | carried from 2023 | 85 | source ↗ |
| 50 | Marshall Islands | 11.6 | carried from 2023 | 85 | source ↗ |
| 51 | Andorra | 11.6 | carried from 2023 | 85 | source ↗ |
| 52 | South Africa | 11.6 | carried from 2023 | 85 | source ↗ |
| 53 | Saudi Arabia | 11.6 | carried from 2023 | 85 | source ↗ |
| 54 | Greece | 11.6 | carried from 2023 | 85 | source ↗ |
| 55 | Romania | 11.6 | carried from 2023 | 85 | source ↗ |
| 56 | Bulgaria | 11.5 | carried from 2023 | 84 | source ↗ |
| 57 | San Marino | 11.4 | carried from 2023 | 83 | source ↗ |
| 58 | Armenia | 11.3 | carried from 2023 | 83 | source ↗ |
| 59 | Samoa | 11.3 | carried from 2023 | 83 | source ↗ |
| 60 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 11.3 | carried from 2023 | 82 | source ↗ |
| 61 | Chile | 11.3 | carried from 2023 | 82 | source ↗ |
| 62 | Tajikistan | 11.3 | carried from 2023 | 82 | source ↗ |
| 63 | Turkmenistan | 11.2 | carried from 2023 | 82 | source ↗ |
| 64 | Seychelles | 11.2 | carried from 2023 | 82 | source ↗ |
| 65 | Argentina | 11.2 | carried from 2023 | 81 | source ↗ |
| 66 | Bahrain | 11.1 | carried from 2023 | 81 | source ↗ |
| 67 | Ukraine | 11.1 | carried from 2023 | 81 | source ↗ |
| 68 | Malaysia | 11.1 | carried from 2023 | 81 | source ↗ |
| 69 | Azerbaijan | 11.1 | carried from 2023 | 80 | source ↗ |
| 70 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11.0 | carried from 2023 | 80 | source ↗ |
| 71 | Tonga | 10.9 | carried from 2023 | 79 | source ↗ |
| 72 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 10.8 | carried from 2023 | 78 | source ↗ |
| 73 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 10.8 | carried from 2023 | 78 | source ↗ |
| 74 | Panama | 10.8 | carried from 2023 | 78 | source ↗ |
| 75 | Italy | 10.8 | carried from 2023 | 78 | source ↗ |
| 76 | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.8 | carried from 2023 | 78 | source ↗ |
| 77 | Sri Lanka | 10.8 | carried from 2023 | 78 | source ↗ |
| 78 | Qatar | 10.8 | carried from 2023 | 78 | source ↗ |
| 79 | Tuvalu | 10.8 | carried from 2023 | 78 | source ↗ |
| 80 | Spain | 10.8 | carried from 2023 | 78 | source ↗ |
| 81 | Cuba | 10.6 | carried from 2023 | 77 | source ↗ |
| 82 | Uruguay | 10.5 | carried from 2023 | 76 | source ↗ |
| 83 | Botswana | 10.5 | carried from 2023 | 75 | source ↗ |
| 84 | Fiji | 10.4 | carried from 2023 | 74 | source ↗ |
| 85 | Lebanon | 10.4 | carried from 2023 | 74 | source ↗ |
| 86 | Jordan | 10.2 | carried from 2023 | 73 | source ↗ |
| 87 | North Macedonia | 10.2 | carried from 2023 | 73 | source ↗ |
| 88 | Albania | 10.2 | carried from 2023 | 73 | source ↗ |
| 89 | Peru | 10.2 | carried from 2023 | 72 | source ↗ |
| 90 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 10.1 | carried from 2023 | 72 | source ↗ |
| 91 | West Bank and Gaza | 10.1 | carried from 2023 | 72 | source ↗ |
| 92 | Dominica | 10.1 | carried from 2023 | 72 | source ↗ |
| 93 | Mauritius | 10.1 | carried from 2023 | 72 | source ↗ |
| 94 | Bolivia | 10.0 | carried from 2023 | 71 | source ↗ |
| 95 | Philippines | 9.98 | carried from 2023 | 71 | source ↗ |
| 96 | Jamaica | 9.96 | carried from 2023 | 71 | source ↗ |
| 97 | Nicaragua | 9.93 | carried from 2023 | 70 | source ↗ |
| 98 | Barbados | 9.93 | carried from 2023 | 70 | source ↗ |
| 99 | Portugal | 9.70 | carried from 2023 | 68 | source ↗ |
| 100 | Gabon | 9.69 | carried from 2023 | 68 | source ↗ |
| 101 | Venezuela, RB | 9.68 | carried from 2023 | 68 | source ↗ |
| 102 | Naoero | 9.45 | carried from 2023 | 66 | source ↗ |
| 103 | Grenada | 9.45 | carried from 2023 | 66 | source ↗ |
| 104 | Dominican Republic | 9.44 | carried from 2023 | 66 | source ↗ |
| 105 | Mongolia | 9.42 | carried from 2023 | 66 | source ↗ |
| 106 | Mexico | 9.35 | carried from 2023 | 65 | source ↗ |
| 107 | Brunei Darussalam | 9.28 | carried from 2023 | 65 | source ↗ |
| 108 | Kiribati | 9.13 | carried from 2023 | 63 | source ↗ |
| 109 | Thailand | 9.04 | carried from 2023 | 63 | source ↗ |
| 110 | Colombia | 9.03 | carried from 2023 | 63 | source ↗ |
| 111 | Turkiye | 8.99 | carried from 2023 | 62 | source ↗ |
| 112 | Viet Nam | 8.98 | carried from 2023 | 62 | source ↗ |
| 113 | Ecuador | 8.97 | carried from 2023 | 62 | source ↗ |
| 114 | Zimbabwe | 8.93 | carried from 2023 | 62 | source ↗ |
| 115 | Paraguay | 8.93 | carried from 2023 | 62 | source ↗ |
| 116 | Costa Rica | 8.84 | carried from 2023 | 61 | source ↗ |
| 117 | Belize | 8.76 | carried from 2023 | 60 | source ↗ |
| 118 | Guyana | 8.70 | carried from 2023 | 60 | source ↗ |
| 119 | Indonesia | 8.70 | carried from 2023 | 60 | source ↗ |
| 120 | Eswatini | 8.69 | carried from 2023 | 60 | source ↗ |
| 121 | Kenya | 8.62 | carried from 2023 | 59 | source ↗ |
| 122 | St. Lucia | 8.61 | carried from 2023 | 59 | source ↗ |
| 123 | Suriname | 8.43 | carried from 2023 | 57 | source ↗ |
| 124 | Brazil | 8.43 | carried from 2023 | 57 | source ↗ |
| 125 | Congo, Rep. | 8.32 | carried from 2023 | 56 | source ↗ |
| 126 | Equatorial Guinea | 8.28 | carried from 2023 | 56 | source ↗ |
| 127 | China | 8.04 | carried from 2023 | 54 | source ↗ |
| 128 | Libya | 7.78 | carried from 2023 | 52 | source ↗ |
| 129 | Lesotho | 7.73 | carried from 2023 | 51 | source ↗ |
| 130 | Tunisia | 7.59 | carried from 2023 | 50 | source ↗ |
| 131 | Nigeria | 7.59 | carried from 2023 | 50 | source ↗ |
| 132 | Kuwait | 7.57 | carried from 2023 | 50 | source ↗ |
| 133 | Honduras | 7.51 | carried from 2023 | 49 | source ↗ |
| 134 | Algeria | 7.42 | carried from 2023 | 49 | source ↗ |
| 135 | Maldives | 7.41 | carried from 2023 | 48 | source ↗ |
| 136 | Zambia | 7.40 | carried from 2023 | 48 | source ↗ |
| 137 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 7.38 | carried from 2023 | 48 | source ↗ |
| 138 | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 7.33 | carried from 2023 | 48 | source ↗ |
| 139 | El Salvador | 7.30 | carried from 2023 | 48 | source ↗ |
| 140 | Namibia | 7.27 | carried from 2023 | 47 | source ↗ |
| 141 | Vanuatu | 7.18 | carried from 2023 | 46 | source ↗ |
| 142 | Ghana | 7.11 | carried from 2023 | 46 | source ↗ |
| 143 | India | 6.88 | carried from 2023 | 44 | source ↗ |
| 144 | Bangladesh | 6.79 | carried from 2023 | 43 | source ↗ |
| 145 | Iraq | 6.78 | carried from 2023 | 43 | source ↗ |
| 146 | Cameroon | 6.57 | carried from 2023 | 41 | source ↗ |
| 147 | Myanmar | 6.38 | carried from 2023 | 39 | source ↗ |
| 148 | Uganda | 6.32 | carried from 2023 | 39 | source ↗ |
| 149 | Timor-Leste | 6.23 | carried from 2023 | 38 | source ↗ |
| 150 | Morocco | 6.20 | carried from 2023 | 38 | source ↗ |
| 151 | Liberia | 6.17 | carried from 2023 | 38 | source ↗ |
| 152 | Cabo Verde | 6.09 | carried from 2023 | 37 | source ↗ |
| 153 | Tanzania | 6.07 | carried from 2023 | 37 | source ↗ |
| 154 | Lao PDR | 6.06 | carried from 2023 | 37 | source ↗ |
| 155 | Comoros | 6.01 | carried from 2023 | 36 | source ↗ |
| 156 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.99 | carried from 2023 | 36 | source ↗ |
| 157 | Angola | 5.96 | carried from 2023 | 36 | source ↗ |
| 158 | Syrian Arab Republic | 5.94 | carried from 2023 | 36 | source ↗ |
| 159 | Solomon Islands | 5.88 | carried from 2023 | 35 | source ↗ |
| 160 | Togo | 5.86 | carried from 2023 | 35 | source ↗ |
| 161 | Guatemala | 5.85 | carried from 2023 | 35 | source ↗ |
| 162 | Bhutan | 5.84 | carried from 2023 | 35 | source ↗ |
| 163 | South Sudan | 5.73 | carried from 2023 | 34 | source ↗ |
| 164 | Yemen, Rep. | 5.48 | carried from 2023 | 32 | source ↗ |
| 165 | Haiti | 5.38 | carried from 2023 | 31 | source ↗ |
| 166 | Malawi | 5.24 | carried from 2023 | 30 | source ↗ |
| 167 | Cambodia | 5.20 | carried from 2023 | 29 | source ↗ |
| 168 | Eritrea | 5.09 | carried from 2023 | 28 | source ↗ |
| 169 | Papua New Guinea | 4.96 | carried from 2023 | 27 | source ↗ |
| 170 | Rwanda | 4.88 | carried from 2023 | 26 | source ↗ |
| 171 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.87 | carried from 2023 | 26 | source ↗ |
| 172 | Mauritania | 4.85 | carried from 2023 | 26 | source ↗ |
| 173 | Gambia, The | 4.67 | carried from 2023 | 25 | source ↗ |
| 174 | Madagascar | 4.59 | carried from 2023 | 24 | source ↗ |
| 175 | Mozambique | 4.59 | carried from 2023 | 24 | source ↗ |
| 176 | Nepal | 4.50 | carried from 2023 | 23 | source ↗ |
| 177 | Pakistan | 4.32 | carried from 2023 | 21 | source ↗ |
| 178 | Central African Republic | 3.99 | carried from 2023 | 19 | source ↗ |
| 179 | Sudan | 3.96 | carried from 2023 | 18 | source ↗ |
| 180 | Djibouti | 3.95 | carried from 2023 | 18 | source ↗ |
| 181 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.67 | carried from 2023 | 16 | source ↗ |
| 182 | Sierra Leone | 3.54 | carried from 2023 | 15 | source ↗ |
| 183 | Burundi | 3.47 | carried from 2023 | 14 | source ↗ |
| 184 | Benin | 3.19 | carried from 2023 | 12 | source ↗ |
| 185 | Senegal | 2.93 | carried from 2023 | 9 | source ↗ |
| 186 | Afghanistan | 2.51 | carried from 2023 | 6 | source ↗ |
| 187 | Guinea | 2.49 | carried from 2023 | 6 | source ↗ |
| 188 | Ethiopia | 2.40 | carried from 2023 | 5 | source ↗ |
| 189 | Chad | 2.33 | carried from 2023 | 4 | source ↗ |
| 190 | Burkina Faso | 2.27 | carried from 2023 | 4 | source ↗ |
| 191 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 1.90 | carried from 2023 | 0 | source ↗ |
| 192 | Mali | 1.63 | carried from 2023 | 0 | source ↗ |
| 193 | Niger | 1.41 | carried from 2023 | 0 | source ↗ |
No official value for 2024: 24 countries
Aruba, American Samoa, Bermuda, Channel Islands, Curacao, Cayman Islands, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Greenland, Guam, Isle of Man, Macao SAR, China, St. Martin (French part), Monaco, Northern Mariana Islands, New Caledonia, Puerto Rico (US), Korea, Dem. People's Rep., French Polynesia, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Turks and Caicos Islands, British Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands (U.S.), Kosovo