Average age, above primary education by country

Countries reporting

105

Highest

53.8

Finland

Lowest

25.65

Mozambique

Median

38.04

Years covered

1970–2021

Data points

1,441

What the numbers show

Average age, above primary education is currently reported for 105 countries. The highest value is 53.8 in Finland; the lowest is 25.65 in Mozambique.

The median across all reporting countries is 38.04, and the mean is 39.18.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 364.1%), and the largest decrease in Mozambique (down 18.8%).

Average age, above primary education: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Finland	53.8	2016	up 11.9%	rising
2	Bulgaria	53.11	2016	up 16.4%	rising
3	Latvia	52.88	2016	up 16.0%	rising
4	Hungary	52.81	2016	up 17.9%	rising
5	Croatia	52.79	2016	up 11.6%	rising
6	Slovenia	52.51	2016	up 17.1%	rising
7	Estonia	52.11	2016	up 14.3%	rising
8	Lithuania	51.72	2016	up 19.8%	rising
9	Netherlands	51.41	2016	up 13.9%	rising
10	Norway	50.97	2016	up 5.6%	rising
11	Sweden	50.83	2016	up 18.2%	rising
12	Slovakia	50.62	2016	up 14.2%	rising
13	Germany	49.82	2011	up 4.6%	flat
14	United Kingdom	49.58	2016	up 4.2%	flat
15	Greece	48.59	2016	up 21.6%	rising
16	Moldova	48.26	2021	up 5.3%	rising
17	Belarus	48.01	2019	up 8.3%	rising
18	Georgia	47.91	2020	up 8.2%	rising
19	Luxembourg	47.32	2016	up 8.9%	rising
20	Bosnia and Herzegovina	47.24	2019	up 13.8%	rising
21	Russia	47.13	2019	up 12.4%	rising
22	Armenia	46.52	2020	up 12.8%	rising
23	Spain	46.34	2016	up 17.5%	rising
24	Italy	46.33	2016	up 8.4%	rising
25	Serbia	46.32	2018	up 2.6%	rising
26	Malta	46.25	2016	up 13.1%	rising
27	United States	46.2	2018	up 5.8%	rising
28	Poland	46.11	2019	up 7.7%	rising
29	Austria	45.72	2003	up 1.7%	flat
30	France	45.65	2016	up 8.2%	rising
31	Czechia	45.53	2016	down 1.0%	rising
32	Ukraine	45.33	2014	up 3.9%	flat
33	Iceland	45.19	2015	up 4.3%	rising
34	Cyprus	45.05	2016	up 17.7%	rising
35	Montenegro	44.98	2013	up 22.7%	rising
36	Denmark	44.68	2016	down 5.1%	flat
37	Ireland	44.66	2016	up 15.6%	rising
38	Portugal	44.15	2016	up 21.4%	rising
39	Albania	43.4	2019	up 13.5%	rising
40	Kazakhstan	43.35	2018	up 6.3%	rising
41	South Korea	43.03	2017	up 11.3%	rising
42	North Macedonia	42.63	2020	up 6.1%	rising
43	Romania	42.61	2018	down 0.9%	rising
44	Belgium	42.01	2003	up 3.2%	flat
45	Puerto Rico	41.02	2005	up 25.8%	rising
46	Mongolia	40.5	2021	up 18.6%	rising
47	Chile	39.5	2017	up 10.8%	rising
48	Uruguay	39.01	2021	up 4.5%	rising
49	Thailand	38.37	2021	up 10.2%	rising
50	Sri Lanka	38.36	2019	up 7.8%	rising
51	Niger	38.15	2018	up 5.3%	rising
52	Panama	38.12	2021	up 8.0%	rising
53	Mexico	38.04	2020	up 4.9%	rising
54	Argentina	38.03	2021	down 3.5%	flat
55	Kyrgyzstan	37.9	2020	down 1.8%	flat
56	South Africa	37.63	2020	up 7.0%	rising
57	Costa Rica	36.96	2021	up 7.2%	rising
58	Colombia	36.88	2021	up 7.0%	rising
59	Brazil	36.71	2021	up 0.7%	rising
60	Peru	36.08	2021	up 7.5%	rising
61	China	36.06	2013	up 5.8%	flat
62	Philippines	35.36	2019	up 4.3%	rising
63	Tunisia	35.33	2015	down 0.7%	rising
64	Trinidad and Tobago	35.21	2011	up 15.8%	rising
65	Tajikistan	35.2	2013	up 3.8%	rising
66	Mauritius	35.14	2017	down 3.3%	rising
67	Indonesia	34.92	2019	up 5.6%	rising
68	El Salvador	34.12	2019	up 9.8%	rising
69	Jordan	34.09	2016	up 13.4%	rising
70	Egypt	33.76	2019	up 3.0%	rising
71	Turkey	33.52	2019	up 18.2%	rising
72	Jamaica	33.44	2002	up 25.5%	rising
73	Cambodia	33.3	2012	up 11.2%	flat
74	Pakistan	32.93	2020	up 3.3%	rising
75	Uganda	32.81	2016	up 15.1%	rising
76	Ghana	32.43	2016	down 4.4%	rising
77	Bolivia	32.28	2021	up 4.4%	rising
78	India	32.21	2019	up 2.5%	rising
79	Dominican Republic	31.93	2013	up 3.2%	rising
80	Ecuador	31.8	2021	down 1.7%	rising
81	Namibia	31.71	2015	up 3.6%	rising
82	Bangladesh	31.64	2016	up 0.7%	rising
83	Venezuela	31.42	2006	up 8.2%	rising
84	Paraguay	31.31	2021	up 9.6%	rising
85	Laos	31.17	2018	up 4.6%	rising
86	Guatemala	30.14	2019	up 7.0%	rising
87	Honduras	30.09	2019	up 12.4%	rising
88	Palestine	29.82	2017	down 2.0%	flat
89	Tanzania	29.71	2020	up 10.9%	falling
90	Nicaragua	29.57	2014	up 2.7%	rising
91	Nigeria	29.52	2018	down 1.8%	flat
92	Senegal	29.45	2018	up 3.9%	rising
93	Rwanda	29.28	2021	up 364.1%	rising
94	Belize	29.25	1999	up 2.7%	flat
95	Madagascar	29.16	2012	down 14.5%	falling
96	Ethiopia	29.01	2021	up 7.1%	flat
97	Malawi	28.97	2019	down 2.9%	flat
98	Nepal	28.95	2014	up 4.8%	rising
99	Zambia	28.79	2015	down 10.9%	falling
100	Mali	28.57	2018	up 11.0%	falling
101	Morocco	28.4	2013	down 6.9%	rising
102	Guinea	28.35	2018	up 8.3%	rising
103	Togo	27.83	2018	down 6.3%	falling
104	Gambia	27.4	2020	up 3.9%	rising
105	Mozambique	25.65	2014	down 18.8%	falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

Kosovo 36.73

About this data

Indicator: Average age, above primary education
Source: World Bank
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 107 places, 1,441 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026