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Average age, primary education and below by country

Countries reporting
108
Highest
71.2
South Korea
Lowest
10.41
Moldova
Median
35.43
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,501

What the numbers show

Average age, primary education and below is currently reported for 108 countries. The highest value is 71.2 in South Korea; the lowest is 10.41 in Moldova.

The median across all reporting countries is 35.43, and the mean is 40.23.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.

Over the past decade 66 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in United States (up 231.8%), and the largest decrease in Moldova (down 70.5%).

Average age, primary education and below: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Korea 71.2 2017 up 8.9% rising
2 Italy 71.15 2016 up 8.3% rising
3 Iceland 70.73 2015 up 1.1% flat
4 Malta 69.41 2016 up 8.4% rising
5 Sweden 69.27 2016 up 5.6% rising
6 Croatia 69.11 2016 down 1.4% flat
7 Denmark 68.65 2016 up 54.2% rising
8 France 68.55 2016 up 3.9% flat
9 Greece 66.57 2016 up 11.4% rising
10 Albania 65.3 2019 up 57.7% rising
11 Slovenia 65.16 2013 up 19.5% rising
12 Spain 65.06 2016 up 11.4% rising
13 Cyprus 64.17 2016 up 6.5% rising
14 Ireland 63.36 2016 up 5.6% rising
15 Latvia 61.95 2016 down 3.2% rising
16 Portugal 61.85 2016 up 22.4% rising
17 Hungary 61.36 2016 down 8.0% rising
18 Lithuania 60.52 2016 down 9.1% rising
19 Belgium 59.01 2003 up 22.4% rising
20 United Kingdom 58.22 2016 — rising
21 Netherlands 57.65 2016 down 5.7% rising
22 Estonia 57.05 2016 down 7.2% rising
23 Belarus 56.98 2019 up 3.5% falling
24 Luxembourg 55.1 2016 up 3.5% rising
25 Slovakia 54.87 2016 down 22.8% rising
26 Serbia 54.32 2018 up 0.8% flat
27 United States 53.26 2018 up 231.8% rising
28 Turkey 52.4 2019 up 31.0% rising
29 Georgia 51.57 2020 down 9.7% falling
30 Bulgaria 51.36 2016 down 11.0% falling
31 Thailand 48.96 2021 up 11.3% rising
32 Poland 48.9 2019 down 21.4% rising
33 Mongolia 48.47 2021 up 213.7% rising
34 Austria 47.88 2003 up 1.1% rising
35 North Macedonia 47.67 2020 up 6.2% rising
36 Kosovo 47.44 2017 up 49.2% rising
36 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 47.44 2017 up 49.2% rising
38 Bosnia and Herzegovina 47.23 2019 up 23.3% rising
39 Montenegro 46.98 2013 up 50.1% rising
40 Russia 46.09 2019 up 106.3% rising
41 Niger 45.35 2018 up 88.8% rising
42 Mauritius 44.79 2017 down 7.7% rising
43 Indonesia 42.83 2019 up 22.6% rising
44 China 42.05 2013 up 14.4% rising
45 Romania 40.61 2018 down 39.3% rising
46 Chile 40.42 2017 down 11.1% rising
47 Cambodia 38.91 2012 up 29.6% rising
48 Costa Rica 38.03 2021 up 18.8% rising
49 Norway 36.97 2016 down 35.3% falling
50 Germany 36.74 2011 down 19.2% falling
51 Sri Lanka 36.36 2019 up 2.0% rising
52 Ecuador 36.2 2021 down 7.5% rising
53 El Salvador 35.87 2019 up 15.5% rising
54 Rwanda 35.57 2021 up 34.1% rising
55 Morocco 35.29 2013 up 16.2% rising
56 Uruguay 34.43 2021 down 9.5% flat
57 Guatemala 34.32 2019 up 15.5% rising
58 Puerto Rico 34.27 2005 up 70.7% rising
59 Mexico 34.02 2020 up 9.0% rising
60 Honduras 33.1 2019 up 13.0% rising
61 Dominican Republic 33.05 2013 up 13.4% rising
62 Brazil 32.91 2021 up 6.0% rising
63 Senegal 32.74 2018 up 37.5% rising
64 Laos 32.61 2018 up 13.2% rising
65 Trinidad and Tobago 32.31 2011 up 7.0% rising
66 Nicaragua 32.24 2014 up 9.3% rising
67 Colombia 32.01 2021 up 5.2% rising
68 Panama 31.9 2021 down 1.2% rising
69 Venezuela 31.82 2006 up 8.9% rising
70 Bolivia 31.81 2021 up 8.0% rising
71 Czechia 31.78 2016 down 45.8% flat
72 Egypt 31.26 2019 down 6.0% flat
73 Peru 30.92 2021 down 4.5% rising
74 Uganda 30.61 2016 up 36.2% rising
75 Nepal 30.4 2014 up 7.0% rising
76 Bangladesh 30.01 2016 up 8.3% rising
77 India 29.91 2019 up 12.1% rising
78 Tunisia 28.67 2015 down 33.7% flat
79 Belize 28.18 1999 down 23.5% falling
80 Paraguay 27.88 2021 down 10.4% flat
81 Namibia 27.78 2015 up 6.6% rising
82 Argentina 27.65 2021 up 22.3% rising
83 Jamaica 27.25 2002 down 20.4% falling
84 Mozambique 27.08 2014 up 8.5% rising
85 Djibouti 27.04 2017 up 3.0% rising
86 Jordan 26.9 2016 down 43.6% rising
87 Philippines 26.88 2019 up 4.2% falling
88 South Africa 26.78 2020 up 7.1% falling
89 Kenya 26.64 2019 up 5.3% rising
90 Pakistan 26.57 2020 up 3.5% flat
91 Tanzania 26.48 2020 up 0.9% flat
92 Mali 24.9 2018 down 2.7% flat
93 Togo 24.13 2018 up 8.8% rising
94 Ukraine 23.89 2014 down 26.4% falling
95 Nigeria 23.24 2018 up 0.2% falling
96 Ghana 23.12 2016 down 5.3% flat
97 Malawi 22.93 2019 down 3.5% flat
98 Madagascar 22.64 2012 down 22.9% falling
99 Gambia 22.64 2020 down 10.5% falling
100 Zambia 22.33 2015 down 21.1% flat
101 Palestine 21.73 2017 down 39.9% falling
102 Ethiopia 21.24 2021 down 15.0% falling
103 Guinea 19.84 2018 down 23.7% falling
104 Tajikistan 16.81 2013 down 19.0% falling
105 Armenia 13.45 2020 down 38.8% falling
106 Kyrgyzstan 12.3 2020 down 28.2% falling
107 Kazakhstan 11.13 2018 down 59.0% falling
108 Moldova 10.41 2021 down 70.5% falling

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Indicator
Average age, primary education and below
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
108 places, 1,501 data points, 1970–2021
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