Average age, primary education and below by country

Countries reporting

105

Highest

71.2

South Korea

Lowest

10.41

Moldova

Median

35.29

Years covered

1970–2021

Data points

1,487

What the numbers show

Average age, primary education and below is currently reported for 105 countries. The highest value is 71.2 in South Korea; the lowest is 10.41 in Moldova.

The median across all reporting countries is 35.29, and the mean is 40.22.

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

Over the past decade 63 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	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
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	Bosnia and Herzegovina	47.23	2019	up 23.3%	rising
37	Montenegro	46.98	2013	up 50.1%	rising
38	Russia	46.09	2019	up 106.3%	rising
39	Niger	45.35	2018	up 88.8%	rising
40	Mauritius	44.79	2017	down 7.7%	rising
41	Indonesia	42.83	2019	up 22.6%	rising
42	China	42.05	2013	up 14.4%	rising
43	Romania	40.61	2018	down 39.3%	rising
44	Chile	40.42	2017	down 11.1%	rising
45	Cambodia	38.91	2012	up 29.6%	rising
46	Costa Rica	38.03	2021	up 18.8%	rising
47	Norway	36.97	2016	down 35.3%	falling
48	Germany	36.74	2011	down 19.2%	falling
49	Sri Lanka	36.36	2019	up 2.0%	rising
50	Ecuador	36.2	2021	down 7.5%	rising
51	El Salvador	35.87	2019	up 15.5%	rising
52	Rwanda	35.57	2021	up 34.1%	rising
53	Morocco	35.29	2013	up 16.2%	rising
54	Uruguay	34.43	2021	down 9.5%	flat
55	Guatemala	34.32	2019	up 15.5%	rising
56	Puerto Rico	34.27	2005	up 70.7%	rising
57	Mexico	34.02	2020	up 9.0%	rising
58	Honduras	33.1	2019	up 13.0%	rising
59	Dominican Republic	33.05	2013	up 13.4%	rising
60	Brazil	32.91	2021	up 6.0%	rising
61	Senegal	32.74	2018	up 37.5%	rising
62	Laos	32.61	2018	up 13.2%	rising
63	Trinidad and Tobago	32.31	2011	up 7.0%	rising
64	Nicaragua	32.24	2014	up 9.3%	rising
65	Colombia	32.01	2021	up 5.2%	rising
66	Panama	31.9	2021	down 1.2%	rising
67	Venezuela	31.82	2006	up 8.9%	rising
68	Bolivia	31.81	2021	up 8.0%	rising
69	Czechia	31.78	2016	down 45.8%	flat
70	Egypt	31.26	2019	down 6.0%	flat
71	Peru	30.92	2021	down 4.5%	rising
72	Uganda	30.61	2016	up 36.2%	rising
73	Nepal	30.4	2014	up 7.0%	rising
74	Bangladesh	30.01	2016	up 8.3%	rising
75	India	29.91	2019	up 12.1%	rising
76	Tunisia	28.67	2015	down 33.7%	flat
77	Belize	28.18	1999	down 23.5%	falling
78	Paraguay	27.88	2021	down 10.4%	flat
79	Namibia	27.78	2015	up 6.6%	rising
80	Argentina	27.65	2021	up 22.3%	rising
81	Jamaica	27.25	2002	down 20.4%	falling
82	Mozambique	27.08	2014	up 8.5%	rising
83	Jordan	26.9	2016	down 43.6%	rising
84	Philippines	26.88	2019	up 4.2%	falling
85	South Africa	26.78	2020	up 7.1%	falling
86	Kenya	26.64	2019	up 5.3%	rising
87	Pakistan	26.57	2020	up 3.5%	flat
88	Tanzania	26.48	2020	up 0.9%	flat
89	Mali	24.9	2018	down 2.7%	flat
90	Togo	24.13	2018	up 8.8%	rising
91	Ukraine	23.89	2014	down 26.4%	falling
92	Nigeria	23.24	2018	up 0.2%	falling
93	Ghana	23.12	2016	down 5.3%	flat
94	Malawi	22.93	2019	down 3.5%	flat
95	Madagascar	22.64	2012	down 22.9%	falling
96	Gambia	22.64	2020	down 10.5%	falling
97	Zambia	22.33	2015	down 21.1%	flat
98	Palestine	21.73	2017	down 39.9%	falling
99	Ethiopia	21.24	2021	down 15.0%	falling
100	Guinea	19.84	2018	down 23.7%	falling
101	Tajikistan	16.81	2013	down 19.0%	falling
102	Armenia	13.45	2020	down 38.8%	falling
103	Kyrgyzstan	12.3	2020	down 28.2%	falling
104	Kazakhstan	11.13	2018	down 59.0%	falling
105	Moldova	10.41	2021	down 70.5%	falling

Regions and income groups

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

Kosovo 47.44

About this data

Indicator: Average age, primary education and below
Source: World Bank
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 107 places, 1,487 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026