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Wittgenstein Projection: Mean years of schooling. Age 20-64. Total by country

Mean number of years spent in school by age group and gender. Projections are based on collected census and survey data for the base year (around 2010) and the Medium Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSP2) projection model. The SSP2 is a middle-of-the-road scenario that combines medium fertility with medium...

Countries reporting
166
Highest
16.7
Iceland
Lowest
9.2
Madagascar
Median
13.5
Years covered
91
2010–2100
Data points
3,173

What the numbers show

Wittgenstein Projection: Mean years of schooling. Age 20-64. Total is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 16.7 in Iceland; the lowest is 9.2 in Madagascar.

The median across all reporting countries is 13.5, and the mean is 13.41.

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

Wittgenstein Projection: Mean years of schooling. Age 20-64. Total: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Iceland 16.7 2100 up 0.6% rising
2 Ireland 16.3 2100 unchanged rising
3 Hong Kong 16.1 2100 unchanged rising
4 Malta 15.9 2100 up 1.3% rising
4 Malaysia 15.9 2100 up 1.3% rising
6 Australia 15.8 2100 up 0.6% rising
6 New Zealand 15.8 2100 up 1.3% rising
8 Norway 15.7 2100 up 0.6% rising
8 Tunisia 15.7 2100 up 1.3% rising
10 Germany 15.6 2100 up 0.6% rising
11 United Kingdom 15.5 2100 up 2.0% rising
12 Luxembourg 15.4 2100 up 1.3% rising
13 Switzerland 15.3 2100 up 0.7% rising
13 Japan 15.3 2100 unchanged rising
13 South Korea 15.3 2100 unchanged rising
16 Canada 15.2 2100 unchanged rising
16 Georgia 15.2 2100 up 0.7% rising
18 Belgium 15.1 2100 up 0.7% rising
18 Cyprus 15.1 2100 up 0.7% rising
20 France 15 2100 up 0.7% rising
20 Macao 15 2100 up 0.7% rising
20 Puerto Rico 15 2100 up 0.7% rising
20 Saudi Arabia 15 2100 up 0.7% rising
24 Italy 14.9 2100 up 1.4% rising
24 Lebanon 14.9 2100 up 1.4% rising
24 Lithuania 14.9 2100 up 0.7% rising
24 Slovenia 14.9 2100 up 1.4% rising
24 Sweden 14.9 2100 up 0.7% rising
29 Austria 14.8 2100 up 0.7% rising
29 New Caledonia 14.8 2100 up 0.7% rising
31 Czechia 14.7 2100 up 0.7% rising
31 Spain 14.7 2100 up 1.4% rising
31 Jordan 14.7 2100 up 0.7% rising
31 Palestine 14.7 2100 up 1.4% rising
35 Ecuador 14.6 2100 up 1.4% rising
35 Greece 14.6 2100 up 0.7% rising
35 Latvia 14.6 2100 up 0.7% rising
35 Slovakia 14.6 2100 up 0.7% rising
39 Netherlands 14.5 2100 up 0.7% rising
39 United States 14.5 2100 up 0.7% rising
41 Estonia 14.4 2100 up 0.7% rising
41 Iran 14.4 2100 up 1.4% rising
41 Iraq 14.4 2100 up 2.1% rising
41 North Macedonia 14.4 2100 up 1.4% rising
41 Panama 14.4 2100 up 1.4% rising
41 Thailand 14.4 2100 up 2.1% rising
47 Bosnia and Herzegovina 14.3 2100 up 0.7% rising
47 Chile 14.3 2100 up 1.4% rising
47 Algeria 14.3 2100 up 1.4% rising
47 Egypt 14.3 2100 up 1.4% rising
47 Nigeria 14.3 2100 up 2.1% rising
52 Denmark 14.2 2100 up 0.7% rising
52 Dominican Republic 14.2 2100 up 2.2% rising
52 Finland 14.2 2100 up 0.7% flat
52 French Polynesia 14.2 2100 up 0.7% rising
52 Zimbabwe 14.2 2100 up 1.4% rising
57 Bulgaria 14.1 2100 up 1.4% rising
57 Mexico 14.1 2100 up 2.2% rising
57 Poland 14.1 2100 up 0.7% rising
60 Bolivia 14 2100 up 2.2% rising
60 Saint Lucia 14 2100 up 2.2% rising
60 Samoa 14 2100 up 3.7% rising
63 Bahrain 13.9 2100 up 0.7% rising
63 Bhutan 13.9 2100 up 3.0% rising
63 Haiti 13.9 2100 up 2.2% rising
63 Portugal 13.9 2100 up 2.2% rising
67 Argentina 13.8 2100 up 1.5% rising
67 Indonesia 13.8 2100 up 2.2% rising
67 El Salvador 13.8 2100 up 2.2% rising
67 Eswatini 13.8 2100 up 1.5% rising
71 Cuba 13.7 2100 up 1.5% rising
71 Israel 13.7 2100 up 1.5% rising
71 Paraguay 13.7 2100 up 3.0% rising
71 Tonga 13.7 2100 up 2.2% rising
71 Turkey 13.7 2100 up 2.2% rising
76 Croatia 13.6 2100 up 0.7% rising
76 Hungary 13.6 2100 up 0.7% rising
76 Suriname 13.6 2100 up 3.0% rising
79 Colombia 13.5 2100 up 1.5% rising
79 Kazakhstan 13.5 2100 up 0.7% rising
79 Morocco 13.5 2100 up 3.1% rising
79 Montenegro 13.5 2100 up 0.7% rising
79 Peru 13.5 2100 up 1.5% rising
79 Serbia 13.5 2100 up 0.7% rising
85 Aruba 13.4 2100 up 1.5% rising
85 United Arab Emirates 13.4 2100 up 1.5% rising
85 Kuwait 13.4 2100 up 1.5% rising
85 East Timor 13.4 2100 up 2.3% rising
85 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13.4 2100 up 2.3% rising
90 India 13.3 2100 up 3.1% rising
90 Romania 13.3 2100 up 1.5% rising
90 Venezuela 13.3 2100 up 1.5% rising
93 Cameroon 13.2 2100 up 3.9% rising
93 Comoros 13.2 2100 up 3.9% rising
95 Cote d'Ivoire 13.1 2100 up 4.8% rising
95 Equatorial Guinea 13.1 2100 up 2.3% rising
95 Namibia 13.1 2100 up 1.6% rising
95 Nepal 13.1 2100 up 2.3% rising
95 Qatar 13.1 2100 up 1.6% rising
95 Syria 13.1 2100 up 4.8% rising
95 Uruguay 13.1 2100 up 3.1% rising
102 Albania 13 2100 up 1.6% rising
102 Belarus 13 2100 up 0.8% rising
102 China 13 2100 up 3.2% rising
102 Congo 13 2100 up 4.0% rising
102 Ghana 13 2100 up 4.0% rising
102 Mauritius 13 2100 up 4.0% rising
108 Kenya 12.9 2100 up 1.6% rising
108 Maldives 12.9 2100 up 3.2% rising
108 Philippines 12.9 2100 up 0.8% rising
108 Trinidad and Tobago 12.9 2100 up 1.6% rising
112 Costa Rica 12.8 2100 up 2.4% rising
112 Jamaica 12.8 2100 up 2.4% rising
112 Russia 12.8 2100 up 0.8% rising
112 Singapore 12.8 2100 unchanged flat
112 Ukraine 12.8 2100 up 1.6% rising
117 Bahamas 12.7 2100 up 2.4% rising
117 South Africa 12.7 2100 up 1.6% rising
119 Belize 12.6 2100 up 4.1% rising
119 Lesotho 12.6 2100 up 2.4% rising
119 Vanuatu 12.6 2100 up 4.1% rising
122 Bangladesh 12.5 2100 up 5.0% rising
122 Brazil 12.5 2100 up 2.5% rising
122 Myanmar 12.5 2100 up 3.3% rising
122 Nicaragua 12.5 2100 up 3.3% rising
122 Pakistan 12.5 2100 up 4.2% rising
127 Gambia 12.4 2100 up 4.2% rising
127 Moldova 12.4 2100 up 1.6% rising
127 Uganda 12.4 2100 up 4.2% rising
130 Azerbaijan 12.3 2100 up 1.7% rising
130 Kyrgyzstan 12.3 2100 up 0.8% rising
130 Tajikistan 12.3 2100 up 0.8% rising
130 Vietnam 12.3 2100 up 3.4% rising
130 Zambia 12.3 2100 up 3.4% rising
135 Democratic Republic of Congo 12.2 2100 up 3.4% rising
135 Gabon 12.2 2100 up 4.3% rising
135 Guyana 12.2 2100 up 1.7% rising
135 Mongolia 12.2 2100 up 1.7% rising
139 Sudan 12.1 2100 up 4.3% rising
140 Senegal 12 2100 up 7.1% rising
141 Central African Republic 11.9 2100 up 5.3% rising
141 Guinea 11.9 2100 up 6.2% rising
141 Malawi 11.9 2100 up 2.6% rising
141 Somalia 11.9 2100 up 5.3% rising
145 Armenia 11.8 2100 up 0.9% rising
146 Ethiopia 11.7 2100 up 6.4% rising
146 Honduras 11.7 2100 up 3.5% rising
148 Guatemala 11.6 2100 up 3.6% rising
149 Benin 11.5 2100 up 6.5% rising
149 Tanzania 11.5 2100 up 5.5% rising
151 Cambodia 11.4 2100 up 4.6% rising
152 Cape Verde 11.3 2100 up 4.6% rising
152 Sierra Leone 11.3 2100 up 6.6% rising
152 Turkmenistan 11.3 2100 up 1.8% rising
155 Burundi 11 2100 up 6.8% rising
155 Burkina Faso 11 2100 up 8.9% rising
155 Mozambique 11 2100 up 5.8% rising
155 Rwanda 11 2100 up 4.8% rising
159 Guinea-Bissau 10.9 2100 up 3.8% rising
160 Laos 10.8 2100 up 3.8% rising
160 Chad 10.8 2100 up 10.2% rising
162 Liberia 10.3 2100 up 8.4% rising
163 Mali 10.2 2100 up 9.7% rising
164 Niger 10 2100 up 9.9% volatile
165 Sao Tome and Principe 9.8 2100 up 4.3% rising
166 Madagascar 9.2 2100 up 8.2% rising

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

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Wittgenstein Projection: Mean years of schooling. Age 20-64. Total
Source
Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital: http://www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/dataexplorer/
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
167 places, 3,173 data points, 2010–2100
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Mean number of years spent in school by age group and gender. Projections are based on collected census and survey data for the base year (around 2010) and the Medium Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSP2) projection model. The SSP2 is a middle-of-the-road scenario that combines medium fertility with medium mortality, medium migration, and the Global Education Trend (GET) education scenario. For more information and other projection models, consult the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital's website: http://www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/dataexplorer/