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Wittgenstein Projection: Mean years of schooling. Age 25+. Female 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
16.5
Iceland
Lowest
8.3
Madagascar
Median
13.1
Years covered
91
2010–2100
Data points
3,173

What the numbers show

Wittgenstein Projection: Mean years of schooling. Age 25+. Female is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 16.5 in Iceland; the lowest is 8.3 in Madagascar.

The median across all reporting countries is 13.1, and the mean is 13.08.

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

Wittgenstein Projection: Mean years of schooling. Age 25+. Female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Iceland 16.5 2100 up 1.2% rising
2 Ireland 16.3 2100 unchanged rising
3 Hong Kong (China) 16 2100 up 1.3% rising
4 Norway 15.8 2100 up 1.3% rising
5 Australia 15.7 2100 up 0.6% rising
6 Germany 15.6 2100 up 0.6% rising
6 Malaysia 15.6 2100 up 1.3% rising
6 New Zealand 15.6 2100 up 1.3% rising
9 Korea 15.5 2100 up 0.6% rising
9 Malta 15.5 2100 up 1.3% rising
11 Canada 15.3 2100 unchanged rising
11 Japan 15.3 2100 up 0.7% rising
11 Tunisia 15.3 2100 up 2.0% rising
14 Switzerland 15.2 2100 up 1.3% rising
14 Luxembourg 15.2 2100 up 1.3% rising
16 Belgium 15.1 2100 up 0.7% rising
16 Cyprus 15.1 2100 up 0.7% rising
16 Georgia 15.1 2100 up 0.7% rising
16 Saudi Arabia 15.1 2100 up 1.3% rising
20 United Kingdom 15 2100 up 2.0% rising
20 Lithuania 15 2100 unchanged rising
22 France 14.9 2100 up 1.4% rising
22 Puerto Rico 14.9 2100 up 0.7% rising
22 Slovenia 14.9 2100 up 0.7% rising
22 Sweden 14.9 2100 up 0.7% rising
26 Macau (China) 14.8 2100 up 1.4% rising
27 Jordan 14.7 2100 up 1.4% rising
28 Austria 14.6 2100 up 0.7% rising
28 Czechia 14.6 2100 up 1.4% rising
28 Greece 14.6 2100 up 1.4% rising
28 Italy 14.6 2100 up 2.1% rising
28 Latvia 14.6 2100 up 1.4% rising
28 New Caledonia 14.6 2100 up 1.4% rising
28 Palestine, State of 14.6 2100 up 2.1% rising
35 Spain 14.5 2100 up 1.4% rising
35 Estonia 14.5 2100 up 0.7% rising
35 Lebanon 14.5 2100 up 1.4% rising
35 Slovakia 14.5 2100 up 0.7% rising
35 United States 14.5 2100 up 0.7% rising
40 Finland 14.4 2100 unchanged flat
40 Netherlands 14.4 2100 up 1.4% rising
42 Denmark 14.3 2100 up 1.4% rising
42 Ecuador 14.3 2100 up 2.1% rising
42 Nigeria 14.3 2100 up 2.1% rising
45 Bosnia and Herzegovina 14.2 2100 up 1.4% rising
45 Iraq 14.2 2100 up 2.2% rising
45 Zimbabwe 14.2 2100 up 1.4% rising
48 North Macedonia 14.1 2100 up 1.4% rising
49 Bulgaria 14 2100 up 0.7% rising
49 Egypt 14 2100 up 2.2% rising
49 Panama 14 2100 up 1.4% rising
49 Poland 14 2100 up 0.7% rising
49 French Polynesia 14 2100 up 1.4% rising
49 Thailand 14 2100 up 2.2% rising
55 Chile 13.9 2100 up 2.2% rising
55 Algeria 13.9 2100 up 2.2% rising
55 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 13.9 2100 up 3.0% rising
58 Bahrain 13.8 2100 up 0.7% rising
58 Dominican Republic 13.8 2100 up 2.2% rising
58 Eswatini 13.8 2100 up 1.5% rising
61 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 13.7 2100 up 3.0% rising
62 Haiti 13.6 2100 up 3.8% rising
63 Argentina 13.5 2100 up 1.5% rising
63 Croatia 13.5 2100 up 0.7% rising
63 Hungary 13.5 2100 up 0.7% rising
63 Saint Lucia 13.5 2100 up 2.3% rising
63 Mexico 13.5 2100 up 3.1% rising
63 Montenegro 13.5 2100 up 0.7% rising
63 Portugal 13.5 2100 up 1.5% rising
70 Cuba 13.4 2100 up 1.5% rising
70 Indonesia 13.4 2100 up 3.1% rising
70 Israel 13.4 2100 up 0.8% rising
70 Serbia 13.4 2100 up 0.8% rising
74 United Arab Emirates 13.3 2100 up 1.5% rising
74 Kazakhstan 13.3 2100 up 0.8% rising
74 Peru 13.3 2100 up 1.5% rising
74 Timor-Leste 13.3 2100 up 1.5% rising
74 Samoa 13.3 2100 up 3.9% rising
79 Aruba 13.2 2100 up 1.5% rising
79 Kuwait 13.2 2100 up 1.5% rising
79 Romania 13.2 2100 up 0.8% rising
79 Tonga 13.2 2100 up 1.5% rising
83 Bhutan 13.1 2100 up 4.0% rising
83 Colombia 13.1 2100 up 2.3% rising
83 Comoros 13.1 2100 up 4.8% rising
83 Paraguay 13.1 2100 up 3.1% rising
83 El Salvador 13.1 2100 up 3.1% rising
83 Türkiye 13.1 2100 up 4.0% rising
89 Kenya 13 2100 up 2.4% rising
89 Qatar 13 2100 up 0.8% rising
89 Suriname 13 2100 up 2.4% rising
92 Belarus 12.9 2100 up 0.8% rising
92 Equatorial Guinea 12.9 2100 up 2.4% rising
92 Namibia 12.9 2100 up 1.6% rising
92 Singapore 12.9 2100 unchanged rising
92 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12.9 2100 up 2.4% rising
92 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 12.9 2100 up 1.6% rising
98 Albania 12.8 2100 up 1.6% rising
98 Cameroon 12.8 2100 up 4.1% rising
100 Congo 12.7 2100 up 4.1% rising
100 Morocco 12.7 2100 up 4.1% rising
100 Philippines 12.7 2100 up 1.6% rising
100 Russian Federation 12.7 2100 up 0.8% rising
104 Côte d'Ivoire 12.6 2100 up 5.0% rising
104 India 12.6 2100 up 5.0% rising
104 Ukraine 12.6 2100 up 0.8% rising
107 Nepal 12.5 2100 up 4.2% rising
107 South Africa 12.5 2100 up 1.6% rising
109 Lesotho 12.4 2100 up 3.3% rising
109 Trinidad and Tobago 12.4 2100 up 1.6% rising
109 Uruguay 12.4 2100 up 2.5% rising
112 Ghana 12.3 2100 up 3.4% rising
112 Jamaica 12.3 2100 up 1.7% rising
114 Bahamas 12.2 2100 up 1.7% rising
114 China 12.2 2100 up 3.4% rising
114 Costa Rica 12.2 2100 up 2.5% rising
114 Kyrgyzstan 12.2 2100 up 0.8% rising
114 Republic of Moldova 12.2 2100 up 0.8% rising
114 Syrian Arab Republic 12.2 2100 up 4.3% rising
114 Tajikistan 12.2 2100 up 1.7% rising
121 Azerbaijan 12.1 2100 up 0.8% rising
121 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 12.1 2100 up 3.4% rising
121 Mongolia 12.1 2100 up 1.7% rising
121 Mauritius 12.1 2100 up 4.3% rising
121 Zambia 12.1 2100 up 2.5% rising
126 Brazil 12 2100 up 2.6% rising
126 Guyana 12 2100 up 1.7% rising
126 Maldives 12 2100 up 4.3% rising
126 Uganda 12 2100 up 5.3% rising
130 Gambia 11.9 2100 up 5.3% rising
130 Myanmar 11.9 2100 up 3.5% rising
130 Vanuatu 11.9 2100 up 4.4% rising
133 Gabon 11.8 2100 up 4.4% rising
134 Armenia 11.7 2100 up 0.9% rising
134 Belize 11.7 2100 up 4.5% rising
134 Nicaragua 11.7 2100 up 3.5% rising
134 Pakistan 11.7 2100 up 6.4% rising
138 Central African Republic 11.6 2100 up 5.5% rising
138 Malawi 11.6 2100 up 3.6% rising
138 Sudan 11.6 2100 up 5.5% rising
141 Bangladesh 11.5 2100 up 5.5% rising
141 Viet Nam 11.5 2100 up 2.7% rising
143 Somalia 11.4 2100 up 5.6% rising
144 Guinea 11.3 2100 up 7.6% volatile
145 Turkmenistan 11.2 2100 up 0.9% rising
146 Senegal 11.1 2100 up 6.7% rising
146 Tanzania, United Republic of 11.1 2100 up 3.7% rising
148 Honduras 11 2100 up 3.8% rising
149 Ethiopia 10.9 2100 up 6.9% rising
149 Guatemala 10.9 2100 up 5.8% rising
151 Sierra Leone 10.7 2100 up 7.0% rising
152 Benin 10.6 2100 up 7.1% rising
152 Cambodia 10.6 2100 up 5.0% rising
152 Rwanda 10.6 2100 up 6.0% rising
155 Burundi 10.5 2100 up 7.1% rising
155 Cabo Verde 10.5 2100 up 4.0% rising
155 Guinea-Bissau 10.5 2100 up 6.1% rising
158 Burkina Faso 10.3 2100 up 9.6% volatile
158 Lao People's Democratic Republic 10.3 2100 up 4.0% rising
158 Mozambique 10.3 2100 up 8.4% rising
161 Chad 9.9 2100 up 11.2% volatile
162 Liberia 9.5 2100 up 9.2% volatile
162 Niger 9.5 2100 up 10.5% volatile
162 Sao Tome and Principe 9.5 2100 up 4.4% rising
165 Mali 9.4 2100 up 10.6% volatile
166 Madagascar 8.3 2100 up 7.8% 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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Indicator
Wittgenstein Projection: Mean years of schooling. Age 25+. Female
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
Last refreshed

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/