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Wittgenstein Projection: Mean years of schooling. Age 25+. 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
16.4
Iceland
Lowest
8.4
Madagascar
Median
13.15
Years covered
91
2010–2100
Data points
3,173

What the numbers show

Wittgenstein Projection: Mean years of schooling. Age 25+. Total is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 16.4 in Iceland; the lowest is 8.4 in Madagascar.

The median across all reporting countries is 13.15, and the mean is 13.09.

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

Over the past decade 163 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 10.5%), and the largest decrease in Singapore (down 0.8%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Iceland 16.4 2100 up 1.2% rising
2 Ireland 16.3 2100 unchanged rising
3 Hong Kong 16 2100 up 1.3% rising
4 Australia 15.7 2100 up 1.3% rising
4 Norway 15.7 2100 up 0.6% rising
6 Germany 15.6 2100 up 1.3% rising
6 Malaysia 15.6 2100 up 1.3% rising
6 New Zealand 15.6 2100 up 1.3% rising
9 South Korea 15.5 2100 up 0.6% rising
9 Malta 15.5 2100 up 1.3% rising
11 Canada 15.3 2100 up 0.7% 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 Cyprus 15.1 2100 up 0.7% rising
16 United Kingdom 15.1 2100 up 2.7% rising
16 Georgia 15.1 2100 up 0.7% rising
16 Saudi Arabia 15.1 2100 up 1.3% rising
20 Belgium 15 2100 up 0.7% rising
20 Lithuania 15 2100 up 0.7% rising
22 France 14.9 2100 up 1.4% rising
22 Puerto Rico 14.9 2100 up 1.4% rising
22 Sweden 14.9 2100 up 0.7% rising
25 Macao 14.8 2100 up 1.4% rising
25 Slovenia 14.8 2100 up 0.7% rising
27 Austria 14.6 2100 up 1.4% rising
27 Czechia 14.6 2100 up 1.4% rising
27 Jordan 14.6 2100 up 0.7% rising
27 Latvia 14.6 2100 up 1.4% rising
27 New Caledonia 14.6 2100 up 1.4% rising
27 Palestine 14.6 2100 up 1.4% rising
33 Spain 14.5 2100 up 2.1% rising
33 Greece 14.5 2100 up 0.7% rising
33 Italy 14.5 2100 up 1.4% rising
33 Lebanon 14.5 2100 up 1.4% rising
33 Slovakia 14.5 2100 up 1.4% rising
33 United States 14.5 2100 up 0.7% rising
39 Estonia 14.4 2100 unchanged rising
39 Finland 14.4 2100 up 0.7% flat
41 Denmark 14.3 2100 up 1.4% rising
41 Ecuador 14.3 2100 up 2.1% rising
41 Nigeria 14.3 2100 up 2.1% rising
41 Netherlands 14.3 2100 up 0.7% rising
45 Iraq 14.2 2100 up 2.2% rising
45 Zimbabwe 14.2 2100 up 1.4% rising
47 Bosnia and Herzegovina 14.1 2100 up 0.7% rising
47 North Macedonia 14.1 2100 up 1.4% rising
47 Thailand 14.1 2100 up 2.9% rising
50 Bulgaria 14 2100 up 0.7% rising
50 Egypt 14 2100 up 1.4% rising
50 Panama 14 2100 up 1.4% rising
50 Poland 14 2100 up 0.7% rising
50 French Polynesia 14 2100 up 1.4% rising
55 Chile 13.9 2100 up 1.5% rising
55 Algeria 13.9 2100 up 2.2% rising
55 Iran 13.9 2100 up 3.0% rising
58 Eswatini 13.8 2100 up 1.5% rising
59 Bahrain 13.7 2100 up 0.7% rising
59 Bolivia 13.7 2100 up 2.2% rising
59 Dominican Republic 13.7 2100 up 2.2% rising
59 Haiti 13.7 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 2.3% rising
63 Portugal 13.5 2100 up 2.3% rising
69 Indonesia 13.4 2100 up 3.1% rising
69 Israel 13.4 2100 up 1.5% rising
69 Montenegro 13.4 2100 up 0.8% rising
69 Serbia 13.4 2100 up 1.5% rising
69 East Timor 13.4 2100 up 2.3% rising
74 Cuba 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 Tonga 13.3 2100 up 2.3% rising
74 Samoa 13.3 2100 up 3.1% rising
79 Aruba 13.2 2100 up 1.5% rising
79 Bhutan 13.2 2100 up 3.9% rising
79 Comoros 13.2 2100 up 4.8% rising
79 Romania 13.2 2100 up 1.5% rising
79 El Salvador 13.2 2100 up 3.1% rising
84 United Arab Emirates 13.1 2100 up 1.6% rising
84 Colombia 13.1 2100 up 2.3% rising
84 Kuwait 13.1 2100 up 2.3% rising
84 Paraguay 13.1 2100 up 3.1% rising
84 Turkey 13.1 2100 up 3.1% rising
89 Equatorial Guinea 13 2100 up 2.4% rising
89 Kenya 13 2100 up 1.6% rising
89 Namibia 13 2100 up 2.4% rising
89 Suriname 13 2100 up 2.4% rising
93 Belarus 12.9 2100 up 0.8% rising
93 Cameroon 12.9 2100 up 4.0% rising
93 Morocco 12.9 2100 up 4.9% rising
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12.9 2100 up 2.4% rising
93 Venezuela 12.9 2100 up 1.6% rising
98 Singapore 12.8 2100 down 0.8% rising
99 Albania 12.7 2100 up 1.6% rising
99 Cote d'Ivoire 12.7 2100 up 5.0% rising
99 Congo 12.7 2100 up 3.3% rising
99 Philippines 12.7 2100 up 1.6% rising
99 Qatar 12.7 2100 up 2.4% rising
99 Russia 12.7 2100 up 0.8% rising
105 India 12.6 2100 up 4.1% rising
105 Nepal 12.6 2100 up 3.3% rising
105 Ukraine 12.6 2100 up 0.8% rising
108 Trinidad and Tobago 12.5 2100 up 2.5% rising
108 South Africa 12.5 2100 up 1.6% rising
110 Ghana 12.4 2100 up 4.2% rising
110 Lesotho 12.4 2100 up 3.3% rising
110 Uruguay 12.4 2100 up 2.5% rising
113 Jamaica 12.3 2100 up 2.5% rising
113 Syria 12.3 2100 up 5.1% rising
115 Bahamas 12.2 2100 up 2.5% rising
115 China 12.2 2100 up 3.4% rising
115 Costa Rica 12.2 2100 up 2.5% rising
115 Kyrgyzstan 12.2 2100 up 0.8% rising
115 Moldova 12.2 2100 up 0.8% rising
115 Tajikistan 12.2 2100 up 0.8% rising
115 Zambia 12.2 2100 up 3.4% rising
122 Azerbaijan 12.1 2100 up 0.8% rising
122 Democratic Republic of Congo 12.1 2100 up 2.5% rising
122 Maldives 12.1 2100 up 4.3% rising
122 Mongolia 12.1 2100 up 1.7% rising
122 Mauritius 12.1 2100 up 4.3% rising
127 Brazil 12 2100 up 2.6% rising
127 Gambia 12 2100 up 4.3% rising
127 Guyana 12 2100 up 1.7% rising
127 Myanmar 12 2100 up 3.4% rising
127 Uganda 12 2100 up 4.3% rising
127 Vanuatu 12 2100 up 4.3% rising
133 Gabon 11.8 2100 up 3.5% rising
133 Nicaragua 11.8 2100 up 4.4% rising
133 Pakistan 11.8 2100 up 5.4% rising
136 Armenia 11.7 2100 up 1.7% rising
136 Belize 11.7 2100 up 4.5% rising
136 Malawi 11.7 2100 up 3.5% rising
136 Sudan 11.7 2100 up 5.4% rising
140 Bangladesh 11.6 2100 up 6.4% rising
140 Central African Republic 11.6 2100 up 5.5% rising
140 Vietnam 11.6 2100 up 3.6% rising
143 Somalia 11.5 2100 up 5.5% rising
144 Guinea 11.4 2100 up 7.5% rising
145 Senegal 11.2 2100 up 6.7% rising
145 Turkmenistan 11.2 2100 up 0.9% rising
147 Honduras 11.1 2100 up 4.7% rising
147 Tanzania 11.1 2100 up 3.7% rising
149 Ethiopia 11 2100 up 6.8% rising
150 Guatemala 10.9 2100 up 3.8% rising
151 Benin 10.8 2100 up 8.0% rising
151 Sierra Leone 10.8 2100 up 6.9% rising
153 Cambodia 10.7 2100 up 4.9% rising
153 Rwanda 10.7 2100 up 5.9% rising
155 Cape Verde 10.6 2100 up 5.0% rising
156 Burundi 10.5 2100 up 7.1% rising
156 Guinea-Bissau 10.5 2100 up 5.0% rising
158 Burkina Faso 10.4 2100 up 9.5% rising
158 Laos 10.4 2100 up 4.0% rising
158 Mozambique 10.4 2100 up 7.2% rising
161 Chad 10 2100 up 9.9% rising
162 Liberia 9.7 2100 up 9.0% rising
163 Mali 9.5 2100 up 10.5% volatile
163 Niger 9.5 2100 up 10.5% volatile
163 Sao Tome and Principe 9.5 2100 up 4.4% rising
166 Madagascar 8.4 2100 up 7.7% rising

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

Indicator
Wittgenstein Projection: Mean years of schooling. Age 25+. 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
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/