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Wittgenstein Projection: Mean years of schooling. Age 60+. 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
164
Highest
16.2
Ireland
Lowest
7.2
Madagascar
Median
12.7
Years covered
91
2010–2100
Data points
3,173

What the numbers show

Wittgenstein Projection: Mean years of schooling. Age 60+. Total is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 16.2 in Ireland; the lowest is 7.2 in Madagascar.

The median across all reporting countries is 12.7, and the mean is 12.57.

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

Over the past decade 162 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 20.6%), and the largest decrease in Singapore (down 0.8%).

Wittgenstein Projection: Mean years of schooling. Age 60+. Total: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ireland 16.2 2100 up 0.6% rising
2 Iceland 16.1 2100 up 1.9% rising
3 Hong Kong 15.8 2100 up 1.9% rising
4 Australia 15.5 2100 up 1.3% rising
4 South Korea 15.5 2100 up 0.6% rising
4 Norway 15.5 2100 up 1.3% rising
7 Germany 15.4 2100 up 1.3% rising
8 Malaysia 15.3 2100 up 2.0% rising
8 New Zealand 15.3 2100 up 1.3% rising
10 Canada 15.2 2100 up 0.7% rising
10 Japan 15.2 2100 up 0.7% rising
10 Malta 15.2 2100 up 2.0% rising
13 Cyprus 15 2100 up 1.4% rising
13 Georgia 15 2100 up 0.7% rising
13 Lithuania 15 2100 up 0.7% rising
16 Belgium 14.9 2100 up 1.4% rising
16 Switzerland 14.9 2100 up 1.4% rising
16 Saudi Arabia 14.9 2100 up 1.4% rising
16 Tunisia 14.9 2100 up 3.5% rising
20 Luxembourg 14.8 2100 up 2.1% rising
21 France 14.7 2100 up 2.1% rising
21 Puerto Rico 14.7 2100 up 1.4% rising
21 Sweden 14.7 2100 up 1.4% rising
24 Slovenia 14.6 2100 up 1.4% rising
25 United Kingdom 14.5 2100 up 2.8% rising
25 Macao 14.5 2100 up 2.1% rising
27 Austria 14.4 2100 up 2.1% rising
27 Jordan 14.4 2100 up 2.1% rising
27 Latvia 14.4 2100 up 1.4% rising
30 Czechia 14.3 2100 up 0.7% rising
30 Estonia 14.3 2100 up 0.7% rising
30 Finland 14.3 2100 up 0.7% flat
30 Greece 14.3 2100 up 1.4% rising
30 New Caledonia 14.3 2100 up 1.4% rising
30 Palestine 14.3 2100 up 2.9% rising
30 United States 14.3 2100 up 1.4% rising
37 Spain 14.2 2100 up 2.9% rising
37 Italy 14.2 2100 up 2.2% rising
37 Lebanon 14.2 2100 up 2.9% rising
37 Slovakia 14.2 2100 up 0.7% rising
41 Netherlands 14.1 2100 up 2.2% rising
42 Denmark 14 2100 up 1.4% rising
43 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.9 2100 up 1.5% rising
43 Ecuador 13.9 2100 up 3.7% rising
43 North Macedonia 13.9 2100 up 2.2% rising
43 Zimbabwe 13.9 2100 up 1.5% rising
47 Bulgaria 13.8 2100 up 1.5% rising
47 Iraq 13.8 2100 up 3.8% rising
47 Poland 13.8 2100 up 0.7% rising
50 Nigeria 13.7 2100 up 3.8% rising
50 French Polynesia 13.7 2100 up 2.2% rising
52 Egypt 13.6 2100 up 3.0% rising
52 Panama 13.6 2100 up 3.0% rising
52 Thailand 13.6 2100 up 3.8% rising
55 Bahrain 13.5 2100 up 2.3% rising
55 Chile 13.5 2100 up 2.3% rising
55 Algeria 13.5 2100 up 3.1% rising
58 Iran 13.4 2100 up 3.9% rising
58 Eswatini 13.4 2100 up 2.3% rising
60 Croatia 13.3 2100 up 1.5% rising
60 Hungary 13.3 2100 up 1.5% rising
62 Dominican Republic 13.2 2100 up 3.1% rising
62 Montenegro 13.2 2100 up 0.8% rising
62 Serbia 13.2 2100 up 1.5% rising
65 Argentina 13.1 2100 up 2.3% rising
65 Bolivia 13.1 2100 up 3.1% rising
65 Cuba 13.1 2100 up 2.3% rising
65 Kazakhstan 13.1 2100 up 0.8% rising
65 Saint Lucia 13.1 2100 up 3.1% rising
70 Haiti 13 2100 up 5.7% volatile
70 Israel 13 2100 up 1.6% rising
70 Peru 13 2100 up 1.6% rising
70 Portugal 13 2100 up 3.2% rising
70 Romania 13 2100 up 0.8% rising
75 Aruba 12.9 2100 up 3.2% rising
75 Indonesia 12.9 2100 up 4.0% rising
75 Mexico 12.9 2100 up 4.0% rising
75 East Timor 12.9 2100 up 3.2% volatile
79 United Arab Emirates 12.8 2100 up 2.4% rising
79 Singapore 12.8 2100 down 0.8% rising
79 Tonga 12.8 2100 up 3.2% rising
82 Belarus 12.7 2100 up 1.6% rising
82 Kenya 12.7 2100 up 2.4% rising
82 Kuwait 12.7 2100 up 2.4% rising
85 Colombia 12.6 2100 up 3.3% rising
85 Namibia 12.6 2100 up 3.3% rising
87 Albania 12.5 2100 up 1.6% rising
87 Russia 12.5 2100 up 0.8% rising
87 El Salvador 12.5 2100 up 5.0% rising
87 Turkey 12.5 2100 up 4.2% rising
87 Venezuela 12.5 2100 up 2.5% rising
87 Samoa 12.5 2100 up 4.2% rising
93 Bhutan 12.4 2100 up 6.0% volatile
93 Comoros 12.4 2100 up 6.0% volatile
93 Equatorial Guinea 12.4 2100 up 3.3% rising
93 Philippines 12.4 2100 up 1.6% rising
93 Paraguay 12.4 2100 up 4.2% rising
93 Qatar 12.4 2100 up 4.2% rising
93 Suriname 12.4 2100 up 2.5% rising
93 Ukraine 12.4 2100 up 0.8% rising
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12.4 2100 up 2.5% rising
103 Morocco 12.1 2100 up 7.1% volatile
103 Trinidad and Tobago 12.1 2100 up 2.5% rising
105 Cameroon 12 2100 up 6.2% rising
105 Kyrgyzstan 12 2100 up 0.8% rising
105 Moldova 12 2100 up 0.8% rising
105 Tajikistan 12 2100 up 1.7% rising
109 Azerbaijan 11.9 2100 unchanged rising
109 Congo 11.9 2100 up 5.3% rising
109 Jamaica 11.9 2100 up 2.6% rising
109 Nepal 11.9 2100 up 5.3% volatile
113 India 11.8 2100 up 6.3% rising
113 Mongolia 11.8 2100 up 1.7% rising
113 Uruguay 11.8 2100 up 3.5% rising
116 Bahamas 11.7 2100 up 2.6% rising
116 Cote d'Ivoire 11.7 2100 up 8.3% volatile
116 Costa Rica 11.7 2100 up 3.5% rising
116 Guyana 11.7 2100 up 1.7% rising
116 Lesotho 11.7 2100 up 4.5% rising
121 Brazil 11.6 2100 up 4.5% rising
121 China 11.6 2100 up 4.5% rising
123 Zambia 11.5 2100 up 3.6% rising
124 Armenia 11.4 2100 up 0.9% rising
124 Democratic Republic of Congo 11.4 2100 up 4.6% rising
124 Ghana 11.4 2100 up 5.6% rising
124 Maldives 11.4 2100 up 4.6% rising
128 Myanmar 11.3 2100 up 3.7% rising
128 Mauritius 11.3 2100 up 5.6% rising
128 Syria 11.3 2100 up 6.6% rising
131 Vanuatu 11.2 2100 up 5.7% rising
132 Gambia 11.1 2100 up 6.7% rising
133 Gabon 11 2100 up 4.8% rising
133 Nicaragua 11 2100 up 5.8% rising
133 Turkmenistan 11 2100 up 0.9% flat
133 Vietnam 11 2100 up 4.8% rising
137 Belize 10.8 2100 up 6.9% rising
137 Malawi 10.8 2100 up 5.9% rising
137 Uganda 10.8 2100 up 6.9% rising
140 Pakistan 10.7 2100 up 9.2% rising
140 Sudan 10.7 2100 up 10.3% volatile
143 Bangladesh 10.5 2100 up 7.1% rising
144 Somalia 10.4 2100 up 8.3% rising
145 Honduras 10.3 2100 up 5.1% rising
146 Tanzania 10.2 2100 up 4.1% rising
147 Guinea 10.1 2100 up 12.2% volatile
148 Guatemala 10 2100 up 7.5% rising
149 Cape Verde 9.8 2100 up 5.4% rising
149 Cambodia 9.8 2100 up 6.5% rising
149 Senegal 9.8 2100 up 10.1% rising
152 Ethiopia 9.7 2100 up 10.2% volatile
152 Laos 9.7 2100 up 5.4% rising
154 Guinea-Bissau 9.6 2100 up 7.9% volatile
155 Rwanda 9.5 2100 up 8.0% rising
155 Sierra Leone 9.5 2100 up 11.8% rising
157 Burundi 9.3 2100 up 9.4% volatile
157 Benin 9.3 2100 up 10.7% volatile
159 Mozambique 8.9 2100 up 12.7% volatile
159 Sao Tome and Principe 8.9 2100 up 4.7% rising
161 Burkina Faso 8.6 2100 up 16.2% volatile
162 Liberia 8.1 2100 up 15.7% volatile
163 Chad 8 2100 up 17.6% volatile
164 Mali 7.7 2100 up 16.7% volatile
165 Niger 7.6 2100 up 20.6% volatile
166 Madagascar 7.2 2100 up 10.8% 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 60+. 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/