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Wittgenstein Projection: Mean years of schooling. Age 65+. 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
16.2
Ireland
Lowest
7
Madagascar
Median
12.6
Years covered
91
2010–2100
Data points
3,173

What the numbers show

Wittgenstein Projection: Mean years of schooling. Age 65+. Total is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 16.2 in Ireland; the lowest is 7 in Madagascar.

The median across all reporting countries is 12.6, and the mean is 12.45.

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

Wittgenstein Projection: Mean years of schooling. Age 65+. 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 15.7 2100 up 1.9% rising
4 Norway 15.5 2100 up 1.3% rising
5 Australia 15.4 2100 up 1.3% rising
5 South Korea 15.4 2100 unchanged rising
7 Germany 15.3 2100 up 0.7% rising
7 New Zealand 15.3 2100 up 2.0% rising
9 Canada 15.2 2100 up 0.7% rising
9 Japan 15.2 2100 up 0.7% rising
9 Malaysia 15.2 2100 up 2.0% rising
12 Malta 15.1 2100 up 2.0% rising
13 Georgia 15 2100 up 0.7% rising
14 Switzerland 14.9 2100 up 2.1% rising
14 Cyprus 14.9 2100 up 0.7% rising
14 Lithuania 14.9 2100 up 0.7% rising
14 Saudi Arabia 14.9 2100 up 2.1% rising
18 Belgium 14.8 2100 up 0.7% rising
18 Luxembourg 14.8 2100 up 2.8% rising
18 Tunisia 14.8 2100 up 4.2% rising
21 Puerto Rico 14.7 2100 up 1.4% rising
21 Sweden 14.7 2100 up 1.4% rising
23 France 14.6 2100 up 1.4% rising
23 Slovenia 14.6 2100 up 1.4% rising
25 United Kingdom 14.4 2100 up 2.9% rising
25 Jordan 14.4 2100 up 2.1% rising
25 Latvia 14.4 2100 up 1.4% rising
25 Macao 14.4 2100 up 2.1% rising
29 Austria 14.3 2100 up 1.4% rising
29 Czechia 14.3 2100 up 1.4% rising
29 Estonia 14.3 2100 up 0.7% rising
29 Finland 14.3 2100 up 0.7% flat
29 Greece 14.3 2100 up 2.1% rising
29 New Caledonia 14.3 2100 up 2.1% rising
35 Palestine 14.2 2100 up 2.9% rising
35 Slovakia 14.2 2100 up 1.4% rising
35 United States 14.2 2100 up 0.7% rising
38 Spain 14.1 2100 up 2.2% rising
38 Italy 14.1 2100 up 2.2% rising
38 Lebanon 14.1 2100 up 2.9% rising
41 Denmark 14 2100 up 1.4% rising
41 Netherlands 14 2100 up 2.2% rising
43 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.9 2100 up 1.5% rising
44 Bulgaria 13.8 2100 up 1.5% rising
44 Ecuador 13.8 2100 up 4.5% rising
44 North Macedonia 13.8 2100 up 2.2% rising
44 Poland 13.8 2100 up 1.5% rising
44 Zimbabwe 13.8 2100 up 1.5% rising
49 Iraq 13.7 2100 up 3.8% rising
50 Nigeria 13.6 2100 up 4.6% rising
50 French Polynesia 13.6 2100 up 2.3% rising
52 Egypt 13.5 2100 up 3.1% rising
52 Panama 13.5 2100 up 3.1% rising
52 Thailand 13.5 2100 up 3.8% rising
55 Bahrain 13.4 2100 up 2.3% rising
55 Chile 13.4 2100 up 2.3% rising
55 Algeria 13.4 2100 up 3.1% rising
58 Iran 13.3 2100 up 3.9% rising
58 Eswatini 13.3 2100 up 2.3% rising
60 Croatia 13.2 2100 up 0.8% rising
60 Hungary 13.2 2100 up 0.8% rising
60 Montenegro 13.2 2100 up 1.5% rising
63 Argentina 13.1 2100 up 3.1% rising
63 Dominican Republic 13.1 2100 up 4.0% rising
63 Kazakhstan 13.1 2100 up 1.6% rising
63 Serbia 13.1 2100 up 0.8% rising
67 Bolivia 13 2100 up 3.2% rising
67 Cuba 13 2100 up 1.6% rising
67 Israel 13 2100 up 2.4% rising
67 Saint Lucia 13 2100 up 3.2% rising
67 Peru 13 2100 up 2.4% rising
67 Romania 13 2100 up 1.6% rising
73 Portugal 12.9 2100 up 3.2% rising
73 Singapore 12.9 2100 unchanged rising
75 Aruba 12.8 2100 up 3.2% rising
75 Haiti 12.8 2100 up 5.8% volatile
75 Indonesia 12.8 2100 up 4.1% rising
75 Mexico 12.8 2100 up 4.1% rising
75 East Timor 12.8 2100 up 3.2% volatile
80 United Arab Emirates 12.7 2100 up 2.4% rising
80 Tonga 12.7 2100 up 2.4% rising
82 Belarus 12.6 2100 up 0.8% rising
82 Kenya 12.6 2100 up 2.4% rising
82 Kuwait 12.6 2100 up 2.4% rising
85 Colombia 12.5 2100 up 3.3% rising
85 Namibia 12.5 2100 up 3.3% rising
85 Russia 12.5 2100 up 1.6% rising
85 Venezuela 12.5 2100 up 3.3% rising
89 Albania 12.4 2100 up 1.6% rising
89 Philippines 12.4 2100 up 2.5% rising
89 El Salvador 12.4 2100 up 6.0% rising
89 Turkey 12.4 2100 up 5.1% rising
89 Ukraine 12.4 2100 up 0.8% rising
89 Samoa 12.4 2100 up 4.2% rising
95 Bhutan 12.3 2100 up 7.0% volatile
95 Equatorial Guinea 12.3 2100 up 4.2% rising
95 Paraguay 12.3 2100 up 5.1% rising
95 Qatar 12.3 2100 up 4.2% rising
95 Suriname 12.3 2100 up 2.5% rising
95 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12.3 2100 up 2.5% rising
101 Comoros 12.2 2100 up 6.1% volatile
102 South Africa 12.1 2100 up 2.5% rising
103 Kyrgyzstan 12 2100 up 0.8% rising
103 Moldova 12 2100 up 1.7% rising
103 Trinidad and Tobago 12 2100 up 1.7% rising
106 Azerbaijan 11.9 2100 up 0.8% rising
106 Morocco 11.9 2100 up 7.2% volatile
106 Tajikistan 11.9 2100 up 0.8% rising
109 Cameroon 11.8 2100 up 6.3% rising
109 Jamaica 11.8 2100 up 2.6% rising
109 Nepal 11.8 2100 up 6.3% volatile
112 Congo 11.7 2100 up 4.5% rising
112 India 11.7 2100 up 7.3% rising
112 Mongolia 11.7 2100 up 0.9% rising
112 Uruguay 11.7 2100 up 3.5% rising
116 Bahamas 11.6 2100 up 2.7% rising
116 Costa Rica 11.6 2100 up 4.5% rising
116 Guyana 11.6 2100 up 1.8% rising
116 Lesotho 11.6 2100 up 4.5% rising
120 Brazil 11.5 2100 up 4.5% rising
120 China 11.5 2100 up 4.5% rising
122 Armenia 11.4 2100 up 0.9% rising
122 Cote d'Ivoire 11.4 2100 up 8.6% volatile
124 Democratic Republic of Congo 11.3 2100 up 4.6% rising
124 Ghana 11.3 2100 up 6.6% rising
124 Maldives 11.3 2100 up 4.6% rising
124 Zambia 11.3 2100 up 3.7% rising
128 Myanmar 11.2 2100 up 3.7% rising
128 Syria 11.2 2100 up 8.7% rising
130 Mauritius 11.1 2100 up 5.7% rising
131 Vanuatu 11 2100 up 5.8% rising
132 Gabon 10.9 2100 up 5.8% rising
132 Gambia 10.9 2100 up 6.9% rising
132 Nicaragua 10.9 2100 up 6.9% rising
132 Turkmenistan 10.9 2100 up 0.9% flat
132 Vietnam 10.9 2100 up 4.8% rising
137 Belize 10.6 2100 up 6.0% rising
137 Malawi 10.6 2100 up 6.0% rising
137 Uganda 10.6 2100 up 8.2% rising
140 Pakistan 10.5 2100 up 10.5% rising
141 Bangladesh 10.4 2100 up 8.3% rising
141 Central African Republic 10.4 2100 up 8.3% volatile
141 Sudan 10.4 2100 up 9.5% volatile
144 Honduras 10.2 2100 up 6.2% rising
144 Somalia 10.2 2100 up 9.7% volatile
146 Tanzania 10.1 2100 up 4.1% rising
147 Guinea 9.8 2100 up 12.6% volatile
147 Guatemala 9.8 2100 up 7.7% rising
149 Cape Verde 9.7 2100 up 5.4% rising
150 Cambodia 9.6 2100 up 6.7% rising
150 Laos 9.6 2100 up 5.5% rising
152 Ethiopia 9.5 2100 up 11.8% volatile
152 Guinea-Bissau 9.5 2100 up 9.2% volatile
152 Senegal 9.5 2100 up 10.5% volatile
155 Rwanda 9.3 2100 up 8.1% rising
156 Sierra Leone 9.2 2100 up 10.8% rising
157 Burundi 9.1 2100 up 9.6% volatile
158 Benin 9 2100 up 11.1% volatile
159 Sao Tome and Principe 8.8 2100 up 4.8% rising
160 Mozambique 8.6 2100 up 14.7% volatile
161 Burkina Faso 8.3 2100 up 16.9% volatile
162 Liberia 7.9 2100 up 17.9% volatile
163 Chad 7.6 2100 up 16.9% volatile
164 Mali 7.4 2100 up 19.4% volatile
165 Niger 7.2 2100 up 22.0% volatile
166 Madagascar 7 2100 up 9.4% 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 65+. 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/