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Wittgenstein Projection: Mean years of schooling. Age 80+. 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
16.1
Ireland
Lowest
6.1
Niger
Median
12.35
Years covered
91
2010–2100
Data points
3,173

What the numbers show

Wittgenstein Projection: Mean years of schooling. Age 80+. Total is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 16.1 in Ireland; the lowest is 6.1 in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 12.35, and the mean is 12.12.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 164 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 27.1%), and the largest decrease in Singapore (down 0.8%).

Wittgenstein Projection: Mean years of schooling. Age 80+. Total: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ireland 16.1 2100 up 1.3% rising
2 Iceland 15.9 2100 up 2.6% rising
3 Hong Kong 15.5 2100 up 2.6% rising
4 South Korea 15.4 2100 up 0.7% rising
5 Australia 15.3 2100 up 2.0% rising
5 Norway 15.3 2100 up 1.3% rising
7 Canada 15.2 2100 up 1.3% rising
7 Germany 15.2 2100 up 1.3% rising
9 Japan 15.1 2100 up 0.7% rising
9 New Zealand 15.1 2100 up 2.0% rising
11 Georgia 14.9 2100 up 0.7% rising
11 Lithuania 14.9 2100 up 0.7% rising
11 Malta 14.9 2100 up 2.8% rising
11 Malaysia 14.9 2100 up 2.8% rising
15 Cyprus 14.8 2100 up 1.4% rising
16 Belgium 14.7 2100 up 1.4% rising
16 Switzerland 14.7 2100 up 2.1% rising
16 Saudi Arabia 14.7 2100 up 2.8% volatile
19 Puerto Rico 14.6 2100 up 2.1% rising
20 France 14.5 2100 up 2.8% rising
20 Luxembourg 14.5 2100 up 2.8% rising
20 Slovenia 14.5 2100 up 1.4% rising
20 Sweden 14.5 2100 up 1.4% rising
24 Tunisia 14.4 2100 up 5.1% volatile
25 Latvia 14.3 2100 up 1.4% rising
26 Estonia 14.2 2100 up 0.7% rising
26 Finland 14.2 2100 unchanged flat
26 Jordan 14.2 2100 up 2.9% rising
26 Macao 14.2 2100 up 3.6% rising
30 Austria 14.1 2100 up 1.4% rising
30 Czechia 14.1 2100 up 0.7% rising
30 United Kingdom 14.1 2100 up 3.7% rising
30 Greece 14.1 2100 up 2.2% rising
30 Slovakia 14.1 2100 up 1.4% rising
30 United States 14.1 2100 up 1.4% rising
36 New Caledonia 14 2100 up 2.2% rising
37 Spain 13.9 2100 up 3.0% rising
37 Italy 13.9 2100 up 3.0% rising
37 Palestine 13.9 2100 up 4.5% volatile
40 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.8 2100 up 2.2% rising
40 Denmark 13.8 2100 up 1.5% rising
40 Lebanon 13.8 2100 up 3.8% rising
40 Netherlands 13.8 2100 up 2.2% rising
44 Poland 13.7 2100 up 1.5% rising
45 Bulgaria 13.6 2100 up 1.5% rising
45 North Macedonia 13.6 2100 up 2.3% rising
45 Zimbabwe 13.6 2100 up 2.3% rising
48 Ecuador 13.4 2100 up 5.5% rising
48 French Polynesia 13.4 2100 up 2.3% rising
50 Egypt 13.3 2100 up 4.7% rising
50 Iraq 13.3 2100 up 4.7% rising
52 Bahrain 13.2 2100 up 2.3% rising
52 Chile 13.2 2100 up 3.1% rising
52 Panama 13.2 2100 up 3.9% rising
52 Thailand 13.2 2100 up 4.8% rising
56 Algeria 13.1 2100 up 4.0% volatile
56 Croatia 13.1 2100 up 0.8% rising
56 Hungary 13.1 2100 up 0.8% rising
56 Montenegro 13.1 2100 up 1.6% rising
60 Iran 13 2100 up 6.6% volatile
60 Kazakhstan 13 2100 up 1.6% rising
60 Nigeria 13 2100 up 6.6% volatile
60 Serbia 13 2100 up 1.6% rising
60 Eswatini 13 2100 up 4.0% rising
65 Cuba 12.9 2100 up 2.4% rising
65 Romania 12.9 2100 up 1.6% rising
65 Singapore 12.9 2100 down 0.8% rising
68 Argentina 12.8 2100 up 3.2% rising
68 Israel 12.8 2100 up 1.6% rising
70 Dominican Republic 12.7 2100 up 4.1% rising
70 Saint Lucia 12.7 2100 up 3.3% rising
70 Peru 12.7 2100 up 2.4% rising
70 Portugal 12.7 2100 up 4.1% rising
74 Aruba 12.6 2100 up 4.1% rising
74 Bolivia 12.6 2100 up 4.1% rising
76 United Arab Emirates 12.5 2100 up 3.3% rising
76 Belarus 12.5 2100 up 0.8% rising
78 Indonesia 12.4 2100 up 4.2% rising
78 Kuwait 12.4 2100 up 3.3% rising
78 Mexico 12.4 2100 up 4.2% rising
78 Russia 12.4 2100 up 0.8% rising
78 East Timor 12.4 2100 up 5.1% volatile
78 Tonga 12.4 2100 up 2.5% rising
84 Albania 12.3 2100 up 2.5% rising
84 Kenya 12.3 2100 up 4.2% rising
84 Ukraine 12.3 2100 up 0.8% rising
87 Colombia 12.2 2100 up 4.3% rising
87 Haiti 12.2 2100 up 8.0% volatile
87 Namibia 12.2 2100 up 4.3% rising
87 Philippines 12.2 2100 up 3.4% rising
87 Venezuela 12.2 2100 up 3.4% rising
92 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12.1 2100 up 2.5% rising
93 Qatar 12 2100 up 5.3% rising
93 Suriname 12 2100 up 3.4% rising
93 Turkey 12 2100 up 6.2% rising
93 Samoa 12 2100 up 4.3% rising
97 Azerbaijan 11.9 2100 up 0.8% rising
97 Equatorial Guinea 11.9 2100 up 4.4% rising
97 Kyrgyzstan 11.9 2100 up 0.8% rising
97 Moldova 11.9 2100 up 1.7% rising
97 Paraguay 11.9 2100 up 5.3% rising
97 El Salvador 11.9 2100 up 7.2% rising
103 Tajikistan 11.8 2100 up 1.7% rising
103 Trinidad and Tobago 11.8 2100 up 1.7% rising
103 South Africa 11.8 2100 up 2.6% rising
106 Bhutan 11.7 2100 up 9.3% volatile
107 Comoros 11.6 2100 up 6.4% volatile
107 Jamaica 11.6 2100 up 2.7% rising
107 Mongolia 11.6 2100 up 0.9% rising
110 Guyana 11.5 2100 up 1.8% rising
110 Uruguay 11.5 2100 up 4.5% rising
112 Bahamas 11.4 2100 up 2.7% rising
113 Armenia 11.3 2100 up 0.9% rising
113 Costa Rica 11.3 2100 up 4.6% rising
113 Morocco 11.3 2100 up 8.7% volatile
113 Nepal 11.3 2100 up 9.7% volatile
117 China 11.2 2100 up 5.7% rising
117 Cameroon 11.2 2100 up 6.7% volatile
117 Congo 11.2 2100 up 5.7% rising
120 Brazil 11.1 2100 up 4.7% rising
120 India 11.1 2100 up 7.8% rising
120 Lesotho 11.1 2100 up 5.7% rising
123 Myanmar 11 2100 up 4.8% rising
123 Zambia 11 2100 up 4.8% rising
125 Maldives 10.9 2100 up 4.8% volatile
126 Democratic Republic of Congo 10.8 2100 up 6.9% rising
126 Turkmenistan 10.8 2100 up 0.9% rising
128 Cote d'Ivoire 10.7 2100 up 12.6% volatile
128 Ghana 10.7 2100 up 7.0% rising
130 Mauritius 10.6 2100 up 6.0% rising
130 Syria 10.6 2100 up 9.3% rising
130 Vietnam 10.6 2100 up 5.0% rising
130 Vanuatu 10.6 2100 up 6.0% rising
134 Gabon 10.4 2100 up 5.1% rising
134 Nicaragua 10.4 2100 up 7.2% rising
136 Gambia 10.3 2100 up 8.4% volatile
137 Belize 10.2 2100 up 7.4% rising
138 Malawi 10 2100 up 7.5% rising
139 Bangladesh 9.9 2100 up 8.8% rising
139 Uganda 9.9 2100 up 8.8% rising
141 Honduras 9.8 2100 up 6.5% rising
141 Pakistan 9.8 2100 up 12.6% volatile
143 Central African Republic 9.7 2100 up 10.2% volatile
143 Sudan 9.7 2100 up 14.1% volatile
143 Tanzania 9.7 2100 up 4.3% rising
146 Cape Verde 9.4 2100 up 5.6% rising
146 Somalia 9.4 2100 up 11.9% volatile
148 Guatemala 9.3 2100 up 9.4% rising
148 Laos 9.3 2100 up 5.7% rising
150 Cambodia 9.2 2100 up 8.2% rising
151 Guinea 8.9 2100 up 15.6% volatile
152 Guinea-Bissau 8.8 2100 up 12.8% volatile
152 Senegal 8.8 2100 up 12.8% volatile
154 Ethiopia 8.7 2100 up 14.5% volatile
155 Rwanda 8.6 2100 up 10.3% volatile
156 Sierra Leone 8.5 2100 up 14.9% rising
156 Sao Tome and Principe 8.5 2100 up 6.2% volatile
158 Burundi 8.4 2100 up 12.0% volatile
159 Benin 8.2 2100 up 12.3% volatile
160 Mozambique 7.6 2100 up 18.8% volatile
161 Burkina Faso 7.3 2100 up 21.7% volatile
162 Liberia 6.9 2100 up 21.1% volatile
163 Chad 6.7 2100 up 21.8% volatile
164 Madagascar 6.5 2100 up 10.2% rising
165 Mali 6.4 2100 up 23.1% volatile
166 Niger 6.1 2100 up 27.1% volatile

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 80+. 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/