How long do people go to school?
Years of schooling, 193 countries & territories. Average number of years of education received by people aged 25 and older (UNDP Human Development Report).
lowest≥ 5.3 years≥ 7.3 years≥ 9 years≥ 10.4 years≥ 11.5 years≥ 12.7 years no data
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report – with minor… via Our World in Data· 2023
Dots sit on a scale from the lowest (1.4 years) to the highest value (14.3 years).
The ranking
- 1
Germany 14.3 years 2023
- 2
Switzerland 13.9 years 2023
- 3
United States 13.9 years 2023
- 4
Iceland 13.9 years 2023
- 5
Canada 13.9 years 2023
- 6
Lithuania 13.6 years 2023
- 7
Estonia 13.6 years 2023
- 8
Israel 13.5 years 2023
- 9
United Kingdom 13.5 years 2023
- 10
Latvia 13.4 years 2023
- 11
Palau 13.3 years 2023
- 12
Poland 13.2 years 2023
- 13
Norway 13.1 years 2023
- 14
Slovakia 13.1 years 2023
- 15
Denmark 13 years 2023
- 16
United Arab Emirates 13 years 2023
- 17
Finland 13 years 2023
- 18
Czechia 13 years 2023
- 19
Slovenia 13 years 2023
- 20
New Zealand 12.9 years 2023
- 21
Australia 12.9 years 2023
- 22
Bahamas 12.8 years 2023
- 23
Montenegro 12.8 years 2023
- 24
Sweden 12.7 years 2023
- 25
South Korea 12.7 years 2023
- 26
Georgia 12.7 years 2023
- 27
Belgium 12.7 years 2023
- 28
Japan 12.7 years 2023
- 29
Netherlands 12.7 years 2023
- 30
Luxembourg 12.6 years 2023
- 31
Cyprus 12.6 years 2023
- 32
Kazakhstan 12.5 years 2023
- 33
Malta 12.4 years 2023
- 34
Liechtenstein 12.4 years 2023
- 35
Russia 12.4 years 2023
- 36
Austria 12.4 years 2023
- 37
Hong Kong (China) 12.4 years 2023
- 38
Belarus 12.3 years 2023
- 39
Hungary 12.3 years 2023
- 40
Croatia 12.1 years 2023
- 41
Kyrgyzstan 12.1 years 2023
- 42
Singapore 12 years 2023
- 43
Uzbekistan 11.9 years 2023
- 44
Oman 11.9 years 2023
- 45
Moldova 11.8 years 2023
- 46
France 11.8 years 2023
- 47
Ireland 11.7 years 2023
- 48
Antigua and Barbuda 11.6 years 2023
- 49
Serbia 11.6 years 2023
- 50
Marshall Islands 11.6 years 2023