Estonia vs Iceland: Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling

Estonia

13.56 years

in 2023

Iceland

13.91 years

in 2023

Estonia rank

7th

Iceland rank

4th

Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling over time

Iceland currently reports 13.91 years against 13.56 years in Estonia, a difference of 0.3467 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Iceland ahead.

Estonia ranks 7th and Iceland ranks 4th of 192 countries.

Indicator: Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling
Unit: years
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 192 places, 6,079 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Average number of years (excluding years spent repeating individual grades) adults over 25 years participated in formal education.