India vs Namibia: Average years of schooling among adults

India

6.88 years

in 2023

Namibia

7.27 years

in 2023

India rank

143rd

Namibia rank

140th

Average years of schooling among adults over time

Namibia currently reports 7.27 years against 6.88 years in India, a difference of 0.3932 years.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.1 times India's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, Namibia has been ahead every year.

India ranks 143rd and Namibia ranks 140th of 192 countries.

Indicator: Average years of schooling among adults
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.