Average years of schooling males vs females by country
Countries reporting
191
Highest
14.55
Germany
Lowest
1.84
Niger
Median
9.73
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
5,997
What the numbers show
Average years of schooling males vs females is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 14.55 in Germany; the lowest is 1.84 in Niger.
The median across all reporting countries is 9.73, and the mean is 9.51.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.
Over the past decade 170 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Bhutan (up 89.6%), and the largest decrease in Pakistan (down 27.6%).
Average years of schooling males vs females: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 14.55 | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 2 | Switzerland | 14.29 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 3 | Iceland | 13.83 | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 4 | United States | 13.82 | 2023 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 5 | Canada | 13.79 | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 6 | Lithuania | 13.49 | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 7 | Israel | 13.48 | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 8 | United Kingdom | 13.43 | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 9 | Montenegro | 13.34 | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 10 | South Korea | 13.33 | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 11 | Estonia | 13.33 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 12 | Palau | 13.26 | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 13 | United Arab Emirates | 13.11 | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 14 | Czechia | 13.1 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 15 | Slovakia | 13.1 | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 16 | Latvia | 13.06 | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 17 | Japan | 13.03 | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 18 | Poland | 13 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 19 | Norway | 12.96 | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 20 | Netherlands | 12.89 | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 21 | New Zealand | 12.88 | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 22 | Slovenia | 12.87 | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 23 | Denmark | 12.82 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 24 | Hong Kong | 12.79 | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 25 | Australia | 12.78 | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 26 | Finland | 12.78 | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 27 | Bahamas | 12.76 | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 28 | Belgium | 12.67 | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 29 | Georgia | 12.63 | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 30 | Liechtenstein | 12.61 | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 31 | Austria | 12.6 | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 32 | Malta | 12.59 | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 33 | Cyprus | 12.56 | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 34 | Sweden | 12.55 | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 35 | Kazakhstan | 12.53 | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 36 | Hungary | 12.49 | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 37 | Luxembourg | 12.39 | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 38 | Singapore | 12.33 | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 39 | Croatia | 12.33 | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 40 | Russia | 12.32 | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 41 | Belarus | 12.29 | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 42 | Kyrgyzstan | 12.17 | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 12.08 | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 44 | Saudi Arabia | 11.97 | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 45 | Serbia | 11.95 | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 46 | France | 11.92 | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 47 | Greece | 11.91 | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 48 | Marshall Islands | 11.83 | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 49 | Romania | 11.82 | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 50 | Moldova | 11.74 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 51 | South Africa | 11.72 | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 52 | Andorra | 11.7 | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 53 | Oman | 11.69 | 2023 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 54 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11.66 | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 55 | Tajikistan | 11.62 | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 56 | Turkmenistan | 11.55 | 2023 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 57 | Ireland | 11.51 | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 58 | Seychelles | 11.39 | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 59 | Chile | 11.39 | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 60 | San Marino | 11.38 | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 61 | Bulgaria | 11.35 | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 62 | Armenia | 11.33 | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 63 | Malaysia | 11.21 | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 64 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11.19 | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 65 | Azerbaijan | 11.16 | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 66 | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.08 | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 67 | Italy | 10.97 | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 68 | Tuvalu | 10.92 | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 69 | Samoa | 10.89 | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 70 | Argentina | 10.89 | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 71 | Jordan | 10.87 | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 72 | Iran | 10.84 | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 73 | Sri Lanka | 10.84 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 74 | Tonga | 10.83 | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 75 | Spain | 10.82 | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 76 | North Macedonia | 10.81 | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 77 | Bolivia | 10.74 | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 78 | Ukraine | 10.74 | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 79 | Peru | 10.73 | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 80 | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.64 | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 81 | Bahrain | 10.63 | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 82 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10.58 | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 83 | Panama | 10.54 | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 84 | Cuba | 10.53 | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 85 | Botswana | 10.52 | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 86 | Albania | 10.5 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 87 | Fiji | 10.31 | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 88 | Uruguay | 10.25 | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 89 | Qatar | 10.24 | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 90 | Dominica | 10.23 | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 91 | Nauru | 10.23 | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 92 | Mauritius | 10.13 | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 93 | Palestine | 10.03 | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 94 | Nicaragua | 9.96 | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 95 | Philippines | 9.78 | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 96 | Egypt | 9.73 | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 97 | Zimbabwe | 9.72 | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 98 | Turkey | 9.72 | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 99 | Venezuela | 9.67 | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 100 | Portugal | 9.66 | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 101 | Jamaica | 9.63 | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 102 | Grenada | 9.55 | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 103 | Mexico | 9.47 | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 104 | Vietnam | 9.47 | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 105 | Congo | 9.45 | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 106 | Kenya | 9.35 | 2023 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 107 | Brunei | 9.29 | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 108 | Thailand | 9.23 | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 109 | Lebanon | 9.13 | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 110 | Barbados | 9.11 | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 111 | Ecuador | 9.03 | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 112 | Indonesia | 9.02 | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 113 | Dominican Republic | 8.99 | 2023 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 114 | Kiribati | 8.97 | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 115 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 8.96 | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 116 | Eswatini | 8.94 | 2023 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 117 | Paraguay | 8.94 | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 118 | Colombia | 8.86 | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 119 | Gabon | 8.86 | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 120 | Mongolia | 8.85 | 2023 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 121 | Belize | 8.77 | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 122 | Costa Rica | 8.74 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 123 | Nigeria | 8.7 | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 124 | Guyana | 8.62 | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 125 | Zambia | 8.42 | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 126 | Saint Lucia | 8.36 | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 127 | Ghana | 8.33 | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 128 | China | 8.27 | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 129 | Tunisia | 8.23 | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 130 | Suriname | 8.21 | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 131 | Brazil | 8.18 | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 132 | Honduras | 8.09 | 2023 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 133 | Iraq | 8.04 | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 134 | India | 7.96 | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 135 | Algeria | 7.89 | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 136 | Uganda | 7.86 | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 137 | Liberia | 7.85 | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 138 | Micronesia (country) | 7.78 | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 139 | El Salvador | 7.64 | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 140 | Cameroon | 7.58 | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 141 | Vanuatu | 7.5 | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 142 | Yemen | 7.45 | 2023 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Togo | 7.38 | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 144 | Maldives | 7.36 | 2023 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 145 | Bangladesh | 7.35 | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 146 | Angola | 7.26 | 2023 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 147 | Libya | 7.18 | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 148 | Kuwait | 7.14 | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 149 | Morocco | 7.1 | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 150 | Namibia | 7 | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 151 | Laos | 6.98 | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 152 | Lesotho | 6.98 | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 153 | Comoros | 6.93 | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 154 | Solomon Islands | 6.84 | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 155 | East Timor | 6.79 | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 156 | Sao Tome and Principe | 6.77 | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 157 | Tanzania | 6.74 | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 158 | Myanmar | 6.73 | 2023 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 159 | Syria | 6.71 | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 160 | Guatemala | 6.47 | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 161 | Malawi | 6.4 | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 162 | Bhutan | 6.33 | 2023 | up 89.6% | rising |
| 163 | Cape Verde | 6.33 | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 164 | Cambodia | 6.2 | 2023 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 165 | South Sudan | 6.19 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 166 | Haiti | 6.14 | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 167 | Mauritania | 5.85 | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 168 | Nepal | 5.8 | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 169 | Gambia | 5.75 | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 170 | Eritrea | 5.71 | 2023 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 171 | Mozambique | 5.67 | 2023 | up 63.5% | rising |
| 172 | Papua New Guinea | 5.66 | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 173 | Cote d'Ivoire | 5.63 | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 174 | Central African Republic | 5.44 | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 175 | Rwanda | 5.32 | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 176 | Djibouti | 5.09 | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 177 | Guinea-Bissau | 5.06 | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 178 | Madagascar | 4.94 | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 179 | Sierra Leone | 4.82 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 180 | Benin | 4.59 | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 181 | Pakistan | 4.57 | 2023 | down 27.6% | rising |
| 182 | Burundi | 4.3 | 2023 | up 65.5% | rising |
| 183 | Sudan | 4.29 | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 184 | Afghanistan | 3.91 | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 185 | Senegal | 3.82 | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 186 | Guinea | 3.6 | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 187 | Chad | 3.55 | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 188 | Ethiopia | 3.17 | 2023 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 189 | Burkina Faso | 3.1 | 2023 | up 80.4% | rising |
| 190 | Mali | 2.16 | 2023 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 191 | Niger | 1.84 | 2023 | down 16.4% | rising |