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Expected years of schooling males vs females by country

Countries reporting
194
Highest
21.06
Monaco
Lowest
6.57
Djibouti
Median
13.15
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,008

What the numbers show

Expected years of schooling males vs females is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 21.06 in Monaco; the lowest is 6.57 in Djibouti.

The median across all reporting countries is 13.15, and the mean is 13.39.

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

Over the past decade 122 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 49.3%), and the largest decrease in Benin (down 18.0%).

Expected years of schooling males vs females: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Monaco 21.06 2023 up 6.0% rising
2 Greece 20.68 2023 up 17.9% rising
3 Türkiye 19.92 2023 up 16.2% rising
4 Australia 19.84 2023 down 12.2% rising
5 New Zealand 18.86 2023 up 3.1% rising
6 Ireland 18.8 2023 up 3.5% rising
7 Finland 18.4 2023 down 0.7% rising
8 Netherlands 18.23 2023 up 1.5% rising
9 Denmark 18.1 2023 down 2.3% rising
10 Belgium 17.96 2023 down 2.2% rising
11 Norway 17.92 2023 up 5.4% rising
12 Iceland 17.63 2023 down 5.2% rising
13 Sweden 17.39 2023 up 3.2% rising
14 Germany 17.27 2023 up 0.1% rising
15 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 17.21 2023 up 0.2% rising
16 Spain 17.19 2023 up 2.2% rising
17 Portugal 17.11 2023 up 5.3% rising
18 Saint Kitts and Nevis 17.05 2023 down 3.3% rising
19 Argentina 16.99 2023 up 6.2% rising
20 Republic of Korea 16.92 2023 down 2.6% rising
21 Hong Kong, China 16.88 2023 up 4.1% rising
22 Slovenia 16.66 2023 down 1.8% rising
23 Chile 16.65 2023 up 4.3% rising
24 Singapore 16.64 2023 down 2.6% flat
25 Tonga 16.57 2023 up 10.5% rising
26 Switzerland 16.55 2023 up 2.9% rising
27 Georgia 16.47 2023 up 11.3% rising
28 Liechtenstein 16.43 2023 up 1.0% rising
29 Saudi Arabia 16.38 2023 up 27.5% rising
30 Seychelles 16.25 2023 up 14.0% rising
31 Italy 16.2 2023 up 4.1% rising
32 Czechia 16.17 2023 up 0.2% rising
33 Uruguay 16.12 2023 up 7.1% rising
34 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 16.09 2023 up 12.6% rising
35 Grenada 16.02 2023 down 3.9% flat
36 Lithuania 15.9 2023 down 2.2% rising
37 Poland 15.84 2023 up 0.7% rising
38 Marshall Islands 15.8 2023 up 16.8% rising
39 Costa Rica 15.8 2023 up 13.7% rising
40 Austria 15.79 2023 up 0.4% rising
41 Eswatini 15.76 2023 up 16.7% rising
42 Latvia 15.75 2023 up 1.7% rising
43 France 15.63 2023 up 3.4% rising
44 Japan 15.55 2023 up 0.2% rising
45 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 15.51 2023 down 3.4% rising
46 Cyprus 15.48 2023 up 11.4% rising
47 Croatia 15.45 2023 up 4.4% rising
48 Viet Nam 15.39 2023 up 15.1% rising
49 Bahrain 15.36 2023 up 11.0% rising
50 Canada 15.35 2023 up 0.0% falling
51 Malta 15.28 2023 up 1.5% rising
52 United Arab Emirates 15.27 2023 up 47.9% rising
53 Thailand 15.22 2023 up 17.8% rising
54 Estonia 15.14 2023 down 3.3% rising
55 Hungary 15.12 2023 down 2.0% rising
56 Brazil 15.11 2023 up 1.9% rising
57 China 15.07 2023 up 13.2% rising
58 Morocco 15.05 2023 up 20.9% rising
59 United States of America 15.05 2023 down 4.8% flat
60 Bulgaria 14.95 2023 up 0.5% rising
61 Montenegro 14.88 2023 down 1.4% rising
62 Algeria 14.84 2023 up 4.1% rising
63 Barbados 14.81 2023 up 2.0% rising
64 Peru 14.8 2023 up 3.7% rising
65 Togo 14.54 2023 up 13.8% rising
66 Israel 14.42 2023 down 1.7% rising
67 San Marino 14.4 2023 down 1.5% flat
68 Slovakia 14.4 2023 down 0.8% rising
69 Serbia 14.38 2023 up 2.6% rising
70 Ecuador 14.36 2023 up 1.0% flat
71 Andorra 14.35 2023 up 25.7% rising
72 Antigua and Barbuda 14.31 2023 down 2.1% falling
73 Albania 14.31 2023 down 6.1% rising
74 Republic of Moldova 14.31 2023 up 4.6% rising
75 North Macedonia 14.3 2023 up 7.0% rising
76 Luxembourg 14.22 2023 up 2.3% rising
77 Colombia 14.04 2023 down 2.5% rising
78 Nepal 13.97 2023 up 11.5% rising
79 Kuwait 13.93 2023 up 9.3% rising
80 Armenia 13.92 2023 up 10.0% rising
81 Mexico 13.92 2023 up 0.6% rising
82 Trinidad and Tobago 13.87 2023 up 6.8% rising
83 Kazakhstan 13.86 2023 down 3.1% rising
84 Iran, Islamic Republic of 13.85 2023 down 10.5% rising
85 Tunisia 13.76 2023 up 0.5% rising
86 Belarus 13.67 2023 down 9.9% rising
87 Mauritius 13.6 2023 down 3.9% rising
88 Paraguay 13.57 2023 up 5.6% rising
89 Romania 13.51 2023 down 5.5% rising
90 Afghanistan 13.36 2023 up 8.4% rising
91 Fiji 13.35 2023 up 4.2% rising
92 Dominica 13.3 2023 unchanged falling
93 Brunei Darussalam 13.25 2023 down 7.6% rising
94 Egypt 13.24 2023 up 10.4% rising
95 Turkmenistan 13.23 2023 up 20.0% rising
96 South Africa 13.2 2023 down 2.7% rising
97 Cuba 13.16 2023 down 1.8% rising
98 Russian Federation 13.15 2023 down 8.7% flat
99 Palau 13.13 2023 down 5.2% rising
100 Ukraine 13.13 2023 down 10.6% rising
101 Mongolia 13.07 2023 down 6.6% rising
102 Indonesia 13.06 2023 down 1.9% rising
103 Timor-Leste 13.04 2023 down 1.7% flat
104 Oman 12.98 2023 down 5.0% rising
105 India 12.95 2023 up 11.3% rising
106 Comoros 12.92 2023 up 10.9% rising
107 Equatorial Guinea 12.91 2023 up 20.5% rising
108 Angola 12.91 2023 up 2.3% rising
109 Azerbaijan 12.89 2023 up 4.7% rising
110 Iraq 12.87 2023 up 6.1% rising
111 Libya 12.82 2023 down 8.7% falling
112 Guyana 12.74 2023 up 7.0% rising
113 Jordan 12.7 2023 up 1.4% rising
114 Panama 12.68 2023 down 0.0% rising
115 Sao Tome and Principe 12.65 2023 up 12.9% rising
116 Rwanda 12.64 2023 up 32.3% rising
117 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.63 2023 down 5.3% rising
118 Bhutan 12.63 2023 up 5.1% rising
119 Sri Lanka 12.63 2023 down 3.2% rising
120 Dominican Republic 12.59 2023 down 4.8% rising
121 Kyrgyzstan 12.58 2023 up 1.1% rising
122 Naoero 12.56 2023 up 7.1% rising
123 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 12.45 2023 up 4.2% falling
124 Uzbekistan 12.4 2023 up 5.5% rising
125 Qatar 12.32 2023 up 3.0% rising
126 Gabon 12.29 2023 up 0.5% flat
127 Malaysia 12.18 2023 down 2.8% rising
128 Palestine, State of 12.16 2023 down 3.2% rising
129 Tuvalu 12.12 2023 up 1.9% rising
130 Philippines 12.11 2023 up 1.1% rising
131 Papua New Guinea 12.1 2023 up 30.7% rising
132 Congo 12.08 2023 up 12.1% rising
133 Saint Lucia 12.05 2023 down 1.0% rising
134 Uganda 11.97 2023 up 5.4% rising
135 Samoa 11.93 2023 up 1.8% rising
136 Bangladesh 11.89 2023 up 15.7% rising
137 Namibia 11.79 2023 up 1.8% falling
138 Vanuatu 11.74 2023 up 3.0% rising
139 Côte d'Ivoire 11.74 2023 up 29.3% rising
140 Guinea-Bissau 11.68 2023 up 6.0% rising
141 Belize 11.65 2023 down 7.2% rising
142 Maldives 11.63 2023 up 1.6% falling
143 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 11.63 2023 down 6.5% rising
144 Solomon Islands 11.62 2023 up 0.9% flat
145 Bahamas 11.62 2023 up 1.7% rising
146 Micronesia, Federated States of 11.6 2023 up 1.2% flat
147 Ghana 11.52 2023 down 0.1% rising
148 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 11.5 2023 up 12.8% rising
149 Kenya 11.46 2023 up 4.5% rising
150 Lebanon 11.41 2023 down 1.7% rising
151 Guinea 11.39 2023 up 11.7% rising
152 Zimbabwe 11.39 2023 up 1.2% rising
153 Cameroon 11.36 2023 down 9.3% rising
154 Nicaragua 11.33 2023 up 3.5% rising
155 Kiribati 11.33 2023 up 8.4% rising
156 Jamaica 11.27 2023 down 7.4% rising
157 Mozambique 11.22 2023 up 2.0% rising
158 Tajikistan 11.21 2023 down 4.4% flat
159 Cape Verde 11.15 2023 down 9.4% flat
160 Benin 11.12 2023 down 18.0% rising
161 Botswana 11.08 2023 down 3.6% flat
162 Myanmar 11.06 2023 up 13.7% rising
163 Haiti 10.99 2023 down 0.7% rising
164 Cambodia 10.94 2023 down 4.6% flat
165 Zambia 10.91 2023 down 4.9% rising
166 Nigeria 10.84 2023 up 14.9% rising
167 Liberia 10.81 2023 up 1.7% falling
168 El Salvador 10.74 2023 down 13.6% flat
169 Lesotho 10.68 2023 down 3.3% rising
170 Suriname 10.59 2023 up 0.7% flat
171 Guatemala 10.52 2023 down 5.1% rising
172 Sierra Leone 10.32 2023 up 4.3% rising
173 Malawi 9.78 2023 down 9.6% rising
174 Lao People's Democratic Republic 9.73 2023 down 13.5% rising
175 Ethiopia 9.7 2023 up 10.5% rising
176 Honduras 9.7 2023 up 5.3% rising
177 Chad 9.65 2023 up 4.1% rising
178 Burundi 9.55 2023 down 15.1% rising
179 Niger 9.08 2023 up 49.3% rising
180 Madagascar 8.93 2023 down 12.5% rising
181 Sudan 8.83 2023 up 8.4% rising
182 Burkina Faso 8.72 2023 up 9.9% rising
183 Central African Republic 8.6 2023 up 16.1% rising
184 Pakistan 8.57 2023 up 25.9% rising
185 Tanzania, United Republic of 8.45 2023 down 5.3% rising
186 Senegal 8.38 2023 down 6.2% rising
187 Gambia 8.14 2023 up 4.6% rising
188 Yemen 8.08 2023 down 11.6% falling
189 Mauritania 7.78 2023 down 12.2% rising
190 Eritrea 7.75 2023 down 7.6% flat
191 Mali 7.75 2023 up 5.7% rising
192 Syrian Arab Republic 7.67 2023 down 9.6% falling
193 South Sudan 6.74 2023 up 1.6% flat
194 Djibouti 6.57 2023 up 15.3% rising

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Indicator
Expected years of schooling males vs females
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 6,008 data points, 1990–2023
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