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Expected years of schooling vs share in extreme poverty by country

Countries reporting
194
Highest
21.69
Monaco
Lowest
5.63
South Sudan
Median
13.39
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,308

What the numbers show

Expected years of schooling vs share in extreme poverty is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 21.69 in Monaco; the lowest is 5.63 in South Sudan.

The median across all reporting countries is 13.39, and the mean is 13.65.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 131 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 52.0%), and the largest decrease in Benin (down 13.7%).

Expected years of schooling vs share in extreme poverty: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Monaco 21.69 2023 up 6.4% rising
2 Greece 20.85 2023 up 19.7% rising
3 Australia 20.65 2023 down 9.9% rising
4 Türkiye 19.83 2023 up 18.1% rising
5 Finland 19.49 2023 up 0.9% rising
6 New Zealand 19.3 2023 up 0.7% rising
7 Ireland 19.18 2023 up 5.1% rising
8 Belgium 19 2023 down 1.8% rising
9 Sweden 18.99 2023 up 4.4% rising
10 Iceland 18.85 2023 down 4.6% rising
11 Argentina 18.83 2023 up 9.3% rising
12 Norway 18.79 2023 up 6.4% rising
13 Denmark 18.7 2023 down 2.4% rising
14 Netherlands 18.58 2023 up 3.0% rising
15 Saint Kitts and Nevis 18.41 2023 up 5.3% rising
16 Seychelles 18.22 2023 up 26.8% rising
17 Spain 17.83 2023 up 3.9% rising
18 United Kingdom 17.81 2023 up 0.8% rising
19 Tonga 17.79 2023 up 10.1% rising
20 Portugal 17.49 2023 up 6.9% rising
21 Uruguay 17.48 2023 up 10.4% rising
22 Slovenia 17.48 2023 down 1.2% rising
23 Germany 17.31 2023 up 1.3% rising
24 Saudi Arabia 16.95 2023 up 24.6% rising
25 Chile 16.91 2023 up 5.0% rising
26 Hong Kong (China) 16.9 2023 up 4.2% rising
27 Czechia 16.79 2023 down 0.4% rising
28 Georgia 16.75 2023 up 12.9% rising
29 Singapore 16.74 2023 down 2.3% flat
30 Italy 16.71 2023 up 4.6% rising
31 Poland 16.68 2023 up 0.5% rising
32 Switzerland 16.67 2023 up 4.0% rising
33 Barbados 16.63 2023 up 4.8% rising
34 Korea 16.62 2023 down 0.4% rising
35 Grenada 16.58 2023 down 0.3% rising
36 Latvia 16.48 2023 up 2.5% rising
37 Lithuania 16.45 2023 down 2.4% rising
38 Marshall Islands 16.39 2023 up 18.6% rising
39 Costa Rica 16.35 2023 up 14.0% rising
40 Croatia 16.35 2023 up 6.2% rising
41 Austria 16.28 2023 up 1.5% rising
42 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 16.25 2023 up 10.8% rising
43 Cyprus 16.22 2023 up 14.4% rising
44 France 16.1 2023 up 4.1% rising
45 Estonia 15.97 2023 down 3.2% rising
46 Bahrain 15.93 2023 up 8.6% rising
47 United States 15.92 2023 down 3.9% rising
48 Malta 15.91 2023 up 3.3% rising
49 Kuwait 15.9 2023 up 15.7% rising
50 Canada 15.89 2023 up 0.4% falling
51 Brazil 15.79 2023 up 3.6% rising
52 Bolivia 15.61 2023 down 1.3% rising
53 United Arab Emirates 15.6 2023 up 47.1% rising
54 Montenegro 15.54 2023 up 0.4% rising
55 Japan 15.51 2023 up 0.8% rising
56 Antigua and Barbuda 15.5 2023 down 0.5% flat
57 Algeria 15.5 2023 up 5.8% rising
58 China (People’s Republic of) 15.48 2023 up 14.6% rising
59 Hungary 15.47 2023 down 2.3% rising
60 Viet Nam 15.46 2023 up 15.2% rising
61 Liechtenstein 15.41 2023 up 2.8% rising
62 Thailand 15.36 2023 up 14.5% rising
63 Bulgaria 15.32 2023 up 1.7% rising
64 Eswatini 15.25 2023 up 18.4% rising
65 Morocco 15.07 2023 up 26.1% rising
66 Serbia 15.04 2023 up 3.8% rising
67 Slovak Republic 14.95 2023 down 1.1% rising
68 Israel 14.93 2023 down 1.2% rising
69 Peru 14.91 2023 up 5.0% rising
70 Ecuador 14.85 2023 up 3.1% rising
71 North Macedonia 14.78 2023 up 9.4% rising
72 Tunisia 14.67 2023 up 3.5% rising
73 Moldova 14.64 2023 up 4.4% rising
74 San Marino 14.6 2023 down 3.2% falling
75 Andorra 14.54 2023 up 26.4% rising
76 Albania 14.51 2023 down 5.9% rising
77 Mexico 14.47 2023 up 4.0% rising
78 Armenia 14.38 2023 up 12.4% rising
79 Luxembourg 14.36 2023 up 2.4% rising
80 Colombia 14.29 2023 down 2.8% rising
81 Trinidad and Tobago 14.24 2023 up 8.0% rising
82 Mauritius 14.16 2023 down 2.2% rising
83 Dominica 14.15 2023 unchanged falling
84 Palau 14.07 2023 down 6.3% rising
85 Romania 14.05 2023 down 4.1% rising
86 Kazakhstan 14.01 2023 down 3.9% rising
87 Paraguay 13.99 2023 up 5.4% rising
88 Iran 13.97 2023 down 8.2% rising
89 Cuba 13.88 2023 down 0.8% rising
90 Fiji 13.85 2023 up 5.3% rising
91 South Africa 13.79 2023 down 0.9% rising
92 Nepal 13.75 2023 up 8.8% rising
93 Belarus 13.72 2023 down 11.9% rising
94 Brunei Darussalam 13.7 2023 down 7.1% rising
95 Mongolia 13.64 2023 down 7.4% rising
96 Dominican Republic 13.62 2023 down 0.7% rising
97 Oman 13.44 2023 down 5.4% rising
98 Indonesia 13.34 2023 up 0.0% rising
99 Ukraine 13.33 2023 down 10.7% rising
100 Panama 13.31 2023 up 0.5% rising
101 Comoros 13.29 2023 up 15.4% rising
102 Timor-Leste 13.25 2023 up 0.7% rising
103 Turkmenistan 13.24 2023 up 20.1% rising
104 Russia 13.19 2023 down 10.8% rising
105 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.16 2023 down 3.3% rising
106 Bhutan 13.15 2023 up 5.5% rising
107 Qatar 13.14 2023 up 4.9% rising
108 Sri Lanka 13.13 2023 down 2.3% rising
109 Egypt 13.13 2023 up 11.2% rising
110 Jordan 13.11 2023 up 1.6% rising
111 Togo 13.1 2023 up 8.6% rising
112 Guyana 13.02 2023 up 6.4% rising
113 Palestine, State of 13 2023 down 1.4% rising
114 Venezuela 12.97 2023 down 5.7% rising
115 India 12.95 2023 up 9.7% rising
116 Libya 12.92 2023 down 9.0% falling
117 Azerbaijan 12.91 2023 up 5.8% rising
118 Sao Tome and Principe 12.86 2023 up 15.8% rising
119 Nauru 12.84 2023 up 8.4% rising
120 Philippines 12.82 2023 up 4.8% rising
121 Maldives 12.77 2023 up 5.4% flat
122 Saint Lucia 12.73 2023 up 1.7% rising
123 Kyrgyzstan 12.71 2023 up 0.6% rising
124 Congo 12.68 2023 up 18.4% rising
125 Malaysia 12.68 2023 down 2.5% rising
126 Rwanda 12.59 2023 up 30.0% rising
127 Equatorial Guinea 12.49 2023 up 24.2% rising
128 Gabon 12.48 2023 up 3.2% rising
129 Uzbekistan 12.46 2023 up 7.4% rising
130 Samoa 12.44 2023 up 2.4% rising
131 Jamaica 12.38 2023 down 4.2% rising
132 Tuvalu 12.38 2023 up 5.8% rising
133 Iraq 12.36 2023 up 9.3% rising
134 Bangladesh 12.31 2023 up 19.0% rising
135 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 12.2 2023 up 5.2% flat
136 Angola 12.17 2023 up 11.5% rising
137 Belize 11.98 2023 down 6.5% rising
138 Bahamas 11.89 2023 up 1.7% rising
139 Kiribati 11.87 2023 up 6.5% rising
140 Vanuatu 11.81 2023 up 6.7% rising
141 Namibia 11.79 2023 up 1.7% falling
142 Lebanon 11.68 2023 down 2.2% rising
143 Uganda 11.56 2023 up 4.9% rising
144 Micronesia (Federated States of) 11.54 2023 up 2.6% rising
145 Papua New Guinea 11.51 2023 up 31.2% rising
146 Nicaragua 11.51 2023 up 3.8% rising
147 Myanmar 11.5 2023 up 12.5% rising
148 Kenya 11.47 2023 up 6.2% rising
149 Botswana 11.43 2023 down 1.6% rising
150 Ghana 11.42 2023 up 3.1% rising
151 Côte d’Ivoire 11.41 2023 up 39.9% rising
152 Cabo Verde 11.37 2023 down 10.8% rising
153 Solomon Islands 11.31 2023 up 0.6% rising
154 Cambodia 11.2 2023 up 0.9% rising
155 El Salvador 11.11 2023 down 10.7% rising
156 Zimbabwe 11.06 2023 up 2.3% rising
157 Zambia 11.02 2023 up 0.2% rising
158 Lesotho 10.99 2023 down 3.7% rising
159 Suriname 10.96 2023 down 0.8% flat
160 Democratic Republic of the Congo 10.91 2023 up 19.3% rising
161 Haiti 10.9 2023 up 1.9% rising
162 Tajikistan 10.85 2023 down 0.8% flat
163 Mozambique 10.85 2023 up 4.4% rising
164 Cameroon 10.79 2023 down 7.2% rising
165 Afghanistan 10.79 2023 up 6.5% rising
166 Guatemala 10.68 2023 down 1.4% rising
167 Guinea-Bissau 10.64 2023 up 8.2% rising
168 Nigeria 10.51 2023 up 18.3% rising
169 Liberia 10.47 2023 up 5.2% rising
170 Benin 10.45 2023 down 13.7% rising
171 Guinea 10.39 2023 up 17.0% rising
172 Honduras 10.16 2023 up 4.9% rising
173 Malawi 9.9 2023 down 6.6% rising
174 Burundi 9.83 2023 down 10.6% rising
175 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 9.61 2023 down 10.9% rising
176 Ethiopia 9.22 2023 up 10.7% rising
177 Senegal 9.14 2023 up 1.0% rising
178 Sierra Leone 9.06 2023 up 4.3% rising
179 Madagascar 9.06 2023 down 10.7% rising
180 Gambia 8.98 2023 up 14.2% rising
181 Burkina Faso 8.73 2023 up 15.8% rising
182 Sudan 8.62 2023 up 10.1% rising
183 Tanzania 8.59 2023 down 1.0% rising
184 Chad 8.35 2023 up 7.3% rising
185 Niger 8.31 2023 up 52.0% rising
186 Mauritania 7.95 2023 down 6.3% rising
187 Pakistan 7.9 2023 up 27.5% rising
188 Yemen 7.49 2023 down 7.4% rising
189 Central African Republic 7.44 2023 up 17.7% rising
190 Syrian Arab Republic 7.42 2023 down 11.6% falling
191 Eritrea 7.34 2023 down 2.6% rising
192 Mali 7.01 2023 down 0.8% rising
193 Djibouti 6.21 2023 up 19.0% rising
194 South Sudan 5.63 2023 up 4.8% rising

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Indicator
Expected years of schooling vs share in extreme poverty
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 6,308 data points, 1990–2023
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