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Poverty vs mean schooling by country

Countries reporting
146
Highest
15.48
Iceland
Lowest
6.05
Papua New Guinea
Median
10.93
Years covered
61
1980–2040
Data points
1,653

What the numbers show

Poverty vs mean schooling is currently reported for 146 countries. The highest value is 15.48 in Iceland; the lowest is 6.05 in Papua New Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 10.93, and the mean is 10.72.

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

Over the past decade 139 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 37.1%), and the largest decrease in New Zealand (down 3.5%).

Poverty vs mean schooling: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Iceland 15.48 2040 up 6.0% rising
2 South Korea 14.43 2040 up 1.5% rising
3 Germany 14.28 2040 up 4.5% rising
4 Singapore 14.19 2040 up 2.5% rising
5 Hong Kong 14.12 2040 up 3.9% rising
6 Ireland 14.03 2040 up 0.8% rising
7 Taiwan 13.59 2040 up 2.3% rising
8 Slovakia 13.56 2040 up 1.9% flat
9 Malaysia 13.51 2040 up 5.4% rising
10 United Kingdom 13.48 2040 up 2.0% rising
11 Cuba 13.46 2040 up 8.2% rising
12 United States 13.43 2040 up 0.3% rising
13 Japan 13.38 2040 up 2.8% rising
14 Malta 13.29 2040 up 3.3% rising
15 Cyprus 13.2 2040 up 2.9% rising
16 Canada 13.13 2040 up 0.6% rising
17 Fiji 12.98 2040 up 5.5% rising
18 Czechia 12.97 2040 up 0.5% rising
19 Switzerland 12.95 2040 unchanged rising
20 Latvia 12.91 2040 up 4.4% rising
21 Italy 12.83 2040 up 5.3% rising
22 Australia 12.77 2040 down 0.6% rising
23 Croatia 12.7 2040 up 2.6% rising
24 France 12.57 2040 up 2.3% rising
25 Trinidad and Tobago 12.39 2040 up 4.1% rising
26 Serbia 12.36 2040 up 2.6% rising
27 Mauritius 12.35 2040 up 8.5% rising
28 Hungary 12.34 2040 up 1.6% rising
28 Poland 12.34 2040 up 1.3% rising
28 Tonga 12.34 2040 up 3.7% rising
31 Kazakhstan 12.28 2040 up 2.3% flat
31 Lithuania 12.28 2040 down 0.6% flat
33 Libya 12.27 2040 up 12.3% rising
34 Estonia 12.26 2040 up 0.4% flat
34 Macao 12.26 2040 up 4.9% rising
36 Gabon 12.24 2040 up 7.7% rising
37 Slovenia 12.21 2040 up 0.6% flat
38 Greece 12.2 2040 up 0.7% rising
39 Norway 12.13 2040 up 0.4% rising
40 Spain 12.1 2040 up 1.9% rising
40 Israel 12.1 2040 up 0.3% flat
42 Luxembourg 12.06 2040 up 2.1% rising
43 Panama 12.05 2040 up 7.3% rising
43 Tunisia 12.05 2040 up 13.0% rising
45 Jordan 12.01 2040 up 5.2% rising
46 Belgium 11.98 2040 up 1.2% rising
46 Netherlands 11.98 2040 up 0.3% rising
48 Mexico 11.97 2040 up 7.5% rising
49 Sweden 11.93 2040 unchanged rising
50 Iran 11.88 2040 up 9.9% rising
51 Romania 11.85 2040 up 2.7% rising
52 Kyrgyzstan 11.84 2040 up 3.9% rising
53 Russia 11.8 2040 up 1.0% rising
54 Thailand 11.75 2040 up 11.1% rising
55 Sri Lanka 11.69 2040 up 6.6% rising
56 Colombia 11.68 2040 up 6.6% rising
57 Denmark 11.63 2040 down 0.5% rising
57 Saudi Arabia 11.63 2040 up 8.0% rising
59 Chile 11.61 2040 up 3.6% rising
60 South Africa 11.49 2040 up 4.0% rising
61 Belize 11.4 2040 up 3.4% rising
62 Albania 11.39 2040 up 5.2% rising
62 Botswana 11.39 2040 up 3.3% rising
62 Indonesia 11.39 2040 up 10.5% rising
65 Moldova 11.16 2040 up 2.3% flat
66 Jamaica 11.15 2040 up 5.2% rising
66 Peru 11.15 2040 up 5.7% rising
68 Dominican Republic 11.12 2040 up 9.4% rising
69 Brunei 11.11 2040 up 10.4% rising
70 Bulgaria 11.1 2040 up 2.2% rising
71 Portugal 11.06 2040 up 6.8% rising
72 Armenia 11.04 2040 up 2.7% rising
73 Mongolia 10.95 2040 up 5.1% rising
74 China 10.92 2040 up 10.5% rising
75 United Arab Emirates 10.91 2040 up 7.3% rising
76 Finland 10.88 2040 down 0.7% rising
76 Ukraine 10.88 2040 up 1.0% flat
78 Argentina 10.87 2040 up 4.6% rising
79 Ghana 10.86 2040 up 12.0% rising
80 Bolivia 10.71 2040 up 8.2% rising
80 Ecuador 10.71 2040 up 8.1% rising
82 Paraguay 10.63 2040 up 9.1% rising
83 Barbados 10.62 2040 up 4.8% rising
84 Algeria 10.59 2040 up 13.0% rising
85 Austria 10.57 2040 up 1.1% rising
85 Philippines 10.57 2040 up 5.2% rising
87 Tajikistan 10.56 2040 up 3.3% flat
88 Togo 10.51 2040 up 13.7% rising
89 Costa Rica 10.46 2040 up 7.2% rising
90 Egypt 10.45 2040 up 12.0% rising
91 Venezuela 10.43 2040 up 5.2% rising
92 Iraq 10.37 2040 up 11.6% rising
93 New Zealand 10.07 2040 down 3.5% falling
94 India 10.03 2040 up 12.1% rising
95 Vietnam 9.95 2040 up 9.1% rising
96 Turkey 9.89 2040 up 7.6% rising
97 Maldives 9.88 2040 up 8.8% rising
97 El Salvador 9.88 2040 up 10.5% rising
99 Nicaragua 9.84 2040 up 12.1% rising
100 Morocco 9.75 2040 up 17.6% rising
101 Guyana 9.7 2040 up 6.7% rising
102 Cameroon 9.64 2040 up 14.5% rising
103 Zambia 9.63 2040 up 6.4% rising
104 Bahrain 9.6 2040 up 7.5% rising
105 Benin 9.54 2040 up 19.7% volatile
106 Reunion 9.49 2040 up 4.1% rising
107 Syria 9.46 2040 up 8.6% rising
108 Zimbabwe 9.36 2040 up 6.1% rising
109 Brazil 9.31 2040 up 7.5% rising
110 Honduras 9.3 2040 up 10.6% rising
110 Uruguay 9.3 2040 up 3.2% rising
112 Bangladesh 9.29 2040 up 12.7% rising
113 Qatar 9 2040 up 3.6% rising
114 Yemen 8.97 2040 up 22.5% volatile
115 Laos 8.92 2040 up 20.1% rising
116 Myanmar 8.87 2040 up 16.4% rising
116 Uganda 8.87 2040 up 15.3% rising
118 Cote d'Ivoire 8.79 2040 up 18.3% rising
119 Liberia 8.78 2040 up 19.6% rising
120 Eswatini 8.69 2040 up 13.2% rising
121 Lesotho 8.67 2040 up 11.9% rising
122 Tanzania 8.57 2040 up 10.6% rising
123 Kenya 8.5 2040 up 11.7% rising
124 Nepal 8.43 2040 up 14.4% rising
125 Cambodia 8.28 2040 up 18.3% rising
126 Haiti 8.19 2040 up 14.2% rising
127 Guatemala 8.17 2040 up 12.8% rising
128 Pakistan 8.14 2040 up 11.1% rising
129 Afghanistan 7.92 2040 up 15.8% volatile
130 Burundi 7.78 2040 up 18.4% rising
130 Malawi 7.78 2040 up 17.5% rising
132 Rwanda 7.76 2040 up 18.8% rising
133 Namibia 7.74 2040 up 5.9% rising
134 Sierra Leone 7.7 2040 up 20.9% rising
135 Congo 7.56 2040 up 7.5% rising
136 Mauritania 7.51 2040 up 15.5% rising
137 Sudan 7.41 2040 up 28.0% rising
138 Senegal 7.32 2040 up 25.8% rising
139 Kuwait 7.3 2040 up 6.0% rising
140 Democratic Republic of Congo 7.16 2040 up 19.3% rising
141 Gambia 7.04 2040 up 19.5% rising
142 Mozambique 6.94 2040 up 22.0% volatile
143 Mali 6.86 2040 up 32.2% volatile
144 Niger 6.21 2040 up 37.1% volatile
145 Central African Republic 6.1 2040 up 11.5% rising
146 Papua New Guinea 6.05 2040 up 12.7% rising

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Indicator
Poverty vs mean schooling
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
146 places, 1,653 data points, 1980–2040
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