Theoretical duration of post-secondary non-tertiary education (years) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
175
Highest
5 years
San Marino
Lowest
1 years
Tokelau
Median
2 years
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
4,125

What the numbers show

Theoretical duration of post-secondary non-tertiary education (years) is currently reported for 175 countries. The highest value is 5 years in San Marino; the lowest is 1 years in Tokelau.

The median across all reporting countries is 2 years, and the mean is 1.71 years.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.

Over the past decade 2 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Mauritania (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Nauru (down 66.7%).

Theoretical duration of post-secondary non-tertiary education (years): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 San Marino 5 years 2010 unchanged flat
2 Bhutan 4 years 2025 unchanged flat
2 Haiti 4 years 2025 unchanged flat
4 Curacao 3 years 2025 unchanged flat
4 Germany 3 years 2025 unchanged flat
4 Algeria 3 years 2006 unchanged flat
4 Liberia 3 years 2025 unchanged rising
4 Libya 3 years 2017 unchanged rising
4 Luxembourg 3 years 2025 unchanged flat
4 Romania 3 years 2025 unchanged flat
4 Sierra Leone 3 years 2025 unchanged rising
4 Cook Islands 3 years 2012 unchanged rising
13 Colombia 2.5 years 2025 unchanged rising
14 Afghanistan 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Antigua and Barbuda 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Benin 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Bangladesh 2 years 2025 unchanged rising
14 Bulgaria 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Bahrain 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Belize 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Barbados 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Canada 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Cote d'Ivoire 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Cameroon 2 years 2025 unchanged falling
14 Democratic Republic of Congo 2 years 2008 unchanged flat
14 Congo 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Comoros 2 years 2025 unchanged rising
14 Cuba 2 years 2025 unchanged rising
14 Cayman Islands 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Cyprus 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Djibouti 2 years 2019 unchanged falling
14 Dominica 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Denmark 2 years 2012 unchanged flat
14 Ecuador 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Egypt 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Spain 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Estonia 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Fiji 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 France 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Micronesia (country) 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Ghana 2 years 2025 unchanged falling
14 Gibraltar 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Guinea-Bissau 2 years 2025 unchanged falling
14 Greece 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Grenada 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Guyana 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Hungary 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 India 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Ireland 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Iran 2 years 2012 unchanged flat
14 Iraq 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Jamaica 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Kenya 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Cambodia 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Kuwait 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Laos 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Saint Lucia 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Liechtenstein 2 years 2012 unchanged flat
14 Latvia 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Morocco 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Madagascar 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Maldives 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Marshall Islands 2 years 2025 unchanged rising
14 Mali 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Malta 2 years 2025 unchanged rising
14 Myanmar 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Montenegro 2 years 2025 unchanged rising
14 Mongolia 2 years 2025 unchanged rising
14 Mauritania 2 years 2012 up 100.0% rising
14 Malawi 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Namibia 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Nigeria 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Nicaragua 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Oman 2 years 2012 unchanged flat
14 Panama 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Philippines 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Poland 2 years 2025 unchanged falling
14 Puerto Rico 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 North Korea 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Paraguay 2 years 2005 unchanged flat
14 Rwanda 2 years 2020 unchanged flat
14 Singapore 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Serbia 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Suriname 2 years 2025 unchanged falling
14 Slovakia 2 years 2025 unchanged rising
14 Sweden 2 years 2025 unchanged rising
14 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Seychelles 2 years 2025 down 33.3% falling
14 Syria 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Thailand 2 years 2025 up 100.0% rising
14 Tonga 2 years 2025 unchanged rising
14 Trinidad and Tobago 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Tunisia 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Tanzania 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Uganda 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Ukraine 2 years 2025 unchanged rising
14 Uruguay 2 years 2004 unchanged flat
14 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 British Virgin Islands 2 years 2025 down 33.3% falling
14 Vanuatu 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Yemen 2 years 2007 unchanged flat
14 South Africa 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Zambia 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Zimbabwe 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Anguilla 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
14 Montserrat 2 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Andorra 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 United Arab Emirates 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Australia 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Austria 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Azerbaijan 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Belgium 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Burkina Faso 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Bahamas 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Belarus 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Brazil 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Brunei 1 years 2012 unchanged flat
108 Botswana 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Switzerland 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 China 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Cape Verde 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Czechia 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Eritrea 1 years 2025 unchanged falling
108 Ethiopia 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Finland 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Gabon 1 years 2025 unchanged falling
108 United Kingdom 1 years 2010 unchanged flat
108 Georgia 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Gambia 1 years 2025 unchanged falling
108 Hong Kong 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Iceland 1 years 2025 unchanged falling
108 Israel 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Italy 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Japan 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Kazakhstan 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Kyrgyzstan 1 years 2025 unchanged volatile
108 Kiribati 1 years 2025 — flat
108 Lebanon 1 years 2025 unchanged volatile
108 Sri Lanka 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Lesotho 1 years 2025 unchanged falling
108 Lithuania 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Monaco 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Moldova 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 North Macedonia 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Mozambique 1 years 2008 unchanged flat
108 Mauritius 1 years 2025 unchanged falling
108 Malaysia 1 years 2012 unchanged flat
108 Niger 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Netherlands 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Norway 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Nauru 1 years 2025 down 66.7% flat
108 New Zealand 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Pakistan 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Palau 1 years 2025 unchanged falling
108 Papua New Guinea 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Portugal 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Palestine 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Qatar 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Russia 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Saudi Arabia 1 years 2025 down 33.3% falling
108 Senegal 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Solomon Islands 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Slovenia 1 years 2012 unchanged flat
108 Eswatini 1 years 2025 unchanged falling
108 Turks and Caicos Islands 1 years 2025 unchanged falling
108 Chad 1 years 2025 unchanged falling
108 Togo 1 years 2025 down 50.0% rising
108 Tajikistan 1 years 2011 unchanged flat
108 Turkmenistan 1 years 2025 unchanged falling
108 United States 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Vietnam 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Samoa 1 years 2025 unchanged flat
108 Tokelau 1 years 2025 unchanged flat

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Indicator
Theoretical duration of post-secondary non-tertiary education (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
175 places, 4,125 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release