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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release