Mean years of schooling of adults
Methodology
Average number of years of education received by people ages 25 and older, converted from educational attainment levels using official durations of each level. Performance score from 0 to 100. The highest score reflects the best situation.
Source: Human Development Report Office calculations based on data from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2013) and Barro & Lee (2013).
Score
- Africa-
- Sub-Saharan Africa-
- Middle East and North Africa-
- Southern Africa-
- Central Africa-
- East Africa-
- West Africa-
- North Africa-
- Brazil-India-China (BIC)-
- Least Developped Countries (LDC)-
- No LDC-
- High income non OECD-
- Upper middle income countries-
- Lower middle income-
- Low income countries-
- Outsize the Franc zone-
- Franc CFA zone-
- WAMEU-
- CEMAC-
- Algeria-
- Angola-
- Benin-
- Botswana-
- Brazil-
- Burkina Faso-
- Burundi-
- Cameroon-
- Cape Verde-
- Central African Republic-
- Chad-
- China-
- Comoros-
- Congo, Dem. Rep.-
- Congo, Rep-
- Cote d'Ivoire-
- Djibouti-
- Egypt-
- Equatorial Guinea-
- Eritrea-
- Ethiopia-
- Gabon-
- Gambia-
- Ghana-
- Guinea-
- Guinea-Bissau-
- India-
- Kenya-
- Lesotho-
- Liberia-
- Libya-
- Madagascar-
- Malawi-
- Mali-
- Mauritania-
- Mauritius-
- Morocco-
- Mozambique-
- Namibia-
- Niger-
- Nigeria-
- Rwanda-
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic-
- Sao Tome and Principe-
- Senegal-
- Seychelles-
- Sierra Leone-
- Somalia-
- South Africa-
- South Sudan-
- Sudan-
- Swaziland-
- Tanzania-
- Togo-
- Tunisia-
- Uganda-
- Zambia-
- Zimbabwe-