Learning-adjusted years of school 2021

Learning-adjusted years of school measures educational quality by accounting for both enrollment and learning outcomes. This statistic highlights the effectiveness of education systems across countries, emphasizing the need for improved learning environments.

174 data points•Updated 12/7/2025•World•Human Capital Index, World Bank (WB)•

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Rank
1	Singapore	12.989 years
2	China, Hong Kong SAR	12.096 years
3	Japan	12.057 years
4	South Korea	11.928 years
5	Ireland	11.884 years
6	Russia	11.857 years
7	China, Macao SAR	11.851 years
8	Canada	11.834 years
9	Finland	11.83 years
10	Sweden	11.786 years
11	Estonia	11.727 years
12	Netherlands	11.626 years
13	Poland	11.608 years
14	Slovenia	11.593 years
15	United Kingdom	11.547 years
16	Portugal	11.539 years
17	Czech Republic	11.445 years
18	Australia	11.444 years
19	Latvia	11.372 years
20	Denmark	11.31 years
21	Austria	11.308 years
22	New Zealand	11.288 years
23	Germany	11.284 years
24	France	11.247 years
25	Norway	11.208 years
26	Cyprus	11.205 years
27	Belgium	11.198 years
28	Lithuania	11.198 years
29	Switzerland	10.987 years
30	Israel	10.986 years
31	Kazakhstan	10.954 years
32	United States	10.883 years
33	Serbia	10.856 years
34	Belarus	10.784 years
35	Spain	10.724 years
36	Croatia	10.719 years
37	Italy	10.717 years
38	Vietnam	10.682 years
39	Iceland	10.624 years
40	Hungary	10.472 years
41	Malta	10.285 years
42	Seychelles	10.142 years
43	Slovakia	9.98 years
44	Ukraine	9.966 years
45	United Arab Emirates	9.858 years
46	Greece	9.81 years
47	Luxembourg	9.778 years
48	Bahrain	9.713 years
49	Chile	9.675 years
50	Mauritius	9.535 years
51	Bulgaria	9.484 years
52	Trinidad and Tobago	9.388 years
53	Albania	9.331 years
54	Malaysia	9.3 years
55	Azerbaijan	9.244 years
56	Brunei Darussalam	9.219 years
57	Ecuador	9.142 years
58	Uzbekistan	9.133 years
59	China	9.085 years
60	Oman	9.077 years
61	Mongolia	9.032 years
62	Turkey	9.011 years
63	Montenegro	8.962 years
64	Georgia	8.918 years
65	Palau	8.914 years
66	Qatar	8.896 years
67	Mexico	8.85 years
68	Costa Rica	8.817 years
69	Thailand	8.802 years
70	Kenya	8.752 years
71	Kyrgyzstan	8.741 years
72	Argentina	8.732 years
73	Peru	8.699 years
74	Colombia	8.639 years
75	Saint Kitts and Nevis	8.623 years
76	Antigua and Barbuda	8.62 years
77	Saint Lucia	8.62 years
78	Uruguay	8.555 years
79	Grenada	8.54 years
80	Sri Lanka	8.519 years
81	Romania	8.449 years
82	Republic of Moldova	8.353 years
83	State of Palestine	8.259 years
84	Iran	8.22 years
85	Saudi Arabia	8.127 years
86	El Salvador	8.103 years
87	Indonesia	8.065 years
88	Armenia	8.063 years
89	Kosovo	7.949 years
90	Dominica	7.933 years
91	Brazil	7.819 years
92	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	7.678 years
93	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	7.667 years
94	India	7.643 years
95	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7.562 years
96	Jordan	7.544 years
97	Samoa	7.542 years
98	Kiribati	7.434 years
99	Kuwait	7.384 years
100	Nepal	7.354 years
101	Tonga	7.351 years
102	Philippines	7.238 years
103	North Macedonia	7.024 years
104	Paraguay	7.024 years
105	Jamaica	6.992 years
106	Algeria	6.965 years
107	Fiji	6.951 years
108	Zimbabwe	6.848 years
109	Cambodia	6.821 years
110	Myanmar	6.809 years
111	Guyana	6.795 years
112	Panama	6.716 years
113	Dominican Republic	6.674 years
114	Tajikistan	6.54 years
115	Papua New Guinea	6.538 years
116	Nicaragua	6.528 years
117	Nauru	6.512 years
118	Egypt	6.472 years
119	Timor-Leste	6.347 years
120	Morocco	6.339 years
121	Bhutan	6.327 years
122	Guatemala	6.318 years
123	Lesotho	6.315 years
124	Tunisia	6.29 years
125	Namibia	6.219 years
126	Laos	6.201 years
127	Lebanon	6.158 years
128	Togo	6.133 years
129	Haiti	6.09 years
130	Ghana	6.051 years
131	Honduras	6.028 years
132	Gabon	6.023 years
133	Marshall Islands	5.941 years
134	Benin	5.866 years
135	Bangladesh	5.772 years
136	Malawi	5.573 years
137	Burundi	5.443 years
138	Vanuatu	5.401 years
139	Tuvalu	5.387 years
140	Nigeria	5.376 years
141	Gambia	5.364 years
142	Cameroon	5.309 years
143	South Africa	5.263 years
144	Pakistan	5.206 years
145	Congo	5.18 years
146	Botswana	5.131 years
147	Afghanistan	5.116 years
148	Comoros	5.047 years
149	Eswatini	5.024 years
150	Côte d'Ivoire	5.008 years
151	Sierra Leone	4.97 years
152	Zambia	4.943 years
153	Senegal	4.919 years
154	Burkina Faso	4.733 years
155	Guinea	4.587 years
156	Mauritania	4.55 years
157	Mozambique	4.485 years
158	Uganda	4.484 years
159	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	4.473 years
160	Madagascar	4.439 years
161	Solomon Islands	4.439 years
162	Tanzania	4.34 years
163	Ethiopia	4.3 years
164	Angola	4.289 years
165	Sudan	4.25 years
166	Yemen	4.2 years
167	Iraq	4.04 years
168	Rwanda	3.996 years
169	Chad	2.803 years
170	Niger	2.715 years
171	Central African Republic	2.696 years
172	South Sudan	2.611 years
173	Mali	2.549 years
174	Liberia	2.149 years

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