Learning-adjusted years of school 2023

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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1	Singapore	13.079 years
2	China, Macao SAR	12.333 years
3	China, Hong Kong SAR	12.184 years
4	Russia	12.178 years
5	Japan	12.048 years
6	Ireland	11.977 years
7	Canada	11.903 years
8	Sweden	11.897 years
9	South Korea	11.853 years
10	Estonia	11.822 years
11	Poland	11.767 years
12	Finland	11.754 years
13	Slovenia	11.655 years
14	Portugal	11.624 years
15	Netherlands	11.6 years
16	United Kingdom	11.588 years
17	Czech Republic	11.532 years
18	Australia	11.501 years
19	Latvia	11.473 years
20	Cyprus	11.448 years
21	Austria	11.365 years
22	Denmark	11.338 years
23	Germany	11.266 years
24	New Zealand	11.253 years
25	France	11.247 years
26	Lithuania	11.232 years
27	Kazakhstan	11.209 years
28	Belgium	11.206 years
29	Norway	11.192 years
30	Israel	11.067 years
31	Serbia	11.053 years
32	United States	10.958 years
33	Switzerland	10.939 years
34	Vietnam	10.799 years
35	Spain	10.795 years
36	Belarus	10.784 years
37	Croatia	10.777 years
38	Italy	10.658 years
39	Iceland	10.567 years
40	Hungary	10.42 years
41	Seychelles	10.405 years
42	Malta	10.385 years
43	United Arab Emirates	10.046 years
44	Bahrain	9.926 years
45	Slovakia	9.916 years
46	Ukraine	9.902 years
47	Chile	9.782 years
48	Luxembourg	9.704 years
49	Greece	9.701 years
50	Albania	9.67 years
51	Azerbaijan	9.633 years
52	Mauritius	9.616 years
53	Trinidad and Tobago	9.605 years
54	Bulgaria	9.477 years
55	Malaysia	9.466 years
56	Ecuador	9.45 years
57	Palau	9.356 years
58	Oman	9.345 years
59	Brunei Darussalam	9.219 years
60	Kenya	9.148 years
61	Montenegro	9.135 years
62	Uzbekistan	9.133 years
63	Georgia	9.074 years
64	Grenada	9.072 years
65	Qatar	9.066 years
66	Turkey	9.004 years
67	Antigua and Barbuda	8.971 years
68	Mexico	8.915 years
69	Saint Kitts and Nevis	8.914 years
70	Saint Lucia	8.898 years
71	Costa Rica	8.896 years
72	Peru	8.879 years
73	China	8.87 years
74	Kyrgyzstan	8.864 years
75	Thailand	8.863 years
76	Mongolia	8.857 years
77	Argentina	8.802 years
78	El Salvador	8.725 years
79	Colombia	8.715 years
80	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	8.661 years
81	Sri Lanka	8.624 years
82	State of Palestine	8.595 years
83	Uruguay	8.571 years
84	Republic of Moldova	8.433 years
85	India	8.424 years
86	Romania	8.351 years
87	Iran	8.27 years
88	Saudi Arabia	8.241 years
89	Indonesia	8.206 years
90	Samoa	8.135 years
91	Armenia	8.129 years
92	Kosovo	8.042 years
93	Brazil	7.856 years
94	Dominica	7.782 years
95	Tonga	7.73 years
96	Kiribati	7.674 years
97	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	7.578 years
98	Nepal	7.563 years
99	Jordan	7.488 years
100	Kuwait	7.317 years
101	Papua New Guinea	7.288 years
102	North Macedonia	7.035 years
103	Paraguay	7.034 years
104	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.964 years
105	Fiji	6.951 years
106	Algeria	6.932 years
107	Myanmar	6.876 years
108	Zimbabwe	6.868 years
109	Jamaica	6.866 years
110	Guyana	6.837 years
111	Cambodia	6.788 years
112	Dominican Republic	6.787 years
113	Panama	6.661 years
114	Philippines	6.615 years
115	Nauru	6.512 years
116	Marshall Islands	6.504 years
117	Lesotho	6.5 years
118	Timor-Leste	6.489 years
119	Egypt	6.475 years
120	Morocco	6.445 years
121	Togo	6.421 years
122	Namibia	6.368 years
123	Guatemala	6.362 years
124	Bhutan	6.327 years
125	Nicaragua	6.235 years
126	Ghana	6.217 years
127	Tunisia	6.208 years
128	Laos	6.115 years
129	Gabon	6.02 years
130	Benin	6.019 years
131	Haiti	6.01 years
132	Tajikistan	5.901 years
133	Honduras	5.888 years
134	Lebanon	5.84 years
135	Nigeria	5.827 years
136	Malawi	5.651 years
137	Burundi	5.631 years
138	Gambia	5.572 years
139	Bangladesh	5.479 years
140	Pakistan	5.378 years
141	Côte d'Ivoire	5.37 years
142	Cameroon	5.279 years
143	Afghanistan	5.236 years
144	Sierra Leone	5.189 years
145	Vanuatu	5.189 years
146	Eswatini	5.153 years
147	Botswana	5.129 years
148	Congo	5.11 years
149	South Africa	5.109 years
150	Mauritania	5.043 years
151	Burkina Faso	5.017 years
152	Senegal	4.99 years
153	Comoros	4.959 years
154	Zambia	4.823 years
155	Tuvalu	4.636 years
156	Guinea	4.596 years
157	Uganda	4.578 years
158	Mozambique	4.554 years
159	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	4.395 years
160	Angola	4.36 years
161	Madagascar	4.336 years
162	Yemen	4.228 years
163	Ethiopia	4.188 years
164	Sudan	4.183 years
165	Tanzania	4.15 years
166	Rwanda	4.102 years
167	Iraq	4.062 years
168	Solomon Islands	4.01 years
169	Chad	2.812 years
170	Niger	2.755 years
171	South Sudan	2.743 years
172	Central African Republic	2.696 years
173	Mali	2.417 years
174	Liberia	2.073 years

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