Learning-adjusted years of school 2024

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	13.124 years
2	China, Macao SAR	12.574 years
3	Russia	12.338 years
4	China, Hong Kong SAR	12.227 years
5	Japan	12.043 years
6	Ireland	12.024 years
7	Sweden	11.953 years
8	Canada	11.938 years
9	Estonia	11.869 years
10	Poland	11.846 years
11	South Korea	11.816 years
12	Finland	11.716 years
13	Slovenia	11.686 years
14	Portugal	11.666 years
15	United Kingdom	11.608 years
16	Netherlands	11.587 years
17	Czech Republic	11.576 years
18	Cyprus	11.569 years
19	Australia	11.53 years
20	Latvia	11.524 years
21	Austria	11.393 years
22	Denmark	11.351 years
23	Kazakhstan	11.337 years
24	Germany	11.257 years
25	Lithuania	11.249 years
26	France	11.247 years
27	New Zealand	11.235 years
28	Belgium	11.209 years
29	Norway	11.183 years
30	Serbia	11.152 years
31	Israel	11.108 years
32	United States	10.995 years
33	Switzerland	10.915 years
34	Vietnam	10.858 years
35	Spain	10.831 years
36	Croatia	10.806 years
37	Belarus	10.784 years
38	Italy	10.628 years
39	Iceland	10.538 years
40	Seychelles	10.537 years
41	Malta	10.435 years
42	Hungary	10.393 years
43	United Arab Emirates	10.14 years
44	Bahrain	10.032 years
45	Slovakia	9.884 years
46	Ukraine	9.87 years
47	Albania	9.84 years
48	Chile	9.835 years
49	Azerbaijan	9.827 years
50	Trinidad and Tobago	9.713 years
51	Luxembourg	9.667 years
52	Mauritius	9.657 years
53	Greece	9.647 years
54	Ecuador	9.603 years
55	Palau	9.578 years
56	Malaysia	9.549 years
57	Oman	9.479 years
58	Bulgaria	9.473 years
59	Kenya	9.346 years
60	Grenada	9.339 years
61	Montenegro	9.222 years
62	Brunei Darussalam	9.219 years
63	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	9.152 years
64	Georgia	9.152 years
65	Qatar	9.15 years
66	Antigua and Barbuda	9.146 years
67	Uzbekistan	9.133 years
68	Saint Kitts and Nevis	9.06 years
69	Saint Lucia	9.037 years
70	El Salvador	9.035 years
71	Turkey	9 years
72	Peru	8.97 years
73	Mexico	8.947 years
74	Costa Rica	8.935 years
75	Kyrgyzstan	8.926 years
76	Thailand	8.893 years
77	Argentina	8.838 years
78	India	8.815 years
79	Mongolia	8.769 years
80	China	8.763 years
81	State of Palestine	8.762 years
82	Colombia	8.753 years
83	Sri Lanka	8.677 years
84	Uruguay	8.579 years
85	Republic of Moldova	8.473 years
86	Samoa	8.432 years
87	Romania	8.302 years
88	Saudi Arabia	8.298 years
89	Iran	8.295 years
90	Indonesia	8.277 years
91	Armenia	8.162 years
92	Kosovo	8.088 years
93	Tonga	7.92 years
94	Brazil	7.875 years
95	Kiribati	7.794 years
96	Dominica	7.707 years
97	Nepal	7.668 years
98	Papua New Guinea	7.663 years
99	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	7.534 years
100	Jordan	7.461 years
101	Kuwait	7.284 years
102	North Macedonia	7.041 years
103	Paraguay	7.039 years
104	Fiji	6.951 years
105	Algeria	6.915 years
106	Myanmar	6.909 years
107	Zimbabwe	6.878 years
108	Guyana	6.857 years
109	Dominican Republic	6.844 years
110	Jamaica	6.803 years
111	Marshall Islands	6.786 years
112	Cambodia	6.771 years
113	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.665 years
114	Panama	6.633 years
115	Lesotho	6.592 years
116	Togo	6.565 years
117	Timor-Leste	6.559 years
118	Nauru	6.512 years
119	Morocco	6.497 years
120	Egypt	6.476 years
121	Namibia	6.442 years
122	Guatemala	6.383 years
123	Bhutan	6.327 years
124	Philippines	6.303 years
125	Ghana	6.301 years
126	Tunisia	6.167 years
127	Benin	6.096 years
128	Nicaragua	6.089 years
129	Laos	6.071 years
130	Nigeria	6.052 years
131	Gabon	6.018 years
132	Haiti	5.97 years
133	Honduras	5.817 years
134	Burundi	5.725 years
135	Malawi	5.691 years
136	Lebanon	5.682 years
137	Gambia	5.676 years
138	Tajikistan	5.581 years
139	Côte d'Ivoire	5.55 years
140	Pakistan	5.465 years
141	Bangladesh	5.332 years
142	Sierra Leone	5.299 years
143	Afghanistan	5.295 years
144	Mauritania	5.289 years
145	Cameroon	5.264 years
146	Eswatini	5.217 years
147	Burkina Faso	5.158 years
148	Botswana	5.129 years
149	Vanuatu	5.082 years
150	Congo	5.075 years
151	South Africa	5.032 years
152	Senegal	5.025 years
153	Comoros	4.915 years
154	Zambia	4.763 years
155	Uganda	4.625 years
156	Guinea	4.601 years
157	Mozambique	4.588 years
158	Angola	4.396 years
159	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	4.355 years
160	Madagascar	4.285 years
161	Tuvalu	4.26 years
162	Yemen	4.241 years
163	Rwanda	4.155 years
164	Sudan	4.149 years
165	Ethiopia	4.132 years
166	Iraq	4.072 years
167	Tanzania	4.055 years
168	Solomon Islands	3.796 years
169	Chad	2.817 years
170	South Sudan	2.809 years
171	Niger	2.775 years
172	Central African Republic	2.696 years
173	Mali	2.35 years
174	Liberia	2.035 years

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