Learning-adjusted years of school 2025

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	13.168 years
2	China, Macao SAR	12.815 years
3	Russia	12.499 years
4	China, Hong Kong SAR	12.271 years
5	Ireland	12.07 years
6	Japan	12.038 years
7	Sweden	12.009 years
8	Canada	11.973 years
9	Poland	11.925 years
10	Estonia	11.916 years
11	South Korea	11.779 years
12	Slovenia	11.717 years
13	Portugal	11.708 years
14	Cyprus	11.69 years
15	Finland	11.678 years
16	United Kingdom	11.629 years
17	Czech Republic	11.62 years
18	Latvia	11.575 years
19	Netherlands	11.574 years
20	Australia	11.558 years
21	Kazakhstan	11.464 years
22	Austria	11.421 years
23	Denmark	11.365 years
24	Lithuania	11.266 years
25	Serbia	11.251 years
26	Germany	11.249 years
27	France	11.247 years
28	New Zealand	11.217 years
29	Belgium	11.213 years
30	Norway	11.175 years
31	Israel	11.149 years
32	United States	11.032 years
33	Vietnam	10.916 years
34	Switzerland	10.892 years
35	Spain	10.866 years
36	Croatia	10.835 years
37	Belarus	10.784 years
38	Seychelles	10.668 years
39	Italy	10.599 years
40	Iceland	10.51 years
41	Malta	10.485 years
42	Hungary	10.367 years
43	United Arab Emirates	10.233 years
44	Bahrain	10.139 years
45	Azerbaijan	10.021 years
46	Albania	10.009 years
47	Chile	9.889 years
48	Slovakia	9.853 years
49	Ukraine	9.838 years
50	Trinidad and Tobago	9.821 years
51	Palau	9.799 years
52	Ecuador	9.757 years
53	Mauritius	9.698 years
54	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	9.644 years
55	Malaysia	9.632 years
56	Luxembourg	9.63 years
57	Oman	9.613 years
58	Grenada	9.605 years
59	Greece	9.593 years
60	Kenya	9.545 years
61	Bulgaria	9.47 years
62	El Salvador	9.346 years
63	Antigua and Barbuda	9.322 years
64	Montenegro	9.309 years
65	Qatar	9.235 years
66	Georgia	9.23 years
67	Brunei Darussalam	9.219 years
68	Saint Kitts and Nevis	9.205 years
69	India	9.205 years
70	Saint Lucia	9.176 years
71	Uzbekistan	9.133 years
72	Peru	9.06 years
73	Turkey	8.996 years
74	Kyrgyzstan	8.987 years
75	Mexico	8.98 years
76	Costa Rica	8.975 years
77	State of Palestine	8.93 years
78	Thailand	8.923 years
79	Argentina	8.873 years
80	Colombia	8.791 years
81	Sri Lanka	8.73 years
82	Samoa	8.728 years
83	Mongolia	8.681 years
84	China	8.656 years
85	Uruguay	8.587 years
86	Republic of Moldova	8.513 years
87	Saudi Arabia	8.355 years
88	Indonesia	8.347 years
89	Iran	8.32 years
90	Romania	8.253 years
91	Armenia	8.195 years
92	Kosovo	8.134 years
93	Tonga	8.11 years
94	Papua New Guinea	8.037 years
95	Kiribati	7.914 years
96	Brazil	7.893 years
97	Nepal	7.772 years
98	Dominica	7.631 years
99	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	7.49 years
100	Jordan	7.433 years
101	Kuwait	7.25 years
102	Marshall Islands	7.068 years
103	North Macedonia	7.047 years
104	Paraguay	7.044 years
105	Fiji	6.951 years
106	Myanmar	6.942 years
107	Dominican Republic	6.9 years
108	Algeria	6.898 years
109	Zimbabwe	6.888 years
110	Guyana	6.878 years
111	Cambodia	6.754 years
112	Jamaica	6.74 years
113	Togo	6.709 years
114	Lesotho	6.685 years
115	Timor-Leste	6.63 years
116	Panama	6.605 years
117	Morocco	6.55 years
118	Namibia	6.516 years
119	Nauru	6.512 years
120	Egypt	6.478 years
121	Guatemala	6.405 years
122	Ghana	6.384 years
123	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.365 years
124	Bhutan	6.327 years
125	Nigeria	6.277 years
126	Benin	6.172 years
127	Tunisia	6.126 years
128	Laos	6.028 years
129	Gabon	6.017 years
130	Philippines	5.991 years
131	Nicaragua	5.943 years
132	Haiti	5.93 years
133	Burundi	5.818 years
134	Gambia	5.78 years
135	Honduras	5.747 years
136	Côte d'Ivoire	5.731 years
137	Malawi	5.73 years
138	Pakistan	5.551 years
139	Mauritania	5.536 years
140	Lebanon	5.523 years
141	Sierra Leone	5.409 years
142	Afghanistan	5.355 years
143	Burkina Faso	5.3 years
144	Eswatini	5.281 years
145	Tajikistan	5.262 years
146	Cameroon	5.248 years
147	Bangladesh	5.186 years
148	Botswana	5.128 years
149	Senegal	5.061 years
150	Congo	5.04 years
151	Vanuatu	4.976 years
152	South Africa	4.954 years
153	Comoros	4.871 years
154	Zambia	4.702 years
155	Uganda	4.673 years
156	Mozambique	4.622 years
157	Guinea	4.606 years
158	Angola	4.431 years
159	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	4.316 years
160	Yemen	4.255 years
161	Madagascar	4.233 years
162	Rwanda	4.208 years
163	Sudan	4.115 years
164	Iraq	4.083 years
165	Ethiopia	4.076 years
166	Tanzania	3.96 years
167	Tuvalu	3.884 years
168	Solomon Islands	3.582 years
169	South Sudan	2.875 years
170	Chad	2.822 years
171	Niger	2.795 years
172	Central African Republic	2.696 years
173	Mali	2.284 years
174	Liberia	1.997 years

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