Learning-adjusted years of school 2026

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	13.213 years
2	China, Macao SAR	13.056 years
3	Russia	12.659 years
4	China, Hong Kong SAR	12.315 years
5	Ireland	12.117 years
6	Sweden	12.065 years
7	Japan	12.033 years
8	Canada	12.008 years
9	Poland	12.005 years
10	Estonia	11.963 years
11	Cyprus	11.812 years
12	Portugal	11.751 years
13	Slovenia	11.748 years
14	South Korea	11.742 years
15	Czech Republic	11.664 years
16	United Kingdom	11.649 years
17	Finland	11.639 years
18	Latvia	11.626 years
19	Kazakhstan	11.592 years
20	Australia	11.586 years
21	Netherlands	11.561 years
22	Austria	11.449 years
23	Denmark	11.378 years
24	Serbia	11.35 years
25	Lithuania	11.283 years
26	France	11.247 years
27	Germany	11.24 years
28	Belgium	11.217 years
29	New Zealand	11.199 years
30	Israel	11.189 years
31	Norway	11.167 years
32	United States	11.069 years
33	Vietnam	10.975 years
34	Spain	10.901 years
35	Switzerland	10.868 years
36	Croatia	10.864 years
37	Seychelles	10.8 years
38	Belarus	10.784 years
39	Italy	10.569 years
40	Malta	10.535 years
41	Iceland	10.481 years
42	Hungary	10.341 years
43	United Arab Emirates	10.327 years
44	Bahrain	10.245 years
45	Azerbaijan	10.216 years
46	Albania	10.178 years
47	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	10.135 years
48	Palau	10.021 years
49	Chile	9.942 years
50	Trinidad and Tobago	9.93 years
51	Ecuador	9.911 years
52	Grenada	9.871 years
53	Slovakia	9.821 years
54	Ukraine	9.807 years
55	Oman	9.747 years
56	Kenya	9.743 years
57	Mauritius	9.738 years
58	Malaysia	9.715 years
59	El Salvador	9.657 years
60	India	9.596 years
61	Luxembourg	9.592 years
62	Greece	9.539 years
63	Antigua and Barbuda	9.497 years
64	Bulgaria	9.466 years
65	Montenegro	9.396 years
66	Saint Kitts and Nevis	9.351 years
67	Qatar	9.32 years
68	Saint Lucia	9.316 years
69	Georgia	9.308 years
70	Brunei Darussalam	9.219 years
71	Peru	9.15 years
72	Uzbekistan	9.133 years
73	State of Palestine	9.098 years
74	Kyrgyzstan	9.049 years
75	Samoa	9.025 years
76	Costa Rica	9.014 years
77	Mexico	9.012 years
78	Turkey	8.993 years
79	Thailand	8.954 years
80	Argentina	8.908 years
81	Colombia	8.829 years
82	Sri Lanka	8.782 years
83	Uruguay	8.595 years
84	Mongolia	8.594 years
85	Republic of Moldova	8.553 years
86	China	8.548 years
87	Indonesia	8.417 years
88	Papua New Guinea	8.412 years
89	Saudi Arabia	8.412 years
90	Iran	8.346 years
91	Tonga	8.299 years
92	Armenia	8.228 years
93	Romania	8.204 years
94	Kosovo	8.18 years
95	Kiribati	8.033 years
96	Brazil	7.912 years
97	Nepal	7.877 years
98	Dominica	7.556 years
99	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	7.446 years
100	Jordan	7.405 years
101	Marshall Islands	7.349 years
102	Kuwait	7.217 years
103	North Macedonia	7.052 years
104	Paraguay	7.049 years
105	Myanmar	6.976 years
106	Dominican Republic	6.956 years
107	Fiji	6.951 years
108	Guyana	6.899 years
109	Zimbabwe	6.899 years
110	Algeria	6.881 years
111	Togo	6.853 years
112	Lesotho	6.777 years
113	Cambodia	6.738 years
114	Timor-Leste	6.701 years
115	Jamaica	6.677 years
116	Morocco	6.603 years
117	Namibia	6.59 years
118	Panama	6.577 years
119	Nauru	6.512 years
120	Nigeria	6.502 years
121	Egypt	6.479 years
122	Ghana	6.467 years
123	Guatemala	6.427 years
124	Bhutan	6.327 years
125	Benin	6.248 years
126	Tunisia	6.085 years
127	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.066 years
128	Gabon	6.016 years
129	Laos	5.984 years
130	Burundi	5.912 years
131	Côte d'Ivoire	5.912 years
132	Haiti	5.89 years
133	Gambia	5.884 years
134	Nicaragua	5.796 years
135	Mauritania	5.783 years
136	Malawi	5.77 years
137	Philippines	5.679 years
138	Honduras	5.677 years
139	Pakistan	5.638 years
140	Sierra Leone	5.519 years
141	Burkina Faso	5.442 years
142	Afghanistan	5.414 years
143	Lebanon	5.364 years
144	Eswatini	5.345 years
145	Cameroon	5.233 years
146	Botswana	5.127 years
147	Senegal	5.097 years
148	Bangladesh	5.039 years
149	Congo	5.005 years
150	Tajikistan	4.942 years
151	South Africa	4.877 years
152	Vanuatu	4.869 years
153	Comoros	4.826 years
154	Uganda	4.72 years
155	Mozambique	4.657 years
156	Zambia	4.642 years
157	Guinea	4.611 years
158	Angola	4.467 years
159	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	4.277 years
160	Yemen	4.269 years
161	Rwanda	4.26 years
162	Madagascar	4.182 years
163	Iraq	4.094 years
164	Sudan	4.082 years
165	Ethiopia	4.02 years
166	Tanzania	3.865 years
167	Tuvalu	3.508 years
168	Solomon Islands	3.367 years
169	South Sudan	2.941 years
170	Chad	2.827 years
171	Niger	2.815 years
172	Central African Republic	2.696 years
173	Mali	2.218 years
174	Liberia	1.959 years

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