Male expected years of schooling
years, 2009–2017
Country | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Afghanistan | 11.20 | 11.30 | 11.40 | 11.77 | 12.13 | 12.50 | |||
Albania | 12.10 | 12.80 | 13.60 | 14.40 | 15.10 | 15.50 | 15.30 | 14.90 | 14.80 |
Algeria | 13.40 | 13.80 | 14.10 | ||||||
Angola | 9.90 | 11.90 | |||||||
Antigua and Barbuda | 12.80 | 12.80 | 12.60 | 12.10 | |||||
Argentina | 15.80 | 16.10 | 16.10 | 16.10 | 16.00 | 16.10 | 16.20 | 16.40 | |
Armenia | 12.70 | 12.80 | 12.90 | 12.85 | 12.80 | 12.80 | 12.60 | ||
Aruba | 13.20 | 13.10 | 12.80 | 13.20 | |||||
Australia | 22.90 | 22.50 | |||||||
Austria | 15.50 | 15.60 | 15.80 | ||||||
Azerbaijan | 13.20 | 13.20 | |||||||
Bahrain | 13.10 | 12.60 | 12.70 | 13.00 | 14.50 | 14.80 | 14.70 | ||
Bangladesh | 8.80 | 9.06 | 9.33 | 9.59 | 9.85 | 10.11 | 10.38 | 10.64 | 10.90 |
Barbados | 14.40 | 14.10 | 13.90 | ||||||
Belarus | 14.90 | 14.90 | 15.10 | 15.20 | 15.10 | 15.00 | 15.00 | 15.10 | 15.00 |
Belgium | 18.10 | 18.10 | 18.20 | 18.30 | 18.40 | 18.70 | 18.80 | 18.80 | |
Belize | 12.20 | 12.20 | 12.20 | 12.60 | 12.50 | 12.50 | 12.70 | 13.30 | 12.90 |
Benin | 13.00 | 13.55 | 14.10 | 14.00 | 14.20 | 13.80 | |||
Bermuda | 11.40 | 11.30 | 11.00 | 11.00 | 10.90 | ||||
Bhutan | 11.10 | 11.50 | 11.90 | 12.20 | 12.00 | ||||
Brazil | 13.30 | 13.45 | 13.60 | 13.50 | 14.80 | 14.80 | 14.90 | ||
Brunei | 13.90 | 13.80 | 14.10 | 14.60 | 14.50 | 14.40 | 14.20 | 14.10 | 14.00 |
Bulgaria | 13.90 | 14.20 | 14.30 | 14.30 | 14.70 | 14.90 | 14.80 | 14.60 | |
Burkina Faso | 6.90 | 7.20 | 7.70 | 7.90 | 8.10 | 8.20 | 8.50 | 8.80 | 9.10 |
Burundi | 11.10 | 11.50 | 11.70 | 11.90 | 12.10 | 12.15 | 12.20 | 11.50 | |
Cameroon | 10.90 | 11.35 | 11.80 | 12.30 | 12.65 | 13.00 | 13.30 | 13.60 | |
Canada | 14.80 | 14.70 | 14.80 | 15.20 | 15.30 | 15.40 | 15.50 | 15.60 | |
Cape Verde | 11.80 | 11.90 | 12.10 | 12.00 | 12.30 | 12.10 | 11.90 | 11.70 | 11.60 |
Central African Republic | 7.70 | 7.90 | 8.10 | 8.30 | |||||
Chad | 8.20 | 8.10 | 8.80 | 9.03 | 9.27 | 9.50 | |||
Chile | 15.00 | 15.00 | 15.10 | 15.10 | 15.80 | 15.90 | 16.10 | 16.20 | |
China | 12.60 | 12.90 | 13.10 | 13.20 | 13.40 | ||||
Colombia | 14.00 | 14.00 | 14.20 | 13.80 | 14.20 | 14.10 | 14.10 | 14.30 | 14.30 |
Comoros | 11.40 | 11.40 | |||||||
Congo (Brazzaville) | 10.70 | ||||||||
Congo (Kinshasa) | 10.20 | 10.55 | 10.90 | 10.50 | 10.70 | ||||
Costa Rica | 14.10 | 14.30 | 14.50 | 14.70 | 14.80 | 14.90 | |||
Croatia | 13.70 | 13.70 | 13.90 | 14.20 | 14.50 | 14.50 | 14.40 | 14.30 | |
Cuba | 15.90 | 15.30 | 14.80 | 14.10 | 13.50 | 13.60 | 13.70 | 13.80 | |
Curacao | 17.70 | ||||||||
Cyprus | 14.70 | 13.90 | 13.70 | 13.60 | 13.70 | 13.80 | 14.20 | ||
Czechia | 15.40 | 15.50 | 15.60 | 15.60 | 15.90 | 16.00 | 16.10 | 16.10 | |
Denmark | 16.10 | 16.30 | 17.80 | 18.00 | 18.50 | 18.30 | 18.40 | 18.40 | |
Djibouti | 5.90 | 6.20 | 6.50 | ||||||
Dominican Republic | 12.70 | 12.70 | 12.70 | 13.00 | 13.00 | ||||
Ecuador | 14.80 | 15.03 | 15.27 | 15.50 | |||||
Egypt | 12.00 | 12.20 | 12.20 | 12.60 | 12.90 | 12.80 | 12.95 | 13.10 | |
El Salvador | 12.60 | 12.70 | 12.90 | 13.00 | 13.00 | 12.80 | 12.40 | 12.20 | |
Eritrea | 6.30 | 6.00 | 6.10 | 6.20 | 6.30 | 6.40 | 5.80 | ||
Estonia | 15.10 | 15.40 | 15.60 | 15.60 | 15.60 | 15.40 | 15.30 | 15.30 | |
Eswatini | 11.70 | 11.65 | 11.60 | ||||||
Ethiopia | 8.70 | 8.80 | 8.90 | 8.90 | |||||
Finland | 16.20 | 16.40 | 16.50 | 16.50 | 18.50 | 18.50 | 18.50 | 18.50 | |
France | 14.80 | 14.90 | 14.90 | 15.00 | 15.10 | 15.20 | 15.10 | 15.20 | |
Gambia | 8.80 | 8.70 | |||||||
Georgia | 13.70 | 14.00 | 14.40 | 14.80 | 15.20 | ||||
Germany | 16.90 | 17.00 | 17.00 | 17.20 | |||||
Ghana | 10.70 | 11.05 | 11.40 | 11.70 | 11.80 | 11.40 | 11.90 | 11.70 | 11.70 |
Greece | 16.30 | 16.40 | 16.60 | 16.80 | 17.50 | 17.80 | 18.10 | ||
Grenada | 15.30 | 15.52 | 15.73 | 15.95 | 16.17 | 16.38 | 16.60 | 16.30 | 16.20 |
Guatemala | 10.80 | 10.90 | 10.90 | ||||||
Guinea | 10.00 | 10.13 | 10.27 | 10.40 | |||||
Guyana | 10.40 | 10.60 | 11.10 | 11.00 | |||||
Honduras | 10.30 | 10.15 | 10.00 | 9.80 | 9.70 | 9.80 | |||
Hungary | 14.80 | 14.90 | 14.90 | 14.90 | 15.20 | 15.00 | 14.90 | 14.80 | |
Iceland | 17.10 | 17.30 | 17.50 | 17.80 | 18.30 | 18.40 | 18.20 | 18.00 | |
India | 10.70 | 11.00 | 11.40 | 11.35 | 11.30 | 11.60 | 11.60 | 11.90 | |
Indonesia | 12.10 | 12.10 | 12.40 | 12.60 | 12.80 | 12.80 | 12.97 | 13.13 | 13.30 |
Iran | 12.90 | 13.10 | 13.60 | 15.00 | 15.00 | 14.90 | |||
Ireland | 16.90 | 17.40 | 17.90 | 18.00 | 18.00 | 18.00 | 18.60 | 18.70 | |
Israel | 15.20 | 15.35 | 15.50 | 15.40 | 15.50 | 15.50 | 15.50 | 15.30 | |
Italy | 15.90 | 15.90 | 16.20 | 16.00 | 15.90 | 15.90 | 15.90 | 15.90 | |
Ivory Coast | 9.70 | 10.00 | 10.60 | ||||||
Japan | 15.10 | 15.20 | 15.30 | 15.30 | 15.30 | 15.30 | 15.30 | 15.30 | |
Kazakhstan | 14.10 | 14.40 | 14.60 | 14.60 | 14.60 | 14.60 | 14.70 | 14.80 | |
Kenya | 10.80 | ||||||||
Kuwait | 12.90 | ||||||||
Kyrgyzstan | 12.00 | 12.20 | 12.10 | 12.50 | 12.80 | 12.90 | 12.90 | 13.20 | 13.20 |
Laos | 10.40 | 10.60 | 11.00 | 11.10 | 11.30 | 11.50 | 11.60 | 11.50 | 11.30 |
Latvia | 14.60 | 14.70 | 14.90 | 14.80 | 15.30 | 15.30 | 15.20 | 15.30 | |
Lebanon | 13.50 | 13.40 | 13.60 | 12.70 | 12.40 | 11.60 | |||
Lesotho | 10.70 | 10.30 | 10.30 | 10.20 | |||||
Liechtenstein | 15.50 | 15.60 | 16.00 | 16.20 | 16.05 | 15.90 | 16.10 | 16.10 | |
Lithuania | 16.10 | 16.10 | 16.20 | 16.10 | 16.10 | 16.00 | 16.00 | 16.10 | |
Luxembourg | 13.90 | 13.80 | 13.70 | 13.77 | 13.83 | 13.90 | 14.10 | ||
Macau | 13.80 | 13.80 | 14.00 | 13.20 | 13.50 | 13.90 | 14.40 | 15.10 | 15.50 |
Madagascar | 10.40 | 10.35 | 10.30 | 10.50 | 10.50 | 10.50 | 10.60 | 10.50 | |
Malawi | 10.30 | 10.50 | |||||||
Malaysia | 12.30 | 12.60 | 12.30 | 12.50 | 12.70 | 12.80 | 13.00 | 13.30 | 13.10 |
Mali | 8.40 | 8.50 | 8.60 | 8.50 | 8.40 | 8.30 | 8.00 | ||
Malta | 15.40 | 14.60 | 14.70 | 14.80 | 15.00 | 15.10 | 15.40 | ||
Mauritania | 7.60 | 7.70 | 7.80 | 8.20 | 8.40 | 8.60 | 8.80 | 8.30 | 8.50 |
Mauritius | 13.70 | 13.80 | 13.90 | 14.30 | 14.50 | 15.00 | 14.60 | 14.50 | 14.40 |
Mexico | 12.50 | 12.60 | 12.70 | 12.90 | 13.10 | 13.30 | 13.40 | 13.80 | |
Moldova | 11.50 | 11.50 | 11.50 | 11.50 | 11.60 | 11.50 | 11.40 | 11.30 | 11.40 |
Mongolia | 13.50 | 13.90 | |||||||
Montenegro | 14.60 | 14.80 | 14.78 | 14.77 | 14.75 | 14.73 | 14.72 | 14.70 | 14.70 |
Morocco | 11.20 | 11.60 | 11.90 | 12.30 | 12.64 | 12.98 | 13.32 | 13.66 | 14.00 |
Mozambique | 10.10 | 10.30 | 9.90 | 9.80 | 10.30 | 10.20 | 10.20 | 10.20 | 10.20 |
Myanmar (Burma) | 10.10 | ||||||||
Nepal | 11.40 | 12.10 | 12.30 | 12.20 | 12.10 | 11.95 | 11.80 | 11.80 | 11.70 |
Netherlands | 16.80 | 16.90 | 17.70 | 17.70 | 17.73 | 17.77 | 17.80 | 17.80 | |
New Zealand | 19.60 | 18.90 | 18.50 | 18.10 | 17.90 | 17.90 | 18.00 | 18.00 | |
Niger | 5.10 | 5.40 | 5.70 | 5.90 | 6.17 | 6.43 | 6.70 | 6.95 | 7.20 |
Nigeria | 8.80 | 9.20 | |||||||
North Korea | 11.10 | ||||||||
North Macedonia | 12.90 | 12.80 | 12.80 | 12.80 | 12.80 | 12.90 | 13.20 | ||
Norway | 16.70 | 16.90 | 16.90 | 16.80 | 17.00 | 17.10 | 17.10 | 17.30 | |
Oman | 13.50 | 13.40 | 13.30 | 13.30 | 13.30 | 13.50 | 13.70 | 14.10 | |
Pakistan | 8.10 | 8.20 | 8.30 | 8.40 | 8.50 | 8.70 | 8.90 | 9.30 | 9.20 |
Palau | 16.50 | ||||||||
Panama | 12.30 | 12.40 | 12.20 | 12.17 | 12.13 | 12.10 | 12.10 | ||
Paraguay | 12.00 | 12.00 | |||||||
Peru | 14.40 | ||||||||
Philippines | 11.20 | 11.44 | 11.68 | 11.92 | 12.16 | 12.40 | |||
Poland | 14.40 | 14.60 | 14.40 | 14.50 | 15.40 | 15.20 | 15.40 | 15.60 | |
Portugal | 15.70 | 15.80 | 15.90 | 16.10 | 16.70 | 16.50 | 16.50 | 16.40 | |
Puerto Rico | 14.80 | 14.90 | 14.10 | 13.30 | 13.50 | 13.50 | 14.60 | ||
Qatar | 12.10 | 12.60 | 13.40 | 10.70 | 10.10 | 10.50 | 11.10 | 11.40 | 11.10 |
Romania | 15.00 | 14.90 | 14.60 | 14.10 | 14.13 | 14.17 | 14.20 | 13.90 | |
Russia | 13.20 | 13.70 | 14.20 | 14.20 | 14.50 | 14.60 | 15.10 | 15.20 | |
Rwanda | 11.00 | 11.10 | 11.20 | 11.40 | 11.20 | 11.10 | 10.70 | 11.20 | 11.20 |
Saint Thomas and Principe | 10.20 | 10.30 | 10.45 | 10.60 | 11.05 | 11.50 | 12.40 | ||
San Marino | 14.60 | 14.70 | 14.60 | ||||||
Saudi Arabia | 13.80 | 14.60 | 15.40 | 16.20 | 17.00 | 17.80 | |||
Senegal | 8.10 | 8.60 | 8.80 | 8.80 | 9.00 | 8.90 | 8.80 | 8.60 | |
Serbia | 13.30 | 13.20 | 13.60 | 13.70 | 13.80 | 13.90 | 14.10 | 14.20 | 14.30 |
Seychelles | 12.60 | 12.90 | 11.90 | 14.20 | 14.30 | 15.10 | 15.40 | 15.30 | |
Singapore | 16.20 | ||||||||
Slovakia | 14.30 | 14.40 | 14.40 | 14.40 | 14.40 | 14.30 | 14.10 | 14.10 | |
Slovenia | 16.20 | 16.30 | 16.00 | 16.20 | 16.90 | 16.60 | 16.50 | 16.70 | |
South Africa | 12.70 | 12.90 | 13.10 | 13.20 | 13.30 | ||||
South Korea | 17.50 | 17.60 | 17.60 | 17.40 | 17.30 | 17.20 | 17.10 | 16.90 | |
Spain | 15.90 | 16.40 | 16.80 | 17.10 | 17.20 | 17.30 | 17.50 | 17.50 | |
Sri Lanka | 13.40 | 13.60 | 13.40 | 13.60 | 13.60 | 13.60 | 13.60 | 13.60 | |
Sudan | 7.60 | 7.60 | 7.20 | 7.60 | 7.80 | 7.90 | 7.90 | ||
Sweden | 15.00 | 15.20 | 15.10 | 15.00 | 16.70 | 16.90 | 17.30 | 17.70 | |
Switzerland | 15.50 | 15.70 | 15.80 | 15.90 | 16.00 | 16.10 | 16.20 | 16.30 | |
Syria | 11.70 | 12.00 | 12.30 | 12.80 | 8.80 | ||||
Tajikistan | 11.80 | 11.90 | 11.80 | 11.90 | 11.90 | ||||
Tanzania | 9.10 | 8.87 | 8.63 | 8.40 | |||||
Thailand | 12.90 | 12.80 | 13.10 | 12.80 | 12.60 | 15.20 | 15.15 | 15.10 | |
Timor Leste | 12.40 | 12.80 | |||||||
Togo | 13.70 | ||||||||
Tunisia | 14.00 | 14.00 | 14.20 | 14.24 | 14.28 | 14.32 | 14.36 | 14.40 | |
Turkey | 13.60 | 14.40 | 14.90 | 14.90 | 17.00 | 17.40 | 17.90 | 18.30 | |
Turkmenistan | 11.10 | ||||||||
Ukraine | 14.40 | 14.40 | 14.60 | 14.70 | 14.70 | 14.80 | |||
United Arab Emirates | 13.40 | ||||||||
United Kingdom | 15.70 | 16.00 | 15.40 | 15.40 | 17.20 | 17.40 | 17.00 | 18.20 | |
United States | 15.30 | 15.40 | 15.50 | 15.60 | 15.50 | 15.50 | 15.50 | 15.70 | |
Uzbekistan | 11.50 | 11.60 | 11.60 | 11.80 | 11.80 | 11.80 | 11.90 | 12.00 | 12.20 |
West Bank and Gaza | 12.70 | 12.80 | 12.60 | 12.50 | 12.10 | 12.10 | 12.00 | 11.90 | 12.00 |
Yemen | 9.90 | 10.30 | |||||||
Zimbabwe | 10.50 | 10.30 |