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Countries with the Best Education Systems 2026

Compare education quality, literacy rates, and academic infrastructure across 229 countries. Find destinations with strong schools, universities, and learning opportunities.

#	Country	Score
1	Finland	94.6
2	New Zealand	91.4
3	Belgium	91
4	Denmark	90.4
5	Estonia	90
6	Korea Republic	89.8
7	Iceland	89.6
8	Netherlands	89.2
9	Norway	89.2
10	Chinese Taipei	89
11	Sweden	88
12	Australia	86.8
13	Slovenia	86.2
14	Austria	86.2
15	Cuba	85.6
16	Canada	85
17	Chile	84.2
18	Ireland	83.8
19	Singapore	83.8
20	Latvia	83.4
21	United Kingdom	83.4
22	Israel	83.2
23	Poland	82.8
24	Ukraine	82.8
25	Belarus	82.8
26	Switzerland	82.4
27	Turkey	82
28	Argentina	81.8
29	France	81.8
30	Czech Republic	81.4
31	Hong Kong	81
32	Spain	80.8
33	Portugal	80.4
34	Russia	80.2
35	Germany	80.2
36	Korea DPR	80
37	Greece	79.4
38	United States	79.2
39	Venezuela	79
40	Faroe Islands	78.8
41	Lithuania	78.4
42	Greenland	78.2
43	Croatia	77.8
44	Japan	77.2
45	Puerto Rico	77.2
46	Cyprus	77
47	Italy	76.8
48	Saudi Arabia	76.8
49	Barbados	76.8
50	Aruba	76
51	Costa Rica	75.6
52	Martinique	75.2
53	Guadeloupe	75.2
54	San Marino	75
55	Bulgaria	75
56	Hungary	75
57	Slovakia	74.2
58	Luxembourg	73.6
59	Réunion	73.6
60	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	73.6
61	Curacao	73.4
62	Malta	73.2
63	Macau	73
64	Uruguay	72.6
65	Kazakhstan	72.4
66	Kuwait	72.2
67	Tahiti	72.2
68	Mongolia	72.2
69	China	72
70	Serbia	71.8
71	Brazil	71.6
72	Monaco	71.6
73	Moldova	71.6
74	Montenegro	71.2
75	Bolivia	71.2
76	New Caledonia	71
77	Kyrgyzstan	70.6
78	Palau	69.8
79	Palestine	69.2
80	Oman	69
81	Georgia	69
82	Romania	69
83	U.S. Virgin Islands	68.8
84	French Guiana	68.6
85	Liechtenstein	68.6
86	Andorra	68.4
87	Bosnia and Herzegovina	68.2
88	Saint-Martin	68.2
89	United Arab Emirates	68
90	Colombia	67.8
91	British Virgin Islands	67.6
92	Gibraltar	67.4
93	Malaysia	67.2
94	Iran	67.2
95	Guam	67
96	Grenada	67
97	Tunisia	67
98	Sint Maarten	67
99	Anguilla	66.6
100	Uzbekistan	66.6
101	Peru	66.4
102	Bermuda	66
103	Mauritius	66
104	Brunei	65.8
105	Ecuador	65
106	Turks and Caicos Islands	65
107	Mexico	65
108	Vietnam	64.6
109	Armenia	64.6
110	Jamaica	64.4
111	Dominican Republic	64.2
112	Trinidad and Tobago	64.2
113	Cayman Islands	64.2
114	North Macedonia	64
115	Azerbaijan	63.8
116	Kosovo	63.8
117	Northern Mariana Islands	63.2
118	Montserrat	63
119	Albania	62.8
120	Tajikistan	62.8
121	South Africa	62.6
122	Jordan	62.4
123	Cook Islands	62.2
124	Maldives	62.2
125	Belize	62
126	Bahamas	61.8
127	Morocco	61.6
128	Dominica	61.6
129	Botswana	61.4
130	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	61.4
131	Thailand	61.4
132	Saint Lucia	61
133	Libya	61
134	Panama	60.8
135	Niue	60.4
136	Saint Kitts and Nevis	60
137	Marshall Islands	59.8
138	Lebanon	59.8
139	American Samoa	59.8
140	Honduras	59.6
141	Algeria	59.4
142	Suriname	59.4
143	Iraq	59.4
144	Namibia	59
145	Samoa	58.8
146	Nauru	58.8
147	Syria	58.4
148	Cape Verde	58
149	Qatar	57.8
150	Tuvalu	57.8
151	Antigua and Barbuda	57.4
152	India	57.4
153	Indonesia	57.2
154	Bahrain	57.2
155	Paraguay	56.6
156	Swaziland	56.6
157	Turkmenistan	56.6
158	Guyana	56.2
159	Egypt	56
160	Philippines	56
161	Zimbabwe	56
162	Seychelles	55.8
163	Sri Lanka	55.4
164	Bhutan	55
165	El Salvador	55
166	São Tomé and Príncipe	54.2
167	Nicaragua	54.2
168	Tonga	52.6
169	Lesotho	52.2
170	Kenya	51.8
171	Vanuatu	51.8
172	Solomon Islands	51.6
173	Fiji	51.2
174	Ivory Coast	51
175	Timor-Leste	50.4
176	Ghana	49.2
177	Zambia	49
178	Nepal	49
179	Mayotte	49
180	Togo	48.6
181	Wallis and Futuna	48.4
182	Congo	48.2
183	Guatemala	47.8
184	Gabon	47.6
185	Equatorial Guinea	45.8
186	Laos	44
187	Cameroon	43.2
188	Mozambique	43
189	Rwanda	41
190	Cambodia	40.8
191	Tanzania	40.6
192	Senegal	40.4
193	Yemen	40.4
194	Bangladesh	40.4
195	Djibouti	40.2
196	Benin	40.2
197	Zanzibar	40
198	Kiribati	40
199	Ethiopia	39.8
200	Malawi	39.8
201	Angola	39.8
202	Papua New Guinea	39.6
203	Myanmar	39.4
204	Burundi	38.4
205	Uganda	38
206	Micronesia	37.4
207	Western Sahara	37.2
208	Haiti	37.2
209	Congo DR	36.2
210	Madagascar	36.2
211	Burkina Faso	35.4
212	Comoros	35.4
213	Afghanistan	34.2
214	Gambia	33.6
215	Pakistan	33.2
216	Sierra Leone	32.8
217	Sudan	31.4
218	Mauritania	31.4
219	Nigeria	31.2
220	Eritrea	31
221	Mali	30.2
222	Liberia	30
223	Guinea-Bissau	28.2
224	Niger	26.4
225	Guinea	26.2
226	Central African Republic	20.2
227	Chad	20.2
228	South Sudan	19.6
229	Somalia	15.8

How the Education & Knowledge Score Is Calculated

The overall score is an equally weighted average across five indicators. Nomadino calculates: adult literacy × 0.20 + PISA score × 0.20 + tertiary enrolment × 0.20 + education expenditure × 0.20 + school life expectancy × 0.20.

Adult literacy: 20%
PISA score: 20%
Tertiary enrolment: 20%
Education expenditure: 20%
School life expectancy: 20%

Education & Knowledge combines foundational skills, outcome quality, tertiary access, public education investment and the expected duration of the education pathway.

All five indicators receive equal weight because no single education metric should decide the board: a strong system needs basic skills, measurable learning outcomes, higher education access, funding and long enough education biographies.