School Life Expectancy

This ranking compares how long a child can currently expect to remain in the education system. The raw value is expected years of schooling and education; more years receive a higher rating up to a full education pathway.
1 Australia21 years 21 years 100
1 New Zealand20.5 years 20.5 years 100
1 Belgium20 years 20 years 100
1 Iceland20 years 20 years 100
1 Ireland20 years 20 years 100
6 Finland19.5 years 19.5 years 98
6 Netherlands19.5 years 19.5 years 98
6 Sweden19.5 years 19.5 years 98
9 Denmark19 years 19 years 95
10 Norway18.5 years 18.5 years 93
10 Turkey18.5 years 18.5 years 93
12 Portugal18 years 18 years 90
12 Spain18 years 18 years 90
14 Chinese Taipei17.5 years 17.5 years 88
14 Greece17.5 years 17.5 years 88
14 Korea Republic17.5 years 17.5 years 88
14 Poland17.5 years 17.5 years 88
14 Slovenia17.5 years 17.5 years 88
14 United Kingdom17.5 years 17.5 years 88
20 Argentina17 years 17 years 85
20 Chile17 years 17 years 85
20 Czech Republic17 years 17 years 85
20 Estonia17 years 17 years 85
20 Germany17 years 17 years 85
20 Hong Kong17 years 17 years 85
20 Italy17 years 17 years 85
20 Lithuania17 years 17 years 85
20 Malta17 years 17 years 85
20 Singapore17 years 17 years 85
20 Uruguay17 years 17 years 85
31 Andorra16.5 years 16.5 years 83
31 Austria16.5 years 16.5 years 83
31 Belarus16.5 years 16.5 years 83
31 Canada16.5 years 16.5 years 83
31 Cuba16.5 years 16.5 years 83
31 Faroe Islands16.5 years 16.5 years 83
31 France16.5 years 16.5 years 83
31 Hungary16.5 years 16.5 years 83
31 Israel16.5 years 16.5 years 83
31 Latvia16.5 years 16.5 years 83
31 Liechtenstein16.5 years 16.5 years 83
31 Luxembourg16.5 years 16.5 years 83
31 Monaco16.5 years 16.5 years 83
31 San Marino16.5 years 16.5 years 83
31 Switzerland16.5 years 16.5 years 83
31 United States16.5 years 16.5 years 83
47 Brazil16 years 16 years 80
47 Croatia16 years 16 years 80
47 Cyprus16 years 16 years 80
47 Macau16 years 16 years 80
47 Mongolia16 years 16 years 80
47 Russia16 years 16 years 80
47 Slovakia16 years 16 years 80
54 Barbados15.5 years 15.5 years 78
54 Bulgaria15.5 years 15.5 years 78
54 Costa Rica15.5 years 15.5 years 78
54 Curacao15.5 years 15.5 years 78
54 Georgia15.5 years 15.5 years 78
54 Japan15.5 years 15.5 years 78
54 Kazakhstan15.5 years 15.5 years 78
54 Montenegro15.5 years 15.5 years 78
54 New Caledonia15.5 years 15.5 years 78
54 Palau15.5 years 15.5 years 78
54 Puerto Rico15.5 years 15.5 years 78
54 Réunion15.5 years 15.5 years 78
54 Romania15.5 years 15.5 years 78
54 Serbia15.5 years 15.5 years 78
54 Tahiti15.5 years 15.5 years 78
54 U.S. Virgin Islands15.5 years 15.5 years 78
54 Ukraine15.5 years 15.5 years 78
71 Albania15 years 15 years 75
71 Anguilla15 years 15 years 75
71 Aruba15 years 15 years 75
71 Bermuda15 years 15 years 75
71 Bosnia and Herzegovina15 years 15 years 75
71 British Virgin Islands15 years 15 years 75
71 Brunei15 years 15 years 75
71 Cayman Islands15 years 15 years 75
71 Ecuador15 years 15 years 75
71 Gibraltar15 years 15 years 75
71 Greenland15 years 15 years 75
71 Guadeloupe15 years 15 years 75
71 Guam15 years 15 years 75
71 Iran15 years 15 years 75
71 Kuwait15 years 15 years 75
71 Martinique15 years 15 years 75
71 Mauritius15 years 15 years 75
71 Peru15 years 15 years 75
71 Saudi Arabia15 years 15 years 75
71 Thailand15 years 15 years 75
71 Trinidad and Tobago15 years 15 years 75
71 Tunisia15 years 15 years 75
71 Venezuela15 years 15 years 75
94 Colombia14.5 years 14.5 years 73
94 Cook Islands14.5 years 14.5 years 73
94 Grenada14.5 years 14.5 years 73
94 Kosovo14.5 years 14.5 years 73
94 Mexico14.5 years 14.5 years 73
94 Moldova14.5 years 14.5 years 73
94 Niue14.5 years 14.5 years 73
94 North Macedonia14.5 years 14.5 years 73
94 Northern Mariana Islands14.5 years 14.5 years 73
94 Saint Pierre and Miquelon14.5 years 14.5 years 73
94 Saint-Martin14.5 years 14.5 years 73
94 Seychelles14.5 years 14.5 years 73
94 Sint Maarten14.5 years 14.5 years 73
94 Turks and Caicos Islands14.5 years 14.5 years 73
94 United Arab Emirates14.5 years 14.5 years 73
109 Algeria14 years 14 years 70
109 American Samoa14 years 14 years 70
109 Antigua and Barbuda14 years 14 years 70
109 Azerbaijan14 years 14 years 70
109 Bahamas14 years 14 years 70
109 Bahrain14 years 14 years 70
109 Bolivia14 years 14 years 70
109 China14 years 14 years 70
109 Dominica14 years 14 years 70
109 Dominican Republic14 years 14 years 70
109 Egypt14 years 14 years 70
109 Fiji14 years 14 years 70
109 French Guiana14 years 14 years 70
109 Jordan14 years 14 years 70
109 Korea DPR14 years 14 years 70
109 Kyrgyzstan14 years 14 years 70
109 Lebanon14 years 14 years 70
109 Maldives14 years 14 years 70
109 Montserrat14 years 14 years 70
109 Morocco14 years 14 years 70
109 Oman14 years 14 years 70
109 Palestine14 years 14 years 70
109 Saint Kitts and Nevis14 years 14 years 70
109 Saint Lucia14 years 14 years 70
109 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines14 years 14 years 70
109 Sri Lanka14 years 14 years 70
109 Tonga14 years 14 years 70
109 Uzbekistan14 years 14 years 70
137 Armenia13.5 years 13.5 years 68
137 Indonesia13.5 years 13.5 years 68
137 Libya13.5 years 13.5 years 68
137 Malaysia13.5 years 13.5 years 68
137 Panama13.5 years 13.5 years 68
137 Qatar13.5 years 13.5 years 68
137 Samoa13.5 years 13.5 years 68
137 Turkmenistan13.5 years 13.5 years 68
145 Bhutan13 years 13 years 65
145 Botswana13 years 13 years 65
145 Cape Verde13 years 13 years 65
145 El Salvador13 years 13 years 65
145 Jamaica13 years 13 years 65
145 Marshall Islands13 years 13 years 65
145 Nepal13 years 13 years 65
145 Paraguay13 years 13 years 65
145 Philippines13 years 13 years 65
145 South Africa13 years 13 years 65
145 Suriname13 years 13 years 65
145 Vietnam13 years 13 years 65
157 Belize12.5 years 12.5 years 63
157 Gabon12.5 years 12.5 years 63
157 Ghana12.5 years 12.5 years 63
157 Guyana12.5 years 12.5 years 63
157 Honduras12.5 years 12.5 years 63
157 India12.5 years 12.5 years 63
157 Micronesia12.5 years 12.5 years 63
157 Namibia12.5 years 12.5 years 63
157 Tuvalu12.5 years 12.5 years 63
157 Vanuatu12.5 years 12.5 years 63
167 Cameroon12 years 12 years 60
167 Congo12 years 12 years 60
167 Guatemala12 years 12 years 60
167 Iraq12 years 12 years 60
167 Ivory Coast12 years 12 years 60
167 Kiribati12 years 12 years 60
167 Nauru12 years 12 years 60
167 Nicaragua12 years 12 years 60
167 São Tomé and Príncipe12 years 12 years 60
167 Swaziland12 years 12 years 60
167 Syria12 years 12 years 60
167 Tajikistan12 years 12 years 60
167 Timor-Leste12 years 12 years 60
167 Togo12 years 12 years 60
167 Wallis and Futuna12 years 12 years 60
167 Zimbabwe12 years 12 years 60
183 Bangladesh11.5 years 11.5 years 57
183 Kenya11.5 years 11.5 years 57
183 Solomon Islands11.5 years 11.5 years 57
186 Angola11 years 11 years 55
186 Benin11 years 11 years 55
186 Burundi11 years 11 years 55
186 Cambodia11 years 11 years 55
186 Comoros11 years 11 years 55
186 Equatorial Guinea11 years 11 years 55
186 Laos11 years 11 years 55
186 Lesotho11 years 11 years 55
186 Malawi11 years 11 years 55
186 Mayotte11 years 11 years 55
186 Myanmar11 years 11 years 55
186 Rwanda11 years 11 years 55
186 Uganda11 years 11 years 55
186 Zambia11 years 11 years 55
186 Zanzibar11 years 11 years 55
201 Afghanistan10 years 10 years 50
201 Congo DR10 years 10 years 50
201 Gambia10 years 10 years 50
201 Haiti10 years 10 years 50
201 Liberia10 years 10 years 50
201 Madagascar10 years 10 years 50
201 Mozambique10 years 10 years 50
201 Nigeria10 years 10 years 50
201 Papua New Guinea10 years 10 years 50
201 Senegal10 years 10 years 50
201 Sierra Leone10 years 10 years 50
201 Tanzania10 years 10 years 50
201 Western Sahara10 years 10 years 50
214 Djibouti9.5 years 9.5 years 48
214 Guinea-Bissau9.5 years 9.5 years 48
216 Burkina Faso9 years 9 years 45
216 Ethiopia9 years 9 years 45
216 Guinea9 years 9 years 45
216 Mauritania9 years 9 years 45
216 Pakistan9 years 9 years 45
216 Sudan9 years 9 years 45
216 Yemen9 years 9 years 45
223 Eritrea8 years 8 years 40
224 Chad7.5 years 7.5 years 38
224 Mali7.5 years 7.5 years 38
226 Central African Republic7 years 7 years 35
226 Niger7 years 7 years 35
226 Somalia7 years 7 years 35
226 South Sudan7 years 7 years 35

Last rating: June 22nd, 2026

How the Raw Value Is Calculated

The raw value is expected years of education. It describes how many years a child entering the education system can expect to spend in school, training or tertiary education if current enrollment rates persist.

The main anchor is UNESCO Institute for Statistics data on school life expectancy. Where no current separate series is available, Nomadino uses World Bank education context, the administering state, regional comparators, tertiary access, literacy and existing education data as replacement inputs.

The rating uses a fixed scale: 0 years receive 0 points, while 20 years or more receive 100 points. Between those anchors, the rating rises linearly.

The value measures education duration, not automatically education quality. A long education pathway is only one part of the picture; learning outcomes, tertiary access, foundational education and funding remain separate indicators.

Territories and microstates are mapped cautiously when local education pathways are strongly linked to the administering state or when a substantial share of tertiary education takes place abroad.