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Years of Schooling

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Average number of years of educational attainment by country

Countries with less than 5 years of mean schooling are shown in the lightest green. Countries with 5 to 7 years are shown in light green. Countries with 8 to 11 are in green, and countries with more than 11 are in dark green.

In North America, Canada and the United States both haven an average of 12 to 13 mean years of schooling. Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, Belize, and Panama range from 9 to 11 years; Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Dominican Republic range from 7 to 8 years; and Haiti, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua range from 4 to 6 years. Most countries in South America range from 9 to 11 years, except for Colombia, Ecuador, Suriname, Brazil, and Paraguay, which range from 7 to 8 years. In Europe, most countries in northern Europe range from 12 to 13 years, except for Iceland, Finland, Belgium, and France, which range from 9 to 11 years. In southern and eastern Europe, most countries range from 9 to 11 years, except for Portugal, Bosnia, Herzegovina, and Macedonia, which range from 7 to 8 years. Most countries in Africa range from 4 to 6 years. Several, however, have only 1 to 3 years, including Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, and Ethiopia; and a few, including Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Ghana, Gabon, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, have from 7 to 8 years. Botswana and South Africa range from 9 to 10 years. In Southwest Asia, Israel is 12 to 13 years; Armenia, Azerbaijan, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the Persian Gulf countries are 9 to 11 years; Turkey, Syria, Iran, and Oman range from 7 to 8 years; and Iraq and Yemen from 4 to 6 years. The Central Asian countries are 9 to 11 years, except for Afghanistan, which is 4 to 6 years. The countries of South Asia are 4 to 6 years, except for Sri Lanka, which is 9 to 11 years. In Southeast Asia, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam range from 4 to 6 years, whereas Thailand and Indonesia range from 7 to 8 years, and Malaysia and the Philippines from 9 to 11 years. In Oceania, Australia and New Zealand range from 12 to 13 years, and Papua New Guinea is 4 to 6 years.

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Years of Schooling			Change in U.S. Winter Temperature from the 1901-1960 Period to the 1986-2016 Period
Class	Rank	Years	Coastal Plain	Prairie	South Central	Central	Southwest	East Central	North Central	Upper Plains	East Central	Southeast	Southwest	East Central	South Central	Southeast	Southwest	Central	Northwest	Central	Northern Valley	East Central	North Central	Southeast	Southeast	Piedmont Plateau	Southwest	Eastern	Appalachian Mountain	Eastern	East Texas	Northwest	West Central	Middle	Northeast	Cumberland Plateau	Northeast	Arkansas Drainage	Western	South Central	Western	Western	Southern Mountains	Southwestern	Edwards Plateau	West Olympic Coast	Central	North Central	Southeast	North Central	North	East Ozarks	Southeast	Panhandle	Central	West Ozarks	West	Southern Coastal Plain	Willamette Valley	Southeast	Southwestern Mountain	North Central	East Southeast	Central	Northeastern	Northwestern	East Olympic Cascade Foothills	Southeast	Southwest	West Central	Central	Southwestern Valleys	North Central	Central	Central	West Central	East Central	Southwest Plateau	Upper Snake River Plains	West Central	Southwest	West Central	North Central	East Central	South Central	Southwest	Platte Drainage	Blue Grass	South Central	Eastern Highlands	Low Rolling Plains	North Central	Northeast	Southwest	West Southwest	South Central	Coastal Area	North Coast Drainage	North Central	Southeast	High Plains	Central Mountain	Northern Coastal Plain	Rio Grande Drainage	Southwest	Central Mountains	West Central Plains	South Central	Sacramento Drainage	Northwest Prairie	Southeast	Northeast Prairie	Southwestern Highlands	Northwest	Snake Drainage	East	Northern Mountains	Southern	South Central	Southwestern Valleys	Northwestern Plateau	Northeast	Upper Coast	Southern Desert	East Central	Tidewater	Central Coastal Plain	Northwest	South	South Central	Northeast Interior Basins	Western Piedmont	Panhandle	Northeastern Plains	Central Piedmont	San Joaquin Drainage	Southern Piedmont	Northwest	Southwestern Mountains	Central	Green and Bear Drainage	North Central	Eastern Piedmont	Northwest	Trans Pecos	Southeast	West Central	Southwest	Southwest	Central	West Central	Central	South Central	Extreme Southern	Northeast	Cheyenne Niobrara Drainage	Okanogan Big Bend	Southeast Desert Basins	Northern Piedmont	Central Coast Drainage	Southwest	Northern Mountains	Central Plains	Everglades and Southwest Coast	Southeast	Lower Platte	Northwest	High Plateau	Southeastern Plains	Northeast	Upper Platte	Northwest	Central Highlands	Central Valley	Cascade Mountains West	Kansas Drainage	South Central	Northeast	Wind River	Northeastern Valleys	North Central	Northwest Plateau	Southwestern	Central Basin	East Central	Northwest	Western Plateau	Central Mountains	Northeast	South Central	Northeastern	Colorado Drainage	North Central	Middle Susquehanna	Aleutians	Northeast	Palouse Blue Mountains	North Central	Central	East Slope Cascades	Yellowstone Drainage	Southwest Lower	Central Panhandle	East Central	Southeast	Upper Susquehanna	Big Horn	South Panhandle	Belle Fourche Drainage	Panhandle	Powder, Little Mo and Tongue Drainages	South Central	Northern	North Central	South Central	Uinta Basin	Southwest	Central Lakes	South Coast Drainage	South Central Lower	East Upper	South Central	Eastern Plateau	Southeast Lower	Southwest	Great Lakes	Southeast	Western	Northeast Gulf	Southeastern	Southwest	Central	Northwest	East Central	Southeast	Southeastern Piedmont	East Central Lower	Central	South Central	Coastal	North Central	Central Lower	South	West Upper	Northeast	Central	Southern	East Central	Northeastern	Hudson Valley	North Central	Northeast Lower	Southwest	West Central	Northeast	Northern Plateau	Northwest Lower	Central	South Interior	North	Northwest Gulf	Northeastern	West Central	Northwest	East Central	North Central	Northeast	Southeast	Central	Northwest	Central	South Central	West Central	Northeast	North Central	Cook Inlet	Southeast Interior	East Central	Northwest	North Central	Bristol Bay	West Coast	Northeast Interior	Central Interior	North Slope

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