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Years of Schooling

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Average number of years of educational attainment by country
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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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Rank

Years

Class

Rank

US dollars

South Central

Southeast

Northeast

West

Central

North Central

Central

Southwest

Southeast

Northeast

West Central

Upper Plains

East Central

Northeast Prairie

North Central

West Central

East Central

West Southwest

East Central

Central

Coastal Plain

South Central

Central

Northern Valley

Northwest Prairie

Southeast

North Central

Northeast

South Central

Southeast

South Central

West Central Plains

Central

East Central

South Central

Central

East Central

Southwest

Southwest

Eastern

Prairie

North Central

East Southeast

Northwest

East

Northwest

Southeast

Appalachian Mountain

North Central

Central

East Central

Southwest

South Central

East Ozarks

South Central

Central Panhandle

Northwest

Southwest

Northeast

Southwest

Low Rolling Plains

Southeast

Southeast

Central

Southwest

Southeast

East Central

North Central

Eastern

West Ozarks

Northwest

Central

Southwest

Central

West Central

Western

North Central

Southeast

Northeast

Western Plateau

Cumberland Plateau

North Central

Western

Edwards Plateau

Central

West Central

Blue Grass

Central

East Central

Middle

Piedmont Plateau

Central

North Central

Panhandle

Northeast

Southeast

Southwestern

South Central

West Central

Northeast

Southwest Plateau

East Texas

Central Mountains

West Central

Central

Northwest

Southwest

East Central

North Central

West Central

Southwestern Mountain

Southwest

Southern Mountains

Southwest

South Central

Central

Northwest

South Central

Central

Southwest

North Central

West Central

Northwest

South Central Lower

Central Lakes

West Central

South Central

Southwest

North Central

Northeast

Central Mountain

South Panhandle

Northwest

Southwest

Upper Susquehanna

South

Southwest Lower

South Central

Northwest

Northwest

East Central

Southeast

Aleutians

Northeast Interior

Central

Northwest Plateau

Middle Susquehanna

Northeastern

Snake Drainage

Western Piedmont

Eastern Plateau

Northeast

Upper Coast

Northwest

Southeast Interior

Central

North Central

Northwest

West Central

Southeastern

Central Piedmont

North Central

East Central

Central Coastal Plain

Northeastern

Southwest

High Plains

Eastern Piedmont

North

Northern Piedmont

Great Lakes

Northern Coastal Plain

Bristol Bay

Southern Piedmont

Northwest Gulf

East Central

Southeast

Northern Plateau

West Olympic Coast

North

Cook Inlet

Central

North Central

South Interior

Southern

Northeast

Southern Coastal Plain

South Central

Yellowstone Drainage

Wind River

Central Lower

North Central

Okanogan Big Bend

Southeast Lower

Northeast

Cheyenne Niobrara Drainage

Northeast Gulf

East Central Lower

Central Interior

Tidewater

West Upper

Northern

Kansas Drainage

East Upper

Arkansas Drainage

Everglades and Southwest Coast

East Olympic Cascade Foothills

Panhandle

Central Basin

Cascade Mountains West

Northern Mountains

Rio Grande Drainage

Southwestern Mountains

South Central

Big Horn

Powder, Little Mo and Tongue Drainages

South

Southeast

Eastern Highlands

West Coast

Northeastern

North Slope

Hudson Valley

Southwestern

Trans Pecos

Northeastern Plains

Coastal

Belle Fourche Drainage

Panhandle

Upper Snake River Plains

Western

East Slope Cascades

Green and Bear Drainage

Northeast Lower

Southern Desert

Central

Platte Drainage

Central Mountains

Willamette Valley

Coastal Area

Upper Platte

Sacramento Drainage

Southwestern Highlands

Southeastern Piedmont

East Central

Lower Platte

Northeast

Northeast

Northeastern Valleys

Northeastern

Northwest Lower

North Central

Northwestern Plateau

Southwestern Valleys

North Coast Drainage

Palouse Blue Mountains

Northern Mountains

San Joaquin Drainage

Central Valley

Central Coast Drainage

High Plateau

Northeast Interior Basins

Central Plains

Southeast

Southern

Western

Central Highlands

Southeastern Plains

Northwest

South Central

North Central

Northwestern

South Central

Colorado Drainage

North Central

Southwestern Valleys

South Central

South Coast Drainage

Southwest

Uinta Basin

Southeast

Southeast Desert Basins

Extreme Southern

South Central

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