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

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