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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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Class

Rank

Years

Class

Rank

Value

Value

Coastal Plain

Northeast

South Central

North Central

Upper Plains

Prairie

East Central

East Central

South Central

Southeast

Southwest

Central

Southwest

Central

Upper Delta

Northeast

South Central

Southwest

Northern Valley

Southwest

Central

Piedmont Plateau

Southeast

Gulf

Northwest

Southeast

Southeast

Northwest

East Central

South Central

Coastal

Southeast

Bootheel

East Central

Appalachian Mountain

Eastern

West Central

Central

Eastern Valley

South Central

Lower Delta

Northwest

North Central

West

Central

West Olympic Coast

Eastern

West Central

Middle

West Ozarks

North Central

Northeast

South Central

West Central

Northeast

East Texas

Central

East Ozarks

Western

West Central Plains

Cumberland Plateau

Northwest

West Central

Northeast

Southern Mountains

North Central

Western

Southwest

Northwest Prairie

Northeast Prairie

North Central

East Central

Mountain

Central

Southeast

North Central

Okanogan Big Bend

Central

Edwards Plateau

South Central

Puget Sound Lowlands

Northeast

East Central

Southern

Central

South Panhandle

West Southwest

West Central

Panhandle

Southern Coastal Plain

East Olympic Cascade Foothills

Northeast

Northwest

Central Mountains

South Central

East Central

Southeast

Southeast

Northern Cascades

Central

Southwestern Mountain

Northeast

North Central

West Central

Allegheny Plateau

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

North Central

South Central Mountains

Southwest

Central Coastal Plain

Cascade Mountains West

Western Plateau

Central

Northeastern

Blue Grass

Northwest

South Central

Western Piedmont

Southern

Southeast

Central

Northern Coastal Plain

Northern Mountains

Southern Piedmont

Snake Drainage

East Central

Southeast

Central Basin

South Central

Central

West Central

North Central

Northwest

Northeastern

Northern Piedmont

Northwestern

Southeast

Southwest

East Central

East Central

Coastal Area

Southwestern Valleys

South Central

East Slope Cascades

Northeast

North Central Prairies

Southwest

Upper Susquehanna

Lower Valley

South

Northeast

Eastern Piedmont

Southwest

North Central Canyons

Central

East

Middle Susquehanna

Northwest

North Central

Southeast

South Central

North Central

Northeast

Southwest

Northwest

Northeast Gulf

Southwestern Highlands

Central

Sacramento Drainage

Southwest

Tidewater

North Central

South Central

Central Hills

High Plains

Panhandle

Upper Coast

South Central

Central Lakes

Northwestern

North Coast Drainage

Northeast

Southwest

West Central

Appalachian Mountains

Northeastern

Arkansas Drainage

South Central

Southeast

Northwest

Southeast

High Plateau

Upper Snake River Plains

Southeastern

Eastern Highlands

Mohawk Valley

Southwestern Valleys

Central Mountains

Central

Eastern Plateau

West Central

Cheyenne Niobrara Drainage

Northwest

Southwest Lower

Northeast Interior Basins

Northwest Plateau

Western

Northwest

Black Hills

East Central

Northeastern

North Central

South Central Lower

Palouse Blue Mountains

Central

North Central

Northeast Hills

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

Lower Southern

Northeast

South Central

Great Lakes

Green and Bear Drainage

Yellowstone Drainage

East Upper

West Central

San Joaquin Drainage

Kansas Drainage

North Central

Lower East Coast

Belle Fourche Drainage

Lower Susquehanna

North Central

Northeast

Trans Pecos

Northeastern Shore

Powder, Little Mo and Tongue Drainages

South Central

Dixie

Upper Southern

Northwest

Central

Northeast

Northern Mountains

Southern Desert

North Central

West Upper

Southeast

Big Horn

West Central Lower

Central

Southeast Lower

Cook Inlet

East Central

Central Coast Drainage

Pocono Mountains

North

West

North

Lower Platte

Northeastern

Central Eastern Shore

Coastal

Northern Plateau

South

Central Lower

South Interior

East Central Lower

Northwest

Upper Platte

Champlain Valley

Central

Northeast

East Central Mountains

Southeastern Shore

Southeastern Plains

Northwest

Central Valley

Southeastern

Central

Western

Hudson Valley

Northwest

Northeast

Southeastern Piedmont

Extreme Southern

Colorado Drainage

Central Highlands

Bristol Bay

Coastal

Southeast Desert Basins

Coastal

Northern

Southeast

East Central

Northeast Lower

North Central

East Central

Northeast Interior

Southern

Rhode Island (Entire State)

South Central

Uinta Basin

Southwest

South Central

North Central

Southern

St

Northwest Lower

Northern

Coastal

South Coast Drainage

Coastal

West Coast

Central Interior

North Slope

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