| Country | SCHOOL LIFE EXPECTANCY (PRIMARY TO TERTIARY EDUCATION)(YEARS) |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan |
total: 9 years male: 11 years female: 7 years (2011) |
| Algeria |
total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2011) |
| Angola |
total: 11 years male: 14 years female: 9 years (2011) |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 15 years (2012) |
| Argentina |
total: 18 years male: 17 years female: 19 years (2012) |
| Armenia |
total: 12 years male: 11 years female: 14 years (2009) |
| Aruba |
total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2012) |
| Australia |
total: 20 years male: 20 years female: 21 years (2012) |
| Austria |
total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2012) |
| Azerbaijan |
total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2012) |
| Bangladesh |
total: 10 years male: 10 years female: 10 years (2011) |
| Barbados |
total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 17 years (2011) |
| Belarus |
total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2013) |
| Belgium |
total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2012) |
| Belize |
total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2013) |
| Benin |
total: 11 years male: 13 years female: 9 years (2011) |
| Bermuda |
total: 12 years male: 11 years female: 13 years (2012) |
| Bhutan |
total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2012) |
| Bolivia |
total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2007) |
| Botswana |
total: 12 years male: NA female: NA (2008) |
| Brazil |
total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2005) |
| British Virgin Islands |
total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2009) |
| Brunei |
total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2012) |
| Bulgaria |
total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2012) |
| Burkina Faso |
total: 8 years male: 8 years female: 7 years (2013) |
| Burma |
total: 9 years male: NA female: NA (2007) |
| Burundi |
total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2010) |
| Cabo Verde |
total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2013) |
| Cambodia |
total: 11 years male: 12 years female: 10 years (2008) |
| Cameroon |
total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2011) |
| Central African Republic |
total: 7 years male: 9 years female: 6 years (2012) |
| Chad |
total: 7 years male: 9 years female: 6 years (2011) |
| Chile |
total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2012) |
| China |
total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2012) |
| Colombia |
total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2010) |
| Comoros |
total: 11 years male: NA female: NA (2013) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 8 years (2012) |
| Congo, Republic of the |
total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2012) |
| Cook Islands |
total: 15 years male: 16 years female: 15 years (2012) |
| Costa Rica |
total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2013) |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 8 years (2013) |
| Croatia |
total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2012) |
| Cuba |
total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2013) |
| Cyprus |
total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2012) |
| Czech Republic |
total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2012) |
| Denmark |
total: 19 years male: 18 years female: 19 years (2012) |
| Djibouti |
total: 6 years male: 7 years female: 6 years (2011) |
| Dominican Republic |
total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2012) |
| Ecuador |
total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2012) |
| Egypt |
total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 13 years (2012) |
| El Salvador |
total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2012) |
| Estonia |
total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2012) |
| Ethiopia |
total: 7 years male: 8 years female: 6 years (2005) |
| Finland |
total: 17 years male: 16 years female: 18 years (2012) |
| France |
total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 16 years (2012) |
| Gambia, The |
total: 9 years male: 9 years female: 9 years (2010) |
| Gaza Strip |
total: 13 years male: 12 years female: 14 years note: data represents Gaza and West Bank (2013) |
| Georgia |
total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2013) |
| Germany |
total: 16 years male: 17 years female: 16 years (2012) |
| Ghana |
total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 11 years (2012) |
| Greece |
total: 18 years male: 18 years female: 18 years (2012) |
| Grenada |
total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2009) |
| Guatemala |
total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2007) |
| Guinea-Bissau |
total: 9 years male: NA female: NA (2006) |
| Guinea |
total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 7 years (2011) |
| Guyana |
total: 10 years male: 9 years female: 11 years (2012) |
| Honduras |
total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2013) |
| Hong Kong |
total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 16 years (2013) |
| Hungary |
total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2012) |
| Iceland |
total: 19 years male: 18 years female: 20 years (2012) |
| India |
total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 11 years (2011) |
| Indonesia |
total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2012) |
| Iran |
total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2012) |
| Ireland |
total: 19 years male: 19 years female: 18 years (2012) |
| Israel |
total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2012) |
| Italy |
total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2012) |
| Jamaica |
total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2013) |
| Japan |
total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2012) |
| Jordan |
total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2012) |
| Kazakhstan |
total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2012) |
| Kenya |
total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2009) |
| Kiribati |
total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2008) |
| Korea, South |
total: 17 years male: 18 years female: 16 years (2012) |
| Kyrgyzstan |
total: 13 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2011) |
| Laos |
total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2013) |
| Latvia |
total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2012) |
| Lebanon |
total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2013) |
| Lesotho |
total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2012) |
| Liechtenstein |
total: 15 years male: 16 years female: 14 years (2012) |
| Lithuania |
total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2012) |
| Luxembourg |
total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2012) |
| Macedonia |
total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2012) |
| Madagascar |
total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2012) |
| Malawi |
total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2011) |
| Malaysia |
total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2005) |
| Mali |
total: 8 years male: 9 years female: 7 years (2011) |
| Malta |
total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2012) |
| Mauritania |
total: 9 years male: 9 years female: 8 years (2013) |
| Mauritius |
total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2012) |
| Mexico |
total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2012) |
| Moldova |
total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2013) |
| Mongolia |
total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2010) |
| Montenegro |
total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2010) |
| Montserrat |
total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 17 years (2007) |
| Morocco |
total: 11 years male: 12 years female: 11 years (2010) |
| Mozambique |
total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 9 years (2013) |
| Namibia |
total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2006) |
| Nauru |
total: 9 years male: 9 years female: 10 years (2008) |
| Nepal |
total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2011) |
| Netherlands |
total: 18 years male: 18 years female: 18 years (2012) |
| New Zealand |
total: 19 years male: 18 years female: 20 years (2012) |
| Nigeria |
total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 8 years (2005) |
| Niger |
total: 5 years male: 6 years female: 5 years (2012) |
| Niue |
total: 13 years male: 12 years female: 15 years (2005) |
| Norway |
total: 17 years male: 17 years female: 18 years (2012) |
| Oman |
total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2011) |
| Pakistan |
total: 8 years male: 8 years female: 7 years (2013) |
| Palau |
total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2013) |
| Panama |
total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2012) |
| Paraguay |
total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2010) |
| Peru |
total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2010) |
| Philippines |
total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2009) |
| Poland |
total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2012) |
| Portugal |
total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2012) |
| Puerto Rico |
total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2013) |
| Qatar |
total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2005) |
| Romania |
total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2011) |
| Russia |
total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2012) |
| Rwanda |
total: 10 years male: 10 years female: 10 years (2013) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
total: 13 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2008) |
| Saint Lucia |
total: 13 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2007) |
| San Marino |
total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2011) |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2012) |
| Saudi Arabia |
total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2013) |
| Senegal |
total: 8 years male: 8 years female: 8 years (2010) |
| Serbia |
total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2013) |
| Seychelles |
total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2012) |
| Slovakia |
total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 16 years (2012) |
| Slovenia |
total: 17 years male: 16 years female: 18 years (2012) |
| Solomon Islands |
total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 9 years (2007) |
| South Africa |
total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2012) |
| Spain |
total: 17 years male: 17 years female: 18 years (2012) |
| Sri Lanka |
total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2012) |
| Sudan |
total: 7 years male: 7 years female: 7 years (2012) |
| Swaziland |
total: 11 years male: 12 years female: 11 years (2011) |
| Sweden |
total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 17 years (2012) |
| Switzerland |
total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 16 years (2012) |
| Syria |
total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2012) |
| Tajikistan |
total: 11 years male: 12 years female: 10 years (2012) |
| Tanzania |
total: 9 years male: 9 years female: 9 years (2012) |
| Thailand |
total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2012) |
| Timor-Leste |
total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 11 years (2010) |
| Togo |
total: 12 years male: NA female: NA (2011) |
| Tunisia |
total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2010) |
| Turkey |
total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 14 years (2012) |
| Turkmenistan |
total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2014) |
| Uganda |
total: 10 years male: 10 years female: 10 years (2011) |
| Ukraine |
total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2013) |
| United Kingdom |
total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2012) |
| United States |
total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2012) |
| Uruguay |
total: 16 years male: 14 years female: 17 years (2010) |
| Uzbekistan |
total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 11 years (2011) |
| Venezuela |
total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 15 years (2008) |
| West Bank |
total: 13 years male: 12 years female: 14 years note: data represents Gaza and West Bank (2013) |
| World |
total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2012) |
| Yemen |
total: 9 years male: 11 years female: 8 years (2011) |
| Zimbabwe |
total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2012) |