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REFERENCES Regional and World Maps Flags of the World Gallery of Covers Definitions and Notes Guide to Country Profiles Guide to Country Comparisons The World Factbook Users Guide APPENDICES A: abbreviations B: international organizations and groups C: selected international environmental agreements D: cross-reference list of country data codes E: cross-reference list of hydrographic data codes F: cross-reference list of geographic names G: weights and measures FAQs CONTACT Country Comparison :: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) Rank country (years) Date of Information 1 New Zealand 20.00 2011 2 Australia 20.00 2011 3 Australia 20.00 2011 4 Iceland 20.00 2011 5 New Zealand 19.00 2011 6 New Zealand 19.00 2011 7 Iceland 19.00 2011 8 Australia 19.00 2011 9 Ireland 19.00 2011 10 Ireland 19.00 2011 11 Ireland 19.00 2011 12 Slovenia 18.00 2012 13 Spain 18.00 2011 14 Korea, South 18.00 2011 15 Netherlands 18.00 2011 16 Netherlands 18.00 2011 17 Netherlands 18.00 2011 18 Finland 18.00 2011 19 Norway 18.00 2011 20 Iceland 18.00 2011 21 Argentina 18.00 2011 22 Denmark 18.00 2010 23 Estonia 18.00 2010 24 Norway 18.00 2011 25 Slovenia 17.00 2012 26 Greece 17.00 2007 27 Spain 17.00 2011 28 Sweden 17.00 2011 29 United Kingdom 17.00 2011 30 United States 17.00 2011 31 United States 17.00 2011 32 Uruguay 17.00 2010 33 Korea, South 17.00 2011 34 Lithuania 17.00 2011 35 Lithuania 17.00 2011 36 Montserrat 17.00 2007 37 Norway 17.00 2011 38 Portugal 17.00 2010 39 Italy 17.00 2011 40 Puerto Rico 17.00 2011 41 Argentina 17.00 2011 42 Barbados 17.00 2011 43 Belgium 17.00 2011 44 Czech Republic 17.00 2011 45 Denmark 17.00 2010 46 Estonia 17.00 2010 47 Finland 17.00 2011 48 Greece 17.00 2007 49 Spain 17.00 2011 50 San Marino 16.00 2011 51 Grenada 16.00 2009 52 Saudi Arabia 16.00 2012 53 Slovenia 16.00 2012 54 Sweden 16.00 2011 55 Switzerland 16.00 2011 56 Switzerland 16.00 2011 57 Switzerland 16.00 2011 58 United Kingdom 16.00 2011 59 United Kingdom 16.00 2011 60 United States 16.00 2011 61 Uruguay 16.00 2010 62 Korea, South 16.00 2011 63 Latvia 16.00 2011 64 Latvia 16.00 2011 65 Libya 16.00 2003 66 Libya 16.00 2003 67 Libya 16.00 2003 68 Liechtenstein 16.00 2011 69 Lithuania 16.00 2011 70 Mauritius 16.00 2012 71 Mauritius 16.00 2012 72 Mongolia 16.00 2012 73 Montenegro 16.00 2010 74 Poland 16.00 2012 75 Poland 16.00 2012 76 Portugal 16.00 2010 77 Portugal 16.00 2010 78 Hong Kong 16.00 2012 79 Hungary 16.00 2011 80 Israel 16.00 2009 81 Israel 16.00 2009 82 Italy 16.00 2011 83 Italy 16.00 2011 84 Puerto Rico 16.00 2011 85 Argentina 16.00 2011 86 Austria 16.00 2011 87 Austria 16.00 2011 88 Belarus 16.00 2012 89 Belarus 16.00 2012 90 Belgium 16.00 2011 91 Belgium 16.00 2011 92 British Virgin Islands 16.00 2009 93 Canada 16.00 2000 94 Canada 16.00 2000 95 Chile 16.00 2012 96 Czech Republic 16.00 2011 97 Czech Republic 16.00 2011 98 Denmark 16.00 2010 99 Estonia 16.00 2010 100 Fiji 16.00 2011 101 Finland 16.00 2011 102 France 16.00 2011 103 France 16.00 2011 104 France 16.00 2011 105 Germany 16.00 2011 106 Germany 16.00 2011 107 Germany 16.00 2011 108 Greece 16.00 2007 109 Grenada 16.00 2009 110 Saudi Arabia 16.00 2012 111 San Marino 15.00 2011 112 Grenada 15.00 2009 113 Saudi Arabia 15.00 2012 114 Sweden 15.00 2011 115 Tunisia 15.00 2010 116 Tunisia 15.00 2010 117 Turkey 15.00 2011 118 Ukraine 15.00 2012 119 Ukraine 15.00 2012 120 Ukraine 15.00 2012 121 Venezuela 15.00 2008 122 Kazakhstan 15.00 2012 123 Kazakhstan 15.00 2012 124 Kazakhstan 15.00 2012 125 Kuwait 15.00 2004 126 Kuwait 15.00 2004 127 Latvia 15.00 2011 128 Liechtenstein 15.00 2011 129 Macau 15.00 2008 130 Malta 15.00 2011 131 Malta 15.00 2011 132 Mauritius 15.00 2012 133 Mongolia 15.00 2012 134 Montenegro 15.00 2010 135 Montenegro 15.00 2010 136 Montserrat 15.00 2007 137 Niue 15.00 2005 138 Palau 15.00 2000 139 Poland 15.00 2012 140 Hong Kong 15.00 2012 141 Hong Kong 15.00 2012 142 Hungary 15.00 2011 143 Hungary 15.00 2011 144 Iran 15.00 2012 145 Iran 15.00 2012 146 Iran 15.00 2012 147 Israel 15.00 2009 148 Japan 15.00 2011 149 Japan 15.00 2011 150 Japan 15.00 2011 151 Romania 15.00 2011 152 Russia 15.00 2009 153 Antigua and Barbuda 15.00 2012 154 Austria 15.00 2011 155 Barbados 15.00 2011 156 Belarus 15.00 2012 157 British Virgin Islands 15.00 2009 158 British Virgin Islands 15.00 2009 159 Brunei 15.00 2012 160 Brunei 15.00 2012 161 Bulgaria 15.00 2011 162 Canada 15.00 2000 163 Chile 15.00 2012 164 Chile 15.00 2012 165 Croatia 15.00 2011 166 Croatia 15.00 2011 167 Cuba 15.00 2012 168 Cuba 15.00 2012 169 San Marino 15.00 2011 170 Serbia 14.00 2012 171 Cyprus 14.00 2011 172 Sri Lanka 14.00 2012 173 Sri Lanka 14.00 2012 174 Tonga 14.00 2002 175 Tonga 14.00 2002 176 Tunisia 14.00 2010 177 Turkey 14.00 2011 178 Turkey 14.00 2011 179 Uruguay 14.00 2010 180 Venezuela 14.00 2008 181 Zambia 14.00 2012 182 Zambia 14.00 2012 183 Jordan 14.00 2011 184 Kuwait 14.00 2004 185 Liechtenstein 14.00 2011 186 Luxembourg 14.00 2010 187 Luxembourg 14.00 2010 188 Luxembourg 14.00 2010 189 Macau 14.00 2008 190 Macau 14.00 2008 191 Malta 14.00 2011 192 Mongolia 14.00 2012 193 Montserrat 14.00 2007 194 Oman 14.00 2011 195 Oman 14.00 2011 196 Palau 14.00 2000 197 Puerto Rico 14.00 2011 198 Qatar 14.00 2005 199 Qatar 14.00 2005 200 Qatar 14.00 2005 201 Romania 14.00 2011 202 Romania 14.00 2011 203 Russia 14.00 2009 204 Russia 14.00 2009 205 Algeria 14.00 2011 206 Algeria 14.00 2011 207 Angola 14.00 2011 208 Antigua and Barbuda 14.00 2012 209 Armenia 14.00 2009 210 Aruba 14.00 2011 211 Barbados 14.00 2011 212 Belize 14.00 2012 213 Belize 14.00 2012 214 Brunei 14.00 2012 215 Bulgaria 14.00 2011 216 Bulgaria 14.00 2011 217 Cabo Verde 14.00 2012 218 Colombia 14.00 2012 219 Costa Rica 14.00 2012 220 Costa Rica 14.00 2012 221 Croatia 14.00 2011 222 Cuba 14.00 2012 223 Cyprus 14.00 2011 224 Cyprus 14.00 2011 225 Serbia 14.00 2012 226 China 13.00 2012 227 China 13.00 2012 228 China 13.00 2012 229 Colombia 13.00 2012 230 Colombia 13.00 2012 231 Comoros 13.00 2012 232 Comoros 13.00 2012 233 Cook Islands 13.00 2011 234 Cook Islands 13.00 2011 235 Costa Rica 13.00 2012 236 Egypt 13.00 2011 237 Egypt 13.00 2011 238 Egypt 13.00 2011 239 Georgia 13.00 2008 240 Georgia 13.00 2008 241 Georgia 13.00 2008 242 Saint Kitts and Nevis 13.00 2008 243 Saint Kitts and Nevis 13.00 2008 244 Saint Lucia 13.00 2012 245 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13.00 2004 246 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13.00 2004 247 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13.00 2004 248 Serbia 13.00 2012 249 Sri Lanka 13.00 2012 250 Suriname 13.00 2002 251 Thailand 13.00 2009 252 Thailand 13.00 2009 253 Thailand 13.00 2009 254 Tokelau 13.00 2003 255 Tonga 13.00 2002 256 Trinidad and Tobago 13.00 2004 257 Venezuela 13.00 2008 258 Zambia 13.00 2012 259 Jordan 13.00 2011 260 Jordan 13.00 2011 261 Kiribati 13.00 2008 262 Kyrgyzstan 13.00 2011 263 Kyrgyzstan 13.00 2011 264 Lebanon 13.00 2012 265 Lebanon 13.00 2012 266 Lebanon 13.00 2012 267 Macedonia 13.00 2010 268 Macedonia 13.00 2010 269 Macedonia 13.00 2010 270 Malaysia 13.00 2005 271 Malaysia 13.00 2005 272 Malaysia 13.00 2005 273 Maldives 13.00 2003 274 Maldives 13.00 2003 275 Maldives 13.00 2003 276 Mexico 13.00 2011 277 Mexico 13.00 2011 278 Mexico 13.00 2011 279 Nepal 13.00 2011 280 Niue 13.00 2005 281 Oman 13.00 2011 282 Palau 13.00 2000 283 Panama 13.00 2011 284 Paraguay 13.00 2011 285 Paraguay 13.00 2011 286 Peru 13.00 2010 287 Peru 13.00 2010 288 Peru 13.00 2010 289 Indonesia 13.00 2011 290 Indonesia 13.00 2011 291 Indonesia 13.00 2011 292 Antigua and Barbuda 13.00 2012 293 Aruba 13.00 2011 294 Aruba 13.00 2011 295 Belize 13.00 2012 296 Benin 13.00 2011 297 Bermuda 13.00 2011 298 Bhutan 13.00 2012 299 Bhutan 13.00 2012 300 Bhutan 13.00 2012 301 Bolivia 13.00 2007 302 Bolivia 13.00 2007 303 Bolivia 13.00 2007 304 Cabo Verde 13.00 2012 305 Cabo Verde 13.00 2012 306 Saint Kitts and Nevis 12.00 2008 307 Saint Lucia 12.00 2012 308 Saint Lucia 12.00 2012 309 Samoa 12.00 2000 310 Samoa 12.00 2000 311 Samoa 12.00 2000 312 Seychelles 12.00 2011 313 Seychelles 12.00 2011 314 Slovakia 12.00 2012 315 Slovakia 12.00 2012 316 Slovakia 12.00 2012 317 Suriname 12.00 2002 318 Swaziland 12.00 2011 319 Syria 12.00 2011 320 Syria 12.00 2011 321 Syria 12.00 2011 322 Tajikistan 12.00 2011 323 Timor-Leste 12.00 2010 324 Timor-Leste 12.00 2010 325 Togo 12.00 2011 326 Tokelau 12.00 2003 327 Tokelau 12.00 2003 328 Trinidad and Tobago 12.00 2004 329 Trinidad and Tobago 12.00 2004 330 Uzbekistan 12.00 2011 331 Uzbekistan 12.00 2011 332 Kiribati 12.00 2008 333 Kiribati 12.00 2008 334 Kyrgyzstan 12.00 2011 335 Lesotho 12.00 2012 336 Liberia 12.00 2000 337 Marshall Islands 12.00 2003 338 Marshall Islands 12.00 2003 339 Moldova 12.00 2012 340 Moldova 12.00 2012 341 Moldova 12.00 2012 342 Morocco 12.00 2010 343 Nepal 12.00 2011 344 Nepal 12.00 2011 345 Niue 12.00 2005 346 Panama 12.00 2011 347 Panama 12.00 2011 348 Paraguay 12.00 2011 349 Philippines 12.00 2009 350 Honduras 12.00 2012 351 India 12.00 2011 352 India 12.00 2011 353 Jamaica 12.00 2002 354 Jamaica 12.00 2002 355 Jamaica 12.00 2002 356 Algeria 12.00 2011 357 Armenia 12.00 2009 358 Azerbaijan 12.00 2012 359 Azerbaijan 12.00 2012 360 Azerbaijan 12.00 2012 361 Bermuda 12.00 2011 362 Botswana 12.00 2006 363 Botswana 12.00 2006 364 Botswana 12.00 2006 365 Cambodia 12.00 2008 366 Comoros 12.00 2012 367 Cook Islands 12.00 2011 368 El Salvador 12.00 2012 369 El Salvador 12.00 2012 370 El Salvador 12.00 2012 371 Ghana 12.00 2012 372 Ghana 12.00 2012 373 Sao Tome and Principe 11.00 2012 374 Guatemala 11.00 2007 375 Sao Tome and Principe 11.00 2012 376 Seychelles 11.00 2011 377 Suriname 11.00 2002 378 Swaziland 11.00 2011 379 Swaziland 11.00 2011 380 Tajikistan 11.00 2011 381 Timor-Leste 11.00 2010 382 Tuvalu 11.00 2001 383 Tuvalu 11.00 2001 384 Uganda 11.00 2009 385 Uganda 11.00 2009 386 Uganda 11.00 2009 387 Uzbekistan 11.00 2011 388 Vanuatu 11.00 2004 389 Vanuatu 11.00 2004 390 Yemen 11.00 2011 391 Kenya 11.00 2009 392 Kenya 11.00 2009 393 Kenya 11.00 2009 394 Laos 11.00 2012 395 Lesotho 11.00 2012 396 Lesotho 11.00 2012 397 Liberia 11.00 2000 398 Madagascar 11.00 2012 399 Malawi 11.00 2011 400 Malawi 11.00 2011 401 Malawi 11.00 2011 402 Marshall Islands 11.00 2003 403 Morocco 11.00 2010 404 Morocco 11.00 2010 405 Namibia 11.00 2006 406 Namibia 11.00 2006 407 Namibia 11.00 2006 408 Nicaragua 11.00 2002 409 Nicaragua 11.00 2002 410 Philippines 11.00 2009 411 Philippines 11.00 2009 412 Guyana 11.00 2012 413 Honduras 11.00 2012 414 Honduras 11.00 2012 415 India 11.00 2011 416 Iraq 11.00 2004 417 Afghanistan 11.00 2011 418 Angola 11.00 2011 419 Anguilla 11.00 2008 420 Anguilla 11.00 2008 421 Anguilla 11.00 2008 422 Armenia 11.00 2009 423 Benin 11.00 2011 424 Bermuda 11.00 2011 425 Burundi 11.00 2010 426 Cambodia 11.00 2008 427 Cameroon 11.00 2011 428 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 11.00 2012 429 Congo, Republic of the 11.00 2012 430 Congo, Republic of the 11.00 2012 431 Congo, Republic of the 11.00 2012 432 Ghana 11.00 2012 433 Guatemala 11.00 2007 434 Sao Tome and Principe 11.00 2012 435 Solomon Islands 10.00 2007 436 Guinea 10.00 2011 437 Tuvalu 10.00 2001 438 Vanuatu 10.00 2004 439 Zimbabwe 10.00 2003 440 Laos 10.00 2012 441 Laos 10.00 2012 442 Madagascar 10.00 2012 443 Madagascar 10.00 2012 444 Mali 10.00 2012 445 Mozambique 10.00 2011 446 Mozambique 10.00 2011 447 Nauru 10.00 2008 448 Nicaragua 10.00 2002 449 Nigeria 10.00 2005 450 Guyana 10.00 2012 451 Iraq 10.00 2004 452 Rwanda 10.00 2012 453 Rwanda 10.00 2012 454 Rwanda 10.00 2012 455 Albania 10.00 2001 456 Albania 10.00 2001 457 Albania 10.00 2001 458 Bangladesh 10.00 2011 459 Bangladesh 10.00 2011 460 Bangladesh 10.00 2011 461 Burundi 10.00 2010 462 Burundi 10.00 2010 463 Cambodia 10.00 2008 464 Cameroon 10.00 2011 465 Cameroon 10.00 2011 466 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 10.00 2012 467 Equatorial Guinea 10.00 2000 468 Guatemala 10.00 2007 469 Tajikistan 10.00 2011 470 Solomon Islands 9.00 2007 471 Guinea 9.00 2011 472 Tanzania 9.00 2012 473 Tanzania 9.00 2012 474 Tanzania 9.00 2012 475 Yemen 9.00 2011 476 Zimbabwe 9.00 2003 477 Zimbabwe 9.00 2003 478 Liberia 9.00 2000 479 Mali 9.00 2012 480 Mozambique 9.00 2011 481 Nauru 9.00 2008 482 Nauru 9.00 2008 483 Nigeria 9.00 2005 484 Guinea-Bissau 9.00 2006 485 Guyana 9.00 2012 486 Iraq 9.00 2004 487 Afghanistan 9.00 2011 488 Angola 9.00 2011 489 Benin 9.00 2011 490 Burma 9.00 2007 491 Central African Republic 9.00 2012 492 Chad 9.00 2011 493 Equatorial Guinea 9.00 2000 494 Gambia, The 9.00 2008 495 Solomon Islands 9.00 2007 496 Senegal 8.00 2010 497 Ethiopia 8.00 2005 498 Senegal 8.00 2010 499 Sierra Leone 8.00 2001 500 Yemen 8.00 2011 501 Mali 8.00 2012 502 Mauritania 8.00 2012 503 Mauritania 8.00 2012 504 Mauritania 8.00 2012 505 Nigeria 8.00 2005 506 Pakistan 8.00 2012 507 Pakistan 8.00 2012 508 Burkina Faso 8.00 2012 509 Burkina Faso 8.00 2012 510 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 8.00 2012 511 Senegal 8.00 2010 512 Sierra Leone 7.00 2001 513 Pakistan 7.00 2012 514 Afghanistan 7.00 2011 515 Burkina Faso 7.00 2012 516 Guinea 7.00 2011 517 Chad 7.00 2011 518 Djibouti 7.00 2011 519 Equatorial Guinea 7.00 2000 520 Ethiopia 7.00 2005 521 Central African Republic 7.00 2012 522 Sierra Leone 6.00 2001 523 Niger 6.00 2012 524 Central African Republic 6.00 2012 525 Ethiopia 6.00 2005 526 Djibouti 6.00 2011 527 Djibouti 6.00 2011 528 Chad 6.00 2011 529 Niger 5.00 2012 530 Eritrea 5.00 2010 531 Niger 5.00 2012 532 Sudan 4.00 2000 533 Eritrea 4.00 2010 534 Eritrea 4.00 2010
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