| Country | SCHOOL LIFE EXPECTANCY (PRIMARY TO TERTIARY EDUCATION)(YEARS) |
|---|
| Afghanistan |
total: 11 years
male: 13 years
female: 8 years (2014)
|
| Albania |
total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2015)
|
| Algeria |
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2011)
|
| Angola |
total: 10 years
male: 13 years
female: 8 years (2011)
|
| Antigua and Barbuda |
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 15 years (2012)
|
| Argentina |
total: 17 years
male: 16 years
female: 18 years (2014)
|
| Armenia |
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2015)
|
| Aruba |
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2012)
|
| Australia |
total: 20 years
male: 20 years
female: 21 years (2014)
|
| Austria |
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 16 years (2015)
|
| Azerbaijan |
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2014)
|
| 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 (2015)
|
| Belgium |
total: 20 years
male: 19 years
female: 21 years (2014)
|
| Belize |
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2015)
|
| Benin |
total: 12 years
male: 14 years
female: 11 years (2013)
|
| Bermuda |
total: 12 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2015)
|
| Bhutan |
total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2013)
|
| Bolivia |
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 14 years (2007)
|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2014)
|
| Botswana |
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2013)
|
| Brazil |
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2014)
|
| British Virgin Islands |
total: 14 years
male: NA
female: NA (2015)
|
| Brunei |
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2015)
|
| Bulgaria |
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2015)
|
| Burkina Faso |
total: 8 years
male: 8 years
female: 7 years (2013)
|
| Burma |
total: 8 years
male: NA
female: NA (2007)
|
| Burundi |
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2013)
|
| Cabo Verde |
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2015)
|
| Cambodia |
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2008)
|
| Cameroon |
total: 12 years
male: 13 years
female: 11 years (2015)
|
| Central African Republic |
total: 7 years
male: 8 years
female: 6 years (2012)
|
| Chad |
total: 7 years
male: 9 years
female: 6 years (2011)
|
| Chile |
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2015)
|
| China |
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 14 years (2015)
|
| Colombia |
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2015)
|
| Comoros |
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2014)
|
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 8 years (2013)
|
| Congo, Republic of the |
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2012)
|
| Cook Islands |
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2015)
|
| Costa Rica |
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2015)
|
| Cote d'Ivoire |
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 8 years (2015)
|
| Croatia |
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2014)
|
| Cuba |
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2015)
|
| Curacao |
total: 18 years
male: 18 years
female: 19 years (2013)
|
| Cyprus |
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2015)
|
| Czechia |
total: 17 years
male: 16 years
female: 18 years (2014)
|
| Denmark |
total: 19 years
male: 18 years
female: 20 years (2014)
|
| Djibouti |
total: 6 years
male: 7 years
female: 6 years (2011)
|
| Dominican Republic |
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2014)
|
| Ecuador |
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2012)
|
| Egypt |
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2014)
|
| El Salvador |
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2014)
|
| Eritrea |
total: 5 years
male: 6 years
female: 5 years (2014)
|
| Estonia |
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2015)
|
| Ethiopia |
total: 8 years
male: 9 years
female: 8 years (2012)
|
| Finland |
total: 19 years
male: 19 years
female: 20 years (2015)
|
| France |
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2014)
|
| 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 represent Gaza and the West Bank (2015)
|
| Georgia |
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2015)
|
| Germany |
total: 17 years
male: 17 years
female: 17 years (2015)
|
| Ghana |
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2015)
|
| Greece |
total: 18 years
male: 18 years
female: 18 years (2014)
|
| Grenada |
total: 17 years
male: 17 years
female: 17 years (2015)
|
| Guatemala |
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2013)
|
| Guinea |
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 8 years (2014)
|
| Guyana |
total: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 10 years (2012)
|
| Honduras |
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2014)
|
| Hong Kong |
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 16 years (2014)
|
| Hungary |
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2015)
|
| Iceland |
total: 20 years
male: 18 years
female: 21 years (2013)
|
| India |
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2014)
|
| Indonesia |
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2014)
|
| Iran |
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2015)
|
| Ireland |
total: 19 years
male: 19 years
female: 19 years (2014)
|
| Israel |
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 16 years (2014)
|
| Italy |
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2014)
|
| Japan |
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2014)
|
| Jordan |
total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2012)
|
| Kazakhstan |
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2016)
|
| Kenya |
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2009)
|
| Kiribati |
total: 12 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2008)
|
| Korea, North |
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2015)
|
| Korea, South |
total: 17 years
male: 17 years
female: 16 years (2013)
|
| Kuwait |
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2013)
|
| Kyrgyzstan |
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2014)
|
| Laos |
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2015)
|
| Latvia |
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2014)
|
| Lebanon |
total: 11 years
male: 12 years
female: 11 years (2014)
|
| Lesotho |
total: 11 years
male: 10 years
female: 11 years (2014)
|
| Liechtenstein |
total: 15 years
male: 16 years
female: 13 years (2015)
|
| Lithuania |
total: 17 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2014)
|
| Luxembourg |
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 14 years (2012)
|
| Macau |
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2015)
|
| Macedonia |
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2014)
|
| Madagascar |
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2014)
|
| Malawi |
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2011)
|
| Malaysia |
total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2015)
|
| Mali |
total: 8 years
male: 9 years
female: 7 years (2011)
|
| Malta |
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2015)
|
| Mauritania |
total: 9 years
male: 9 years
female: 9 years (2015)
|
| Mauritius |
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2015)
|
| Mexico |
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2014)
|
| Moldova |
total: 12 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2015)
|
| Mongolia |
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 16 years (2015)
|
| Montenegro |
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2010)
|
| Montserrat |
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 17 years (2007)
|
| Morocco |
total: 12 years
male: 13 years
female: 12 years (2012)
|
| Mozambique |
total: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 9 years (2014)
|
| Nauru |
total: 9 years
male: 9 years
female: 10 years (2008)
|
| Nepal |
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2015)
|
| Netherlands |
total: 18 years
male: 18 years
female: 18 years (2012)
|
| New Zealand |
total: 19 years
male: 18 years
female: 20 years (2014)
|
| Nigeria |
total: 9 years
male: 9 years
female: 8 years (2011)
|
| Niger |
total: 5 years
male: 6 years
female: 5 years (2012)
|
| Norway |
total: 18 years
male: 17 years
female: 18 years (2015)
|
| Oman |
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 15 years (2015)
|
| Pakistan |
total: 8 years
male: 9 years
female: 7 years (2015)
|
| Palau |
total: 17 years
male: 16 years
female: 18 years (2013)
|
| Panama |
total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2013)
|
| Paraguay |
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2010)
|
| Peru |
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2010)
|
| Philippines |
total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2013)
|
| Poland |
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2013)
|
| Portugal |
total: 17 years
male: 17 years
female: 17 years (2014)
|
| Puerto Rico |
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 15 years (2014)
|
| Qatar |
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2011)
|
| Romania |
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2015)
|
| Russia |
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2014)
|
| Rwanda |
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2013)
|
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 16 years (2015)
|
| Saint Lucia |
total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2007)
|
| San Marino |
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2012)
|
| Sao Tome and Principe |
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2015)
|
| Saudi Arabia |
total: 16 years
male: 17 years
female: 15 years (2014)
|
| Senegal |
total: 9 years
male: 9 years
female: 9 years (2015)
|
| Serbia |
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2015)
|
| Seychelles |
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 15 years (2015)
|
| Singapore |
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2009)
|
| Slovakia |
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 16 years (2014)
|
| Slovenia |
total: 17 years
male: 17 years
female: 18 years (2014)
|
| Solomon Islands |
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 9 years (2007)
|
| South Africa |
total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2012)
|
| Spain |
total: 18 years
male: 18 years
female: 18 years (2015)
|
| Sri Lanka |
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 14 years (2013)
|
| Sudan |
total: 7 years
male: 7 years
female: 7 years (2013)
|
| Swaziland |
total: 11 years
male: 12 years
female: 11 years (2013)
|
| Sweden |
total: 18 years
male: 17 years
female: 20 years (2014)
|
| Switzerland |
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 16 years (2014)
|
| Syria |
total: 9 years
male: 9 years
female: 9 years (2013)
|
| Tajikistan |
total: 11 years
male: 12 years
female: 11 years (2013)
|
| Tanzania |
total: 8 years
male: 8 years
female: 8 years (2013)
|
| Thailand |
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 16 years (2015)
|
| Timor-Leste |
total: 13 years
male: 14 years
female: 13 years (2010)
|
| Togo |
total: 12 years
male: NA
female: NA (2011)
|
| Tunisia |
total: 15 years
male: NA
female: NA (2015)
|
| Turkey |
total: 16 years
male: 17 years
female: 16 years (2013)
|
| 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: 16 years (2014)
|
| United Kingdom |
total: 18 years
male: 17 years
female: 18 years (2014)
|
| United States |
total: 17 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2014)
|
| Uruguay |
total: 16 years
male: 14 years
female: 17 years (2010)
|
| Uzbekistan |
total: 12 years
male: 13 years
female: 12 years (2016)
|
| Venezuela |
total: 14 years
male: NA
female: NA (2009)
|
| West Bank |
total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 14 years
note: data represent Gaza and the West Bank (2015)
|
| World |
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2014)
|
| Yemen |
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 8 years (2011)
|
| Zimbabwe |
total: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 10 years (2013)
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