|
Country
|
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) (years)
|
|
Afghanistan
|
total: 8 years
male: 11 years
female: 4 years (2004)
|
|
Albania
|
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2004)
|
|
Algeria
|
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2005)
|
|
Andorra
|
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2006)
|
|
Anguilla
|
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2006)
|
|
Argentina
|
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 16 years (2005)
|
|
Armenia
|
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2006)
|
|
Aruba
|
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)
|
|
Australia
|
total: 20 years
male: 20 years
female: 21 years (2006)
|
|
Austria
|
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2006)
|
|
Azerbaijan
|
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2006)
|
|
Bahrain
|
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 16 years (2006)
|
|
Bangladesh
|
total: 8 years
male: 8 years
female: 8 years (2004)
|
|
Barbados
|
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2001)
|
|
Belarus
|
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2006)
|
|
Belgium
|
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 16 years (2006)
|
|
Belize
|
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2004)
|
|
Benin
|
total: 7 years
male: 9 years
female: 6 years (2001)
|
|
Bermuda
|
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2005)
|
|
Bhutan
|
total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2006)
|
|
Botswana
|
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2005)
|
|
Brazil
|
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2005)
|
|
British Virgin Islands
|
total: 17 years
male: 15 years
female: 19 years (2005)
|
|
Brunei
|
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 14 years (2006)
|
|
Bulgaria
|
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)
|
|
Burkina Faso
|
total: 5 years
male: 5 years
female: 4 years (2006)
|
|
Burma
|
total: 8 years
male: 8 years
female: 8 years (2001)
|
|
Burundi
|
total: 7 years
male: 8 years
female: 7 years (2006)
|
|
Cambodia
|
total: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 9 years (2006)
|
|
Cameroon
|
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 8 years (2006)
|
|
Canada
|
total: 17 years
male: 17 years
female: 17 years (2004)
|
|
Cape Verde
|
total: 12 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2006)
|
|
Cayman Islands
|
total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2001)
|
|
Chad
|
total: 6 years
male: 7 years
female: 4 years (2005)
|
|
Chile
|
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 14 years (2006)
|
|
China
|
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2006)
|
|
Colombia
|
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2006)
|
|
Comoros
|
total: 8 years
male: 9 years
female: 7 years (2004)
|
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
|
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 8 years (2003)
|
|
Congo, Republic of the
|
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 8 years (2003)
|
|
Cook Islands
|
total: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 10 years (2005)
|
|
Costa Rica
|
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2005)
|
|
Croatia
|
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)
|
|
Cuba
|
total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 17 years (2006)
|
|
Cyprus
|
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)
|
|
Czech Republic
|
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2006)
|
|
Denmark
|
total: 17 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2006)
|
|
Djibouti
|
total: 4 years
male: 5 years
female: 4 years (2006)
|
|
Dominica
|
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2005)
|
|
Dominican Republic
|
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2004)
|
|
El Salvador
|
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2006)
|
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
total: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 9 years (2000)
|
|
Eritrea
|
total: 5 years
male: 6 years
female: 4 years (2004)
|
|
Estonia
|
total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 17 years (2006)
|
|
Ethiopia
|
total: 8 years
male: 8 years
female: 7 years (2007)
|
|
Fiji
|
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2005)
|
|
Finland
|
total: 17 years
male: 17 years
female: 18 years (2006)
|
|
France
|
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2006)
|
|
Gambia, The
|
total: 7 years
male: 7 years
female: 7 years (2004)
|
|
Gaza Strip
|
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)
|
|
Georgia
|
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2006)
|
|
Germany
|
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 16 years (2006)
|
|
Ghana
|
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 9 years (2007)
|
|
Greece
|
total: 17 years
male: 17 years
female: 17 years (2006)
|
|
Grenada
|
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2005)
|
|
Guatemala
|
total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2006)
|
|
Guinea
|
total: 8 years
male: 10 years
female: 7 years (2006)
|
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
total: 5 years
male: 7 years
female: 4 years (2001)
|
|
Guyana
|
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2005)
|
|
Honduras
|
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2004)
|
|
Hong Kong
|
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 13 years (2006)
|
|
Hungary
|
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2006)
|
|
Iceland
|
total: 18 years
male: 17 years
female: 19 years (2006)
|
|
India
|
total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 9 years (2005)
|
|
Indonesia
|
total: 11 years
male: 12 years
female: 11 years (2005)
|
|
Iran
|
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2005)
|
|
Iraq
|
total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 8 years (2005)
|
|
Ireland
|
total: 18 years
male: 17 years
female: 18 years (2006)
|
|
Israel
|
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2006)
|
|
Italy
|
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2006)
|
|
Jamaica
|
total: 12 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2003)
|
|
Japan
|
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2006)
|
|
Jordan
|
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2006)
|
|
Kazakhstan
|
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2007)
|
|
Kenya
|
total: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 9 years (2004)
|
|
Kiribati
|
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2005)
|
|
Korea, South
|
total: 17 years
male: 18 years
female: 15 years (2007)
|
|
Kuwait
|
total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2006)
|
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2006)
|
|
Laos
|
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 8 years (2006)
|
|
Latvia
|
total: 16 years
male: 14 years
female: 17 years (2006)
|
|
Lebanon
|
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2006)
|
|
Lesotho
|
total: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 10 years (2006)
|
|
Liberia
|
total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 8 years (2000)
|
|
Libya
|
total: 17 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2003)
|
|
Liechtenstein
|
total: 15 years
male: 16 years
female: 13 years (2004)
|
|
Lithuania
|
total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 17 years (2006)
|
|
Luxembourg
|
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)
|
|
Macau
|
total: 15 years
male: 16 years
female: 14 years (2006)
|
|
Macedonia
|
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2005)
|
|
Madagascar
|
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 9 years (2006)
|
|
Malawi
|
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 9 years (2004)
|
|
Malaysia
|
total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2005)
|
|
Maldives
|
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2006)
|
|
Mali
|
total: 7 years
male: 8 years
female: 5 years (2005)
|
|
Malta
|
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2005)
|
|
Marshall Islands
|
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2003)
|
|
Mauritania
|
total: 8 years
male: 8 years
female: 8 years (2006)
|
|
Mauritius
|
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 13 years (2005)
|
|
Mexico
|
total: 13 years
male: 14 years
female: 13 years (2006)
|
|
Moldova
|
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2006)
|
|
Mongolia
|
total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 14 years (2006)
|
|
Montserrat
|
total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2006)
|
|
Morocco
|
total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 9 years (2005)
|
|
Mozambique
|
total: 8 years
male: 9 years
female: 7 years (2005)
|
|
Namibia
|
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2006)
|
|
Nauru
|
total: 8 years
male: 8 years
female: 9 years (2006)
|
|
Nepal
|
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 8 years (2003)
|
|
Netherlands
|
total: 16 years
male: 17 years
female: 16 years (2006)
|
|
Netherlands Antilles
|
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2002)
|
|
New Zealand
|
total: 19 years
male: 19 years
female: 20 years (2006)
|
|
Nicaragua
|
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2003)
|
|
Niger
|
total: 4 years
male: 5 years
female: 3 years (2006)
|
|
Nigeria
|
total: 8 years
male: 9 years
female: 7 years (2004)
|
|
Niue
|
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2005)
|
|
Norway
|
total: 17 years
male: 17 years
female: 18 years (2006)
|
|
Oman
|
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 11 years (2006)
|
|
Pakistan
|
total: 7 years
male: 7 years
female: 6 years (2006)
|
|
Palau
|
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2000)
|
|
Panama
|
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)
|
|
Paraguay
|
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2005)
|
|
Peru
|
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 14 years (2006)
|
|
Philippines
|
total: 12 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2006)
|
|
Poland
|
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2006)
|
|
Portugal
|
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2006)
|
|
Qatar
|
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)
|
|
Romania
|
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 14 years (2006)
|
|
Russia
|
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)
|
|
Rwanda
|
total: 9 years
male: 8 years
female: 9 years (2005)
|
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2005)
|
|
Saint Lucia
|
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)
|
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2005)
|
|
Samoa
|
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2001)
|
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
total: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 10 years (2006)
|
|
Seychelles
|
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2007)
|
|
Sierra Leone
|
total: 7 years
male: 8 years
female: 6 years (2001)
|
|
Slovakia
|
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2006)
|
|
Slovenia
|
total: 17 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2006)
|
|
Solomon Islands
|
total: 8 years
male: 9 years
female: 8 years (2005)
|
|
South Africa
|
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2004)
|
|
Spain
|
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2006)
|
|
Suriname
|
total: 12 years
male: 11 years
female: 13 years (2002)
|
|
Swaziland
|
total: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 10 years (2005)
|
|
Sweden
|
total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 17 years (2006)
|
|
Switzerland
|
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2006)
|
|
Tajikistan
|
total: 11 years
male: 12 years
female: 10 years (2006)
|
|
Thailand
|
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)
|
|
Togo
|
total: 9 years
male: 11 years
female: 7 years (2000)
|
|
Tokelau
|
total: 11 years
male: 10 years
female: 11 years (2004)
|
|
Tonga
|
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2004)
|
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2005)
|
|
Tunisia
|
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)
|
|
Turkey
|
total: 11 years
male: 12 years
female: 11 years (2006)
|
|
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2005)
|
|
Tuvalu
|
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2001)
|
|
Uganda
|
total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2004)
|
|
Ukraine
|
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2006)
|
|
United Arab Emirates
|
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2003)
|
|
United Kingdom
|
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2006)
|
|
United States
|
total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2006)
|
|
Uruguay
|
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 16 years (2006)
|
|
Uzbekistan
|
total: 11 years
male: 12 years
female: 11 years (2007)
|
|
Vanuatu
|
total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2004)
|
|
Venezuela
|
total: 12 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2003)
|
|
Vietnam
|
total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2000)
|
|
West Bank
|
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)
|
|
Yemen
|
total: 9 years
male: 11 years
female: 7 years (2005)
|
|
Zambia
|
total: 7 years
male: 7 years
female: 7 years (2000)
|
|
Zimbabwe
|
total: 9 years
male: 9 years
female: 9 years (2003)
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