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Expected years of schooling

How many years a child starting school today can expect, at current enrolment rates. The forward-looking twin of average schooling — and a count of years, not of what is learned in them.

Latest
12.95
2023
Published by
UNDP, via Our World in Data
annual

Expected years of schooling over time

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1990–2023 · 34 observations · years (a child starting now)
View as table
PeriodExpected years of schooling
202313
202213
202112.4
202012.1
201911.8
201811.8
201712.5
201612.7
201512.3
201412.2
201311.8
201211.8
201111.7
201011.1
200910.8
200810.9
200710.6
200610.3
200510
20049.76
20039.49
20028.87
20018.81
20008.33
19998.31
19988.3
19978.29
19968.27
19958.27
19948.25
19938.24
19928.23
19918.22
19908.2

Compared with

Germany
17.3
United States
15.9
Brazil
15.8
Japan
15.5
China
15.5
Vietnam
15.5
South Africa
13.8
Nepal
13.8
Indonesia
13.3
Sri Lanka
13.1
India
13
Bangladesh
12.3
Pakistan
7.9
Latest available year for each country · years (a child starting now)

Source

UNDP, via Our World in Data — https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/expected-years-of-schooling