Ranking Countries

Years in education

Expected years of schooling for a child entering school today.

Canada: 15.9 years — would rank 1st among US states

Canada over time

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  1. 1stMonaco21.7
  2. 2ndGreece20.8
  3. 3rdAustralia20.7
  4. 4thTürkiye19.8
  5. 5thFinland19.5
  6. 6thNew Zealand19.3
  7. 7thIreland19.2
  8. 8thBelgium19
  9. 9thSweden19
  10. 10thIceland18.9
  11. 11thArgentina18.8
  12. 12thNorway18.8
  13. 13thDenmark18.7
  14. 14thNetherlands18.6
  15. 15thSaint Kitts and Nevis18.4
  16. 16thSeychelles18.2
  17. 17thSpain17.8
  18. 18thUnited Kingdom17.8
  19. 19thTonga17.8
  20. 20thPortugal17.5
  21. 21stUruguay17.5
  22. 22ndSlovenia17.5
  23. 23rdGermany17.3
  24. 24thSaudi Arabia16.9
  25. 25thChile16.9
  26. 26thCzechia16.8
  27. 27thGeorgia16.8
  28. 28thSingapore16.7
  29. 29thItaly16.7
  30. 30thPoland16.7
  31. 31stSwitzerland16.7
  32. 32ndBarbados16.6
  33. 33rdSouth Korea16.6
  34. 34thGrenada16.6
  35. 35thLatvia16.5
  36. 36thLithuania16.5
  37. 37thMarshall Islands16.4
  38. 38thCosta Rica16.3
  39. 39thCroatia16.3
  40. 40thAustria16.3
  41. 41stSaint Vincent and the Grenadines16.3
  42. 42ndCyprus16.2
  43. 43rdFrance16.1
  44. 44thEstonia16
  45. 45thBahrain15.9
  46. 46thUnited States15.9
  47. 47thMalta15.9
  48. 48thKuwait15.9
  49. 49thCanada15.9
  50. 50thBrazil15.8
  51. 51stBolivia15.6
  52. 52ndUnited Arab Emirates15.6
  53. 53rdMontenegro15.5
  54. 54thJapan15.5
  55. 55thAntigua and Barbuda15.5
  56. 56thAlgeria15.5
  57. 57thChina15.5
  58. 58thHungary15.5
  59. 59thVietnam15.5
  60. 60thLiechtenstein15.4
  61. 61stThailand15.4
  62. 62ndBulgaria15.3
  63. 63rdEswatini15.2
  64. 64thMorocco15.1
  65. 65thSerbia15
  66. 66thSlovakia14.9
  67. 67thIsrael14.9
  68. 68thPeru14.9
  69. 69thEcuador14.9
  70. 70thNorth Macedonia14.8
  71. 71stTunisia14.7
  72. 72ndMoldova14.6
  73. 73rdSan Marino14.6
  74. 74thAndorra14.5
  75. 75thAlbania14.5
  76. 76thMexico14.5
  77. 77thArmenia14.4
  78. 78thLuxembourg14.4
  79. 79thColombia14.3
  80. 80thTrinidad and Tobago14.2
  81. 81stMauritius14.2
  82. 82ndDominica14.2
  83. 83rdPalau14.1
  84. 84thRomania14.1
  85. 85thKazakhstan14
  86. 86thParaguay14
  87. 87thIran14
  88. 88thCuba13.9
  89. 89thFiji13.8
  90. 90thSouth Africa13.8
  91. 91stNepal13.8
  92. 92ndBelarus13.7
  93. 93rdBrunei13.7
  94. 94thMongolia13.6
  95. 95thDominican Republic13.6
  96. 96thOman13.4
  97. 97thIndonesia13.3
  98. 98thUkraine13.3
  99. 99thPanama13.3
  100. 100thComoros13.3
  101. 101stTimor-Leste13.3
  102. 102ndTurkmenistan13.2
  103. 103rdRussia13.2
  104. 104thBosnia and Herzegovina13.2
  105. 105thBhutan13.2
  106. 106thQatar13.1
  107. 107thSri Lanka13.1
  108. 108thEgypt13.1
  109. 109thJordan13.1
  110. 110thTogo13.1
  111. 111thGuyana13
  112. 112thVenezuela13
  113. 113thIndia13
  114. 114thLibya12.9
  115. 115thAzerbaijan12.9
  116. 116thSão Tomé and Príncipe12.9
  117. 117thNauru12.8
  118. 118thPhilippines12.8
  119. 119thMaldives12.8
  120. 120thSaint Lucia12.7
  121. 121stKyrgyzstan12.7
  122. 122ndRepublic of the Congo12.7
  123. 123rdMalaysia12.7
  124. 124thRwanda12.6
  125. 125thEquatorial Guinea12.5
  126. 126thGabon12.5
  127. 127thUzbekistan12.5
  128. 128thSamoa12.4
  129. 129thJamaica12.4
  130. 130thTuvalu12.4
  131. 131stIraq12.4
  132. 132ndBangladesh12.3
  133. 133rdNorth Korea12.2
  134. 134thAngola12.2
  135. 135thBelize12
  136. 136thBahamas11.9
  137. 137thKiribati11.9
  138. 138thVanuatu11.8
  139. 139thNamibia11.8
  140. 140thLebanon11.7
  141. 141stUganda11.6
  142. 142ndMicronesia11.5
  143. 143rdPapua New Guinea11.5
  144. 144thNicaragua11.5
  145. 145thMyanmar11.5
  146. 146thKenya11.5
  147. 147thBotswana11.4
  148. 148thGhana11.4
  149. 149thIvory Coast11.4
  150. 150thCape Verde11.4
  151. 151stSolomon Islands11.3
  152. 152ndCambodia11.2
  153. 153rdEl Salvador11.1
  154. 154thZimbabwe11.1
  155. 155thZambia11
  156. 156thLesotho11
  157. 157thSuriname11
  158. 158thDR Congo10.9
  159. 159thHaiti10.9
  160. 160thTajikistan10.8
  161. 161stMozambique10.8
  162. 162ndCameroon10.8
  163. 163rdAfghanistan10.8
  164. 164thGuatemala10.7
  165. 165thGuinea-Bissau10.6
  166. 166thNigeria10.5
  167. 167thLiberia10.5
  168. 168thBenin10.4
  169. 169thGuinea10.4
  170. 170thHonduras10.2
  171. 171stMalawi9.9
  172. 172ndBurundi9.8
  173. 173rdLaos9.6
  174. 174thEthiopia9.2
  175. 175thSenegal9.1
  176. 176thSierra Leone9.1
  177. 177thMadagascar9.1
  178. 178thGambia9
  179. 179thBurkina Faso8.7
  180. 180thSudan8.6
  181. 181stTanzania8.6
  182. 182ndChad8.3
  183. 183rdNiger8.3
  184. 184thMauritania7.9
  185. 185thPakistan7.9
  186. 186thYemen7.5
  187. 187thSomalia7.5
  188. 188thCentral African Republic7.4
  189. 189thSyria7.4
  190. 190thEritrea7.3
  191. 191stMali7
  192. 192ndDjibouti6.2
  193. 193rdSouth Sudan5.6