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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)

This page was last updated on 14 May 2009


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