Average years of schooling for women, 2006
Average number of years women older than 25 participated in formal education.
Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), female
Country or region | 2006 |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | |
| Albania | |
| Algeria | 5.2 years |
| American Samoa | |
| Andorra | 10.4 years |
| Angola | |
| Anguilla | |
| Argentina | 10.3 years |
| Armenia | |
| Aruba | |
| Australia | 11.6 years |
| Austria | |
| Azerbaijan | |
| Bahamas | |
| Bahrain | |
| Bangladesh | |
| Barbados | |
| Belarus | |
| Belgium | 10.8 years |
| Belize | |
| Benin | |
| Bermuda | |
| Bhutan | |
| Bolivia | 6.3 years |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Botswana | |
| Brazil | 6.4 years |
| British Virgin Islands | |
| Brunei | |
| Bulgaria | 10.4 years |
| Burkina Faso | 0.8 years |
| Burundi | |
| Cambodia | |
| Cameroon | |
| Canada | 13.3 years |
| Cape Verde | |
| Cayman Islands | 11.9 years |
| Central African Republic | |
| Chad | |
| Chile | |
| China | |
| Colombia | 6.8 years |
| Comoros | |
| Congo | |
| Cook Islands | 9.8 years |
| Costa Rica | |
| Cote d'Ivoire | |
| Croatia | |
| Cuba | |
| Curacao | |
| Cyprus | 10.6 years |
| Czechia | 11.8 years |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | |
| Denmark | |
| Djibouti | |
| Dominica | |
| Dominican Republic | |
| East Timor | |
| Ecuador | |
| Egypt | 5.2 years |
| El Salvador | 4.6 years |
| Estonia | 13.4 years |
| Eswatini | |
| Ethiopia | |
| Fiji | |
| Finland | 12.3 years |
| France | |
| French Polynesia | |
| Gambia | |
| Georgia | |
| Germany | 13.1 years |
| Ghana | |
| Greece | 9.8 years |
| Greenland | |
| Grenada | |
| Guadeloupe | |
| Guam | |
| Guatemala | 3.2 years |
| Guinea | |
| Guyana | |
| Haiti | |
| Honduras | |
| Hong Kong | 10.5 years |
| Hungary | |
| Iceland | |
| India | |
| Indonesia | 7.0 years |
| Iran | 9.6 years |
| Iraq | |
| Ireland | 11.6 years |
| Israel | 11.7 years |
| Italy | 9.0 years |
| Jamaica | |
| Japan | |
| Jordan | |
| Kazakhstan | |
| Kenya | |
| Kiribati | |
| Kuwait | 6.7 years |
| Kyrgyzstan | |
| Laos | |
| Latvia | 12.6 years |
| Lebanon | |
| Lesotho | 6.4 years |
| Liberia | |
| Libya | |
| Liechtenstein | |
| Lithuania | 11.9 years |
| Luxembourg | |
| Macao | 8.4 years |
| Madagascar | |
| Malawi | |
| Malaysia | |
| Maldives | 3.5 years |
| Mali | 1.5 years |
| Malta | |
| Marshall Islands | |
| Mauritania | |
| Mauritius | |
| Mexico | 7.5 years |
| Moldova | |
| Monaco | |
| Mongolia | |
| Montenegro | |
| Montserrat | |
| Mozambique | |
| Myanmar | |
| Namibia | |
| Nepal | |
| Netherlands | |
| New Zealand | 13.3 years |
| Niger | |
| Nigeria | 7.3 years |
| Niue | |
| North Macedonia | |
| Norway | 12.3 years |
| Oman | |
| Pakistan | 2.9 years |
| Palau | |
| Palestine | 6.9 years |
| Panama | |
| Papua New Guinea | |
| Paraguay | 6.9 years |
| Peru | 7.3 years |
| Philippines | |
| Poland | |
| Portugal | 7.5 years |
| Puerto Rico | 11.7 years |
| Qatar | |
| Romania | |
| Russia | |
| Rwanda | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | |
| Saint Lucia | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | |
| Samoa | |
| San Marino | |
| Sao Tome and Principe | |
| Saudi Arabia | |
| Senegal | 1.1 years |
| Serbia | |
| Seychelles | |
| Sierra Leone | |
| Singapore | 10.0 years |
| Slovakia | |
| Slovenia | 11.6 years |
| Somalia | |
| South Africa | 8.7 years |
| South Korea | |
| South Sudan | |
| Spain | 8.7 years |
| Sri Lanka | |
| Sudan | |
| Sudan (former) | |
| Suriname | |
| Sweden | 12.5 years |
| Switzerland | |
| Syria | |
| Tajikistan | |
| Tanzania | |
| Thailand | 6.7 years |
| Togo | |
| Tonga | 10.0 years |
| Trinidad and Tobago | |
| Tunisia | |
| Turkey | 5.0 years |
| Turkmenistan | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | |
| Tuvalu | |
| Uganda | |
| Ukraine | |
| United Arab Emirates | |
| United Kingdom | |
| United States | 12.9 years |
| Uruguay | 8.2 years |
| Uzbekistan | |
| Venezuela | 7.7 years |
| Vietnam | |
| Zambia | |
| Zimbabwe |
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- Share enrolled in private institutions at the primary education level
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- Share of children achieving minimum reading proficiency by the end of primary education age
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- Share of students achieving minimum math proficiency by the end of primary education
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- Share of students achieving minimum proficiency in reading and math at each education level
- Share of students achieving minimum reading proficiency by the end of lower-secondary education
- Share of students achieving minimum reading proficiency by the end of primary education
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