Countries by education index

The Education Index is measured by combining average years of schooling for adults with expected years of schooling for children, each receiving 50% weighting. The Education Index is a component of the Human Development Index.

Education index
Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Year: 2018

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	Rank	Education index
Germany	1	0.940
Australia	2	0.929
Denmark	3	0.920
Ireland	4	0.918
New Zealand	5	0.917
Norway	6	0.915
United Kingdom	7	0.914
Iceland	8	0.912
Netherlands	9	0.906
Finland	10	0.905
Sweden	11	0.904
United States	12	0.903
Canada	13	0.899
Switzerland	14	0.897
Belgium	15	0.893
Czech Republic	15	0.893
Slovenia	16	0.886
Lithuania	17	0.879
Israel	18	0.874
Estonia	19	0.869
Poland	20	0.866
Latvia	20	0.866
South Korea	21	0.862
Hong Kong	22	0.855
Austria	23	0.852
Japan	24	0.848
Georgia	25	0.845
Palau	26	0.844
France	27	0.840
Greece	28	0.838
Belarus	28	0.838
Russia	29	0.832
Singapore	29	0.832
Slovakia	30	0.831
Liechtenstein	31	0.827
Spain	32	0.824
Malta	33	0.818
Argentina	34	0.816
Hungary	35	0.815
Kazakhstan	36	0.814
Cyprus	37	0.808
Bulgaria	38	0.805
Chile	39	0.800
Ukraine	40	0.794
Luxembourg	41	0.792
Italy	42	0.791
Croatia	42	0.791
Montenegro	43	0.790
Saudi Arabia	44	0.787
Fiji	45	0.785
Cuba	46	0.780
Serbia	47	0.778
Barbados	48	0.777
Tonga	49	0.770
Mongolia	50	0.766
Romania	51	0.762
Portugal	52	0.759
Bahrain	53	0.758
Grenada	53	0.758
Sri Lanka	54	0.749
Armenia	54	0.749
Albania	55	0.745
Iran	56	0.741
Venezuela	56	0.741
United Arab Emirates	57	0.738
Kyrgyzstan	58	0.735
Uruguay	59	0.733
Mauritius	60	0.729
Seychelles	61	0.727
Bahamas	62	0.726
Marshall Islands	63	0.723
Trinidad and Tobago	64	0.722
Malaysia	65	0.719
Costa Rica	65	0.719
Uzbekistan	66	0.718
Bosnia and Herzegovina	66	0.718
Andorra	67	0.714
Jordan	68	0.711
Moldova	69	0.710
Azerbaijan	70	0.709
South Africa	71	0.708
Oman	72	0.706
Belize	73	0.705
Brunei	74	0.704
Qatar	75	0.698
Ecuador	76	0.697
Panama	77	0.692
Samoa	77	0.692
Macedonia	78	0.691
Jamaica	79	0.690
Turkey	80	0.689
Peru	80	0.689
Bolivia	81	0.687
Brazil	82	0.686
Saint Kitts and Nevis	83	0.680
Mexico	84	0.678
Colombia	85	0.676
Saint Lucia	85	0.676
Antigua and Barbuda	85	0.676
Algeria	86	0.664
Philippines	87	0.661
Thailand	87	0.661
Palestinian National Authority	88	0.660
Tunisia	89	0.659
Tajikistan	89	0.659
Botswana	89	0.659
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	90	0.655
China	91	0.644
Dominican Republic	92	0.643
Lebanon	93	0.637
Suriname	94	0.636
Paraguay	95	0.631
Gabon	96	0.628
Vietnam	97	0.626
Turkmenistan	97	0.626
Indonesia	98	0.622
Kuwait	99	0.620
Kiribati	99	0.620
Libya	100	0.616
Dominica	101	0.613
Egypt	102	0.604
Guyana	103	0.596
Federated States of Micronesia	104	0.590
Zambia	105	0.580
El Salvador	105	0.580
Namibia	106	0.571
Maldives	107	0.560
Ghana	108	0.558
Zimbabwe	108	0.558
Nicaragua	108	0.558
São Tomé and Príncipe	109	0.557
India	110	0.556
Cape Verde	111	0.555
Kenya	112	0.551
Cameroon	113	0.547
Iraq	114	0.534
Morocco	115	0.529
Vanuatu	115	0.529
Swaziland	116	0.528
Republic of the Congo	117	0.526
Uganda	118	0.525
Guatemala	119	0.514
Bangladesh	120	0.508
Togo	121	0.506
East Timor	122	0.505
Nepal	123	0.502
Honduras	123	0.502
Lesotho	123	0.502
Angola	124	0.498
Madagascar	124	0.498
Democratic Republic of the Congo	125	0.496
Cambodia	126	0.487
Laos	127	0.484
Nigeria	128	0.483
Comoros	129	0.473
Benin	130	0.471
Solomon Islands	131	0.469
Malawi	132	0.451
Rwanda	133	0.450
Bhutan	134	0.445
Myanmar	135	0.443
Equatorial Guinea	135	0.443
Tanzania	136	0.441
Liberia	137	0.434
Haiti	138	0.433
Papua New Guinea	139	0.430
Ivory Coast	140	0.424
Burundi	140	0.424
Afghanistan	141	0.415
Syria	142	0.412
Pakistan	143	0.411
Guinea-Bissau	144	0.392
Sierra Leone	145	0.390
Mauritania	146	0.389
Mozambique	147	0.385
The Gambia	148	0.372
Senegal	149	0.368
Yemen	150	0.349
Central African Republic	151	0.341
Guinea	152	0.339
Sudan	153	0.328
Ethiopia	154	0.327
Djibouti	155	0.309
Chad	156	0.298
South Sudan	157	0.297
Mali	158	0.293
Burkina Faso	159	0.286
Eritrea	160	0.281
Niger	161	0.214