| 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 created in May 2009, adapted from a page in the CIA’s World Factbook that had been last updated on 23 April 2009.
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