Data for 2022
Expected Years of Schooling, 2022
2022, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Expected Years of Schooling, 2022 covers 195 countries. Monaco is highest, at 21.687; South Sudan is lowest, at 5.635. The middle country reads 13.294. Against 2021, 102 values changed (61 up, 41 down), 1 country joined.
Expected Years of Schooling · Data for 2022
HighestMonaco
21.687LowestSouth Sudan
5.635Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Expected Years of Schooling, 2022, as published. UNDP Human Development Report Office ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 195 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MCOWestern Europe | 21.687 |
| 2 | GRCSouthern Europe | 20.846 |
| 3 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 20.655 |
| 4 | TURWestern Asia | 19.831 |
| 5 | FINNorthern Europe | 19.494 |
| 6 | NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 19.300 |
| 7 | IRLNorthern Europe | 19.185 |
| 8 | BELWestern Europe | 18.996 |
| 9 | SWENorthern Europe | 18.991 |
| 10 | ISLNorthern Europe | 18.851 |
| 11 | ARGSouth America | 18.831 |
| 12 | NORNorthern Europe | 18.793 |
| 13 | DNKNorthern Europe | 18.704 |
| 14 | NLDWestern Europe | 18.585 |
| 15 | KNACaribbean | 18.407 |
| 16 | SYCEastern Africa | 18.225 |
| 17 | ESPSouthern Europe | 17.830 |
| 18 | GBRNorthern Europe | 17.811 |
| 19 | TONPolynesia | 17.787 |
| 20 | PRTSouthern Europe | 17.487 |
| 21 | URYSouth America | 17.484 |
| 22 | SVNSouthern Europe | 17.477 |
| 23 | DEUWestern Europe | 17.309 |
| 24 | HKGEastern Asia | 17.255 |
| 25 | SAUWestern Asia | 16.949 |
| 26 | CHLSouth America | 16.912 |
| 27 | CZEEastern Europe | 16.794 |
| 28 | SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 16.742 |
| 29 | GEOWestern Asia | 16.727 |
| 30 | ITASouthern Europe | 16.714 |
| 31 | POLEastern Europe | 16.678 |
| 32 | CHEWestern Europe | 16.668 |
| 33 | BRBCaribbean | 16.628 |
| 34 | KOREastern Asia | 16.619 |
| 35 | GRDCaribbean | 16.577 |
| 36 | LVANorthern Europe | 16.483 |
| 37 | LTUNorthern Europe | 16.455 |
| 38 | MHLMicronesia | 16.386 |
| 39 | CRICentral America | 16.350 |
| 40 | HRVSouthern Europe | 16.348 |
| 41 | BHRWestern Asia | 16.300 |
| 42 | AUTWestern Europe | 16.284 |
| 43 | VCTCaribbean | 16.253 |
| 44 | CYPWestern Asia | 16.216 |
| 45 | FRAWestern Europe | 16.095 |
| 46 | ESTNorthern Europe | 15.968 |
| 47 | USANorthern America | 15.923 |
| 48 | MLTSouthern Europe | 15.910 |
| 49 | KWTWestern Asia | 15.904 |
| 50 | CANNorthern America | 15.888 |
| 51 | BRASouth America | 15.793 |
| 52 | BOLSouth America | 15.611 |
| 53 | JPNEastern Asia | 15.512 |
| 54 | ATGCaribbean | 15.503 |
| 55 | MNESouthern Europe | 15.492 |
| 56 | DZANorthern Africa | 15.488 |
| 57 | CHNEastern Asia | 15.479 |
| 58 | HUNEastern Europe | 15.469 |
| 59 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 15.458 |
| 60 | LIEWestern Europe | 15.413 |
| 61 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 15.359 |
| 62 | BGREastern Europe | 15.317 |
| 63 | SWZSouthern Africa | 15.246 |
| 64 | SRBSouthern Europe | 15.042 |
| 65 | SVKEastern Europe | 14.947 |
| 66 | ISRWestern Asia | 14.934 |
| 67 | PERSouth America | 14.909 |
| 68 | AREWestern Asia | 14.908 |
| 69 | ECUSouth America | 14.852 |
| 70 | MKDSouthern Europe | 14.781 |
| 71 | TUNNorthern Africa | 14.673 |
| 72 | ALBSouthern Europe | 14.670 |
| 73 | MDAEastern Europe | 14.639 |
| 74 | SMRSouthern Europe | 14.600 |
| 75 | MARNorthern Africa | 14.594 |
| 76 | MEXCentral America | 14.468 |
| 77 | PLWMicronesia | 14.418 |
| 78 | ARMWestern Asia | 14.406 |
| 79 | LUXWestern Europe | 14.358 |
| 80 | COLSouth America | 14.286 |
| 81 | TTOCaribbean | 14.238 |
| 82 | CUBCaribbean | 14.174 |
| 83 | MUSEastern Africa | 14.163 |
| 84 | DMACaribbean | 14.151 |
| 85 | ROUEastern Europe | 14.053 |
| 86 | KAZCentral Asia | 14.019 |
| 87 | PRYSouth America | 13.987 |
| 88 | BLREastern Europe | 13.982 |
| 89 | IRNSouthern Asia | 13.968 |
| 90 | FJIMelanesia | 13.849 |
| 91 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 13.793 |
| 92 | BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 13.699 |
| 93 | MNGEastern Asia | 13.638 |
| 94 | DOMCaribbean | 13.617 |
| 95 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 13.416 |
| 96 | UKREastern Europe | 13.328 |
| 97 | PANCentral America | 13.312 |
| 98 | COMEastern Africa | 13.294 |
| 99 | BIHSouthern Europe | 13.277 |
| 100 | TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 13.253 |
| 101 | TKMCentral Asia | 13.241 |
| 102 | OMNWestern Asia | 13.202 |
| 103 | RUSEastern Europe | 13.185 |
| 104 | PSEWestern Asia | 13.155 |
| 105 | BTNSouthern Asia | 13.153 |
| 106 | QATWestern Asia | 13.141 |
| 107 | LKASouthern Asia | 13.128 |
| 108 | EGYNorthern Africa | 13.127 |
| 109 | TGOWestern Africa | 13.096 |
| 110 | JORWestern Asia | 13.044 |
| 111 | GUYSouth America | 13.022 |
| 112 | VENSouth America | 12.965 |
| 113 | INDSouthern Asia | 12.956 |
| 114 | LBYNorthern Africa | 12.925 |
| 115 | STPMiddle Africa | 12.857 |
| 116 | NRUMicronesia | 12.843 |
| 117 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 12.819 |
| 118 | ANDSouthern Europe | 12.784 |
| 119 | MDVSouthern Asia | 12.768 |
| 120 | KGZCentral Asia | 12.765 |
| 121 | LCACaribbean | 12.730 |
| 122 | AZEWestern Asia | 12.710 |
| 123 | COGMiddle Africa | 12.682 |
| 124 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 12.520 |
| 125 | GNQMiddle Africa | 12.491 |
| 126 | GABMiddle Africa | 12.483 |
| 127 | NPLSouthern Asia | 12.464 |
| 128 | UZBCentral Asia | 12.461 |
| 129 | WSMPolynesia | 12.436 |
| 130 | BLZCentral America | 12.427 |
| 131 | JAMCaribbean | 12.383 |
| 132 | TUVPolynesia | 12.375 |
| 133 | IRQWestern Asia | 12.359 |
| 134 | BGDSouthern Asia | 12.310 |
| 135 | RWAEastern Africa | 12.256 |
| 136 | PRKEastern Asia | 12.202 |
| 137 | AGOMiddle Africa | 12.168 |
| 138 | BHSCaribbean | 11.891 |
| 139 | KIRMicronesia | 11.874 |
| 140 | VUTMelanesia | 11.812 |
| 141 | NAMSouthern Africa | 11.785 |
| 142 | LBNWestern Asia | 11.709 |
| 143 | UGAEastern Africa | 11.564 |
| 144 | FSMMicronesia | 11.540 |
| 145 | PNGMelanesia | 11.511 |
| 146 | MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 11.505 |
| 147 | KENEastern Africa | 11.474 |
| 148 | NICCentral America | 11.469 |
| 149 | BWASouthern Africa | 11.426 |
| 150 | GHAWestern Africa | 11.418 |
| 151 | CPVWestern Africa | 11.367 |
| 152 | SLBMelanesia | 11.313 |
| 153 | KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 11.188 |
| 154 | ZWEEastern Africa | 11.057 |
| 155 | ZMBEastern Africa | 11.021 |
| 156 | LSOSouthern Africa | 10.987 |
| 157 | SURSouth America | 10.959 |
| 158 | SLVCentral America | 10.952 |
| 159 | CODMiddle Africa | 10.911 |
| 160 | HTICaribbean | 10.896 |
| 161 | TJKCentral Asia | 10.850 |
| 162 | MOZEastern Africa | 10.848 |
| 163 | AFGSouthern Asia | 10.790 |
| 164 | CMRMiddle Africa | 10.763 |
| 165 | GTMCentral America | 10.707 |
| 166 | GNBWestern Africa | 10.635 |
| 167 | NGAWestern Africa | 10.514 |
| 168 | LBRWestern Africa | 10.466 |
| 169 | BENWestern Africa | 10.446 |
| 170 | GINWestern Africa | 10.393 |
| 171 | CIVWestern Africa | 10.206 |
| 172 | HNDCentral America | 10.162 |
| 173 | MWIEastern Africa | 9.903 |
| 174 | BDIEastern Africa | 9.829 |
| 175 | LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 9.605 |
| 176 | ETHEastern Africa | 9.218 |
| 177 | SENWestern Africa | 9.145 |
| 178 | SLEWestern Africa | 9.064 |
| 179 | MDGEastern Africa | 9.063 |
| 180 | GMBWestern Africa | 8.978 |
| 181 | BFAWestern Africa | 8.733 |
| 182 | SDNNorthern Africa | 8.620 |
| 183 | TZAEastern Africa | 8.586 |
| 184 | TCDMiddle Africa | 8.348 |
| 185 | NERWestern Africa | 8.309 |
| 186 | MRTWestern Africa | 7.950 |
| 187 | PAKSouthern Asia | 7.895 |
| 188 | YEMWestern Asia | 7.495 |
| 189 | SOMEastern Africa | 7.486 |
| 190 | CAFMiddle Africa | 7.436 |
| 191 | SYRWestern Asia | 7.419 |
| 192 | ERIEastern Africa | 7.337 |
| 193 | MLIWestern Africa | 7.011 |
| 194 | DJIEastern Africa | 6.168 |
| 195 | SSDEastern Africa | 5.635 |
02In 2022
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
032021 → 2022
Since 2021
What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +1 / −0countries joined / left
- 102values changed, of 194 in both
- 61 · 41rose · fell
- 92unchanged
Rose most
North Macedonia13.539 → 14.781+1.242
Saudi Arabia15.769 → 16.949+1.180
Greece19.774 → 20.846+1.072
Qatar12.204 → 13.141+0.938
Andorra11.988 → 12.784+0.796
Fell most
United States16.413 → 15.923−0.490
Romania14.508 → 14.053−0.455
Belize12.870 → 12.427−0.443
Australia21.080 → 20.655−0.425
Malaysia12.932 → 12.520−0.413
Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.
04Caveats
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
One year of the 2025 release
Every year in this series comes from UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2022.
The position is ours
UNDP Human Development Report Office publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 195 countries has every column.
05The files
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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2022). Expected Years of Schooling, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/expected-years-schooling/2022
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How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Expected Years of Schooling, 2022: questions and answers
Which country has the highest expected years of schooling in Expected Years of Schooling, 2022?
Monaco, at 21.687, of the 195 countries in the file.
What year does Expected Years of Schooling, 2022 describe?
2022.
How many countries does Expected Years of Schooling, 2022 cover?
195.
Where can I download Expected Years of Schooling, 2022?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Expected Years of Schooling, 2022 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Expected Years of Schooling, 2023.