Data for 2017

Learning-Adjusted Years of School, 2017

Name: Learning-Adjusted Years of School, 2017
Creator: World Bank Group
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Figures for 2017, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Learning-Adjusted Years of School, 2017 covers 156 countries. Singapore is highest, at 12.90; South Sudan is lowest, at 2.28. The middle country reads 7.90. Against 2010, 103 values changed (77 up, 26 down), 53 countries joined.

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Learning-Adjusted Years of School · Data for 2017

HighestSingapore

12.90

LowestSouth Sudan

2.28

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

156countries
1measure
2017the year it describes
145distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Learning-Adjusted Years of School, 2017, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Learning-Adjusted Years of School, 2017: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	12.90
2	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	12.29
3	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	12.24
4	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	12.07
5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	12.05
6	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	11.90
7	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	11.80
=8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	11.74
=8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	11.74
10	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	11.71
=11	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	11.67
=11	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	11.67
13	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	11.65
14	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	11.61
15	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	11.55
16	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	11.48
17	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	11.47
18	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	11.46
19	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	11.42
20	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	11.36
21	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	11.34
22	France`FRA`Western Europe	11.30
23	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	11.27
24	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	11.25
25	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	11.24
26	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	11.17
27	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	11.16
28	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	11.15
=29	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11.14
=29	United States`USA`Northern America	11.14
31	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	11.13
32	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	11.08
33	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	11.00
34	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	10.87
35	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	10.78
36	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	10.75
37	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10.74
38	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	10.65
39	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	10.38
40	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	10.29
41	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	10.21
42	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	10.20
43	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	10.14
44	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	10.08
45	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	9.91
46	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	9.77
47	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	9.67
48	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	9.60
49	Chile`CHL`South America	9.57
50	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	9.49
51	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	9.46
52	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.45
53	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	9.13
54	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	9.11
55	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	8.92
=56	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	8.90
=56	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	8.90
58	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	8.88
59	Argentina`ARG`South America	8.87
60	Ecuador`ECU`South America	8.86
61	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	8.81
62	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	8.75
=63	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	8.64
=63	Mexico`MEX`Central America	8.64
=63	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	8.64
66	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	8.58
67	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	8.55
68	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	8.50
69	Colombia`COL`South America	8.46
70	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	8.44
71	Uruguay`URY`South America	8.38
72	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	8.37
73	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	8.30
74	Peru`PER`South America	8.28
75	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	8.21
76	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	8.10
77	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	8.07
78	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	7.93
79	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	7.86
80	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	7.79
81	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	7.67
=82	Brazil`BRA`South America	7.63
=82	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	7.63
84	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	7.61
85	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	7.50
86	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	7.36
87	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	7.26
88	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	7.25
89	Panama`PAN`Central America	7.19
90	Paraguay`PRY`South America	7.10
91	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	7.09
92	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	6.90
93	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	6.89
94	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	6.84
95	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6.83
96	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	6.82
97	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	6.70
98	Guyana`GUY`South America	6.69
=99	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	6.55
=99	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	6.55
101	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	6.50
102	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6.39
103	Honduras`HND`Central America	6.38
104	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	6.35
105	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	6.34
106	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	6.33
=107	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6.29
=107	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	6.29
109	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	6.27
110	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	6.23
111	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	6.06
112	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	6.03
113	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	5.86
114	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	5.82
115	India`IND`Southern Asia	5.78
116	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	5.74
117	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	5.73
118	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	5.70
119	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	5.57
=120	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	5.50
=120	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	5.50
122	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	5.39
123	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	5.34
124	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	5.30
125	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	5.27
126	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	5.25
127	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	5.22
128	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	5.11
129	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	5.08
130	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4.87
131	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	4.84
132	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	4.82
=133	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	4.78
=133	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4.78
135	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	4.71
136	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	4.67
137	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	4.54
138	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4.52
139	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.51
140	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4.45
141	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	4.42
142	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	4.39
143	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	4.25
144	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	4.21
145	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4.20
146	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	4.19
147	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	4.13
148	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	4.11
149	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	4.00
150	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3.75
151	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3.42
152	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.74
153	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.64
154	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.61
155	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2.34
156	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	2.28

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore12.90
2Japan12.29
3South Korea12.24
4Hong Kong12.07
5Finland12.05

Lowest

156South Sudan2.28
155Liberia2.34
154Niger2.61
153Chad2.64
152Mali2.74

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 7.90. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2017

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+53 / −0countries joined / left
103values changed, of 103 in both
77 · 26rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Kazakhstan9.00 → 11.47+2.47
Russia9.81 → 11.90+2.09
Azerbaijan6.88 → 8.75+1.87
Macau9.18 → 11.00+1.82
Serbia9.43 → 11.15+1.72

Fell most

South Africa6.24 → 5.11−1.13
Madagascar5.12 → 4.19−0.93
Greece10.46 → 9.77−0.69
Tunisia6.80 → 6.27−0.53
Zimbabwe6.84 → 6.35−0.49

+ Afghanistan

+ Angola

+ Armenia

+ Bangladesh

+ Bosnia and Herzegovina

+ China

+ DR Congo

+ Comoros

+ Dominican Republic

+ Ethiopia

+ Gabon

+ Ghana

+ Guinea

+ Guyana

+ Honduras

+ Haiti

+ India

+ Iraq

+ Jamaica

+ Kenya

+ Kyrgyzstan

+ Cambodia

+ Kiribati

+ Laos

+ Lebanon

+ Liberia

+ Sri Lanka

+ Mali

+ Myanmar

+ Mongolia

+ Mozambique

+ Mauritania

+ Niger

+ Nigeria

+ Nicaragua

+ Nepal

+ Pakistan

+ Philippines

+ Papua New Guinea

+ Palestine

+ Rwanda

+ Sudan

+ Solomon Islands

+ Sierra Leone

+ El Salvador

+ South Sudan

+ Tajikistan

+ Tonga

+ Tuvalu

+ Tanzania

+ Vanuatu

+ Yemen

+ Zambia

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

145 distinct values among 156
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 3 countries share 8.64. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 156 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2017). Learning-Adjusted Years of School, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/learning-adjusted-years-of-school/2017

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Learning-Adjusted Years of School, 2010
103 countries
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Learning-Adjusted Years of School, 2018
166 countries
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Learning-Adjusted Years of School: every year
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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions