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Mean Years of Schooling, 2009

2009, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Mean Years of Schooling, 2009 covers 190 countries. Germany is highest, at 13.830; Burkina Faso is lowest, at 1.069. The middle country reads 8.276. Against 2008, 186 values changed (167 up, 19 down), the same countries are covered.

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Mean Years of Schooling · Data for 2009

HighestGermany

13.830

LowestBurkina Faso

1.069

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Mean Years of Schooling, 2009, 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 190 countries · select a heading to sort

Mean Years of Schooling, 2009: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
1GermanyDEUWestern Europe13.830
2CanadaCANNorthern America13.464
3New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand13.362
4SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe13.340
5EstoniaESTNorthern Europe13.320
6United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe13.090
7United StatesUSANorthern America13.010
8IcelandISLNorthern Europe12.830
9LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe12.810
10PalauPLWMicronesia12.588
11NorwayNORNorthern Europe12.500
12JapanJPNEastern Asia12.485
13DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe12.470
=14IsraelISRWestern Asia12.460
=14LatviaLVANorthern Europe12.460
16FinlandFINNorthern Europe12.370
17PolandPOLEastern Europe12.340
18GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia12.326
19RussiaRUSEastern Europe12.320
20LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe12.320
21CzechiaCZEEastern Europe12.290
22SwedenSWENorthern Europe12.140
23SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe12.052
24SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe12.030
25AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand11.990

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Germany13.830
  2. 2Canada13.464
  3. 3New Zealand13.362
  4. 4Switzerland13.340
  5. 5Estonia13.320

Lowest

  1. 190Burkina Faso1.069
  2. 189Niger1.499
  3. 188Guinea1.566
  4. 187Chad1.760
  5. 186Mali1.788

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 8.276. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 186values changed, of 190 in both
  • 167 · 19rose · fell
  • 4unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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.

How values are stored

  • 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 2009.

  • 188 distinct values among 190

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 9 decimals. 2 countries share 12.460. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • The position is ours

    UNDP Human Development Report Office publishes values only; the order is this site’s.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 190 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

UNDP Human Development Report Office (2009). Mean Years of Schooling, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/mean-years-schooling/2009

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07Questions

Mean Years of Schooling, 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest mean years of schooling in Mean Years of Schooling, 2009?

Germany, at 13.830, of the 190 countries in the file.

What year does Mean Years of Schooling, 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Mean Years of Schooling, 2009 cover?

190.

Where can I download Mean Years of Schooling, 2009?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Mean Years of Schooling, 2009 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Mean Years of Schooling, 2023.

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