Country | SCHOOL LIFE EXPECTANCY (PRIMARY TO TERTIARY EDUCATION)(YEARS) |
Afghanistan |
total: 11 years
male: 13 years
female: 8 years (2014)
|
Albania |
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 16 years (2014)
|
Algeria |
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2011)
|
Angola |
total: 10 years
male: 13 years
female: 8 years (2011)
|
Antigua and Barbuda |
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 15 years (2012)
|
Argentina |
total: 17 years
male: 16 years
female: 18 years (2013)
|
Armenia |
total: 12 years
male: 11 years
female: 14 years (2009)
|
Aruba |
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2012)
|
Australia |
total: 20 years
male: 20 years
female: 21 years (2013)
|
Austria |
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 16 years (2014)
|
Azerbaijan |
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2014)
|
Bangladesh |
total: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 10 years (2011)
|
Barbados |
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 17 years (2011)
|
Belarus |
total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2014)
|
Belgium |
total: 20 years
male: 19 years
female: 21 years (2014)
|
Belize |
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2013)
|
Benin |
total: 12 years
male: 14 years
female: 11 years (2013)
|
Bermuda |
total: 12 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2014)
|
Bhutan |
total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2013)
|
Bolivia |
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 14 years (2007)
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2014)
|
Botswana |
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2013)
|
Brazil |
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2013)
|
British Virgin Islands |
total: 14 years
male: NA
female: NA (2009)
|
Brunei |
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2014)
|
Bulgaria |
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2014)
|
Burkina Faso |
total: 8 years
male: 8 years
female: 7 years (2013)
|
Burma |
total: 8 years
male: NA
female: NA (2007)
|
Burundi |
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2013)
|
Cabo Verde |
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2014)
|
Cambodia |
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2008)
|
Cameroon |
total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2011)
|
Central African Republic |
total: 7 years
male: 8 years
female: 6 years (2012)
|
Chad |
total: 7 years
male: 9 years
female: 6 years (2011)
|
Chile |
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2014)
|
China |
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 14 years (2014)
|
Colombia |
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2014)
|
Comoros |
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2013)
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 8 years (2013)
|
Congo, Republic of the |
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2012)
|
Cook Islands |
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 17 years (2014)
|
Costa Rica |
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2014)
|
Cote d'Ivoire |
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 8 years (2014)
|
Croatia |
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2014)
|
Cuba |
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 14 years (2014)
|
Curacao |
total: 18 years
male: 18 years
female: 19 years (2013)
|
Cyprus |
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2014)
|
Czechia |
total: 17 years
male: 16 years
female: 18 years (2014)
|
Denmark |
total: 19 years
male: 18 years
female: 20 years (2014)
|
Djibouti |
total: 6 years
male: 7 years
female: 6 years (2011)
|
Dominican Republic |
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2014)
|
Ecuador |
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2012)
|
Egypt |
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2014)
|
El Salvador |
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2014)
|
Eritrea |
total: 5 years
male: 6 years
female: 4 years (2010)
|
Estonia |
total: 17 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2013)
|
Ethiopia |
total: 8 years
male: 9 years
female: 8 years (2012)
|
Finland |
total: 19 years
male: 18 years
female: 20 years (2014)
|
France |
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2014)
|
Gambia, The |
total: 9 years
male: 9 years
female: 9 years (2010)
|
Gaza Strip |
total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 14 years
note: data represent Gaza and West Bank (2014)
|
Georgia |
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2014)
|
Germany |
total: 17 years
male: 17 years
female: 17 years (2014)
|
Ghana |
total: 11 years
male: 12 years
female: 11 years (2014)
|
Greece |
total: 17 years
male: 17 years
female: 17 years (2013)
|
Grenada |
total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2009)
|
Guatemala |
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2013)
|
Guinea-Bissau |
total: 9 years
male: NA
female: NA (2006)
|
Guinea |
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 8 years (2014)
|
Guyana |
total: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 10 years (2012)
|
Honduras |
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2014)
|
Hong Kong |
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 16 years (2014)
|
Hungary |
total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2014)
|
Iceland |
total: 19 years
male: 18 years
female: 20 years (2012)
|
India |
total: 12 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2013)
|
Indonesia |
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2014)
|
Iran |
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2014)
|
Ireland |
total: 19 years
male: 19 years
female: 19 years (2012)
|
Israel |
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 16 years (2014)
|
Italy |
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2013)
|
Japan |
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2013)
|
Jordan |
total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2012)
|
Kazakhstan |
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2015)
|
Kenya |
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2009)
|
Kiribati |
total: 12 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2008)
|
Korea, North |
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2009)
|
Korea, South |
total: 17 years
male: 17 years
female: 16 years (2013)
|
Kuwait |
total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 14 years (2013)
|
Kyrgyzstan |
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2014)
|
Laos |
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2014)
|
Latvia |
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2014)
|
Lebanon |
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2013)
|
Lesotho |
total: 11 years
male: 10 years
female: 11 years (2014)
|
Liechtenstein |
total: 15 years
male: 16 years
female: 13 years (2014)
|
Lithuania |
total: 17 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2014)
|
Luxembourg |
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 14 years (2012)
|
Macedonia |
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2012)
|
Madagascar |
total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2012)
|
Malawi |
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2011)
|
Malaysia |
total: 14 years
male: NA
female: NA (2014)
|
Mali |
total: 8 years
male: 9 years
female: 7 years (2011)
|
Malta |
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 14 years (2014)
|
Mauritania |
total: 8 years
male: 9 years
female: 8 years (2013)
|
Mauritius |
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2014)
|
Mexico |
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2014)
|
Moldova |
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2013)
|
Mongolia |
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2014)
|
Montenegro |
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2010)
|
Montserrat |
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 17 years (2007)
|
Morocco |
total: 12 years
male: 13 years
female: 12 years (2012)
|
Mozambique |
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 9 years (2014)
|
Namibia |
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2006)
|
Nauru |
total: 9 years
male: 9 years
female: 10 years (2008)
|
Nepal |
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2013)
|
Netherlands |
total: 18 years
male: 18 years
female: 18 years (2012)
|
New Zealand |
total: 19 years
male: 18 years
female: 20 years (2014)
|
Niger |
total: 5 years
male: 6 years
female: 5 years (2012)
|
Norway |
total: 18 years
male: 17 years
female: 18 years (2014)
|
Oman |
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 14 years (2011)
|
Pakistan |
total: 8 years
male: 9 years
female: 7 years (2014)
|
Palau |
total: 17 years
male: 16 years
female: 18 years (2013)
|
Panama |
total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2013)
|
Paraguay |
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2010)
|
Peru |
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2010)
|
Philippines |
total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2013)
|
Poland |
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2013)
|
Portugal |
total: 17 years
male: 17 years
female: 17 years (2014)
|
Puerto Rico |
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2013)
|
Qatar |
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2011)
|
Romania |
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2012)
|
Russia |
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2014)
|
Rwanda |
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2013)
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2014)
|
Saint Lucia |
total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2007)
|
San Marino |
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2012)
|
Sao Tome and Principe |
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2015)
|
Saudi Arabia |
total: 16 years
male: 17 years
female: 15 years (2014)
|
Senegal |
total: 8 years
male: 8 years
female: 8 years (2010)
|
Serbia |
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2014)
|
Seychelles |
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 15 years (2014)
|
Slovakia |
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 16 years (2014)
|
Slovenia |
total: 17 years
male: 17 years
female: 18 years (2014)
|
Solomon Islands |
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 9 years (2007)
|
South Africa |
total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 14 years (2013)
|
Spain |
total: 18 years
male: 17 years
female: 18 years (2014)
|
Sri Lanka |
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 14 years (2013)
|
Sudan |
total: 7 years
male: 7 years
female: 7 years (2013)
|
Swaziland |
total: 11 years
male: 12 years
female: 11 years (2013)
|
Sweden |
total: 18 years
male: 17 years
female: 20 years (2014)
|
Switzerland |
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 16 years (2014)
|
Syria |
total: 9 years
male: 9 years
female: 9 years (2013)
|
Tajikistan |
total: 11 years
male: 12 years
female: 11 years (2013)
|
Tanzania |
total: 8 years
male: 8 years
female: 8 years (2013)
|
Thailand |
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2013)
|
Timor-Leste |
total: 13 years
male: 14 years
female: 13 years (2010)
|
Togo |
total: 12 years
male: NA
female: NA (2011)
|
Tunisia |
total: 15 years
male: NA
female: NA (2014)
|
Turkey |
total: 16 years
male: 17 years
female: 16 years (2013)
|
Turkmenistan |
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2014)
|
Uganda |
total: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 10 years (2011)
|
Ukraine |
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2014)
|
United Kingdom |
total: 18 years
male: 17 years
female: 18 years (2014)
|
United States |
total: 17 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2014)
|
Uruguay |
total: 16 years
male: 14 years
female: 17 years (2010)
|
Uzbekistan |
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2011)
|
Venezuela |
total: 14 years
male: NA
female: NA (2009)
|
West Bank |
total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 14 years
note: data represent Gaza and West Bank (2014)
|
World |
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2014)
|
Yemen |
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 8 years (2011)
|
Zimbabwe |
total: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 10 years (2013)
|