School life expectancy
Ranked among 73 profiles with 2024 data. Status, source, and year are named on each row. Taiwan and Kosovo remain special status in this list.
Unit: years. Preferred source: unesco-uis.
| Rank | Profile | Status | 2024 value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | UN member | 21 actual |
| 2 | Australia | UN member | 20.6 actual |
| 3 | Finland | UN member | 19.6 actual |
| 4 | New Zealand | UN member | 19.2 actual |
| 5 | Hong Kong | Special administrative region | 18.7 actual |
| 6 | Sweden | UN member | 18.6 actual |
| 7 | Norway | UN member | 18.5 actual |
| 8 | Denmark | UN member | 18.1 actual |
| 9 | Spain | UN member | 17.7 actual |
| 10 | Cyprus | UN member | 17.6 actual |
| 11 | Macau | Special administrative region | 17.5 actual |
| 12 | Germany | UN member | 17.3 actual |
| 13 | Chile | UN member | 17.3 actual |
| 14 | Albania | UN member | 17.3 actual |
| 15 | Fiji | UN member | 17.3 actual |
| 16 | Poland | UN member | 17.1 actual |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia | UN member | 17 actual |
| 18 | South Korea | UN member | 16.9 actual |
| 19 | Moldova | UN member | 16.5 actual |
| 20 | Switzerland | UN member | 16.5 actual |
| 21 | Austria | UN member | 16.2 actual |
| 22 | Brazil | UN member | 16.1 actual |
| 23 | Lithuania | UN member | 16.1 actual |
| 24 | France | UN member | 16.1 actual |
| 25 | Hungary | UN member | 16 actual |
| 26 | Latvia | UN member | 16 actual |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | UN member | 15.8 actual |
| 28 | Cook Islands | Associated state | 15.6 actual |
| 29 | Algeria | UN member | 15.6 actual |
| 30 | Estonia | UN member | 15.6 actual |
| 31 | Bahrain | UN member | 15.6 actual |
| 32 | Slovakia | UN member | 15.2 actual |
| 33 | Morocco | UN member | 15.2 actual |
| 34 | Mauritius | UN member | 15.1 actual |
| 35 | Israel | UN member | 15 actual |
| 36 | Andorra | UN member | 14.9 actual |
| 37 | Mexico | UN member | 14.9 actual |
| 38 | Bulgaria | UN member | 14.6 actual |
| 39 | Serbia | UN member | 14.5 actual |
| 40 | Luxembourg | UN member | 14.5 actual |
| 41 | Belarus | UN member | 14.2 actual |
| 42 | Marshall Islands | UN member | 14 actual |
| 43 | Ukraine | UN member | 14 actual |
| 44 | Armenia | UN member | 14 actual |
| 45 | Dominican Republic | UN member | 13.8 actual |
| 46 | Uzbekistan | UN member | 13.7 actual |
| 47 | Bhutan | UN member | 13.6 actual |
| 48 | Nepal | UN member | 13.6 actual |
| 49 | Barbados | UN member | 13.6 actual |
| 50 | Philippines | UN member | 13.6 actual |
| 51 | Aruba | Dependency | 13.5 actual |
| 52 | Cuba | UN member | 13.5 actual |
| 53 | Kiribati | UN member | 13.4 actual |
| 54 | Qatar | UN member | 13.3 actual |
| 55 | Jordan | UN member | 13.3 actual |
| 56 | Azerbaijan | UN member | 13.1 actual |
| 57 | Oman | UN member | 13 actual |
| 58 | Egypt | UN member | 13 actual |
| 59 | Rwanda | UN member | 12.9 actual |
| 60 | Seychelles | UN member | 12.8 actual |
| 61 | British Virgin Islands | Dependency | 12.5 actual |
| 62 | Turkmenistan | UN member | 12.3 actual |
| 63 | San Marino | UN member | 12.3 actual |
| 64 | Belize | UN member | 12.3 actual |
| 65 | Malaysia | UN member | 12.1 actual |
| 66 | Côte d’Ivoire | UN member | 12 actual |
| 67 | Guyana | UN member | 11.8 actual |
| 68 | Ghana | UN member | 11.7 actual |
| 69 | Bangladesh | UN member | 11.1 actual |
| 70 | El Salvador | UN member | 11 actual |
| 71 | Honduras | UN member | 8.8 actual |
| 72 | Pakistan | UN member | 8.2 actual |
| 73 | Burkina Faso | UN member | 7.5 actual |
No 2024 figure
These profiles are not ranked for this year. Absence is not zero.
- Afghanistan UN member
- Åland Islands Statistical area
- American Samoa Territory
- Angola UN member
- Anguilla Dependency
- Antigua and Barbuda UN member
- Argentina UN member
- Bahamas UN member
- Belgium UN member
- Benin UN member
- Bermuda Dependency
- Bolivia UN member
- Bosnia and Herzegovina UN member
- Botswana UN member
- Brunei UN member
- Burundi UN member
- Cabo Verde UN member
- Cambodia UN member
- Cameroon UN member
- Canada UN member
- Caribbean Netherlands Territory
- Cayman Islands Dependency
- Central African Republic UN member
- Chad UN member
- China UN member
- Christmas Island Territory
- Cocos Islands Territory
- Colombia UN member
- Comoros UN member
- Costa Rica UN member
- Croatia UN member
- Curaçao Dependency
- Czechia UN member
- Democratic Republic of the Congo UN member
- Djibouti UN member
- Dominica UN member
- Ecuador UN member
- Equatorial Guinea UN member
- Eritrea UN member
- Eswatini UN member
- Ethiopia UN member
- Falkland Islands Dependency
- Faroe Islands Dependency
- French Guiana Territory
- French Polynesia Dependency
- Gabon UN member
- Gambia UN member
- Georgia UN member
- Gibraltar Dependency
- Greece UN member
- Greenland Dependency
- Grenada UN member
- Guadeloupe Territory
- Guam Territory
- Guatemala UN member
- Guernsey Dependency
- Guinea UN member
- Guinea-Bissau UN member
- Haiti UN member
- Holy See UN observer
- Iceland UN member
- India UN member
- Indonesia UN member
- Iran UN member
- Iraq UN member
- Ireland UN member
- Isle of Man Dependency
- Italy UN member
- Jamaica UN member
- Japan UN member
- Jersey Dependency
- Kazakhstan UN member
- Kenya UN member
- Kosovo Special status
- Kuwait UN member
- Kyrgyzstan UN member
- Laos UN member
- Lebanon UN member
- Lesotho UN member
- Liberia UN member
- Libya UN member
- Liechtenstein UN member
- Madagascar UN member
- Malawi UN member
- Maldives UN member
- Mali UN member
- Malta UN member
- Martinique Territory
- Mauritania UN member
- Mayotte Territory
- Micronesia UN member
- Mongolia UN member
- Montenegro UN member
- Montserrat Dependency
- Mozambique UN member
- Myanmar UN member
- Namibia UN member
- Nauru UN member
- Netherlands UN member
- New Caledonia Dependency
- Nicaragua UN member
- Niger UN member
- Nigeria UN member
- Niue Associated state
- Norfolk Island Territory
- North Korea UN member
- North Macedonia UN member
- Northern Mariana Islands Territory
- Palau UN member
- Palestine UN observer
- Panama UN member
- Papua New Guinea UN member
- Paraguay UN member
- Peru UN member
- Portugal UN member
- Puerto Rico Territory
- Republic of the Congo UN member
- Réunion Territory
- Romania UN member
- Russia UN member
- Saint Barthélemy Dependency
- Saint Helena Dependency
- Saint Kitts and Nevis UN member
- Saint Lucia UN member
- Saint Martin Dependency
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon Dependency
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines UN member
- Samoa UN member
- Sao Tome and Principe UN member
- Senegal UN member
- Sierra Leone UN member
- Singapore UN member
- Sint Maarten Dependency
- Slovenia UN member
- Solomon Islands UN member
- Somalia UN member
- South Africa UN member
- South Sudan UN member
- Sri Lanka UN member
- Sudan UN member
- Suriname UN member
- Syria UN member
- Taiwan Special status
- Tajikistan UN member
- Tanzania UN member
- Thailand UN member
- Timor-Leste UN member
- Togo UN member
- Tokelau Territory
- Tonga UN member
- Trinidad and Tobago UN member
- Tunisia UN member
- Türkiye UN member
- Turks and Caicos Islands Dependency
- Tuvalu UN member
- Uganda UN member
- United Kingdom UN member
- United States UN member
- Uruguay UN member
- U.S. Virgin Islands Territory
- Vanuatu UN member
- Venezuela UN member
- Vietnam UN member
- Wallis and Futuna Dependency
- Western Sahara Special status
- Yemen UN member
- Zambia UN member
- Zimbabwe UN member