Expected Years of Schooling Around the World (2010-2020)

Click on a country to see its trend over time. Gray = no data.

2010

2015

2020

About the data:

Expected years of schooling data is from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and can be accessed here.

Country shapefiles from Natural Earth.

Expected years of schooling is determined from summing the enrollment ratios of each age and assumes that these trends stay the same throughout the child's life. More information on the source of this data and its usage in calculating the Human Development Index (HDI) can be found here.