Education Index

World map indicating Education Index based on the 2009 UN HDR

0.950 and over

0.900–0.949

0.850–0.899

0.800–0.849

0.750–0.799

0.700–0.749

0.650–0.699

0.600–0.649

0.550–0.599

0.500–0.549

0.450–0.499

0.400–0.449

0.350–0.399

under 0.350

not available

This article contains information based on the pre-2011 Human Development Reports. The HDI and its education component have changed in 2011.

The United Nations publishes a Human Development Index every year, which consists of the Education index, GDP Index and Life Expectancy Index. These three components measure the educational attainment, GDP per capita and life expectancy respectively.

The Education Index is measured by the adult literacy rate (with two-thirds weighting) and the combined primary, secondary, and tertiary gross enrollment ratio (with one-third weighting). The adult literacy rate gives an indication of the ability to reading and writing, while the GER gives an indication of the level of education from nursery (UK & others)/kindergarten (USA & others) to post-graduate education.

Education is a major component of well-being and is used in the measure of economic development and quality of life, which is a key factor determining whether a country is a developed, developing, or underdeveloped country.

Ranking [edit]

Change in value from the last report is given as follows:

= increase.
= steady.
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The latest index was released in the Human Development Report in October 2009.^[1] This statistical update covers the period up to 2007: 1 is the highest possible theoretical score, indicating perfect education attainment.

All countries considered to be developed countries possess a minimum score of 0.8 or above, although the great majority have a score of 0.9 or above. For ranking based on the Human Development Index, see List of countries by Human Development Index.

Rank		Country	Education index
2007 data	Change compared to 2006 data	Country	2007 data	Change compared to 2006 data
1		New Zealand	0.993
1		Finland	0.993
1		Denmark	0.993
1		Australia	0.993
1	(8)	Cuba	0.993	0.017
6	(1)	Canada	0.991
7		Norway	0.989
8	(1)	Republic of Korea	0.988
9	(1)	Ireland	0.985
9	(1)	Netherlands	0.985
11	(1)	Greece	0.981	0.001
12	(1)	Iceland	0.980
13	(1)	United States	0.978
14	(1)	Armenia	0.976
15		Luxembourg	0.975
15	(2)	Spain	0.975	0.004
15	(20)	Barbados	0.975	0.035
18	(1)	Sweden	0.974
18	(1)	Belgium	0.974
20	(1)	Slovenia	0.969
21	(1)	France	0.968
21	(1)	Lithuania	0.968
23		Italy	0.965
23	(2)	Kazakhstan	0.965	0.001
25	(1)	Estonia	0.964
26	(1)	Austria	0.962
27	(1)	Latvia	0.961
27		Belarus	0.961	0.003
29	(2)	Hungary	0.960
29		Ukraine	0.960	0.004
31	(2)	United Kingdom	0.957
32	(1)	Uruguay	0.955
33	(1)	Germany	0.954
34	(1)	Poland	0.952
35	(1)	Japan	0.949
35	N/A	Liechtenstein	0.949	N/A
37	(2)	Israel	0.947
38	(2)	Argentina	0.946
39	(2)	Antigua and Barbuda	0.945
40	(2)	Guyana	0.939
41	(2)	Czech Republic	0.938
42	(2)	Switzerland	0.936
43	(2)	Russia	0.933
44	(2)	Bulgaria	0.930
45	(1)	Portugal	0.929	0.002
46	(3)	Slovakia	0.928
47	(23)	Venezuela	0.921	0.035
48	(3)	Tonga	0.920
49	(2)	Chile	0.919	0.001
50	(4)	Kyrgyzstan	0.918	0.001
51	(3)	Croatia	0.916	0.001
52	(3)	Romania	0.915	0.001
53	(40)	Singapore	0.913	0.070
53	(4)	Mongolia	0.913
55	(4)	Cyprus	0.910	0.001
56	(3)	Turkmenistan	0.906	0.001
57	(4)	Samoa	0.905
58	(4)	Georgia	0.902
59	(4)	Moldova	0.899	0.001
60		Libya	0.898	0.004
61	(4)	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.896
61	(3)	Tajikistan	0.896
63	(1)	Bahrain	0.893	0.003
64	(9)	Bolivia	0.892	0.007
65	(4)	Brunei	0.891
65	(4)	Montenegro	0.891
65	(4)	Serbia	0.891
65	(2)	Brazil	0.891
65	(4)	Peru	0.891	0.006
70	(12)	Saint Lucia	0.889
71	N/A	Qatar	0.888	N/A
71	(5)	Panama	0.888	0.001
71	(2)	Thailand	0.888	0.002
71	(6)	Philippines	0.888	0.001
71	(10)	Uzbekistan	0.888	0.002
76	(5)	Malta	0.887	0.007
77	(6)	Mexico	0.886	0.007
77	(9)	Seychelles	0.886
77	(10)	Albania	0.886
77	(3)	Palestinian Authority	0.886	0.002
81	(5)	Maldives	0.885	0.001
82	(7)	Grenada	0.884
83	(5)	Costa Rica	0.883	0.001
84	(3)	Colombia	0.881	0.005
84	(3)	Azerbaijan	0.881
86	(2)	Republic of Macedonia	0.880	0.001
87	(5)	Hong Kong	0.879
88	(3)	Bahamas	0.878
88	N/A	Andorra	0.878	N/A
90	(2)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.874
91	(1)	Kuwait	0.872	0.005
92	(2)	Paraguay	0.871	0.006

Rank		Country	Education index
2007 data	Change compared to 2006 data	Country	2007 data	Change compared to 2006 data
93	(13)	Jordan	0.870	0.010
94	(5)	Fiji	0.868
95	(9)	Ecuador	0.866	0.011
96	(3)	Trinidad and Tobago	0.861
97	(1)	Lebanon	0.857	0.012
98	(1)	Malaysia	0.851	0.003
98	(2)	China	0.851	0.002
100	(5)	Suriname	0.850	0.002
101	(5)	Dominica	0.848
102	(1)	Gabon	0.843	0.005
102	(3)	South Africa	0.843	0.003
104		Indonesia	0.840	0.006
105	(2)	Mauritius	0.839	0.003
105	(4)	Dominican Republic	0.839	0.002
107	(1)	United Arab Emirates	0.838	0.010
108	(2)	Jamaica	0.834	0.004
108	(4)	Sri Lanka	0.834
110		Saudi Arabia	0.828	0.013
110	(4)	Turkey	0.828	0.004
112	(3)	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.817
113		Sao Tome and Principe	0.813	0.003
114	(2)	Namibia	0.811	0.003
115	(4)	Vietnam	0.810
116	(1)	Honduras	0.806	0.006
117	(1)	El Salvador	0.798
118	(4)	Iran	0.793	0.011
119	(1)	Oman	0.790	0.003
120	(1)	Botswana	0.788	0.005
121	(2)	Equatorial Guinea	0.787
121	(5)	Myanmar	0.787
123	(5)	Cape Verde	0.786	0.001
124		Syria	0.773	0.006
125		Tunisia	0.772	0.004
126		Belize	0.762
127	(5)	Nicaragua	0.760	0.014
128	(1)	Lesotho	0.753
129	(1)	Algeria	0.748	0.005
130	(7)	Congo	0.736	0.033
131	(1)	Swaziland	0.731
132	(1)	Vanuatu	0.729	0.006
133	(2)	Guatemala	0.723	0.014
134	(2)	Cambodia	0.704	0.004
135	(2)	Uganda	0.698	0.006
136	(7)	Egypt	0.697	0.034
137	(3)	Kenya	0.690
138	(2)	Malawi	0.685	0.006
139	(4)	Laos	0.683	0.001
140		Zambia	0.682	0.018
141	(3)	Solomon Islands	0.676
141	(3)	Madagascar	0.676	0.005
143	(2)	Tanzania	0.673	0.012
144	(18)	Angola	0.667	0.132
145	(2)	Nigeria	0.657	0.009
146	(6)	Comoros	0.655	0.004
147	(3)	India	0.643	0.005
148	(3)	Cameroon	0.627	0.005
148	(2)	Ghana	0.627	0.017
150	(2)	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.608	0.049
151	(4)	Rwanda	0.607
152	(3)	Haiti	0.588	0.010
153	(3)	Nepal	0.579	0.002
153	(9)	Yemen	0.579	0.045
155	(3)	Morocco	0.574	0.012
156	(3)	Liberia	0.562	0.005
157	(2)	Burundi	0.559	0.004
158	(5)	Djibouti	0.554
159		Guinea-Bissau	0.545	0.011
160		Mauritania	0.552	0.003
161	(1)	Sudan	0.539
161	(2)	Eritrea	0.539	0.025
163	(5)	Togo	0.534	0.009
164	(9)	Bhutan	0.533	0.020
165	(2)	Bangladesh	0.530	0.006
166	(2)	Papua New Guinea	0.521	0.002
167	(1)	Pakistan	0.492
168	(1)	Mozambique	0.478	0.004
169	(1)	Côte d'Ivoire	0.450
170	(1)	Benin	0.445	0.005
171	(1)	Gambia	0.439
172	(1)	Central African Republic	0.419
173	(1)	Senegal	0.417
174		Ethiopia	0.403	0.013
174	(2)	Sierra Leone	0.403	0.006
176	(1)	Guinea	0.361
177	N/A	Afghanistan	0.354	N/A
178	(1)	Chad	0.334
179	(3)	Mali	0.331	0.031
180	(1)	Burkina Faso	0.301	0.015
181	(3)	Niger	0.282	0.004