Education Index

The United Nations publishes a Human Development Index every year, which consists of the Life Expectancy Index, Education index, and Income index.^[1] The Education Index is calculated from the Mean years of schooling index and the Expected years of schooling index.^[1]

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 nation.

Ranking[edit]

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

= increase.
= steady.
= decrease.

The latest index was released in the Human Development Report in October 2009.^[2] 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		Finland	0.997
2		Denmark	0.996
3		New Zealand	0.995
4		Australia	0.994
5	(8)	Cuba	0.993	0.017
6	(1)	Canada	0.992
7		Norway	0.991
8	(1)	Republic of Korea	0.991
9	(1)	Ireland	0.990
9	(1)	Netherlands	0.989
11	(1)	Greece	0.987	0.001
12	(1)	Iceland	0.987
13	(1)	Armenia	0.976
14		Luxembourg	0.975
14	(2)	Spain	0.975	0.004
14	(2)	Trinidad and Tobago	0.975
17	(1)	Sweden	0.974
17	(1)	Belgium	0.974
19	(1)	Slovenia	0.969
20	(1)	France	0.968
21	(1)	Lithuania	0.968
21	(1)	United States	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	0.956
33	(1)	Germany	0.955
34	(1)	Poland	0.955
35	(1)	Japan	0.954
35	N/A	Liechtenstein	0.952	N/A
37	(2)	Israel	0.949
38	(2)	Argentina	0.948
39	(2)	Antigua and Barbuda	0.948
40	(2)	Guyana	0.946
41	(2)	Czech Republic	0.942
42	(2)	Switzerland	0.941
43	(2)	Russia	0.941
44	(2)	Bulgaria	0.939
45	(1)	Portugal	0.937	0.002
46	(3)	Slovakia	0.936
47	(3)	Brazil	0.934	{{steady}
48	(23)	Venezuela	0.923	0.035
49	(3)	Tonga	0.922
50	(2)	Chile	0.921	0.001
51	(4)	Kyrgyzstan	0.919	0.001
52	(3)	Croatia	0.919	0.001
53	(3)	Romania	0.917	0.001
54	(40)	Singapore	0.917	0.070
55	(4)	Mongolia	0.915
56	(4)	Cyprus	0.914	0.001
57	(3)	Turkmenistan	0.911	0.001
58	(4)	Samoa	0.911
59	(4)	Georgia	0.910
60	(4)	Moldova	0.907	0.001
61		Libya	0.903	0.004
62	(4)	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.902
63	(3)	Tajikistan	0.902
64	(1)	Bahrain	0.901	0.003
65	(9)	Bolivia	0.901	0.007
65	(4)	Brunei	0.901
65	(4)	Montenegro	0.901
65	(4)	Serbia	0.901
65	(4)	Peru	0.900	0.006
70	(12)	Saint Lucia	0.900
71	N/A	Qatar	0.888	N/A
71	(5)	Panama	0.900	0.001
71	(2)	Thailand	0.900	0.002
71	(6)	Philippines	0.900	0.001
71	(10)	Uzbekistan	0.898	0.002
76	(5)	Malta	0.897	0.007
77	(6)	Mexico	0.893	0.007
77	(9)	Seychelles	0.893
77	(10)	Albania	0.891
77	(3)	Palestinian Authority	0.890	0.002
81	(5)	Maldives	0.889	0.001
82	(7)	Grenada	0.887
83	(5)	Costa Rica	0.887	0.001
84	(3)	Colombia	0.886	0.005
84	(3)	Azerbaijan	0.886
86	(2)	Republic of Macedonia	0.885	0.001
87	(5)	Hong Kong	0.885
88	(3)	Bahamas	0.884
88	N/A	Andorra	0.881	N/A
90	(2)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.879
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	(8)	Barbados	0.863	0.035
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	0.665	0.132
145	(2)	Nigeria	0.657	0.009
146	(6)	Comoros	0.655	0.004
147	(136)	India	0.643	3.111
148	(3)	Cameroon	0.627	0.005
148	(2)	Ghana	0.627	0.017
150	(1)	Pakistan	0.626
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	(2)	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.492	0.049
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