Education Index

World map indicating Education Index (2007)

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

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 read and write, while the GER gives an indication of the level of education from kindergarten to postgraduate 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.

2008 Education Index

• Change in value from the last report is given as follows:
• = increase.
• = steady.
• = decrease.
• Montenegro and Serbia are not marked with the above as they are new to the index.

The latest index was released on December 18, 2008. This statistical update covers the period up to 2006. 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
1	Australia	0.993
2	Denmark	0.993
3	Finland	0.993
4	New Zealand	0.993
5	Canada	0.991
6	Norway	0.989
7	South Korea	0.988
8	Ireland	0.985
9	Netherlands	0.985
10	Greece	0.980
11	Iceland	0.980
12	France	0.978
13	Cuba	0.976
14	Luxembourg	0.975
15	Belgium	0.974
16	Sweden	0.974
17	Spain	0.971
18	Slovenia	0.969
19	Lithuania	0.968
20	United States	0.968
21	Kazakhstan	0.966
22	Italy	0.965
23	Estonia	0.964
24	Austria	0.962
25	Latvia	0.961
26	Hungary	0.960
27	Belarus	0.958
28	United Kingdom	0.957
29	Ukraine	0.956
30	Uruguay	0.955
31	Germany	0.954
32	Poland	0.952
33	Japan	0.949
34	Israel	0.947
35	Argentina	0.946
36	Barbados	0.940
37	Guyana	0.939
38	Czech Republic	0.938
39	Switzerland	0.936
40	Russia	0.933
41	Bulgaria	0.930
42	Slovakia	0.928
43	Portugal	0.927
44	Tonga	0.920
45	Kyrgyzstan	0.919
46	Chile	0.918
47	Croatia	0.915
48	Romania	0.914
49	Mongolia	0.913
50	Cyprus	0.909
51	Georgia	0.909
52	Turkmenistan	0.907
53	Samoa	0.905
54	Armenia	0.903
55	Moldova	0.900
56	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.896
57	Saint Lucia	0.896
58	Tajikistan	0.896
59	Libya	0.894
60	Brunei	0.892
61	Montenegro	0.891
62	Serbia	0.891
63	Bahrain	0.890
64	Uzbekistan	0.890
65	Brazil	0.888
66	Panama	0.887
67	Philippines	0.887
68	Albania	0.886
69	Seychelles	0.886
70	Thailand	0.886
71	Venezuela	0.886
72	Bolivia	0.885
73	Peru	0.885
74	Grenada	0.884
75	Maldives	0.884
76	Occupied Palestinian Territories	0.884
77	Costa Rica	0.882
78	Azerbaijan	0.881
79	Malta	0.880
80	Hong Kong	0.879
81	Republic of Macedonia	0.879
82	Mexico	0.879
83	Bahamas	0.878
84	Ecuador	0.877
85	Colombia	0.875
86	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.874
87	Fiji	0.868
88	Kuwait	0.864
89	Paraguay	0.864
90	Trinidad and Tobago	0.861
91	People's Republic of China	0.849
92	Dominica	0.848
93	Malaysia	0.848
94	Suriname	0.848
95	Lebanon	0.845
96	Singapore	0.843
97	South Africa	0.840
98	Gabon	0.838
99	Dominican Republic	0.837
100	Mauritius	0.836
101	Indonesia	0.834
102	Sri Lanka	0.834
103	Jamaica	0.830
104	Turkey	0.824
105	United Arab Emirates	0.818
106	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.817
107	Saudi Arabia	0.815
108	Vietnam	0.810
109	Namibia	0.808
110	Sao Tome and Principe	0.805
111	Iran	0.804
112	Honduras	0.800
113	El Salvador	0.798
114	Cape Verde	0.787
115	Equatorial Guinea	0.787
116	Burma	0.787
117	Oman	0.787
118	Botswana	0.783
119	Nicaragua	0.774
120	Congo	0.769
121	Syria	0.769
122	Tunisia	0.766
123	Belize	0.762
124	Lesotho	0.753
125	Algeria	0.743
126	Egypt	0.731
127	Swaziland	0.731
128	Vanuatu	0.723
129	Guatemala	0.709
130	Cambodia	0.700
131	Uganda	0.692
132	Kenya	0.690
133	Laos	0.682
134	Malawi	0.679
135	Solomon Islands	0.676
136	Madagascar	0.671
137	Pakistan	0.665
138	Zambia	0.664
139	Tanzania	0.661
140	Comoros	0.659
141	Nigeria	0.648
142	India	0.638
143	Cameroon	0.622
144	Yemen	0.619
145	Rwanda	0.607
146	Ghana	0.605
147	Haiti	0.578
148	Nepal	0.571
149	Morocco	0.563
150	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.559
151	Liberia	0.555
152	Djibouti	0.554
153	Bhutan	0.553
154	Burundi	0.546
155	East Timor	0.545
156	Togo	0.543
157	Guinea-Bissau	0.541
158	Sudan	0.539
159	Mauritania	0.537
160	Angola	0.535
161	Bangladesh	0.524
162	Papua New Guinea	0.518
163	Eritrea	0.514
164	Mozambique	0.474
165	Côte d'Ivoire	0.450
166	Benin	0.440
167	Gambia	0.439
168	Central African Republic	0.419
169	Senegal	0.417
170	Sierra Leone	0.396
171	Ethiopia	0.390
172	Guinea	0.361
173	Mali	0.300
174	Chad	0.293
175	Niger	0.286
176	Burkina Faso	0.274

See also

• List of countries by literacy rate
• Programme for International Student Assessment
• IQ and Global Inequality
• School leaving age

External links

• Human Development Report Office
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