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

An Education index is found as a component of the Human Development Index published every year by the United Nations, with the GDP Index and Life Expectancy Index, to measure the educational attainment, GDP per capita and life expectancy.

Since 2010, the Education Index has been measured by combining average adult years of schooling with expected years of schooling for children, each receiving 50% weighting. Before 2010, the Education Index was 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.

Calculation

• Education Index: $EI={\frac {{\textrm {MYSI}}+{\textrm {EYSI}}}{2}}$

• Mean Years of Schooling Index: $MYSI={\frac {\textrm {MYS}}{15}}$

Mean years of schooling $({\textrm {MYS}})$ is a calculation of the average number of years of education received by people ages 25 and older in their lifetime based on education attainment levels of the population converted into years of schooling based on theoretical duration of each level of education attended.

Fifteen is the projected maximum of this indicator for 2025.

• Expected Years of Schooling Index: $EYSI={\frac {\textrm {EYS}}{18}}$

Expected Years of Schooling $({\textrm {EYS}})$ is a calculation of the number of years a child is expected to attend school, or university, including the years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrollment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education and is calculated assuming the prevailing patterns of age-specific enrollment rates were to stay the same throughout the child's life. Expected years of schooling is capped at 18 years.

Eighteen is equivalent to achieving a master's degree in most countries.

2015

The following 2015 Education Index was released in the Human Development Report 2016.

2015 Education Index

Rank	Country	Education Index	Expected years of schooling	Mean years of schooling	HDI rank	Continent
1	Australia	0.939	20.4	13.2	2	Oceania
2	Denmark	0.923	19.2	12.7	5	Europe
3	New Zealand	0.917	19.2	12.5	13	Oceania
4	Norway	0.916	17.7	12.7	1	Europe
5	Germany	0.914	17.1	13.2	4	Europe
6	Ireland	0.910	18.6	12.3	8	Europe
7	Iceland	0.906	19.0	12.2	9	Europe
8	United States	0.900	16.5	13.2	10	North America
9	Netherlands	0.897	18.1	11.9	7	Europe
10	United Kingdom	0.896	16.3	13.3	16	Europe
11	Switzerland	0.891	16.0	13.4	2	Europe
12	Canada	0.890	16.3	13.1	10	North America
13	Slovenia	0.886	17.3	12.1	25	Europe
14	Lithuania	0.882	16.5	12.7	37	Europe
15	Czechia (Czech Republic)	0.878	16.8	12.3	28	Europe
16	Estonia	0.877	16.5	12.5	30	Europe
17	Israel	0.870	16.0	12.8	19	Asia
18	South Korea	0.867	16.6	12.2	18	Asia
19	Sweden	0.855	16.1	12.3	14	Europe
20	Poland	0.852	16.4	11.9	36	Europe
21	Finland	0.847	17.0	11.2	23	Europe
22	Japan	0.842	15.3	12.5	17	Asia
23	Belgium	0.841	16.6	11.4	22	Europe
24	France	0.839	16.3	11.6	21	Europe
25	Latvia	0.835	16.0	11.7	44	Europe
26	Belarus	0.834	15.7	12.0	52	Europe
26	Hungary	0.834	15.6	12.0	43	Europe
28	Greece	0.830	17.2	10.5	29	Europe
29	Slovakia	0.823	15.0	12.2	40	Europe
30	Hong Kong	0.822	15.7	11.6	12	Asia
31	Austria	0.820	15.9	11.3	24	Europe
32	Liechtenstein	0.818	14.6	12.4	15	Europe
32	Spain	0.818	17.7	9.8	27	Europe
34	Russian Federation	0.816	15.0	12.0	49	Europe
35	Italy	0.814	16.3	10.9	26	Europe
35	Singapore	0.814	15.4	11.6	5	Asia
37	Argentina	0.808	17.3	9.8	45	South America
37	Palau	0.808	14.3	12.3	60	Oceania
39	Kazakhstan	0.805	15.0	11.7	56	Asia
40	Ukraine	0.803	15.3	11.3	84	Europe
41	Croatia	0.798	15.3	11.2	45	Europe
42	Montenegro	0.797	15.1	11.3	48	Europe
43	Georgia	0.794	13.9	12.2	70	Asia
44	Cyprus	0.786	14.3	11.7	33	Asia
45	Chile	0.784	16.3	9.9	38	South America
46	Luxembourg	0.783	13.9	12.0	20	Europe
47	Malta	0.781	14.6	11.3	33	Europe
48	Cuba	0.779	13.9	11.8	68	North America
49	Bulgaria	0.778	15.0	10.8	56	Europe
50	Fiji	0.777	15.3	10.5	91	Oceania
51	Romania	0.769	14.7	10.8	50	Europe
52	Barbados	0.773	15.3	10.5	54	North America
53	Saudi Arabia	0.768	16.1	9.6	38	Asia
54	Tonga	0.766	14.3	11.1	101	Oceania
55	Serbia	0.760	14.4	10.8	66	Europe
56	Portugal	0.756	16.6	8.9	41	Europe
57	Sri Lanka	0.752	14.0	10.9	73	Asia
58	Uzbekistan	0.740	12.2	12.0	105	Asia
59	Mongolia	0.737	14.8	9.8	92	Asia
60	Armenia	0.730	12.7	11.3	84	Asia
61	Grenada	0.725	15.8	8.6	79	North America
61	Mauritius	0.725	15.2	9.1	64	Africa
61	Moldova	0.725	11.8	11.9	107	Europe
64	Azerbaijan	0.723	12.7	11.2	78	Asia
65	Kyrgyzstan	0.721	13.0	10.8	120	Asia
66	Andorra	0.718	13.5	10.3	32	Europe
67	Bahrain	0.717	14.5	9.4	47	Asia
67	Trinidad and Tobago	0.717	12.7	10.9	65	North America
67	Uruguay	0.717	15.5	8.6	54	South America
70	Brunei Darussalam	0.716	14.9	9.0	30	Asia
71	Albania	0.715	14.2	9.6	75	Europe
71	Bahamas	0.715	12.7	10.9	58	North America
73	Venezuela	0.710	14.3	9.4	71	South America
74	Seychelles	0.706	14.1	9.4	63	Africa
75	South Africa	0.705	13.0	10.3	119	Africa
76	Belize	0.704	12.8	10.5	103	North America
76	Iran	0.704	14.8	8.8	69	Asia
78	Samoa	0.702	12.9	10.3	104	Oceania
79	Jordan	0.701	13.1	10.1	86	Asia
80	Malaysia	0.700	13.1	10.1	59	Asia
81	Qatar	0.698	13.4	9.8	33	Asia
82	Antigua and Barbuda	0.694	13.9	9.2	62	North America
82	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.694	14.2	9.0	81	Europe
84	Panama	0.691	13.0	9.9	60	North America
85	United Arab Emirates	0.687	13.3	9.5	42	Asia
86	Costa Rica	0.684	14.2	8.7	66	North America
87	Brazil	0.681	15.2	7.8	79	South America
88	Jamaica	0.678	12.8	9.6	94	North America
89	Saint Lucia	0.677	13.1	9.3	92	North America
90	North Macedonia	0.673	12.9	9.4	82	Europe
91	Peru	0.672	13.4	9.0	87	South America
92	Turkey	0.668	14.6	7.9	71	Asia
93	Ecuador	0.665	14.0	8.3	89	South America
94	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.659	13.7	8.4	74	North America
95	Algeria	0.658	14.4	7.8	83	Africa
95	Botswana	0.658	12.6	9.2	108	Africa
95	Tajikistan	0.658	11.3	10.4	129	Asia
98	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.657	13.3	8.6	99	North America
99	Bolivia	0.656	13.8	8.2	118	South America
99	Lebanon	0.656	13.3	8.6	76	Asia
101	Mexico	0.655	13.3	8.6	77	North America
101	Palestine	0.655	12.8	8.9	114	Asia
103	Oman	0.652	13.7	8.1	52	Asia
104	Micronesia	0.649	11.7	9.7	127	Oceania
105	Tunisia	0.643	14.6	7.1	97	Africa
106	Thailand	0.641	13.6	7.9	87	Asia
107	Philippines	0.637	11.7	9.3	116	Asia
108	China	0.631	13.5	7.6	90	Asia
109	Colombia	0.630	13.6	7.6	95	South America
109	Suriname	0.630	12.7	8.3	97	South America
111	Turkmenistan	0.629	10.8	9.9	111	Asia
112	India	0.624	12.6	6.9	131	Asia
113	Dominican Republic	0.622	13.2	7.7	99	North America
113	Indonesia	0.622	12.9	7.9	113	Asia
115	Dominica	0.618	12.8	7.9	96	North America
115	Gabon	0.618	12.6	8.1	109	Africa
117	Viet Nam	0.617	12.6	8.0	115	Asia
118	Libya	0.616	13.4	7.3	102	Africa
119	Paraguay	0.613	12.3	8.1	110	South America
120	Kuwait	0.611	13.3	7.3	51	Asia
121	Egypt	0.601	13.1	7.1	111	Africa
121	Kiribati	0.590	11.9	7.8	137	Oceania
123	El Salvador	0.584	13.2	6.5	117	North America
124	Zambia	0.577	12.5	6.9	139	Africa
125	Guyana	0.568	10.3	8.4	127	South America
126	Maldives	0.561	12.7	6.2	105	Asia
127	Ghana	0.551	11.5	6.9	139	Africa
128	Pakistan	0.550	12.1	10.1	147	Asia
129	Namibia	0.546	11.7	6.7	125	Africa
130	Eswatini (Swaziland)	0.545	11.4	6.8	148	Africa
131	Zimbabwe	0.544	10.3	7.7	154	Africa
132	Nicaragua	0.542	11.7	6.5	124	North America
133	Cabo Verde	0.534	13.5	4.8	122	Africa
134	Vanuatu	0.526	10.8	6.8	134	Oceania
135	Congo	0.520	11.1	6.3	135	Africa
136	Honduras	0.518	11.2	6.2	130	North America
136	Kenya	0.518	11.1	6.3	146	Africa
138	Sao Tome and Principe	0.509	12.0	5.3	142	Africa
139	Guatemala	0.508	10.7	6.3	125	North America
140	Lesotho	0.503	10.7	6.1	160	Africa
140	Morocco	0.503	12.1	5.0	123	Africa
142	Iraq	0.500	10.1	6.6	121	Asia
143	Timor-Leste	0.494	12.5	4.4	133	Asia
144	Cameroon	0.493	10.4	6.1	153	Africa
145	Madagascar	0.492	10.3	6.1	158	Africa
146	Togo	0.489	12.0	4.7	166	Africa
147	Angola	0.482	11.4	5.0	150	Africa
148	Nigeria	0.477	10.0	6.0	152	Africa
149	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.475	9.8	6.1	176	Africa
149	Nepal	0.475	12.2	4.1	144	Asia
151	Laos	0.474	10.8	5.2	138	Asia
152	Comoros	0.469	11.1	4.8	160	Africa
153	Uganda	0.467	10.0	5.7	163	Africa
154	Cambodia	0.459	10.9	4.7	143	Asia
155	Bangladesh	0.457	10.2	5.2	139	Asia
156	Bhutan	0.452	12.5	3.1	132	Asia
157	Malawi	0.445	10.8	4.4	170	Africa
157	Solomon Islands	0.445	9.6	5.3	156	Oceania
159	Tanzania	0.441	8.9	5.8	151	Africa
160	Equatorial Guinea	0.439	9.2	5.5	135	Africa
161	Rwanda	0.426	10.8	3.8	159	Africa
162	Haiti	0.425	9.1	5.2	163	North America
163	Liberia	0.423	9.9	4.4	177	Africa
164	Papua New Guinea	0.419	9.9	4.3	154	Oceania
165	Syrian Arab Republic	0.417	9.0	5.1	149	Asia
166	Cote d'Ivoire	0.415	8.9	5.0	171	Africa
167	Benin	0.414	10.7	3.5	167	Africa
168	Myanmar (Burma)	0.410	9.1	4.7	145	Asia
169	Afghanistan	0.398	10.1	3.5	169	Asia
170	Burundi	0.395	10.6	3.0	184	Africa
171	Mauritania	0.377	8.5	4.3	157	Africa
172	Sierra Leone	0.374	9.5	3.3	179	Africa
173	Mozambique	0.369	9.1	3.5	181	Africa
174	Gambia	0.358	8.9	3.3	173	Africa
175	Senegal	0.355	9.5	2.8	162	Africa
176	Guinea-Bissau	0.353	9.2	2.9	178	Africa
177	Yemen	0.350	9.0	3.0	168	Asia
178	Central African Republic	0.338	7.1	4.2	188	Africa
179	Guinea	0.330	8.8	2.6	183	Africa
180	Ethiopia	0.318	8.4	2.6	174	Africa
180	Sudan	0.318	7.2	3.5	165	Africa
182	Mali	0.312	8.4	2.3	175	Africa
183	Djibouti	0.310	6.3	4.1	172	Africa
184	South Sudan	0.297	4.9	4.8	181	Africa
185	Chad	0.280	7.3	2.3	186	Africa
186	Eritrea	0.267	5.0	3.9	179	Africa
187	Burkina Faso	0.262	7.7	1.4	185	Africa
188	Niger	0.206	5.4	1.7	187	Africa

2007

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

• = increase.
• = steady.
• = decrease.

The latest index was released in the Human Development Report 2009 on October 2009. 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		2007 data	Change compared to 2006 data
1		Australia	0.993
2		Finland	0.993
3		Denmark	0.993
4		New Zealand	0.993
5	(8)	Cuba	0.993	0.017
6	(1)	Canada	0.991
7		Norway	0.989
8	(1)	South Korea	0.988
9	(1)	Ireland	0.985
10	(1)	Netherlands	0.985
11	(1)	Greece	0.981	0.001
12	(1)	Iceland	0.980
13	(1)	France	0.978
14		Luxembourg	0.975
15	(2)	Spain	0.975	0.004
16	(20)	Barbados	0.975	0.035
17	(1)	Sweden	0.974
18	(1)	Belgium	0.974
19	(1)	Slovenia	0.969
20	(1)	United States	0.968
21	(1)	Lithuania	0.968
22		Italy	0.965
23	(2)	Kazakhstan	0.965	0.001
24	(1)	Estonia	0.964
25	(1)	Austria	0.962
26	(1)	Latvia	0.961
27		Belarus	0.961	0.003
28	(2)	Hungary	0.960
29		Ukraine	0.960	0.004
30	(2)	United Kingdom	0.957
31	(1)	Uruguay	0.955
32	(1)	Germany	0.954
33	(1)	Poland	0.952
34	(1)	Japan	0.949
-	—	Liechtenstein	0.949	—
36	(7)	Brazil	0.946
36	(2)	Israel	0.946
37	(2)	Argentina	0.946
38	(2)	Antigua and Barbuda	0.945
39	(2)	Guyana	0.939
40	(2)	Czech Republic	0.938
41	(2)	Switzerland	0.936
42	(2)	Russia	0.933
43	(2)	Bulgaria	0.930
44	(1)	Portugal	0.929	0.002
45	(3)	Slovakia	0.928
46	(23)	Venezuela	0.921	0.035
47	(3)	Tonga	0.920
48	(2)	Chile	0.919	0.001
49	(4)	Kyrgyzstan	0.918	0.001
50	(3)	Croatia	0.916	0.001
51	(3)	Romania	0.915	0.001
52	(40)	Singapore	0.913	0.070
53	(4)	Mongolia	0.913
54	(4)	Cyprus	0.910	0.001
55	(1)	Armenia	0.909
56	(3)	Turkmenistan	0.906	0.001
57	(4)	Samoa	0.905
58	(4)	Moldova	0.899	0.001
59		Libya	0.898	0.004
60	(4)	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.896
61	(3)	Tajikistan	0.896
62	(1)	Bahrain	0.893	0.003
63	(9)	Bolivia	0.892	0.007
64	(4)	Brunei	0.891
65	(4)	Montenegro	0.891
66	(4)	Serbia	0.891
67	(2)	Guadeloupe	0.891
68	(4)	Peru	0.891	0.006
69	(12)	Saint Lucia	0.889
70	—	Qatar	0.888	—
71	(5)	Panama	0.888	0.001
72	(2)	Thailand	0.888	0.002
73	(6)	Philippines	0.888	0.001
74	(10)	Uzbekistan	0.888	0.002
75	(5)	Malta	0.887	0.007
76	(6)	Mexico	0.886	0.007
77	(9)	Seychelles	0.886
78	(10)	Albania	0.886
79	(3)	Palestine	0.886	0.002
80	(5)	Maldives	0.885	0.001
81	(7)	Grenada	0.884
82	(5)	Costa Rica	0.883	0.001
83	(3)	Colombia	0.881	0.005
84	(3)	Azerbaijan	0.881
85	(2)	Republic of Macedonia	0.880	0.001
86	(5)	Hong Kong	0.879
87	(3)	Bahamas	0.878
88	—	Andorra	0.878	—
89	(2)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.874
90	(1)	Kuwait	0.872	0.005
91	(2)	Paraguay	0.871	0.006

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

See also

• List of countries by literacy rate
• School-leaving age

External links

• Human Development Report Office
• Human Development Report 2007/2008 - complete (12.0 MB)