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Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years)

years · higher is better · 209 countries

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (CC BY-SA 4.0)CC BY-SA 4.0updated 2025
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  1. 1Samoa5
  2. 1San Marino5
  3. 1Bulgaria5
  4. 1Italy5
  5. 1Brunei Darussalam5
  6. 2United Kingdom4
  7. 2Gibraltar4
  8. 2Iceland4
  9. 2Bermuda4
  10. 2Micronesia, Fed. Sts.4
  11. 2Malta4
  12. 2Austria4
  13. 2Bosnia and Herzegovina4
  14. 2Belgium4
  15. 2United Arab Emirates4
  16. 2Kenya4
  17. 2Congo, Dem. Rep.4
  18. 2Chile4
  19. 2Switzerland4
  20. 2Czechia4
  21. 2Bangladesh4
  22. 2Bolivia4
  23. 2India4
  24. 2Croatia4
  25. 2Luxembourg4
  26. 2Kiribati4
  27. 2Haiti4
  28. 2Eritrea4
  29. 2North Macedonia4
  30. 2Hungary4
  31. 2Burundi4
  32. 2Marshall Islands4
  33. 2Sri Lanka4
  34. 2Zimbabwe4
  35. 2Slovenia4
  36. 2Nepal4
  37. 2Slovak Republic4
  38. 2Pakistan4
  39. 2Montenegro4
  40. 2South Sudan4
  41. 2Tunisia4
  42. 2Romania4
  43. 2Poland4
  44. 2Mauritius4
  45. 2Turkiye4
  46. 2Sierra Leone4
  47. 2Somalia, Fed. Rep.4
  48. 2Palau4
  49. 2Seychelles4
  50. 2Serbia4
  51. 2Solomon Islands4
  52. 3Netherlands3
  53. 3Virgin Islands (U.S.)3
  54. 3Chad3
  55. 3Panama3
  56. 3Togo3
  57. 3Nigeria3
  58. 3Suriname3
  59. 3Thailand3
  60. 3Yemen, Rep.3
  61. 3Niger3
  62. 3Sao Tome and Principe3
  63. 3New Caledonia3
  64. 3West Bank and Gaza3
  65. 3Timor-Leste3
  66. 3Malaysia3
  67. 3Tonga3
  68. 3Zambia3
  69. 3Viet Nam3
  70. 3El Salvador3
  71. 3Puerto Rico (US)3
  72. 3Mauritania3
  73. 3Tuvalu3
  74. 3Korea, Dem. People's Rep.3
  75. 3Mongolia3
  76. 3Senegal3
  77. 3Portugal3
  78. 3Sudan3
  79. 3Paraguay3
  80. 3Saudi Arabia3
  81. 3Uruguay3
  82. 3United States3
  83. 3French Polynesia3
  84. 3Rwanda3
  85. 3Vanuatu3
  86. 3Sint Maarten (Dutch part)3
  87. 3British Virgin Islands3
  88. 3Qatar3
  89. 3Norway3
  90. 3Sweden3
  91. 3New Zealand3
  92. 3South Africa3
  93. 3Syrian Arab Republic3
  94. 3Cameroon3
  95. 3Germany3
  96. 3Israel3
  97. 3Indonesia3
  98. 3Cyprus3
  99. 3Denmark3
  100. 3Albania3
  101. 3Moldova3
  102. 3Japan3
  103. 3Mexico3
  104. 3France3
  105. 3Cayman Islands3
  106. 3Dominican Republic3
  107. 3Hong Kong SAR, China3
  108. 3Monaco3
  109. 3Algeria3
  110. 3Cambodia3
  111. 3Cuba3
  112. 3Benin3
  113. 3Ecuador3
  114. 3Guatemala3
  115. 3Aruba3
  116. 3Canada3
  117. 3China3
  118. 3Angola3
  119. 3Greece3
  120. 3Morocco3
  121. 3Egypt, Arab Rep.3
  122. 3Armenia3
  123. 3Korea, Rep.3
  124. 3Kuwait3
  125. 3Burkina Faso3
  126. 3Brazil3
  127. 3Cabo Verde3
  128. 3Guinea-Bissau3
  129. 3Cote d'Ivoire3
  130. 3Djibouti3
  131. 3Gambia, The3
  132. 3Lao PDR3
  133. 3Argentina3
  134. 3Comoros3
  135. 3Spain3
  136. 3Guinea3
  137. 3Macao SAR, China3
  138. 3Mali3
  139. 3Fiji3
  140. 3Lebanon3
  141. 3Liberia3
  142. 3Estonia3
  143. 3Ghana3
  144. 3Libya3
  145. 3Central African Republic3
  146. 3Georgia3
  147. 3Latvia3
  148. 3Liechtenstein3
  149. 3Congo, Rep.3
  150. 3Gabon3
  151. 3Finland3
  152. 3Bahrain3
  153. 3Bahamas, The3
  154. 3Iraq3
  155. 3Iran, Islamic Rep.3
  156. 3Afghanistan3
  157. 3Madagascar3
  158. 4Lithuania2
  159. 4Jamaica2
  160. 4Dominica2
  161. 4Costa Rica2
  162. 4St. Kitts and Nevis2
  163. 4Grenada2
  164. 4Botswana2
  165. 4Belarus2
  166. 4Bhutan2
  167. 4American Samoa2
  168. 4Kyrgyz Republic2
  169. 4Guyana2
  170. 4Curacao2
  171. 4Lesotho2
  172. 4Antigua and Barbuda2
  173. 4Honduras2
  174. 4Maldives2
  175. 4Kazakhstan2
  176. 4Azerbaijan2
  177. 4Jordan2
  178. 4Belize2
  179. 4Ireland2
  180. 4Andorra2
  181. 4Ethiopia2
  182. 4Australia2
  183. 4Barbados2
  184. 4St. Lucia2
  185. 4Colombia2
  186. 4Equatorial Guinea2
  187. 4Papua New Guinea2
  188. 4Nicaragua2
  189. 4Turks and Caicos Islands2
  190. 4Ukraine2
  191. 4Eswatini2
  192. 4Tanzania2
  193. 4Singapore2
  194. 4Venezuela, RB2
  195. 4Philippines2
  196. 4Mozambique2
  197. 4Turkmenistan2
  198. 4Tajikistan2
  199. 4St. Vincent and the Grenadines2
  200. 4Uganda2
  201. 4Myanmar2
  202. 4Trinidad and Tobago2
  203. 4Russian Federation2
  204. 4Uzbekistan2
  205. 4Malawi2
  206. 4Naoero2
  207. 4Peru2
  208. 4Namibia2
  209. 4Oman2

Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years)