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Expected years of schooling among children
For each year, this shows how many years a child starting school then can expect to spend in education across all levels, from pre-primary through tertiary if current enrollment patterns stay the same. It includes repeated grades.
Expected years of schooling among children data
Unweighted average of the 54 countries reporting in 2023
+6.3% on 2013. Country values run from 5.6 to 18.2 years. An average of country values, not a regional total.
- Countries covered
- 54
- Years
- 1990–2023
- Observations
- 1,710
- Source
- Our World in Data
Countries
3/6 selected. Select up to 6 to compare.
Years
1990 – 2023 · 34 years
Annual values by country, 1990 to 2023
Our World in Data · years · hover or use the arrow keys to read a year
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
3 countries · 34 years · 1,710 values in the snapshot
Data tablevalues in years
| Country | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria DZ | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 10 | 10 | 10.1 | 10.4 | 10.7 | 11 | 11.2 | 11.5 | 11.9 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 12.7 | 12.8 | 13 | 13.4 | 13.9 | 14.2 | 14.5 | 14.6 | 14.7 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.9 | 15 | 15.1 | 15.2 | 15.3 | 15.4 | 15.5 | 15.5 |
| Angola AO | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 7 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 9.1 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 11.3 | 11.8 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.2 |
| Benin BJ | 4.8 | 5 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 8 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 9.5 | 9.9 | 10.3 | 10.7 | 11.1 | 11.6 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.4 | 12.2 | 11.7 | 11.2 | 10.8 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.5 |
Source and notes
- Indicator code
- OWID.SCHOOL.EXP
- Unit
- years
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Collection
- Our World in Data
Values as published by Our World in Data: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025). Coverage is the countries and years held in this snapshot, not the full extent of the series at source. Check at ourworldindata.org.