Education Levels Around the World

EDUCATION LEVELS AROUND THE WORLD



YEARS OF EDUCATION BY REGION



More Years Less Years



0 20

18.6 years



0 20

16.8 years



0 20

12.3 years



0 20

13.2 years



0 20

10.6 years



0 20

15.5 years



0 20

14.3 years



0 20

9.4 years



NORTH AMERICA AND WESTERN EUROPE



CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE



CENTRAL ASIA



ARAB STATES



LATIN AMERICAN AND THE CARIBBEAN



EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC



SOUTH AND WEST ASIA



SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA



15



12



9



6



3



0



Years



Pre-School



2.6

2.5

1.7

1.3

0.8

1.1

0.7



Grammar School/High School



12.8

11.1

11.5

11.0

10.1

10.1

8.9

8.4



University/College



3.2

3.2

2.3

2.0

1.8

1.4

0.6

0.3



COLLEGE GRADUATION RATES



75%



50%



25%



0%



Rates



NORTH AMERICAN AND WESTERN EUROPE



62.1%



CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE



72.9%



LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN



54.3%



EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC



53%



ARAB STATES



45.5%



SOUTH AND WEST ASIA



17%



TOTAL COLLEGE ENROLLMENT



24 K



506 K



49 K



73 K



11 K



62 K



1.7 M



204 K



TOTAL COLLEGE GRADUATES



90 K



2 K



5 K



3 K



4 K



50 K



30 K



10 K



NORTH AMERICA AND WESTERN EUROPE



CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE



CENTRAL ASIA



ARAB STATES



LATIN AMERICAN AND THE CARIBBEAN



EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC



SOUTH AND WEST ASIA



SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA EDUCATION LEVELS AROUND THE WORLD YEARS OF EDUCATION BY REGION More Years Less Years 20 16.8 years 18.6 years 20 12.3 years 20 13.2 years 10.6 years 20 20 14.3 years 15.5 years 20 9.4 years • NORTH AMERICA AND WESTERN EUROPE • LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE CENTRAL ASIA • ARAB STATES O EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC SOUTH AND WEST ASIA O SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 15 12.8 12 11.1 11.5, 11.0 10.1 10.1 8.9 8.4 3.2 3.2 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.0 1.8 1.4 3 1.7 1.3 1.3 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.8 Years Pre-School Grammar School/High School University/College COLLEGE GRADUATION RATES 75% 50% CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH AMERICA EUROPE AND WESTERN EUROPE LATIN AMERICA EAST ASIA 25% SOUTH AND AND AND ARAB WEST ASIA THE PACIFIC THE STATES CARIBBEAN Rates 62.1% 72.9% 54.3% 53% 45.5% 17% TOTAL COLLEGE TOTAL COLLEGE ENROLLMENT GRADUATES 5K 3K 4K 11K 62K 73K 49 K 2K 506 K 50K 24K 90K -1.7 M 204 K 30K 10K • NORTH AMERICA AND WESTERN EUROPE • LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE CENTRAL ASIA O ARAB STATES • EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC SOUTH AND WEST ASIA O SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SOURCE Global Education Digest 2008: Comparing Education Statistics across the World By UNESCO Institute of Statistics Link: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0017/001787/178740e.pdf EDUCATION LEVELS AROUND THE WORLD YEARS OF EDUCATION BY REGION More Years Less Years 20 16.8 years 18.6 years 20 12.3 years 20 13.2 years 10.6 years 20 20 14.3 years 15.5 years 20 9.4 years • NORTH AMERICA AND WESTERN EUROPE • LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE CENTRAL ASIA • ARAB STATES O EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC SOUTH AND WEST ASIA O SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 15 12.8 12 11.1 11.5, 11.0 10.1 10.1 8.9 8.4 6 3.2 3.2 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.0 1.8 1.4 3 1.7 1.3 1.3 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.8 Years Pre-School Grammar School/High School University/College COLLEGE GRADUATION RATES 75% 50% CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH AMERICA EUROPE AND WESTERN EUROPE LATIN AMERICA EAST ASIA 25% SOUTH AND AND AND ARAB WEST ASIA THE PACIFIC THE STATES CARIBBEAN Rates 62.1% 72.9% 54.3% 53% 45.5% 17% TOTAL COLLEGE TOTAL COLLEGE ENROLLMENT GRADUATES 5K 3K 4K 11K 62K 73K 49 K 2K 506 K 50K 24K 90K -1.7 M 204 K 30K 10K • NORTH AMERICA AND WESTERN EUROPE • LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE CENTRAL ASIA O ARAB STATES • EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC SOUTH AND WEST ASIA O SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SOURCE Global Education Digest 2008: Comparing Education Statistics across the World By UNESCO Institute of Statistics Link: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0017/001787/178740e.pdf EDUCATION LEVELS AROUND THE WORLD YEARS OF EDUCATION BY REGION More Years Less Years 20 16.8 years 18.6 years 20 12.3 years 20 13.2 years 10.6 years 20 20 14.3 years 15.5 years 20 9.4 years • NORTH AMERICA AND WESTERN EUROPE • LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE CENTRAL ASIA • ARAB STATES O EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC SOUTH AND WEST ASIA O SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 15 12.8 12 11.1 11.5, 11.0 10.1 10.1 8.9 8.4 6 3.2 3.2 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.0 1.8 1.4 3 1.7 1.3 1.3 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.8 Years Pre-School Grammar School/High School University/College COLLEGE GRADUATION RATES 75% 50% CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH AMERICA EUROPE AND WESTERN EUROPE LATIN AMERICA EAST ASIA 25% SOUTH AND AND AND ARAB WEST ASIA THE PACIFIC THE STATES CARIBBEAN Rates 62.1% 72.9% 54.3% 53% 45.5% 17% TOTAL COLLEGE TOTAL COLLEGE ENROLLMENT GRADUATES 5K 3K 4K 11K 62K 73K 49 K 2K 506 K 50K 24K 90K -1.7 M 204 K 30K 10K • NORTH AMERICA AND WESTERN EUROPE • LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE CENTRAL ASIA O ARAB STATES • EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC SOUTH AND WEST ASIA O SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SOURCE Global Education Digest 2008: Comparing Education Statistics across the World By UNESCO Institute of Statistics Link: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0017/001787/178740e.pdf EDUCATION LEVELS AROUND THE WORLD YEARS OF EDUCATION BY REGION More Years Less Years 20 16.8 years 18.6 years 20 12.3 years 20 13.2 years 10.6 years 20 20 14.3 years 15.5 years 20 9.4 years • NORTH AMERICA AND WESTERN EUROPE • LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE CENTRAL ASIA • ARAB STATES O EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC SOUTH AND WEST ASIA O SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 15 12.8 12 11.1 11.5, 11.0 10.1 10.1 8.9 8.4 6 3.2 3.2 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.0 1.8 1.4 3 1.7 1.3 1.3 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.8 Years Pre-School Grammar School/High School University/College COLLEGE GRADUATION RATES 75% 50% CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH AMERICA EUROPE AND WESTERN EUROPE LATIN AMERICA EAST ASIA 25% SOUTH AND AND AND ARAB WEST ASIA THE PACIFIC THE STATES CARIBBEAN Rates 62.1% 72.9% 54.3% 53% 45.5% 17% TOTAL COLLEGE TOTAL COLLEGE ENROLLMENT GRADUATES 5K 3K 4K 11K 62K 73K 49 K 2K 506 K 50K 24K 90K -1.7 M 204 K 30K 10K • NORTH AMERICA AND WESTERN EUROPE • LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE CENTRAL ASIA O ARAB STATES • EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC SOUTH AND WEST ASIA O SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SOURCE Global Education Digest 2008: Comparing Education Statistics across the World By UNESCO Institute of Statistics Link: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0017/001787/178740e.pdf EDUCATION LEVELS AROUND THE WORLD YEARS OF EDUCATION BY REGION More Years Less Years 20 16.8 years 18.6 years 20 12.3 years 20 13.2 years 10.6 years 20 20 14.3 years 15.5 years 20 9.4 years • NORTH AMERICA AND WESTERN EUROPE • LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE CENTRAL ASIA • ARAB STATES O EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC SOUTH AND WEST ASIA O SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 15 12.8 12 11.1 11.5, 11.0 10.1 10.1 8.9 8.4 6 3.2 3.2 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.0 1.8 1.4 3 1.7 1.3 1.3 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.8 Years Pre-School Grammar School/High School University/College COLLEGE GRADUATION RATES 75% 50% CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH AMERICA EUROPE AND WESTERN EUROPE LATIN AMERICA EAST ASIA 25% SOUTH AND AND AND ARAB WEST ASIA THE PACIFIC THE STATES CARIBBEAN Rates 62.1% 72.9% 54.3% 53% 45.5% 17% TOTAL COLLEGE TOTAL COLLEGE ENROLLMENT GRADUATES 5K 3K 4K 11K 62K 73K 49 K 2K 506 K 50K 24K 90K -1.7 M 204 K 30K 10K • NORTH AMERICA AND WESTERN EUROPE • LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE CENTRAL ASIA O ARAB STATES • EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC SOUTH AND WEST ASIA O SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SOURCE Global Education Digest 2008: Comparing Education Statistics across the World By UNESCO Institute of Statistics Link: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0017/001787/178740e.pdf EDUCATION LEVELS AROUND THE WORLD YEARS OF EDUCATION BY REGION More Years Less Years 20 16.8 years 18.6 years 20 12.3 years 20 13.2 years 10.6 years 20 20 14.3 years 15.5 years 20 9.4 years • NORTH AMERICA AND WESTERN EUROPE • LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE CENTRAL ASIA • ARAB STATES O EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC SOUTH AND WEST ASIA O SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 15 12.8 12 11.1 11.5, 11.0 10.1 10.1 8.9 8.4 6 3.2 3.2 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.0 1.8 1.4 3 1.7 1.3 1.3 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.8 Years Pre-School Grammar School/High School University/College COLLEGE GRADUATION RATES 75% 50% CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH AMERICA EUROPE AND WESTERN EUROPE LATIN AMERICA EAST ASIA 25% SOUTH AND AND AND ARAB WEST ASIA THE PACIFIC THE STATES CARIBBEAN Rates 62.1% 72.9% 54.3% 53% 45.5% 17% TOTAL COLLEGE TOTAL COLLEGE ENROLLMENT GRADUATES 5K 3K 4K 11K 62K 73K 49 K 2K 506 K 50K 24K 90K -1.7 M 204 K 30K 10K • NORTH AMERICA AND WESTERN EUROPE • LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE CENTRAL ASIA O ARAB STATES • EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC SOUTH AND WEST ASIA O SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SOURCE Global Education Digest 2008: Comparing Education Statistics across the World By UNESCO Institute of Statistics Link: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0017/001787/178740e.pdf