List of countries by women's average years in school
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This is a list of countries by the average number of years of school attended by women between 25 and 34 years old, including primary, secondary and tertiary education published by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation in 2010.[1]
Contents
International rankings
The list is incomplete and only includes countries with average years in school of 12 years or greater.
| Rank | Country or territory |
Average years in school |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada | 15.0 |
| 2 | Norway | 14.9 |
| 3 | South Korea | 14.6 |
| 4 | Sweden | 13.9 |
| 5 | United States | 13.9 |
| 6 | Japan | 13.9 |
| 7 | Czech Republic | 13.8 |
| 7 | Israel | 13.8 |
| 7 | Russia | 13.8 |
| 10 | New Zealand | 13.6 |
| 10 | United Kingdom | 13.6 |
| 12 | Belgium | 13.4 |
| 12 | Denmark | 13.4 |
| 12 | Finland | 13.4 |
| 15 | Slovakia | 13.3 |
| 15 | Ukraine | 13.3 |
| 17 | Bulgaria | 13.2 |
| 17 | Ireland | 13.2 |
| 17 | Lithuania | 13.2 |
| 20 | Georgia | 13.1 |
| 20 | Poland | 13.1 |
| 20 | Romania | 13.1 |
| 23 | Belarus | 13.0 |
| 23 | Latvia | 13.0 |
| 23 | Switzerland | 13.0 |
| 26 | Greece | 12.9 |
| 26 | Slovenia | 12.9 |
| 27 | Moldova | 12.8 |
| 28 | Germany | 12.7 |
| 30 | Hungary | 12.6 |
| 30 | Netherlands | 12.6 |
| 30 | United Arab Emirates | 12.6 |
| 33 | Australia | 12.5 |
| 33 | Estonia | 12.5 |
| 33 | France | 12.5 |
| 36 | Cuba | 12.4 |
| 36 | Italy | 12.4 |
| 38 | Kyrgyzstan | 12.3 |
| 38 | Uzbekistan | 12.3 |
| 40 | Chile | 12.2 |
| 40 | Kazakhstan | 12.2 |
| 40 | Tajikistan | 12.2 |
| 43 | Azerbaijan | 12.1 |
| 43 | Croatia | 12.1 |
| 43 | Kuwait | 12.1 |
| 45 | Austria | 12.0 |
See also
- Female education
- Gender and education
- Project Exploration
- The Girl Effect
- Society for Promotion of Female Education in the East
- Women's college
- Women's education and development
- Women in education in the United States
Historical literature
- Bathsua Makin (1673), An Essay to Revive the Ancient Education of Gentlewomen, in Religion, Manners, Arts & Tongues
- Anna Julia Cooper (1892), The Higher Education of Women
- Alice Zimmern (1898), Renaissance of Girls' Education in England
- Thomas Woody (1929), A History of Women's Education in the United States, 2 vols.
Contemporary
- Barry Turner (1974), Equality for some: The story of girls' education
References
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- Literary Encyclopedia, Education of Women 1650-1750
- Education of Girls: Swift, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and others
- Article on education of women in Poland
- Home Economics Archive: Tradition, Research, History (HEARTH)
An e-book collection of over 1,000 books on home economics spanning 1850 to 1950, created by Cornell University's Mann Library. - American Association of University Women
- Essay by Gene Sperling on girls' education
