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World map indicating Education Index (2007)

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

The United Nations publishes a Human Development Index every year, which consists of the Education index, GDP Index and Life Expectancy Index. These three components measure the educational attainment, GDP per capita and life expectancy respectively.

The Education Index is 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.

2008 Education Index

• Change in value from the last report is given as follows:
• ▲ = increase.
• ▬ = steady.
• ▼ = decrease.
• Montenegro and Serbia are not marked with the above as they are new to the index.

The latest index was released on December 18, 2008.^[1] This statistical update covers the period up to 2006. 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
1=	Australia	▬ 0.993
1=	Denmark	▬ 0.993
1=	Finland	▬ 0.993
1=	New Zealand	▬ 0.993
5	Canada	▬ 0.991
6	Norway	▼ 0.989
7	South Korea	▲ 0.988
8=	Ireland	▼ 0.985
8=	Netherlands	▼ 0.985
10=	Greece	▲ 0.980
10=	Iceland	▲ 0.980
12	France	▲ 0.978
13	Cuba	▲ 0.976
14	Luxembourg	▲ 0.975
15=	Belgium	▲ 0.974
15=	Sweden	▲ 0.974
17	Spain	▼ 0.971
18	Slovenia	▼ 0.969
19=	Lithuania	▲ 0.968
19=	United States	▼ 0.968
21	Kazakhstan	▼ 0.966
22	Italy	▲ 0.965
23	Estonia	▼ 0.964
24	Austria	▼ 0.962
25	Latvia	▬ 0.961
26	Hungary	▲ 0.960
27	Belarus	▲ 0.958
28	United Kingdom	▼ 0.957
29	Ukraine	▲ 0.956
30	Uruguay	▲ 0.955
31	Germany	▲ 0.954
32	Poland	▲ 0.952
33	Japan	▲ 0.949
34	Israel	▼ 0.947
35	Argentina	▼ 0.946
36	Barbados	▼ 0.940
37	Guyana	▼ 0.939
38	Czech Republic	▲ 0.938
39	Switzerland	▼ 0.936
40	Russia	▼ 0.933
41	Bulgaria	▲ 0.930
42	Slovakia	▲ 0.928
43	Portugal	▲ 0.927
44	Tonga	▼ 0.920
45	Kyrgyzstan	▲ 0.919
46	Chile	▲ 0.918
47	Croatia	▲ 0.915
48	Romania	▲ 0.914
49	Mongolia	▲ 0.913
50	Cyprus	▼ 0.909
51	Georgia	▼ 0.909
52	Turkmenistan	▲ 0.907
53	Samoa	▲ 0.905
54	Armenia	▲ 0.903
55	Moldova	▲ 0.900
56	Saint Kitts and Nevis	▬ 0.896
57	Saint Lucia	▲ 0.896
58	Tajikistan	▬ 0.896
59	Libya	▲ 0.894
60	Brunei	▲ 0.892
61=	Montenegro	0.891
61=	Serbia	0.891
63=	Bahrain	▲ 0.890
63=	Uzbekistan	▼ 0.890
65	Brazil	▲ 0.888
66=	Panama	▲ 0.887
66=	Philippines	▼ 0.887
68=	Albania	▼ 0.886
68=	Seychelles	▬ 0.886
68=	Thailand	▲ 0.886
68=	Venezuela	▲ 0.886
72=	Bolivia	▲ 0.885
72=	Peru	▲ 0.885
74=	Grenada	▬ 0.884
74=	Maldives	▲ 0.884
74=	Template:Country data Palestinian Territories	▼ 0.884
77	Costa Rica	▲ 0.882
78	Azerbaijan	▼ 0.881
79=	Malta	▲ 0.880
79=	Jordan	▬ 0.880
81=	Hong Kong	▼ 0.879
81=	Republic of Macedonia	▲ 0.879
81=	Mexico	▲ 0.879
84	Bahamas	▲ 0.878
85	Ecuador	▲ 0.877
86	Colombia	▲ 0.875
87	Bosnia and Herzegovina	▬ 0.874
88	Fiji	▲ 0.868
89=	Kuwait	▼ 0.864
89=	Paraguay	▲ 0.864
91	Trinidad and Tobago	▼ 0.861
92	People's Republic of China	▲ 0.849
93=	Dominica	▼ 0.848
93=	Malaysia	▲ 0.848
95=	Suriname	▼ 0.848
96	Lebanon	▼ 0.845
97	Singapore	▼ 0.843
98	South Africa	▲ 0.840
99	Gabon	▲ 0.838
100	Dominican Republic	▲ 0.837
101	Mauritius	▲ 0.836
102=	Indonesia	▲ 0.834
102=	Sri Lanka	▲ 0.834
104	Jamaica	▲ 0.830
105	Turkey	▲ 0.824
106	United Arab Emirates	▲ 0.818
107	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	▬ 0.817
108	Saudi Arabia	▲ 0.815
109	Vietnam	▼ 0.810
110	Namibia	▲ 0.808
111	Sao Tome and Principe	▲ 0.805
112	Iran	▲ 0.804
113	Honduras	▲ 0.800
114	El Salvador	▲ 0.798
115=	Cape Verde	▲ 0.787
115=	Equatorial Guinea	▲ 0.787
115=	Burma	▲ 0.787
115=	Oman	▲ 0.787
119	Botswana	▲ 0.783
120	Nicaragua	▲ 0.774
121=	Congo	▲ 0.769
121=	Syria	▲ 0.769
123	Tunisia	▲ 0.766
124	Belize	▼ 0.762
125	Lesotho	▼ 0.753
126	Algeria	▲ 0.743
127=	Egypt	▼ 0.731
127=	Swaziland	▲ 0.731
128	Vanuatu	▲ 0.723
129	Guatemala	▲ 0.709
130	Cambodia	▲ 0.700
131	Uganda	▲ 0.692
132	Kenya	▼ 0.690
133	Laos	▲ 0.682
134	Malawi	▲ 0.679
135	Solomon Islands	▼ 0.676
136	Madagascar	▲ 0.671
137	Pakistan	▲ 0.665
138	Zambia	▲ 0.664
139	Tanzania	▲ 0.661
140	Comoros	▲ 0.659
141	Nigeria	▬ 0.648
142	India	▲ 0.638
143	Cameroon	▼ 0.622
144	Yemen	▲ 0.619
145	Rwanda	▲ 0.607
146	Ghana	▲ 0.605
147	Haiti	▲ 0.578
148	Nepal	▲ 0.571
149	Morocco	▲ 0.563
150	Democratic Republic of the Congo	▼ 0.559
151	Liberia	▬ 0.555
152	Djibouti	▲ 0.554
153	Bhutan	▲ 0.553
154	Burundi	▲ 0.546
155	East Timor	▼ 0.545
156	Togo	▲ 0.543
157	Guinea-Bissau	▲ 0.541
158	Sudan	▲ 0.539
159	Mauritania	▲ 0.537
160	Angola	▬ 0.535
161	Bangladesh	▲ 0.524
162	Papua New Guinea	▬ 0.518
163	Eritrea	▼ 0.514
164	Mozambique	▲ 0.474
165	Côte d'Ivoire	▼ 0.450
166	Benin	▲ 0.440
167	Gambia	▼ 0.439
168	Central African Republic	▼ 0.419
169	Senegal	▲ 0.417
170	Sierra Leone	▲ 0.396
171	Ethiopia	▲ 0.390
172	Guinea	▲ 0.361
173	Mali	▲ 0.300
174	Chad	▼ 0.293
175	Niger	▲ 0.286
176	Burkina Faso	▼ 0.274

See also

• List of countries by literacy rate
• IQ and Global Inequality
• School leaving age

References

External links

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