Going to School for Longer — Data Stories
Average years of schooling in each country, from 1870 to 2020. Average years of schooling is how many years of school grown-ups have completed, on average.
Going to School for Longer
Average years of schooling in each country, from 1870 to 2020
What can we learn?
- Average years of schooling is how many years of school grown-ups have completed, on average. In 1870 the top country had only about four.
- By 2020 the best countries passed 13 years: from the first day at school to the end of secondary school and beyond.
- During these years school became free and compulsory in many countries, which is the main reason the numbers rose so fast, especially after 1950.
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