Education Rankings by Country 2025

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5 Highest Ranked Countries in Education

Country
Education Rank (WT20 2024)
Literacy Rate
Data Year
South Korea1
Denmark2
Netherlands3
Belgium4
Slovenia5100%2015
Japan6
Germany7
Finland8
Norway9
Ireland10
Singapore1197%2020
United Kingdom12
China1397%2020
Hong Kong14
Sweden15
France16
Australia17
Iceland18
Canada19
Spain2099%2020
Israel2192%2011
Russia22100%2021
Poland23100%2021
Portugal2497%2021
Latvia25100%2021
Estonia26100%2021
New Zealand27
Switzerland28
Lithuania29100%2021
Hungary3099%2021
United States31
Taiwan3299%2014
Greece3398%2018
Czech Republic3499%2011
Austria35
Italy3699%2018
Turkey3797%2019
Argentina3899%2018
Mexico3995%2020
Chile4097%2022
Slovakia41
Luxembourg42
Kazakhstan43100%2020
Costa Rica4498%2021
Saudi Arabia4598%2020
Grenada4699%2014
Brunei4798%2021
San Marino48100%2022
Fiji4999%2018
Samoa5099%2021
Seychelles5196%2020
Mongolia5299%2020
Vietnam5396%2022
Ecuador5494%2022
Malta5595%2021
Nepal5671%2021
Belarus57100%2019
Oman5897%2022
Saint Kitts and Nevis59
Maldives6098%2021
Sri Lanka612022
Macau622021
Uzbekistan63100%2022
Kyrgyzstan64100%2019
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines6597%1980
Albania6699%2022
Indonesia6796%2020
Serbia6899%2019
Timor Leste6970%2020
Georgia70100%2022
Philippines7196%2019
Kiribati72
Algeria7381%2018
Colombia7496%2020
Antigua and Barbuda7599%2015
Croatia7699%2021
Peru7794%2020
Mauritius7892%2021
Gibraltar79
Montenegro8099%2021
Iran8189%2022
Bahrain8298%2022
Liechtenstein83
Egypt8475%2022
Belize8581%2001
Azerbaijan86100%2023
Tajikistan87100%2015
Bhutan8872%2022
Malaysia8995%2019
Kenya9083%2022
Qatar9194%2017
Nauru92
Kuwait9396%2020
Dominica94
Bolivia9594%2020
Dominican Republic9695%2022
Saint Lucia97
Armenia98100%2020
Romania9999%2021
British Virgin Islands100
India10174%2022
Laos10288%2022
Uruguay10399%2019
Tunisia10484%2021
Eswatini10589%2020
Ghana10680%2020
Thailand10794%2021
Moldova108100%2021
Myanmar10989%2019
North Korea1102015
Venezuela11198%2022
El Salvador11290%2020
Morocco11377%2022
South Africa11490%2021
Jamaica11589%2015
Panama11696%2019
Solomon Islands11777%1999
Cape Verde11891%2022
Sao Tome and Principe11994%2022
Cambodia12084%2022
Togo12167%2019
Bangladesh12275%2020
Papua New Guinea12364%2015
Tuvalu124
Sierra Leone12549%2022
Guatemala12684%2022
Jordan12798%2021
Suriname12895%2021
Lesotho12982%2022
Benin13047%2022
Yemen13170%2015
Honduras13289%2019
Rwanda13376%2021
Bulgaria13498%2021
Ivory Coast13590%2019
Pakistan13658%2019
Djibouti137
Sudan13861%2018
Mauritania13967%2021
Barbados140100%2014
Cameroon14178%2020
Eritrea14277%2018
Burkina Faso14334%2021
Cuba144100%2021
Brazil14594%2022
Afghanistan14637%2021
Niger14738%2022
Madagascar14877%2022
Tanzania14982%2022
Liberia15048%2017
Burundi15176%2022
Comoros15262%2022
Marshall Islands15398%2011
Senegal15458%2022
Mali15531%2020
Uganda15681%2021
Bahamas157
Gambia15859%2022
Mozambique15963%2021
Chad16027%2022
Central African Republic16137%2020
Guinea16245%2021
Cyprus16399%2021
United Arab Emirates16498%2022
Aruba16598%2020
Ukraine166100%2021
North Macedonia16798%2020
Niue168
Turkmenistan16999%2015
Trinidad and Tobago17098%2000
Guyana17190%2022
Puerto Rico17292%2021
Palau17397%2015
Lebanon17495%2019
Bosnia and Herzegovina17598%2022
Malawi17668%2022
Namibia17792%2021
Vanuatu17889%2021
Ethiopia17952%2017
Paraguay18095%2020
Palestine1812022
Tonga18299%2021
Bermuda183
Republic of the Congo18481%2021
Botswana18589%2015
Equatorial Guinea18695%2015
Libya18791%2015
Iraq1882017
Nicaragua18983%2015
Micronesia190
Nigeria19162%2018
Zimbabwe19290%2021
Haiti19362%2016
Gabon19486%2022
Guinea Bissau19554%2022
Angola19672%2022
Syria19786%2015
Zambia19888%2020
DR Congo20081%2022
Andorra201100%2016
South Sudan20235%2018
Somalia20341%2022
New Caledonia97%2015
Guam100%2000
Cayman Islands99%2021
Greenland100%2015
American Samoa97%1980
Total72.91%
  • Education rankings are sourced from both the annual UN News Best Countries report and the nonprofit organization World Top 20