Afghanistan vs Iraq

Afghanistan vs Iraq: Learning-adjusted schooling

Learning-adjusted schooling in 2020: 5.1 years in Afghanistan and 4 years in Iraq, by World Bank estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Afghanistan, by 1 years, or 1.25 times that in Iraq.

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years · World Bank

Afghanistan vs Iraq: Learning-adjusted schoolingLearning-adjusted schooling in 2020: 5.1 years in Afghanistan and 4 years in Iraq, by World Bank estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Afghanistan, by 1 years, or 1.25 times that in Iraq.
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What the numbers say

  • Afghanistan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2017.
  • In 2020, Afghanistan ranked 147 and Iraq ranked 167 of 174 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

years · World Bank

YearAfghanistanIraq
20205.14
201854
20174.94

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Good to know

  • The years of school a child can expect by 18, cut to what students actually learn: the World Bank’s learning-adjusted years of school.
  • Source: World Bank Human Capital Index, via Our World in Data.
  • Ranks count the 174 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.

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