Bangladesh vs South Africa: Learning-adjusted schooling

• Bangladesh has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2017.
• In 2020, Bangladesh ranked 132 and South Africa ranked 138 of 174 countries, counting from the highest.

• Bangladesh
• South Africa
• Around the world

• 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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