Colombia vs South Africa

Colombia vs South Africa: Learning-adjusted schooling

Learning-adjusted schooling in 2020: 8.6 years in Colombia and 5.6 years in South Africa, by World Bank estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Colombia, by 3 years, or 1.54 times that in South Africa.

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years · World Bank

Colombia vs South Africa: Learning-adjusted schoolingLearning-adjusted schooling in 2020: 8.6 years in Colombia and 5.6 years in South Africa, by World Bank estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Colombia, by 3 years, or 1.54 times that in South Africa.
ColombiaSouth Africa

What the numbers say

  • Colombia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2010.
  • In 2020, Colombia ranked 70 and South Africa ranked 138 of 174 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

years · World Bank

YearColombiaSouth Africa
20208.65.6
20188.55.6
20178.55.1
20108.26.2

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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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