United States
Learning-adjusted schooling in United States
Learning-adjusted schooling in United States: 10.4 years in 2010 and 10.6 years in 2020, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2020
- 10.6 years
- Since 2010
- +0.2 years
- Rank, 2020
- 34 of 174
- counting from the highest
years · World Bank
What the numbers say
- The highest was 11.1 years in 2017, the lowest 10.4 years in 2010.
Every year
years · World Bank
| Year | United States |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 10.6 |
| 2018 | 10.8 |
| 2017 | 11.1 |
| 2010 | 10.4 |
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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United States in numbers
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Military
- Military spending3.12% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$929B in 2025
- Military spending per person$2,755 in 2025
- Military share of state spending8.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel1.4 million people in 2020
- National power12.36% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.84% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports745 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports14 billion TIV in 2025