Soft/Human Capital/Lifelong Learning & Reskilling

Adult Learning

The capacity of adults to keep learning across life, from foundation skills in literacy and numeracy to new fields, and of the system to provide for them.
factbase.org/cap/2YW4N1TM00
World mean
7.8
of 20 · median 7.0
Range
1–18
middle half 5.0–10.0
Panel SD
±0.34
round 1 ±0.97 — the honest estimate
Leader
18
Finland

Indicators

The measures seeded for this capability in the framework. They are candidate indicators: no cell in the index has a source document attached to it yet.

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 1
Advanced 18
Established 17
Transitional 37
Foundational 57
Nascent 59
Inception 8

All 197 nations

Best first. The score is the mean of the four adjudicators' round-3 integers, rounded to the nearest integer; ±SD is their spread on that cell. Where the spread is three points or more, read the number as a band rather than a value.

#NationRegionScoreBandPanel SD
1 🇫🇮Finland Europe 18 Frontier ±0.43
2 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
3 🇳🇴Norway Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
4 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.43
5 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
6 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.00
7 🇨🇦Canada Americas 16 Advanced ±0.00
8 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
9 🇩🇪Germany Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
10 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
11 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.43
12 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
13 🇦🇹Austria Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
14 🇫🇷France Europe 15 Advanced ±0.50
15 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
16 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.43
17 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.00
18 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
19 🇺🇸United States Americas 15 Advanced ±0.50
20 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 14 Established ±0.43
21 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 14 Established ±0.43
22 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 14 Established ±0.50
23 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 14 Established ±0.50
24 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
25 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 13 Established ±0.71
26 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 13 Established ±0.50
27 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 13 Established ±0.50
28 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 13 Established ±0.43
29 🇪🇸Spain Europe 13 Established ±0.43
30 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 12 Established ±0.50
31 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 12 Established ±0.50
32 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 12 Established ±0.43
33 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 12 Established ±0.71
34 🇲🇹Malta Europe 12 Established ±0.43
35 🇵🇱Poland Europe 12 Established ±0.00
36 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 12 Established ±0.87
37 🇨🇱Chile Americas 11 Transitional ±0.50
38 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
39 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.71
40 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 11 Transitional ±0.50
41 🇮🇹Italy Europe 11 Transitional ±0.71
42 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
43 🇷🇺Russia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.71
44 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
45 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.50
46 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
47 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 10 Transitional ±1.23
48 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
49 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
50 🇬🇷Greece Europe 10 Transitional ±0.71
51 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 10 Transitional ±0.43
52 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 10 Transitional ±0.83
53 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.50
54 🇷🇴Romania Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
55 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 10 Transitional ±0.71
56 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.71
57 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
58 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.83
59 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
60 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
61 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
62 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
63 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
64 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
65 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
66 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.00
67 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 9 Transitional ±0.83
68 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
69 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.50
70 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 9 Transitional ±0.71
71 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
72 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
73 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 9 Transitional ±0.00
74 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.71
75 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
76 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.43
77 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 8 Foundational ±0.50
78 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
79 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
80 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.43
81 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
82 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
83 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
84 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.50
85 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.50
86 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
87 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
88 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 8 Foundational ±0.50
89 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
90 🇵🇦Panama Americas 8 Foundational ±0.71
91 🇵🇪Peru Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
92 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
93 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
94 🇦🇱Albania Europe 7 Foundational ±0.00
95 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 7 Foundational ±0.50
96 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
97 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.00
98 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 7 Foundational ±1.09
99 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
100 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
101 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
102 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 7 Foundational ±0.50
103 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
104 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 7 Foundational ±0.50
105 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
106 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 7 Foundational ±0.50
107 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.50
108 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
109 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
110 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
111 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
112 🇧🇿Belize Americas 6 Foundational ±0.50
113 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
114 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
115 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
116 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
117 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 6 Foundational ±0.43
118 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
119 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.71
120 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
121 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.43
122 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
123 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
124 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
125 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
126 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
127 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
128 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
129 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 6 Foundational ±0.71
130 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
131 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
132 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
133 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
134 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
135 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
136 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
137 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
138 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
139 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.50
140 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
141 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
142 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
143 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.50
144 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.50
145 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
146 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
147 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
148 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
149 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
150 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.71
151 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
152 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
153 🇦🇴Angola Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
154 🇧🇯Benin Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
155 🇨🇬Congo Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
156 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
157 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
158 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
159 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
160 🇱🇾Libya Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
161 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
162 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
163 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
164 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
165 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
166 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
167 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
168 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
169 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
170 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
171 🇹🇬Togo Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
172 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
173 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
174 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
175 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
176 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
177 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
178 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
179 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
180 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
181 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
182 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
183 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
184 🇲🇱Mali Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
185 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
186 🇳🇪Niger Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
187 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
188 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
189 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.00
190 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
191 🇹🇩Chad Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
192 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
193 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
194 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
195 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 2 Inception ±0.00
196 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
197 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 1 Inception ±0.83

Others in Lifelong Learning & Reskilling

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Employer-Provided Training7.31–18Germany, Switzerland
Workforce Reskilling at Scale7.21–18Singapore