Soft/Human Capital/Foundational Education

Universal Schooling

The capacity to enrol every child and carry them through to the completion of secondary school.
factbase.org/cap/KDF0T4H41C
World mean
11.0
of 20 · median 11.0
Range
0–18
middle half 7.0–14.0
Panel SD
±0.30
round 1 ±0.99 — the honest estimate
Leader
18
Canada, Finland, Japan

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 5
Advanced 40
Established 53
Transitional 39
Foundational 40
Nascent 17
Inception 3

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 🇨🇦Canada Americas 18 Frontier ±0.50
2 🇫🇮Finland Europe 18 Frontier ±0.43
3 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.00
4 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.43
5 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.43
6 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.43
7 🇦🇹Austria Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
8 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
9 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
10 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
11 🇫🇷France Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
12 🇩🇪Germany Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
13 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 17 Advanced ±0.50
14 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
15 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
16 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.50
17 🇳🇴Norway Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
18 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
19 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
20 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.43
21 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
22 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
23 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 16 Advanced ±0.50
24 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
25 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
26 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
27 🇵🇱Poland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
28 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
29 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
30 🇺🇸United States Americas 16 Advanced ±0.50
31 🇨🇱Chile Americas 15 Advanced ±0.50
32 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.43
33 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
34 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.43
35 🇬🇷Greece Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
36 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
37 🇮🇹Italy Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
38 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
39 🇲🇹Malta Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
40 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
41 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
42 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
43 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
44 🇪🇸Spain Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
45 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.50
46 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 14 Established ±0.43
47 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 14 Established ±0.00
48 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 14 Established ±0.71
49 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 14 Established ±0.00
50 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.00
51 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 14 Established ±0.50
52 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 14 Established ±0.83
53 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.50
54 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
55 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 14 Established ±0.00
56 🇷🇺Russia Europe 14 Established ±0.43
57 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 14 Established ±0.50
58 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 14 Established ±0.43
59 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 14 Established ±0.50
60 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 14 Established ±0.50
61 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 14 Established ±0.50
62 🇦🇱Albania Europe 13 Established ±0.00
63 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 13 Established ±0.71
64 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 13 Established ±0.00
65 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 13 Established ±0.71
66 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 13 Established ±0.00
67 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 13 Established ±0.43
68 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 13 Established ±0.50
69 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.50
70 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 13 Established ±0.00
71 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 13 Established ±0.50
72 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 13 Established ±0.00
73 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 13 Established ±0.00
74 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 13 Established ±0.43
75 🇷🇴Romania Europe 13 Established ±0.43
76 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.50
77 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.00
78 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 13 Established ±0.50
79 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 13 Established ±0.71
80 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 13 Established ±0.43
81 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.43
82 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 12 Established ±0.43
83 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 12 Established ±0.00
84 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 12 Established ±0.43
85 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 12 Established ±0.87
86 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 12 Established ±0.00
87 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 12 Established ±0.71
88 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 12 Established ±0.83
89 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 12 Established ±0.00
90 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
91 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 12 Established ±0.43
92 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.50
93 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 12 Established ±0.43
94 🇵🇪Peru Americas 12 Established ±0.00
95 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 12 Established ±0.71
96 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 12 Established ±0.50
97 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 12 Established ±0.50
98 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
99 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 11 Transitional ±0.00
100 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 11 Transitional ±0.43
101 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 11 Transitional ±0.00
102 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 11 Transitional ±0.00
103 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
104 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.00
105 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
106 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
107 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.50
108 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.71
109 🇵🇦Panama Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
110 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.00
111 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 11 Transitional ±0.00
112 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.83
113 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.71
114 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
115 🇧🇿Belize Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
116 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
117 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
118 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
119 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
120 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
121 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
122 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
123 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 10 Transitional ±0.43
124 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
125 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
126 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
127 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
128 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 10 Transitional ±0.50
129 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.00
130 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
131 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
132 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.00
133 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.00
134 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
135 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.00
136 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 9 Transitional ±0.50
137 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.00
138 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
139 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
140 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
141 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
142 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.50
143 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
144 🇱🇾Libya Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
145 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.50
146 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
147 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
148 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
149 🇨🇬Congo Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
150 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
151 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.00
152 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
153 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
154 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
155 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
156 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
157 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
158 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
159 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
160 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
161 🇦🇴Angola Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
162 🇧🇯Benin Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
163 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
164 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
165 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 6 Foundational ±0.71
166 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
167 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
168 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
169 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
170 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
171 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
172 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
173 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
174 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
175 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
176 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
177 🇹🇬Togo Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
178 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
179 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
180 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
181 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 5 Nascent ±0.87
182 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
183 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
184 🇲🇱Mali Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
185 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
186 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±1.09
187 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
188 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
189 🇳🇪Niger Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
190 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
191 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.43
192 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.00
193 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
194 🇹🇩Chad Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
195 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
196 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
197 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00

Others in Foundational Education

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Foundational Learning9.50–19Singapore
Inclusive Reach9.70–17Finland, Norway
Teaching Workforce9.61–19Singapore