SDG Country Profiles Sustainable Development Goals, country by country
Sustainable Development Goal 4

Goal 4 of 17

Quality Education

Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

81.5 world score, 2022
84.8 median country score, 2023
76.5 average across the countries assessed
166 countries assessed on this goal

World score since 2000

The world aggregate for this goal only.

Regional averages

Unweighted mean across the countries of each region assessed on this goal, 2023.

How the 166 scores are spread

  • 2 0
  • 3 10
  • 2 20
  • 8 30
  • 8 40
  • 14 50
  • 19 60
  • 15 70
  • 29 80
  • 66 90

Largest falls on this goal

Where the score is lower than it was in 2015.

  1. 1 Kuwait 89.2 → 63.6 -25.6
  2. 2 Liberia 60.3 → 37.1 -23.2
  3. 3 Belize 78.1 → 60.7 -17.4
  4. 4 Algeria 83.6 → 70.1 -13.5
  5. 5 Kazakhstan 97.9 → 86.2 -11.7

Every country on Goal 4

2023 scores, highest first. Ties share a rank.

RankCountryRegionScore
1 Sweden OECD 99.8
2 Turkmenistan Eastern Europe & Central Asia 99.6
3 France OECD 99.6
4 Moldova Eastern Europe & Central Asia 99.6
5 Lebanon Middle East & North Africa 99.6
6 Israel OECD 99.6
7 China East & South Asia 99.5
8 Canada OECD 99.4
9 Denmark OECD 99.3
10 Netherlands OECD 99.3
11 Costa Rica OECD 99.2
12 Malta Eastern Europe & Central Asia 99.1
13 Ireland OECD 99.0
14 Sri Lanka East & South Asia 98.9
15 Peru Latin America & the Caribbean 98.8
16 Singapore East & South Asia 98.6
17 Portugal OECD 98.6
18 Switzerland OECD 98.5
19 Luxembourg OECD 98.3
20 United Kingdom OECD 98.2
21 United Arab Emirates Middle East & North Africa 98.2
22 Lithuania OECD 98.1
23 Iceland OECD 98.1
24 Norway OECD 98.0
25 Thailand East & South Asia 98.0
26 Austria OECD 97.9
27 Argentina Latin America & the Caribbean 97.8
28 Latvia OECD 97.8
29 Chile OECD 97.8
30 Poland OECD 97.5
31 Spain OECD 97.4
32 Vietnam East & South Asia 97.4
33 Finland OECD 97.2
34 Germany OECD 97.2
35 Greece OECD 97.1
36 Russian Federation Eastern Europe & Central Asia 97.1
37 Brunei Darussalam East & South Asia 97.0
38 Georgia Eastern Europe & Central Asia 96.9
39 Maldives East & South Asia 96.6
40 Estonia OECD 96.1
41 Mexico OECD 96.0
42 Croatia Eastern Europe & Central Asia 95.7
43 Slovenia OECD 95.6
44 Belgium OECD 95.3
45 Belarus Eastern Europe & Central Asia 94.9
46 Mongolia East & South Asia 94.6
47 Italy OECD 94.2
48 New Zealand OECD 94.1
49 Cyprus Eastern Europe & Central Asia 93.9
50 Japan OECD 93.9
51 United States OECD 93.9
52 Czechia OECD 93.9
53 Fiji Oceania 93.6
54 Serbia Eastern Europe & Central Asia 93.6
55 Tunisia Middle East & North Africa 93.1
56 Hungary OECD 92.8
57 Kyrgyz Republic Eastern Europe & Central Asia 92.6
58 Cuba Latin America & the Caribbean 92.4
59 Korea, Rep. OECD 92.3
60 Colombia OECD 92.3
61 Indonesia East & South Asia 92.2
62 Barbados Latin America & the Caribbean 92.1
63 Ukraine Eastern Europe & Central Asia 91.9
64 Uruguay Latin America & the Caribbean 90.7
65 Bolivia Latin America & the Caribbean 90.6
66 Ecuador Latin America & the Caribbean 90.5
67 Qatar Middle East & North Africa 89.9
68 Guyana Latin America & the Caribbean 89.8
69 Bangladesh East & South Asia 89.7
70 Australia OECD 89.6
71 Türkiye OECD 89.4
72 India East & South Asia 89.3
73 Montenegro Eastern Europe & Central Asia 88.2
74 Malaysia East & South Asia 88.0
75 Azerbaijan Eastern Europe & Central Asia 87.7
76 Bhutan East & South Asia 87.2
77 Albania Eastern Europe & Central Asia 86.8
78 Kazakhstan Eastern Europe & Central Asia 86.2
79 Brazil Latin America & the Caribbean 85.9
80 Trinidad and Tobago Latin America & the Caribbean 85.5
81 Bahrain Middle East & North Africa 85.2
82 Uzbekistan Eastern Europe & Central Asia 85.1
83 Oman Middle East & North Africa 85.0
84 Romania Eastern Europe & Central Asia 84.6
85 Ghana Sub-Saharan Africa 84.5
86 Nepal East & South Asia 83.9
87 Namibia Sub-Saharan Africa 83.7
88 Mauritius Sub-Saharan Africa 83.5
89 Iran, Islamic Rep. Middle East & North Africa 83.0
90 Slovak Republic OECD 82.0
91 Jamaica Latin America & the Caribbean 81.8
92 El Salvador Latin America & the Caribbean 81.6
93 Venezuela, RB Latin America & the Caribbean 81.2
94 Panama Latin America & the Caribbean 80.7
95 Togo Sub-Saharan Africa 80.1
96 Bulgaria Eastern Europe & Central Asia 79.5
97 Cabo Verde Sub-Saharan Africa 79.2
98 Morocco Middle East & North Africa 78.6
99 Philippines East & South Asia 78.5
100 Saudi Arabia Middle East & North Africa 78.5
101 Nicaragua Latin America & the Caribbean 78.0
102 South Africa Sub-Saharan Africa 76.6
103 Paraguay Latin America & the Caribbean 75.3
104 Dominican Republic Latin America & the Caribbean 74.2
105 Eswatini Sub-Saharan Africa 74.2
106 Tajikistan Eastern Europe & Central Asia 73.5
107 Guatemala Latin America & the Caribbean 72.4
108 Kenya Sub-Saharan Africa 71.1
109 Lao PDR East & South Asia 70.1
110 Algeria Middle East & North Africa 70.1
111 Iraq Middle East & North Africa 69.9
112 Sao Tome and Principe Sub-Saharan Africa 69.1
113 Haiti Latin America & the Caribbean 69.0
114 Egypt, Arab Rep. Middle East & North Africa 67.9
115 Suriname Latin America & the Caribbean 67.3
116 Zambia Sub-Saharan Africa 66.7
117 Armenia Eastern Europe & Central Asia 66.7
118 North Macedonia Eastern Europe & Central Asia 66.6
119 Cambodia East & South Asia 66.5
120 Botswana Sub-Saharan Africa 65.8
121 Bosnia and Herzegovina Eastern Europe & Central Asia 64.1
122 Kuwait Middle East & North Africa 63.6
123 Zimbabwe Sub-Saharan Africa 62.5
124 Syrian Arab Republic Middle East & North Africa 61.8
125 Rwanda Sub-Saharan Africa 61.3
126 Myanmar East & South Asia 61.1
127 Honduras Latin America & the Caribbean 61.0
128 Gabon Sub-Saharan Africa 60.8
129 Belize Latin America & the Caribbean 60.7
130 Pakistan East & South Asia 59.7
131 Jordan Middle East & North Africa 59.1
132 Bahamas, The Latin America & the Caribbean 58.0
133 Benin Sub-Saharan Africa 57.3
134 Somalia Sub-Saharan Africa 55.6
135 Mozambique Sub-Saharan Africa 55.1
136 Madagascar Sub-Saharan Africa 54.5
137 Papua New Guinea Oceania 53.9
138 Cote d'Ivoire Sub-Saharan Africa 53.2
139 Malawi Sub-Saharan Africa 52.8
140 Gambia, The Sub-Saharan Africa 51.5
141 Lesotho Sub-Saharan Africa 51.1
142 Sierra Leone Sub-Saharan Africa 50.3
143 Burundi Sub-Saharan Africa 50.2
144 Cameroon Sub-Saharan Africa 49.2
145 Tanzania Sub-Saharan Africa 48.7
146 Congo, Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa 47.3
147 Mauritania Sub-Saharan Africa 47.0
148 Angola Sub-Saharan Africa 44.6
149 Congo, Dem. Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa 42.7
150 Yemen, Rep. Middle East & North Africa 41.8
151 Uganda Sub-Saharan Africa 40.8
152 Comoros Sub-Saharan Africa 39.4
153 Nigeria Sub-Saharan Africa 38.8
154 Liberia Sub-Saharan Africa 37.1
155 Afghanistan Eastern Europe & Central Asia 34.4
156 Guinea Sub-Saharan Africa 33.4
157 Sudan Sub-Saharan Africa 31.8
158 Ethiopia Sub-Saharan Africa 31.7
159 Senegal Sub-Saharan Africa 31.7
160 Burkina Faso Sub-Saharan Africa 26.7
161 Djibouti Sub-Saharan Africa 24.3
162 Central African Republic Sub-Saharan Africa 19.3
163 Chad Sub-Saharan Africa 13.3
164 Mali Sub-Saharan Africa 10.6
165 Niger Sub-Saharan Africa 3.0
166 South Sudan Sub-Saharan Africa 1.2