Years of schooling in Iceland

Nearby in the ranking

1. Germany 14.3
2. Switzerland 13.9
3. United States of America 13.9
4. Iceland 13.9
5. Canada 13.9
6. Lithuania 13.6
7. Estonia 13.6

More about Iceland

• Expected years in school
• Secondary school enrollment
• Education spending
• Adults with a degree
• All figures for Iceland

About the data

Average number of years (excluding years spent repeating individual grades) adults over 25 years participated in formal education.

Unit

years

Years

1990–2023

Data as of

2026-09-28

Source

Our World in Data

License

CC BY 4.0

Credit

Our World in Data; UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. CC BY 4.0