Jews are the world’s most-educated religious group, with an average of more than 13 years of formal schooling, a new study finds.
The Pew Research Center study published Tuesday found that Jews worldwide have four years more of schooling on average than the next-most educated group, Christians, who average about nine years of schooling. Muslims and Hindus are the least-educated religious groups, each with about 5 1/2 years of formal schooling. The global average is less than eight years.
Among Jews, Americans have the highest rate of higher education, at 75 percent (compared to 40 percent of Americans generally), and have an average of 14.7 years of schooling. Jewish Israelis have an average of 12 years of schooling, and 46 percent have had higher education.
The least educated Jewish population is in South Africa, where Jews have an average of 12 years of schooling, and only 29 percent have higher education.
— JTA
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