According to new Pew Research data, jews are among the highest educated religious groups in the world.
Jewish worshippers cover themselves in prayer shawls as they recite the priestly blessing at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot on Oct. 19, 2016. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

In the United States, Hindus received 15.7 years of schooling on average compared to Christians who received 12.7 years. Jews trailed behind Hindus with 14.7 years of schooling on average in the U.S., while Muslims received 13.6 years, Buddhists 13.4 years and unaffiliated adults received 13.2 years.

Educational gaps among religions around the world are narrowing, but Jews continue to be some of the most educated people, according to a report released by the Pew Research Center Tuesday.

The report tracked the educational levels of Jews, Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists and adults not affiliated with any particular religion and found that Jewish people had the most amount of schooling on average globally. The study tracked the schooling of adults 25 and older.

Although the global average years of schooling was 7.7 years, in which Muslims and Hindus both fell behind with just 5.6 average years, Jewish education accounted for 13.4 years of schooling while Christians trailed behind with 9.3 average years of schooling around the world. Unaffiliated adults were found to have received 8.8 years of schooling on average while Buddhists received 7.9 years of schooling on average.

Despite that lacking in average years of schooling for Hindus and Muslims, the two groups had the highest educational gains across generations with people born between 1967 and 1985, having nearly twice as many years of education compared to those born between 1936 and 1955.

Hindus and Muslims also had the highest educational gains in areas where their religion was considered a minority group. While Hindus and Muslims had the lowest average years of schooling in countries like the U.S., where Hinduism only accounts for about 0.7 percent of the population, Hindus had significantly more years of education compared to Christians.

On average, Hindus in the U.S. received 15.7 years of schooling compared to Christians, who received 12.7 years of schooling. Jews in the U.S. received 14.7 years of schooling on average while Muslims, Buddhists and adults who weren't affiliated with any particular religion received about 13 years of schooling on average.

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