Education Indicators and Statistics

This Education category provides comprehensive data and insights into the state of education around the world. This category includes key indicators and statistics related to access to education, quality of education, and educational outcomes across different countries and regions.

The data presented in this category is drawn from a variety of sources, including national and international education reports, academic research, and surveys. The Education category here is designed to help policymakers, researchers, and educators better understand the challenges and opportunities facing education systems around the world.

Key topics covered in this category may include enrollment rates, literacy rates, gender disparities in education, teacher training and quality, funding for education, and access to technology and other resources. Users of the website can explore data and trends across multiple years, as well as compare different countries and regions to identify areas of success and areas for improvement.

Whether you are interested in exploring education data for a specific country or region, or you want to examine global trends in education over time, our Education category is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in improving education outcomes worldwide.

> Children out of school, primary
> Children out of school, primary, male
> Children out of school, primary, female
> Labour force, total
> Labor force, female (% of total labor force)
> Primary education, pupils
> Number of deaths ages 10-14 years
> Number of deaths ages 15-19 years
> Number of deaths ages 5-9 years
> Number of deaths ages 20-24 years
> Primary education, pupils (% female)
> Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
> Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above)
> Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above)
> Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24)
> Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)
> Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24)
> Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index (GPI)
> Pupil-teacher ratio, lower secondary
> Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary
> Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
> Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary
> Pupil-teacher ratio, upper secondary
> Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary
> Current education expenditure, primary (% of total expenditure in primary public institutions)
> Current education expenditure, secondary (% of total expenditure in secondary public institutions)
> Current education expenditure, tertiary (% of total expenditure in tertiary public institutions)
> Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education)
> Expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education)
> Government expenditure per student, secondary (% of GDP per capita)
> Current education expenditure, total (% of total expenditure in public institutions)
> Expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education)
> Government expenditure per student, primary (% of GDP per capita)
> Government expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita)
> Government expenditure on education, total (% of government expenditure)
> Primary education, teachers
> Primary education, teachers (% female)
> Primary school starting age (years)
> Progression to secondary school (%)
> Progression to secondary school, male (%)
> Progression to secondary school, female (%)
> Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group)
> Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)
> Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)
> Children out of school (% of primary school age)
> Children out of school, male (% of male primary school age)
> Children out of school, female (% of female primary school age)
> Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment)
> Over-age students, primary, male (% of male enrollment)
> Over-age students, primary, female (% of female enrollment)
> Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
> Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
> Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)
> Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)
> Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group)
> Repeaters, primary, male (% of male enrollment)
> Repeaters, primary, female (% of female enrollment)
> Repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment)
> School enrollment, preprimary, female (% gross)
> School enrollment, preprimary (% gross)
> School enrollment, preprimary, male (% gross)
> School enrollment, primary (% net)
> School enrollment, primary, female (% net)
> School enrollment, primary, male (% net)
> School enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary)
> School enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary)
> School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)
> School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)
> School enrollment, primary and secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)
> School enrollment, secondary (% gross)
> School enrollment, secondary, male (% net)
> School enrollment, secondary (% net)
> School enrollment, secondary, female (% gross)
> School enrollment, secondary, female (% net)
> School enrollment, secondary, male (% gross)
> School enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary)
> School enrollment, tertiary (% gross)
> School enrollment, tertiary, female (% gross)
> School enrollment, tertiary, male (% gross)
> Secondary education, general pupils
> Secondary education, general pupils (% female)
> Secondary education, pupils
> Secondary education, pupils (% female)
> Secondary education, teachers
> Secondary education, teachers (% female)
> Secondary education, teachers, female
> Secondary education, vocational pupils
> Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)
> Tertiary education, academic staff (% female)
> Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
> Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
> Unemployment, total (% of female labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
> School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)
> Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary (% of primary school age children)
> Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male (% of primary school age children)
> Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female (% of primary school age children)
> Adolescents out of school, female (% of female lower secondary school age)
> Adolescents out of school (% of lower secondary school age)
> Adolescents out of school, male (% of male lower secondary school age)
> Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, male (%) (cumulative)
> Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total (%) (cumulative)
> Educational attainment, at least Bachelor's or equivalent, population 25+, female (%) (cumulative)
> Educational attainment, at least Bachelor's or equivalent, population 25+, male (%) (cumulative)
> Educational attainment, at least Bachelor's or equivalent, population 25+, total (%) (cumulative)
> Educational attainment, at least Master's or equivalent, population 25+, female (%) (cumulative)
> Educational attainment, at least Master's or equivalent, population 25+, male (%) (cumulative)
> Educational attainment, at least Master's or equivalent, population 25+, total (%) (cumulative)
> Educational attainment, at least completed lower secondary, population 25+, female (%) (cumulative)
> Educational attainment, at least completed lower secondary, population 25+, male (%) (cumulative)
> Educational attainment, at least completed lower secondary, population 25+, total (%) (cumulative)
> Educational attainment, at least completed post-secondary, population 25+, female (%) (cumulative)
> Educational attainment, at least completed post-secondary, population 25+, male (%) (cumulative)
> Educational attainment, at least completed post-secondary, population 25+, total (%) (cumulative)
> Educational attainment, at least completed primary, population 25+ years, female (%) (cumulative)
> Educational attainment, at least completed primary, population 25+ years, male (%) (cumulative)
> Educational attainment, at least completed primary, population 25+ years, total (%) (cumulative)
> Educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary, population 25+, female (%) (cumulative)
> Educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary, population 25+, male (%) (cumulative)
> Educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary, population 25+, total (%) (cumulative)
> Persistence to grade 5, female (% of cohort)
> Persistence to grade 5, male (% of cohort)
> Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort)
> Persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort)
> Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort)
> Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort)
> Trained teachers in lower secondary education (% of total teachers)
> Trained teachers in lower secondary education, female (% of female teachers)
> Trained teachers in lower secondary education, male (% of male teachers)
> Trained teachers in preprimary education (% of total teachers)
> Trained teachers in preprimary education, female (% of female teachers)
> Trained teachers in preprimary education, male (% of male teachers)
> Trained teachers in secondary education (% of total teachers)
> Trained teachers in secondary education, female (% of female teachers)
> Trained teachers in secondary education, male (% of male teachers)
> Trained teachers in upper secondary education (% of total teachers)
> Trained teachers in upper secondary education, female (% of female teachers)
> Trained teachers in upper secondary education, male (% of male teachers)
> Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000)
> Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000)
> Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000)
> Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000)