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🎓 Education statistics

4,056 indicators covering education, each with the full history for every country that reports it, ranked and free to download.

All education indicators

Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general education, both sexes (%) 411 places, 1970–2025
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female (%) 291 places, 1970–2024
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male (%) 291 places, 1970–2024
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) 290 places, 1970–2024
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female (%) 291 places, 1970–2024
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, both sexes (%) 292 places, 1970–2024
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female (%) 292 places, 1970–2024
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male (%) 291 places, 1970–2024
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, both sexes (%) 299 places, 1970–2024
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) 291 places, 1970–2024
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male (%) 299 places, 1970–2024
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) 300 places, 1970–2024
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes (%) 226 places, 1970–2019
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central and Eastern Europe, male (UIS estimate) (number) 456 places, 1970–2023
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North America and Western Europe, male (UIS estimate) (number) 456 places, 1970–2023
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in South and West Asia, male (UIS estimate) (number) 456 places, 1970–2023
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in sub-Saharan Africa, male (UIS estimate) (number) 456 places, 1970–2023
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the Arab States, male (UIS estimate) (number) 456 places, 1970–2023
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the Pacific, male (UIS estimate) (number) 456 places, 1970–2023
Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying abroad, all countries, male (UIS estimate) (number) 456 places, 1970–2023
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central Asia, male (UIS estimate) (number) 456 places, 1970–2023
Trained teachers in primary education (% of total teachers) 172 places, 1997–2025
Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years) 209 places, 1970–2020
Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years) 209 places, 1970–2020
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in the Arab States, male (UIS estimate) (%) 456 places, 1970–2023
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female (number) 204 places, 1970–2020
Percentage of enrolment in primary education in private institutions, both sexes (%) 212 places, 1970–2025
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in South and West Asia, male (UIS estimate) (%) 456 places, 1970–2023
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female (%) 309 places, 1970–2024
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in Central Asia, male (UIS estimate) (%) 456 places, 1970–2023
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in sub-Saharan Africa, male (UIS estimate) (%) 456 places, 1970–2023
Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index (GPI) 189 places, 1970–2020
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in Central and Eastern Europe, male (UIS estimate) (%) 456 places, 1970–2023
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin America and the Caribbean, male (UIS estimate) (number) 456 places, 1970–2023
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin America, male (UIS estimate) (number) 456 places, 1970–2023
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying abroad, all countries, male (UIS estimate) (%) 456 places, 1970–2023
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in North America and Western Europe, male (UIS estimate) (%) 456 places, 1970–2023
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in the Pacific, male (UIS estimate) (%) 456 places, 1970–2023
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in Latin America, male (UIS estimate) (%) 456 places, 1970–2023
Female teachers 212 places, 1970–2025
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in Latin America and the Caribbean, male (UIS estimate) (%) 456 places, 1970–2023
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) 201 places, 1970–2025
Gender gap education levels, annual growth rate 164 places, 1971–2025
Share of students studying abroad 175 places, 1998–2023
Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, female (number) 262 places, 1970–2024
Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male (number) 262 places, 1970–2024
Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female 262 places, 1970–2024
Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, both sexes (number) 262 places, 1970–2024
Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes (number) 204 places, 1970–2025
End of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education) 210 places, 1995–2025
End month of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education) 221 places, 1995–2025
Start month of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education) 221 places, 1995–2025
Enrolment in primary education, female (number) 248 places, 1970–2020
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general education, female (%) 411 places, 1970–2025
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) 411 places, 1970–2025
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general education, male (%) 411 places, 1970–2025
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes (%) 188 places, 1970–2019
Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment) 191 places, 1970–2019
Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, both sexes (number) 203 places, 1970–2025
Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes (number) 203 places, 1970–2025

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