World data on education - Unesco

The Unesco Institute for Statistics (UIS) is a reliable source of progressive data on education. Education data are integrated into Sustainable Development Goal 4: "Ensure equal access to quality education for all, and promote opportunities for lifelong learning".

While data is generally reliable in different education systems, it is more difficult to compare. The challenge for the UIS is to produce useful, comparable data.

The data is available in detail for all countries in the form of summary tables. The site is not particularly ergonomic or standard, but with a little perseverance, it is possible to obtain data in all the following areas:

Sustainable Development Goal 4 (Education)

• Learning outcomes
  Towards a new generation of internationally comparable data
  
• Out-of-school children and youth
  Data to eliminate barriers to education
  
• Literacy
  Monitoring the literacy skills of children, youth and adults
  
• Gender equality in education
  Data to help eliminate inequalities
  
• Equity in education
  Reducing inequalities in education by improving the measurement, availability and use of data
  
• Teachers
  From teacher training to recruitment: data to improve the quality of education
  
• Education in Africa
  Data from the region facing the greatest challenges
  
• Financing education
  Data and tools to track funding
  
• Higher education
  Tracking enrolment, fields of study and student destinations worldwide
  
• Educational attainment
  Shedding light on the skills and potential of adults and societies as a whole
  
• International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED)
  ISCED provides a comprehensive framework for organizing education programmes and qualifications
  
• Capacity building
  Helping countries produce and use quality data to achieve their goals
  

For a global picture of education: Unesco Institute for Statistics: Sustainable Development Goal 4 (Education)

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