The official source of international statistics on education, science and culture: enrollment coverage by level of education, literacy, government spending on education, R&D expenditure, the number of researchers. The data are collected directly from national ministries through a standard questionnaire and mapped to the ISCED classification.
Literacy, enrollment, research, patents
The share of adults able to read and write simple statements about everyday life.
1970–2025 Education expenditure (% of GDP)Government spending on education at all levels as a percentage of GDP.
1970–2019 Primary school enrollmentThe net enrollment rate: the share of children of school age attending primary school.
1970–2025 Secondary school enrollmentThe gross enrollment ratio for secondary school.
1970–2025 Tertiary education enrollmentHow many university students there are relative to the population of the corresponding age.
1996–2024 R&D expenditure (% of GDP)Gross domestic expenditure on research and development as a percentage of GDP.
1996–2024 Researchers per million peopleThe number of researchers per million residents — in full-time equivalent.
1996–2023 Scientific and technical journal articlesThe number of articles in scientific and technical journals per year.
1970–2025 Primary completion rateWhat share of children reach the last grade of primary school.
1970–2025 Children out of schoolHow many children of school age are not in school — in absolute numbers.
1970–2025 Share of children out of schoolWhat share of children of school age are not in school.
1970–2024 Population with tertiary educationWhat share of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
1980–2025 Education expenditure in the budgetWhat part of government spending a country devotes to education.
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