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EDUCATION
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  - Entry
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    - Repeaters
      - Repeaters in primary education
      - Repeaters in lower secondary general education
    - Percentage of repeaters
      - Percentage of repeaters in primary education
      - Percentage of repeaters in lower secondary general education
    - Repetition rates
      - Repetition rate in primary education
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    - Survival rates
      - Survival rate in primary education
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    - Early school leaving
    - Transition rate
      - Effective transition rate from primary to secondary
  - Completion
    - Completion and graduation ratios
    - Tertiary graduates
      - Tertiary graduates by level of education
    - Distribution of tertiary graduates
      - Distribution of tertiary graduates by field of study
    - Percentage of tertiary graduates
      - Percentage of female graduates by level of tertiary education
      - Percentage of female graduates by field of study
  - Literacy
  - Educational attainment
  - International student mobility in tertiary education
  - Human resources
  - Financial resources
  - School resources and teaching conditions
    - Access to basic services
      - Access to basic services by level of education
      - Percentage of schools that provide life skills-based HIV and sexuality education
  - School resources and teaching conditions (Africa only)
    - Access to basic services in public schools
      - Access to basic services in public schools by level of education
    - Textbooks per pupil in public primary schools
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    - Classes in public primary schools
      - Classes in public primary schools by type of class
      - Classes in public primary schools by grade
    - Teacher training graduates
      - Teacher training graduates by level of education
      - Teacher training graduates to teachers in service
    - Percentage of teachers
      - Percentage of teachers by teaching level of education and recruitment status
    - Percentage of newly recruited teachers
      - Percentage of newly recruited teachers by teaching level of education
      - Percentage of newly recruited teachers by training status
    - School census return rate from public schools
      - School census return rate from public schools by level of education
  - Adult education (Latin America and the Caribbean only)
  - Disparities in teacher's training, deployment, characteristics and working conditions at sub-national level (East and South West Asia only)
  - Population
    - School age
      - School age population by level of education
    - Official entrance age
      - Official entrance age by level of education
  - Education System
    - Official entrance age
      - Official entrance age to each ISCED level of education
    - Theoretical duration
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    - Free and compulsory education
      - Number of years of free education by level of education
      - Number of years of compulsory education by level of education
    - Academic year
      - Start and end of the academic year
SDG 4
- Sustainable Development Goal 4
  - Sustainable Development Goal 4 (full dataset)
  - Target 4.1: By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes
  - Target 4.2: By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education
  - Target 4.3: By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university
  - Target 4.4: By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship
    - 4.4.1 Proportion of youth and adults with information and communications technology (ICT) skills, by type of skill
    - 4.4.3 Youth/adult educational attainment rates by age group, economic activity status, levels of education and programme orientation
  - Target 4.5: By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations
  - Target 4.6: By 2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy
  - Target 4.7: By 2030, ensure all learners acquire knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including among others through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship, and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development
    - 4.7.2 Percentage of schools that provide life skills-based HIV and sexuality education
  - Target 4.a: Build and upgrade education facilities that are child, disability and gender sensitive and provide safe, non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all
    - 4.a.1 Proportion of schools with access to: (a) electricity; (b) the Internet; (c) computers; (d) adapted infrastructure and materials; (e) basic drinking water; (f) single-sex basic sanitation facilities; and (g) basic handwashing facilities
    - 4.a.2 Percentage of students experiencing bullying
    - 4.a.3 Number of attacks on students, personnel and institutions
  - Target 4.b: By 2020, substantially expand globally the number of scholarships available to developing countries, in particular least developed countries, small island developing States and African countries, for enrolment in higher education, including vocational training, information and communications technology, technical, engineering and scientific programmes, in developed countries and other developing countries
    - 4.b.1 Volume of official development assistance flows for scholarships by sector and type of study
  - Target 4.c: By 2030, substantially increase the supply of qualified teachers, including through international cooperation for teacher training in developing countries, especially least developed countries and small island developing States
EQUITY
- Equity
  - Equity (full dataset)
  - Target 4.1: By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes
  - Target 4.2: By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education
    - 4.2.2 Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age), by sex
    - 4.2.4 Gross early childhood education enrolment ratio in (a) pre-primary education and (b) early childhood educational development
  - Target 4.3: By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university
  - Target 4.4: By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship
    - 4.4.1 Proportion of youth and adults with information and communications technology (ICT) skills, by type of skill
    - 4.4.3 Youth/adult educational attainment rates by age group, economic activity status, levels of education and programme orientation
  - Target 4.5: By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations
  - Target 4.6: By 2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy
  - Target 4.a: Build and upgrade education facilities that are child, disability and gender sensitive and provide safe, non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all
    - 4.a.1 Proportion of schools with access to: (a) electricity; (b) the Internet; (c) computers; (d) adapted infrastructure and materials; (e) basic drinking water; (f) single-sex basic sanitation facilities; and (g) basic handwashing facilities
      - 4.a.1 Proportion of schools with access to basic facilities, all schools
    - 4.a.2 Percentage of students who experienced bullying in the past 12 months
  - Target 4.b: By 2020, substantially expand globally the number of scholarships available to developing countries, in particular least developed countries, small island developing States and African countries, for enrolment in higher education, including vocational training, information and communications technology, technical, engineering and scientific programmes, in developed countries and other developing countries
    - 4.b.1 Volume of official development assistance flows for scholarships by sector and type of study
  - Target 4.c: By 2030, substantially increase the supply of qualified teachers, including through international cooperation for teacher training in developing countries, especially least developed countries and small island developing States
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
- Research and experimental development
- Innovation
CULTURE
- Cultural employment
  - Cultural employment (full dataset)
  - Cultural employment by occupation and industry (%)
    - Cultural employment by occupation and industry (%)
  - Employment in cultural occupations (%)
    - Employment in cultural occupations by socio-demographic characteristics (%)
    - Employment in cultural occupations by socio-economic characteristics (%)
    - Employment in cultural occupations by cultural domain (%)
  - Employment in cultural industries (%)
    - Employment in cultural industries by socio-demographic characteristics (%)
    - Employment in cultural industries by socio-economic characteristics (%)
  - Cultural employment by occupation and industry (number)
    - Cultural employment by occupation and industry (number)
  - Employment in cultural occupations (number)
    - Employment in cultural occupations by socio-demographic characteristics (number)
    - Employment in cultural occupations by socio-economic characteristics (number)
    - Employment in cultural occupations by cultural domain (number)
  - Employment in cultural industries (number)
    - Employment in cultural industries by socio-demographic characteristics (number)
    - Employment in cultural industries by socio-economic characteristics (number)
      - Existence of more than one job, cultural and non cultural industries (number)
      - Secondary job, cultural and non cultural industries (number)
- Feature films
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  - Feature film production
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    - Distribution of feature films
    - Share of top 3 distributors
  - Cinema infrastructure
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COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION
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  - Pilot media survey 2011-2012
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Education : Illiterate population

Indicator

Time

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Country

Afghanistan

Åland Islands

Albania

4 028.0

Algeria

American Samoa

Andorra

Angola

1 153 806.0

Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

^(‡)

42 819.0

^(‡)

30 675.0

^(‡)

48 333.0

^(‡)

30 184.0

^(‡)

34 220.0

Armenia

Aruba

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

⁽⁺⁾

1 125.0

⁽⁺⁾

823.0

⁽⁺⁾

720.0

925.0

926.0

Bahamas

Bahrain

11 306.0

Bangladesh

6 845 479.0

4 498 590.0

4 506 224.0

3 811 179.0

2 455 852.0

2 234 353.0

Barbados

^(‡)

33.0

Belarus

Belgium

Belize

Benin

^(‡)

912 083.0

Bermuda

Bhutan

20 037.0

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

19 891.0

12 427.0

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1 655.0

Botswana

^(‡)

10 035.0

Brazil

480 647.0

440 019.0

401 595.0

358 062.0

British Virgin Islands

Brunei Darussalam

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

1 728 214.0

Burundi

399 969.0

Cambodia

313 343.0

249 038.0

Cameroon

Canada

Cabo Verde

2 126.0

2 106.0

Cayman Islands

Central African Republic

Chad

^(‡)	1 735 174.0

2 013 637.0

Channel Islands

Chile

26 634.0

17 779.0

China

China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

China, Macao Special Administrative Region

152.0

Colombia

121 861.0

121 588.0

109 926.0

Comoros

^(‡)

41 536.0

Congo

Cook Islands

Costa Rica

Côte d'Ivoire

^(‡)	2 181 383.0

2 123 654.0

Croatia

Cuba

1 934.0

Curaçao

Cyprus

Czechia

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Democratic Republic of the Congo

2 100 400.0

2 179 616.0

Denmark

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

56 231.0

47 604.0

44 030.0

45 546.0

22 308.0

Ecuador

33 644.0

40 514.0

26 395.0

25 645.0

27 855.0

Egypt

1 799 901.0

1 321 490.0

1 928 870.0

El Salvador

35 382.0

26 464.0

25 751.0

25 869.0

Equatorial Guinea

^(‡)

3 783.0

Eritrea

Estonia

Eswatini

Ethiopia

Faeroe Islands

Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

Fiji

Finland

France

French Guiana

French Polynesia

Gabon

^(‡)

39 618.0

Gambia

^(‡)

142 464.0

Georgia

1 611.0

Germany

Ghana

Gibraltar

Greece

Greenland

Grenada

^(‡)

161.0

Guadeloupe

^(‡)

89.0

Guam

Guatemala

203 101.0

265 103.0

190 279.0

Guernsey

Guinea

1 233 139.0

Guinea-Bissau

^(‡)

138 194.0

Guyana

^(‡)

5 242.0

Haiti

Holy See

Honduras

90 108.0

90 333.0

80 612.0

75 751.0

74 907.0

Hungary

^(‡)

13 531.0

Iceland

India

Indonesia

141 222.0

146 349.0

147 590.0

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

296 972.0

312 320.0

273 815.0

228 089.0

Iraq

3 151 998.0

Ireland

Isle of Man

Israel

Italy

Jamaica

^(‡)

20 318.0

Japan

Jersey

Jordan

13 868.0

Kazakhstan

Kenya

^(‡)	1 247 446.0

Kiribati

Kuwait

5 554.0

3 897.0

3 260.0

3 766.0

4 683.0

Kyrgyzstan

Lao People's Democratic Republic

106 300.0

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

^(‡)

63 478.0

Liberia

Libya

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Madagascar

1 033 809.0

Malawi

^(‡)

857 906.0

^(‡)

996 929.0

Malaysia

142 486.0

Maldives

622.0

Mali

1 671 678.0

Malta

Marshall Islands

Martinique

^(‡)

91.0

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mayotte

Mexico

253 713.0

326 116.0

228 900.0

243 384.0

204 699.0

Micronesia (Federated States of)

Monaco

Mongolia

Montenegro

Montserrat

Morocco

^(‡)

540 111.0

Mozambique

1 611 616.0

Myanmar

^(‡)	1 442 726.0

Namibia

Nauru

Nepal

Netherlands

Netherlands Antilles

New Caledonia

^(‡)

330.0

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

1 878 726.0

Nigeria

Niue

Norfolk Island

Northern Mariana Islands

Norway

Oman

⁽⁺⁾

5 937.0

5 264.0

8 525.0

9 175.0

Pakistan

10 063 370.0

10 526 133.0

10 162 152.0

Palau

^(‡)

5.0

⁽⁺⁾

32.0

Palestine

6 701.0

6 313.0

6 325.0

6 687.0

6 353.0

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

23 863.0

14 617.0

17 396.0

17 972.0

20 733.0

Peru

73 234.0

57 264.0

55 227.0

62 101.0

52 284.0

Philippines

365 551.0

Pitcairn

Poland

Portugal

Puerto Rico

41 082.0

Qatar

^(‡)

31 103.0

^(‡)

24 103.0

^(‡)

17 670.0

Republic of Korea

Republic of Moldova

3 716.0

Réunion

Romania

Russian Federation

Rwanda

378 153.0

325 082.0

Saint Helena

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint-Barthélemy

Saint-Martin (French part)

Samoa

San Marino

Sao Tome and Principe

1 188.0

Saudi Arabia

39 752.0

Senegal

1 241 274.0

940 294.0

Serbia

3 080.0

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

^(‡)

583 794.0

Singapore

745.0

729.0

722.0

1 563.0

536.0

Sint Maarten (Dutch part)

Slovakia

Slovenia

^(‡)

325.0

Solomon Islands

Somalia

South Africa

115 025.0

115 081.0

107 641.0

South Sudan

Spain

14 738.0

14 630.0

12 106.0

14 925.0

16 327.0

Sri Lanka

41 081.0

35 816.0

Sudan

Sudan (pre-secession)

Suriname

2 220.0

Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands

Sweden

Switzerland

Syrian Arab Republic

Tajikistan

^(‡)

2 067.0

Thailand

161 730.0

178 914.0

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

^(‡)

4 009.0

Timor-Leste

Togo

226 592.0

Tokelau

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

59 576.0

68 008.0

Turkey

⁽⁺⁾

125 411.0

99 235.0

83 047.0

66 058.0

49 899.0

Turkmenistan

^(‡)

1 725.0

Turks and Caicos Islands

Tuvalu

Uganda

1 196 456.0

Ukraine

^(‡)

1 744.0

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

United Republic of Tanzania

1 337 582.0

1 480 908.0

United States of America

United States Virgin Islands

Uruguay

5 433.0

5 571.0

6 039.0

5 570.0

4 388.0

5 494.0

Uzbekistan

⁽ⁿ⁾

Vanuatu

^(‡)

2 231.0

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

54 646.0

68 445.0

Viet Nam

Wallis and Futuna Islands

Western Sahara

Yemen

Zambia

Zimbabwe

^(‡)

310 158.0

Sustainable Development Goal Regions

World

113 170 173.0

110 875 305.0

106 885 389.0

104 368 506.0

101 925 795.0

Landlocked Developing Countries

23 444 292.0

23 673 584.0

23 762 004.0

23 756 723.0

23 779 519.0

Least Developed Countries

45 917 495.0

45 999 129.0

45 479 143.0

45 451 191.0

45 407 693.0

Small Island Developing States

1 288 350.0

1 268 461.0

1 257 511.0

1 252 275.0

1 229 906.0

Africa (Sub-Saharan)

47 403 084.0

47 799 048.0

47 517 359.0

47 739 737.0

47 887 997.0

Western Asia and Northern Africa

9 887 481.0

9 263 304.0

9 070 702.0

8 909 622.0

8 800 374.0

Africa (Northern)

5 009 742.0

4 422 338.0

4 193 014.0

3 995 126.0

3 853 423.0

Asia (Western)

4 877 739.0

4 840 966.0

4 877 688.0

4 914 496.0

4 946 951.0

Asia (Central and Southern)

48 096 475.0

46 226 041.0

43 566 431.0

41 148 528.0

38 893 793.0

Asia (Central)

10 146.0

9 854.0

9 545.0

9 244.0

8 939.0

Asia (Southern)

48 086 329.0

46 216 187.0

43 556 887.0

41 139 284.0

38 884 854.0

Asia (Eastern and South-eastern)

4 621 928.0

4 368 267.0

3 869 831.0

3 769 972.0

3 624 183.0

Asia (Eastern)

815 217.0

743 426.0

675 005.0

614 112.0

557 050.0

Asia (South-eastern)

3 806 711.0

3 624 840.0

3 194 826.0

3 155 859.0

3 067 133.0

Latin America and the Caribbean

2 244 155.0

2 298 981.0

1 939 667.0

1 871 813.0

1 798 382.0

Oceania

Oceania (Australia/New Zealand)

Oceania (excl. Australia/New Zealand)

Northern America and Europe

^(‡)

423 203.0

^(‡)

411 823.0

399 448.0

^(‡)

393 239.0

Europe

^(‡)

249 538.0

^(‡)

237 683.0

225 316.0

^(‡)

219 676.0

^(‡)

199 641.0

Northern America

UIS Regions

World

113 170 173.0

110 875 305.0

106 885 389.0

104 368 506.0

101 925 795.0

Arab States

10 127 218.0

9 531 554.0

9 357 364.0

9 214 893.0

9 121 368.0

Central and Eastern Europe

282 508.0

246 962.0

223 042.0

199 434.0

165 018.0

Central Asia

22 514.0

21 409.0

20 455.0

19 857.0

18 947.0

East Asia and the Pacific

5 107 388.0

4 868 007.0

4 384 004.0

4 298 118.0

4 165 985.0

Latin America and the Caribbean

2 244 158.0

2 298 984.0

1 939 671.0

1 871 816.0

1 798 385.0

North America and Western Europe

South and West Asia

48 086 329.0

46 216 187.0

43 556 887.0

41 139 284.0

38 884 854.0

Sub-Saharan Africa

47 023 510.0

47 418 270.0

47 135 322.0

47 356 177.0

47 503 173.0

Small Island Developing States

1 282 844.0

1 263 069.0

1 252 235.0

1 247 149.0

1 225 263.0

World Bank Income Groups

Low income countries

35 162 864.0

35 555 736.0

35 326 637.0

35 515 328.0

35 597 184.0

Lower middle income countries

69 926 142.0

67 468 584.0

64 052 708.0

61 451 299.0

59 112 674.0

Middle income countries

77 474 931.0

74 795 966.0

71 049 815.0

68 352 799.0

65 834 032.0

Upper middle income countries

7 548 788.0

7 327 382.0

6 997 107.0

6 901 499.0

6 721 358.0

High income countries

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+	National Estimation
n	Magnitude nil or negligible
‡	UIS Estimation

Data extracted on 12 Jun 2019 08:00 UTC (GMT) from UIS.Stat

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