First Global Report on Adult Learning and Education - National Reports

The first ever Global Report on Adult Learning and Education is based on 154 National Reports submitted by UNESCO Member States on the state of adult learning and education, five Regional Synthesis Reports and secondary literature. Its purpose is to provide an overview of the trends in adult learning and education as well as identify key challenges. It is intended to be used as a reference document and an advocacy tool, as well as serving as input to CONFINTEA VI.

Globally there is a noticeable tendency to under-invest in adult education. Data limitations and poor information systems on adult education costs and benefits are thwarting informed policy-making and have led to under-investment. There is evidence that overall educational returns to investment are substantial (at least as high as the return on investment in physical infrastructure), and that more equitable participation in education improves overall economic development.

Regional Synthesis Reports

	Regional synthesis report From literacy to lifelong learning: Trends, issues and challenges in youth and adult education in Latin America and the Caribbean
	Regional synthesis report The state and development of adult learning and education in the Arab States
	Regional synthesis report The state and development of adult learning and education in Subsaharan Africa
	Regional synthesis report The state and development of adult learning and education in Europe, North America and Israel
	Regional synthesis report The state and development of adult learning and education in Asia and the Pacific

National Reports

AF	Afghanistan
AL	Albania
DZ	Algeria
AD	Andorra
AO	Angola
AG	Antigua and Barbuda
AR	Argentina
AM	Armenia
AU	Australia
AT	Austria
AZ	Azerbaijan
BS	Bahamas
BH	Bahrain
BD	Bangladesh
BB	Barbados
BY	Belarus
BE	Belgium Flemish Community & Belgium French Community
BZ	Belize
BJ	Benin
BT	Bhutan
BO	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
BA	Bosnia and Herzegovina
BW	Botswana
BR	Brazil
BN	Brunei Darussalam
BG	Bulgaria
BF	Burkina Faso
BI	Burundi
CV	Cabo Verde
KH	Cambodia
CM	Cameroon
CA	Canada
CF	Central African Republic
TD	Chad
CL	Chile
CN	China
CO	Colombia
KM	Comoros
CG	Congo
CK	Cook Islands
CR	Costa Rica
CI	Côte d'Ivoire
HR	Croatia
CU	Cuba
CY	Cyprus
CZ	Czech Republic
KP	Democratic People's Republic of Korea
CD	Democratic Republic of the Congo
DK	Denmark
DJ	Djibouti
DM	Dominica
DO	Dominican Republic
EC	Ecuador
EG	Egypt
SV	El Salvador
GQ	Equatorial Guinea
ER	Eritrea
EE	Estonia
ET	Ethiopia
FJ	Fiji
FI	Finland
FR	France
GA	Gabon
GM	Gambia
GE	Georgia
DE	Germany
GH	Ghana
GR	Greece (English)
GD	Grenada
GT	Guatemala
GN	Guinea
GW	Guinea-Bissau
GY	Guyana
HT	Haiti
HN	Honduras
HU	Hungary
IS	Iceland
IN	India
ID	Indonesia
IR	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
IQ	Iraq
IE	Ireland
IL	Israel
IT	Italy
JM	Jamaica
JP	Japan
JO	Jordan
KZ	Kazakhstan
KE	Kenya
KI	Kiribati
KW	Kuwait
KG	Kyrgyzstan
LA	Lao People's Democratic Republic
LV	Latvia
LB	Lebanon
LS	Lesotho
LR	Liberia
LY	Libya (English)
LT	Lithuania
LU	Luxembourg
MG	Madagascar
MW	Malawi
MY	Malaysia
MV	Maldives
ML	Mali
MT	Malta
MH	Marshall Islands
MR	Mauritania
MU	Mauritius
MX	Mexico (English & supplement)
FM	Micronesia (Federated States of)
MC	Monaco
MN	Mongolia
ME	Montenegro
MA	Morocco
MZ	Mozambique
MM	Myanmar
NA	Namibia
NR	Nauru
NP	Nepal
NL	Netherlands
NZ	New Zealand
NI	Nicaragua
NE	Niger
NG	Nigeria
NU	Niue
NO	Norway
OM	Oman
PK	Pakistan
PW	Palau
PS	Palestine
PA	Panama
PG	Papua New Guinea
PY	Paraguay
PE	Peru
PH	Philippines
PL	Poland
PT	Portugal
QA	Qatar
KR	Republic of Korea
MD	Republic of Moldova
RO	Romania
RU	Russian Federation (English)
RW	Rwanda
KN	Saint Kitts and Nevis
LC	Saint Lucia
VC	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
WS	Samoa
SM	San Marino
ST	Sao Tome and Principe
SA	Saudi Arabia
SN	Senegal
RS	Serbia
SC	Seychelles
SL	Sierra Leone
SG	Singapore
SK	Slovakia
SI	Slovenia
SB	Solomon Islands
SO	Somalia
ZA	South Africa
SS	South Sudan
ES	Spain
LK	Sri Lanka
SD	Sudan (English)
SR	Suriname
SZ	Swaziland
SE	Sweden
CH	Switzerland
SY	Syrian Arab Republic (English)
TJ	Tajikistan
TH	Thailand
MK	The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
TL	Timor-Leste
TG	Togo
TO	Tonga
TT	Trinidad and Tobago
TN	Tunisia
TR	Turkey
TM	Turkmenistan
TV	Tuvalu
UG	Uganda
UA	Ukraine
AE	United Arab Emirates
GB	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
TZ	United Republic of Tanzania
US	United States of America
UY	Uruguay
UZ	Uzbekistan
VU	Vanuatu
VE	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
VN	Viet Nam
YE	Yemen
ZM	Zambia
ZW	Zimbabwe