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EDUCATION
- Education
  - Education (full dataset)
  - Out-of-school children
  - Entry
  - Participation
  - Progression
    - 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
      - Repetition rate in lower secondary general education
    - Survival rates
      - Survival rate in primary education
      - Survival rate in lower secondary general education
    - 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
      - Textbooks per pupil in public primary schools by subject and grade
    - 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 to teachers in service
      - Teacher training graduates by level of education
    - 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
      - Duration by level of education
    - 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.1 Proportion of schools with access to basic facilities, all schools
    - 4.a.2 Percentage of students experiencing bullying in the last 12 months
    - 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
  - 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 experiencing bullying in the last 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
  - Research and experimental development (full dataset)
  - Sustainable Development Goal 9.5
    - Target 9.5: Enhance scientific research, upgrade the technological capabilities of industrial sectors in all countries, in particular developing countries, including, by 2030, encouraging innovation and substantially increasing the number of research and development workers per 1 million people and public and private research and development spending.
      - 9.5.1 Research and development expenditure as a proportion of GDP
      - 9.5.2 Researchers (in full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants
  - Human resources in research and development (R&D;)
  - Expenditure on research and development (R&D;)
- 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
  - Feature Films (full dataset)
  - Feature film production
  - Distribution of feature films
    - Distribution of feature films
    - Share of top 3 distributors
  - Cinema infrastructure
  - Exhibition of feature films
- International trade in cultural goods
  - International trade in cultural goods (full dataset)
  - International trade of all goods
    - Exports and imports of all goods
  - International trade of cultural goods
    - Exports and imports of cultural goods
    - Distribution of exports and imports of cultural goods
    - Exports and imports of cultural goods by domain
      - Exports of cultural goods by country and by domain
      - Imports of cultural goods by country and by domain
    - Exports and imports of cultural goods by income group and by domain
      - Exports of cultural goods by income group and by domain
      - Imports of cultural goods by income group and by domain
    - Exports and imports of cultural goods by SDGs region and by domain
      - Exports of cultural goods by SDGs regions and domain
      - Imports of cultural goods by SDGs regions and domain
    - Distribution of exports and imports of cultural goods by country and by domain
      - Distribution of exports of cultural goods by country and by domain (%)
      - Distribution of imports of cultural goods by country and by domain (%)
    - Distribution of exports and imports of cultural goods by domain and income group
      - Distribution of exports of cultural goods by income group and domain (%)
      - Distribution of imports of cultural goods by income group and domain (%)
    - Distribution of exports and imports of cultural goods by domain and SDGs region
      - Distribution of exports of cultural goods by SDGs regions and domain (%)
      - Distribution of imports of cultural goods by SDGs regions and domain (%)
  - International trade of goods indicators
    - Trade balance of all goods
    - Trade balance of cultural goods
COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION
- Communication and information
  - Communication and information (full dataset)
  - Information and communication technology (ICT) in education
  - Pilot media survey 2011-2012
  - Global media survey 2005-2006
    - Broadcast
    - Newspapers
      - Newspapers
  - Library statistics 1996-2000
    - Librairies
DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC
- Demographic and socio-economic
  - Demographic and socio-economic (full dataset)
  - Demographic
    - Demographic indicators
  - Socio-economic
    - Socio-economic indicators

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Education : Literacy rate

Indicator

Time

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Country

Afghanistan

^(‡)

65.42

Åland Islands

Albania

^(‡)

99.33

Algeria

^(‡)

97.43

American Samoa

Andorra

Angola

77.43

Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

^(‡)

99.55

^(‡)

99.30

^(‡)

99.56

^(‡)

99.50

99.51

Armenia

99.85

Aruba

^(‡)

99.50

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

⁽⁺⁾

99.95

⁽⁺⁾

99.96

99.94

Bahamas

Bahrain

99.48

99.60

99.69

Bangladesh

85.53

85.55

87.89

92.24

92.95

93.30

Barbados

^(‡)

99.90

Belarus

^(‡)

99.85

Belgium

Belize

Benin

^(‡)

60.95

Bermuda

Bhutan

93.09

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

99.40

Bosnia and Herzegovina

99.66

Botswana

^(‡)

97.46

Brazil

98.74

98.85

98.96

99.11

99.16

99.20

British Virgin Islands

Brunei Darussalam

^(‡)

99.71

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

50.10

^(‡)

58.29

Burundi

79.56

88.22

Cambodia

90.14

92.21

Cameroon

^(‡)

85.08

Canada

Cabo Verde

98.11

Cayman Islands

Central African Republic

^(‡)

38.27

Chad

^(‡)

38.77

30.79

Channel Islands

Chile

99.05

99.35

99.01

China

^(‡)

99.78

China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

China, Macao Special Administrative Region

99.80

Colombia

98.54

98.53

98.67

98.85

Comoros

^(‡)

78.27

Congo

^(‡)

82.05

Cook Islands

Costa Rica

^(‡)

99.43

Côte d'Ivoire

53.02

^(‡)

58.42

Croatia

Cuba

Curaçao

Cyprus

Czechia

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Democratic Republic of the Congo

84.99

Denmark

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

97.47

97.69

97.61

98.84

Ecuador

98.60

^(‡)

99.10

99.13

99.06

99.26

Egypt

92.02

88.19

El Salvador

97.22

97.95

98.01

97.98

97.97

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

^(‡)

93.27

Estonia

Eswatini

^(‡)

95.47

Ethiopia

^(‡)

72.75

Faeroe Islands

Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

Fiji

99.74

Finland

France

French Guiana

French Polynesia

Gabon

^(‡)

89.78

Gambia

^(‡)

60.78

67.16

Georgia

99.70

99.64

Germany

Ghana

^(‡)

92.49

Gibraltar

Greece

^(‡)

99.16

Greenland

Grenada

^(‡)

99.20

Guadeloupe

^(‡)

99.80

Guam

Guatemala

91.85

94.35

Guernsey

Guinea

46.30

Guinea-Bissau

^(‡)

60.40

Guyana

^(‡)

96.69

Haiti

^(‡)

82.99

Holy See

Honduras

95.07

95.68

96.01

96.13

96.52

Hungary

^(‡)

98.80

Iceland

India

^(‡)

91.66

Indonesia

99.68

99.67

99.71

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

97.78

97.94

98.10

Iraq

80.80

88.80

90.90

93.50

Ireland

Isle of Man

Israel

Italy

^(‡)

99.93

Jamaica

^(‡)

96.30

Japan

Jersey

Jordan

^(‡)

99.34

Kazakhstan

^(‡)

99.90

Kenya

^(‡)

86.53

^(‡)

87.83

Kiribati

Kuwait

99.15

99.26

99.24

99.08

Kyrgyzstan

^(‡)

99.75

Lao People's Democratic Republic

92.46

Latvia

^(‡)

99.82

Lebanon

^(‡)

99.75

Lesotho

^(‡)

86.63

Liberia

^(‡)

55.40

Libya

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Madagascar

^(‡)

81.20

Malawi

^(‡)

76.08

^(‡)

72.94

Malaysia

97.61

97.27

96.85

Maldives

99.27

98.75

Mali

49.37

50.13

Malta

^(‡)

99.30

Marshall Islands

Martinique

^(‡)

99.80

Mauritania

^(‡)

63.95

Mauritius

⁽⁺⁾

99.04

Mayotte

Mexico

98.56

99.00

98.94

99.12

99.32

Micronesia (Federated States of)

Monaco

Mongolia

^(‡)

98.63

Montenegro

^(‡)

99.11

Montserrat

Morocco

^(‡)

97.73

Mozambique

70.53

70.91

Myanmar

^(‡)

84.75

Namibia

^(‡)

95.16

Nauru

Nepal

^(‡)

92.39

Netherlands

Netherlands Antilles

New Caledonia

^(‡)

99.20

New Zealand

Nicaragua

^(‡)

91.57

Niger

Nigeria

^(‡)

75.03

Niue

Norfolk Island

North Macedonia

^(‡)

98.60

Northern Mariana Islands

Norway

Oman

⁽⁺⁾

99.09

99.15

98.70

98.66

98.62

Pakistan

71.64

72.80

74.53

Palau

^(‡)

99.84

98.66

Palestine

99.35

99.36

99.34

99.38

99.34

Panama

99.10

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

98.90

98.71

98.65

98.45

98.28

Peru

98.98

99.01

98.88

99.06

99.02

Philippines

98.11

99.08

Pitcairn

Poland

Portugal

^(‡)

99.66

Puerto Rico

92.39

Qatar

^(‡)

91.79

^(‡)

93.64

^(‡)

95.46

^(‡)

94.64

Republic of Korea

Republic of Moldova

99.81

Réunion

Romania

^(‡)

99.43

Russian Federation

^(‡)

99.70

Rwanda

85.07

86.49

Saint Helena

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint-Barthélemy

Saint-Martin (French part)

Samoa

^(‡)

99.12

San Marino

100.00

Sao Tome and Principe

^(‡)

97.78

Saudi Arabia

99.22

99.30

Senegal

55.90

69.48

Serbia

99.72

Seychelles

^(‡)

99.07

Sierra Leone

^(‡)

57.02

^(‡)

66.65

Singapore

99.90

99.78

99.93

Sint Maarten (Dutch part)

Slovakia

Slovenia

^(‡)

99.80

Solomon Islands

Somalia

South Africa

98.88

98.96

95.32

South Sudan

^(‡)

47.90

Spain

99.67

99.72

99.66

99.62

99.72

Sri Lanka

98.69

98.86

98.78

Sudan

^(‡)

73.00

Sudan (pre-secession)

Suriname

^(‡)

98.65

Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands

Sweden

Switzerland

Syrian Arab Republic

Tajikistan

^(‡)

99.90

Thailand

98.31

98.15

98.14

Timor-Leste

^(‡)

83.54

Togo

84.29

Tokelau

Tonga

^(‡)

99.44

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

96.21

Turkey

99.23

99.36

99.49

99.62

99.75

Turkmenistan

^(‡)

99.80

Turks and Caicos Islands

Tuvalu

Uganda

^(‡)

89.40

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

^(‡)

99.43

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

United Republic of Tanzania

85.76

United States of America

United States Virgin Islands

Uruguay

98.93

98.84

98.93

99.15

98.93

98.88

Uzbekistan

100.00

Vanuatu

^(‡)

95.30

^(‡)

96.28

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

99.01

98.76

Viet Nam

^(‡)

98.41

Wallis and Futuna Islands

Western Sahara

Yemen

Zambia

^(‡)

92.09

Zimbabwe

^(‡)

90.43

Sustainable Development Goal Regions

World

90.60

90.88

91.13

91.33

91.50

91.67

Landlocked Developing Countries

74.13

74.86

75.40

75.87

76.70

76.76

Least Developed Countries

74.20

74.97

75.92

77.06

77.93

78.32

Small Island Developing States

88.89

89.05

88.83

89.13

^(‡)

89.04

^(‡)

88.93

Africa (Sub-Saharan)

73.91

74.62

75.22

75.72

76.35

76.74

Western Asia and Northern Africa

89.08

89.31

89.48

88.38

88.70

88.93

Africa (Northern)

89.13

89.61

90.06

87.70

88.33

88.79

Asia (Western)

89.03

88.97

88.99

89.03

89.05

Asia (Central and Southern)

86.21

86.93

87.81

88.83

89.31

89.90

Asia (Central)

99.93

Asia (Southern)

85.69

86.45

87.37

88.44

88.95

89.57

Asia (Eastern and South-eastern)

98.50

98.74

98.80

98.83

98.87

98.91

Asia (Eastern)

99.41

99.50

99.52

99.55

99.57

99.59

Asia (South-eastern)

96.59

97.23

97.42

97.51

97.62

97.70

Latin America and the Caribbean

97.91

98.23

98.30

98.43

98.47

98.54

Oceania

Oceania (Australia/New Zealand)

Oceania (excl. Australia/New Zealand)

Northern America and Europe

Europe

Northern America

UIS Regions

World

90.60

90.88

91.13

91.33

91.50

91.67

Arab States

86.28

86.53

86.72

85.35

85.72

85.97

Central and Eastern Europe

99.52

99.55

99.58

99.65

99.67

Central Asia

99.87

99.88

East Asia and the Pacific

98.32

98.54

98.60

98.62

98.65

98.68

Latin America and the Caribbean

97.91

98.23

98.30

98.43

98.46

98.54

North America and Western Europe

South and West Asia

85.69

86.45

87.37

88.44

88.95

89.57

Sub-Saharan Africa

73.94

74.65

75.26

75.76

76.39

76.78

Small Island Developing States

88.41

88.59

88.68

89.00

^(‡)

88.92

^(‡)

88.82

World Bank Income Groups

Low income countries

72.37

73.10

73.71

74.22

75.16

75.56

Lower middle income countries

86.94

87.64

88.35

88.89

89.29

89.74

Middle income countries

91.81

92.14

92.46

92.73

92.88

93.12

Upper middle income countries

98.33

98.40

98.37

98.40

98.31

98.32

High income countries

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Data extracted on 22 Jun 2020 16:35 UTC (GMT) from UIS.Stat

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