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Global Education & Literacy Statistics by Country (1970–2024)

About this data

Comprehensive panel dataset covering 192 countries from 1970 to 2024, with 15 education indicators including literacy rates, school enrollment (primary, secondary, tertiary), government education spending as percentage of GDP, pupil-teacher ratios, mean and expected years of schooling, out-of-school children rates, and gender parity indices. Data is normalized across World Bank income groups and geographic regions, sourced from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, World Bank World Development Indicators, and UNDP Human Development Reports. Contains 10,560 observations suitable for longitudinal education analysis, development economics research, human capital modeling, and SDG 4 (Quality Education) progress tracking.

Schema

Name	Type	Description
country	string
iso3_code	string
year	string
region	string
income_group	string
literacy_rate_pct	string
primary_enrollment_gross_pct	string
secondary_enrollment_gross_pct	string
tertiary_enrollment_gross_pct	string
govt_education_spending_pct_gdp	string
pupil_teacher_ratio_primary	string
mean_years_schooling	string
expected_years_schooling	string
out_of_school_children_pct	string
gender_parity_index_primary	string

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