socialeducationliteracyenrollmentworld-bankUNESCOschoolsgender-parity

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

About this data

Comprehensive dataset covering education and literacy indicators for 215+ countries from 1970 to 2024. Sourced from the World Bank Open Data API (UNESCO Institute for Statistics and national sources). Includes 38 columns: school enrollment rates (pre-primary, primary, secondary, tertiary — gross and net), adult literacy rates by gender, education expenditure as % of GDP and by level, pupil-teacher ratios, primary and lower secondary completion rates, gender parity indices, compulsory education duration, out-of-school children counts, population, GDP per capita, and labor force participation. Ideal for analyzing global education access trends, gender equity in schooling, the link between education investment and economic outcomes, and identifying countries with persistent literacy or enrollment gaps.

Schema

Name	Type	Description
country_code	string
country_name	string
region	string
income_level	string
capital_city	string
latitude	string
longitude	string
year	string
primary_enrollment_gross_pct	string
secondary_enrollment_gross_pct	string
tertiary_enrollment_gross_pct	string
primary_enrollment_net_pct	string
secondary_enrollment_net_pct	string
adult_literacy_rate_pct	string
adult_literacy_male_pct	string
adult_literacy_female_pct	string
education_expenditure_gdp_pct	string
primary_teachers_total	string
secondary_teachers_total	string
pupil_teacher_ratio_primary	string
pupil_teacher_ratio_secondary	string
compulsory_education_years	string
primary_completion_rate_pct	string
primary_completion_male_pct	string
primary_completion_female_pct	string
lower_secondary_completion_pct	string
gender_parity_index_primary	string
gender_parity_index_secondary	string
population	string
gdp_per_capita_usd	string
gdp_growth_annual_pct	string
children_out_of_school_primary	string
adolescents_out_of_school_secondary	string
preprimary_enrollment_gross_pct	string
expenditure_primary_pct_of_govt_ed	string
expenditure_secondary_pct_of_govt_ed	string
expenditure_tertiary_pct_of_govt_ed	string
labor_force_participation_rate_pct	string

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