World Education Statistics is part of a series of publications that the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) produces on an annual basis. It summarizes the education data published by the UIS and ...

The UNESCO Conference on Education Data and Statistics provides a regular platform for dialogue and peer learning among the global community of education statisticians, fostering the development of ...

The International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) provides a globally agreed framework for categorising education programmes and qualifications, enabling cross- national comparison of ...

ISCED mappings result from collaboration between the UIS and Member States, providing a visual representation of national education systems classified according to ISCED 2011. These mappings serve as ...

Data governance meetings organized by the UIS Launch of the newly published Guidelines for Data Collection to Measure SDG 4.7.4 and 4.7.5, a guide on the recently developed measurement strategy to ...

Standard Setting and the Pairwise Comparison Method. World Education Statistics 2025 World Education Statistics, UIS’s new annual series, highlights SDG 4 data across 11 themes and offers an ...

Assessments for Minimum Proficiency Levels (AMPL) are innovative and robust tools designed to measure whether students achieve minimum competency in reading and mathematics at specific stages of the ...

By 2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy. Youth/adult literacy rate — English | French (Metadata after the 2025 ...

LASER country profiles provide an overview of each country's education data ecosystem and evaluate its performance across various LASER components, offering country-specific insights through an ...

21–22 April 2026 Education Data and Statistics Commission (EDS Commission) Formerly known as the Technical Cooperation Group on SDG 4 indicators (TCG), the Education Data and Statistics Commission ...

Culture fuels creativity, strengthens economies, and builds resilient, inclusive societies. To maximize the impact of cultural policies, accurate and comparable data are essential. UNESCO Member ...

Investment in science, technology, and innovation (STI) is crucial for economic growth and addressing global challenges. Research and development (R&D) promote sustainable development by fostering ...