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Education

 

Educational attainment by age and gender (IIASA)

Population by age, gender, and level of educational attainment based on demographic back-projections for 120 countries for 1970-2000.

 

Education Policy and Data Center (EPDC)

This database contains extensive education data from more than 200 countries compiled from household survey datasets, report and websites.

Education Statistics Database - EdStats (World Bank)

This database contains enrolment ratios, expenditure on education (private and public), drop-out rates, education inputs, completion rates, share of students by subject by education level, entry age, gender parity index for education plus many more variables for the period 1970-2006 by country. Data coverage varies across countries and over time.

(To access data click on "Data Query" in left menu bar)

 

Education Statistics by Country (UNESCO-UIS)

  • Enrolment

  • Enrolment by ISCED level

  • Enrolment of pupils of official age by grade

  • Enrolment by grade in primary education

  • Repeaters by grade in primary education

  • Enrolment by grade in general secondary education

  • Repeaters by grade in general secondary education

  • Teaching staff by ISCED level

  • Enrolment ratios by ISCED level

  • Measures of children out of school

  • Intake rates to primary education

  • School life expectancy (approximation method)

  • Repetition rates and percentage of repeaters in primary education

  • Percentage of repeaters in general secondary education

  • Indicators on teaching staff

  • Measures of progression and completion in primary education

  • Upper secondary graduation and entry to tertiary education 2005

  • Tertiary Indicators

  • Enrolments by broad field of education in tertiary education

  • Graduates by broad field of education in tertiary education

  • Internationally mobile students in tertiary education

  • International flows of mobile students at the tertiary level

  • Finance Indicators by ISCED level

  • Literacy levels

Educational Attainment by Country & Schooling Level (Barro & Lee 2011)

  • Educational Attainment of the Total Population Aged 15+

  • Educational Attainment of the Female Population Aged 15+

  • Educational Attainment of the Total Population Aged 25+

  • Educational Attainment of the Female Population Aged 25+

 

Educational Attainment by Country/Wealth/Gender/Urban-Rural (World Bank)

  • Education Indicators by Household Wealth Quintile

  • Education Indicators by Rural-Urban Residence

  • Education Indicators by Gender and Household Wealth Quintile

  • Education Attainment Profile, ages 15-19

 

Household Survey Education Profiles (World Bank)

Education reports on school participation, progression, attainment and expenditure generated from all available DHS, MICS and LSMS using ADePT.

 

PIRLS Database 2006 (IAEEA)

Database containing 2006 PIRLS student achievement data for grade 4 and grade 8, and student, teacher, school and curricular background for 40 countries.

 

Private Education Expenditure (World Bank)

Data on household expenditure on education as share of GDP and as share of total education expenditure by education level.

 

The PISA International Database (OECD)

Data on student's skills and knowledge at the end of compulsory education assessing how well prepared they are for the labour market.

 

Public Education Expenditure (World Bank)

Public education expenditure data from World Bank public expenditure documents published between 2002 and 2011 (data not internationally comparable).

 

Public Education Expenditure Data (IMF)

IMF data on public education expenditure as share of GDP and as share of total government expenditure for 147 developing countries 1985-2000 (underlying data in local currency are provided).

 

TIMSS Database 2007 (IAEEA)

Database containing 2007 TIMSS student achievement data for grade 4 and grade 8, and student, teacher, school and curricular background data for 59 countries.

 

TIMSS and PIRLS School Characteristics and Student Database (Boston College)

Click on "Open TIMSS & PIRLS" on the right-hand-side to access the database. The database contains the following information for 1995, 1999, and 2000 by country (coverage varies):

  • Classroom Practices

  • Computer Access

  • Demographics

  • Early Educational Experiences

  • Home Environment

  • Out of School Activities

  • School Climate

  • Student Attitudes

  • Test scores

 

World Education Indicators by Country Latest Available Year (UNESCO)

  • Outputs of education systems: Graduation from upper secondary and tertiary education

  • Sources and flows of education expenditure

  • Levels and uses of education expenditure

  • Access to education, participation and progression

  • Teachers and the learning environment

 

   

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