UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics is the official source of internationally comparable data on education, science, culture and communication, and the custodian of the education targets of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Reuse and attribution
How the data is collected
UIS Data API, JSON, national figures, several indicator codes per request. No key required; requests are capped at 100,000 records.
Annual series are checked about once a week and monthly or quarterly series daily. A check that finds no change does not create a new version. The most recent change was collected on 9 November 2026.
Measures by frequency: Annual 10 .
Measures from UNESCO UIS (10)
| Measure | Dataset or series | Original producer | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Completion rate, primary education | CR.1 | UNESCO UIS | Annual |
| Completion rate, lower secondary education | CR.2 | UNESCO UIS | Annual |
| Completion rate, upper secondary education | CR.3 | UNESCO UIS | Annual |
| Out-of-school rate, children of primary school age | ROFST.1.CP | UNESCO UIS | Annual |
| Out-of-school rate, adolescents of lower secondary school age | ROFST.2.CP | UNESCO UIS | Annual |
| Out-of-school rate, youth of upper secondary school age | ROFST.3.CP | UNESCO UIS | Annual |
| Total net enrolment rate, primary education | NERT.1.CP | UNESCO UIS | Annual |
| Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 | LR.AG15T24 | UNESCO UIS | Annual |
| Teachers with the minimum required qualifications, primary education | TRTP.1 | UNESCO UIS | Annual |
| Education spending as a share of total government expenditure | XGOVEXP.IMF | UNESCO UIS | Annual |