Education and skills
Compare education participation, attainment, literacy and learning. This page lists 24 measures from Eurostat, ILOSTAT, UNESCO UIS, World Bank. There are also 2 related measures filed under other topics.
From Eurostat
Young people not in employment, education or training, ages 18 to 24, by region
People aged 18 to 24 who are not employed and have taken part in neither formal nor non-formal education or training in the four weeks before the surv...
Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64, by region
People aged 25 to 64 whose highest completed level of education is tertiary (ISCED levels 5 to 8: short-cycle tertiary, bachelor's, master's or doctor...
Early leavers from education and training, by region
People aged 18 to 24 who have completed at most lower secondary education and are not in further education or training, as a share of all people of th...
Young people neither in employment nor in education or training (NEET)
People aged 15 to 29 who are not employed and not in any formal or non-formal education or training, as a share of all people of that age.
Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 34
People aged 25 to 34 who have completed tertiary education (ISCED 2011 levels 5 to 8: short-cycle, bachelor, master or doctoral), as a share of all pe...
Early leavers from education and training
People aged 18 to 24 who have at most lower secondary education and were not in any education or training in the four weeks before the survey.
Adult participation in learning
People aged 25 to 64 who took part in formal or non-formal education or training in the four weeks before the Labour Force Survey interview.
From ILOSTAT
From UNESCO UIS
Completion rate, primary education
Share of children aged 3 to 5 years older than the official age for the last grade of primary school who have completed primary education, mostly meas...
Completion rate, lower secondary education
Share of young people aged 3 to 5 years older than the official age for the last grade of lower secondary school who have completed lower secondary ed...
Completion rate, upper secondary education
Share of young people aged 3 to 5 years older than the official age for the last grade of upper secondary school who have completed upper secondary ed...
Out-of-school rate, children of primary school age
Share of children of official primary school age who are not enrolled in primary or secondary school.
Out-of-school rate, adolescents of lower secondary school age
Share of adolescents of official lower secondary school age who are not enrolled in primary, secondary or higher education.
Out-of-school rate, youth of upper secondary school age
Share of young people of official upper secondary school age who are not enrolled in primary, secondary or higher education.
Total net enrolment rate, primary education
Children of official primary school age enrolled in primary or secondary school, as a share of all children of that age.
Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24
Share of people aged 15 to 24 who can both read and write, with understanding, a short simple statement about their everyday life.
Teachers with the minimum required qualifications, primary education
Share of primary school teachers who have at least the minimum academic qualifications required to teach at that level in the country (SDG indicator 4...
Education spending as a share of total government expenditure
General government spending on education (current, capital and transfers) as a share of total general government expenditure on all sectors. UIS calcu...
From World Bank
Government expenditure on education as a share of GDP
General government spending on education, including current, capital and transfer spending, as a percentage of GDP.
Primary school enrolment (gross)
Total enrolment in primary education, regardless of age, as a percentage of the population of official primary school age. It can exceed 100% because...
Tertiary education enrolment (gross)
Total enrolment in tertiary education, regardless of age, as a percentage of the population in the five-year age group following the official secondar...
Adult literacy rate
People aged 15 and above who can both read and write, with understanding, a short simple statement about their everyday life. Data come mainly from ce...
Primary school completion rate
New entrants to the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, as a percentage of the population at the entrance age to that grade. It can ex...
Secondary school enrolment (gross)
Total enrolment in secondary education, regardless of age, as a percentage of the population of official secondary school age. It can exceed 100%.
Related measures in other topics
People with at least basic digital skills
People whose skills are at basic or above basic level in all five areas of the Digital Skills Indicator 2.0: information and data literacy, communicat...
Government spending on education
Total general government expenditure on education (COFOG division 09, all levels from pre-primary to tertiary), as a percentage of GDP.