The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) is the official and trusted source of internationally-comparable data on education, science, culture and communication.

The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) has released its 2026 update on Research and Development (R&D) statistics, strengthening global monitoring of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 9.5 on ...

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 ...

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

The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) is the primary source of internationally comparable education statistics, covering over 200 countries and territories. As the global repository for ...

Explore accurate, reliable, and globally comparable data for international development ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Global Alliance to Monitor Learning (GAML) is designed to improve learning outcomes by supporting national strategies for learning assessments and developing internationally-comparable indicators ...

To ensure ISCED remains relevant, accurate, and reflective of evolving education systems, the classification needs to be regularly revised. As part of ISCED’s governance, the UNESCO Institute for ...