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100% national feature film
Abandoned innovation activities
Academic year
Acquisition of machinery, equipment, other capital goods, and software
Acquisition of other external knowledge
Adapted infrastructure
Administration of a nationally-representative learning assessment (a) in Grade 2 or 3; (b) at the end of primary education; and (c) at the end of lower secondary education
Administrative data
Admissions
Adult education
Advertising services
Age specific enrolment rate
Agricultural and veterinary sciences (for R&D data)
All Films
All manufacturing firms
Analog Signal
Analogue feature film production
Animation
Applied research
Architectural services
Assessment and Accountability
Assistive technologies
Attendance (school)
Attendance frequency per capita (AFP)
Attitude towards environmental science and geoscience
Audience share
Audio-visual
Authorization
Average circulation per issue
Average number of hours worked by persons employed in cultural industries, by sex
Average number of hours worked by persons employed in cultural occupations, by sex
Average number of hours worked by persons employed in non cultural industries, by sex
Average number of hours worked by persons employed in non-cultural occupations, by sex
Average teacher salary relative to other professions requiring a comparable level of qualification
Average ticket price (ATP)
Balance of Payments
Basic computer skills
Basic drinking water
Basic education
Basic handwashing facilities
Basic research
Basic sanitation facilities
Basic services
Blog page
Books and press
Breadth of skills
Bullying
Business concentration
Business enterprise expenditure on R&D (BERD)
Business enterprise sector (for R&D data)
Business population
Capital expenditure on education
Capital expenditure on ICT on education
Capital R&D expenditures
Capitalised computer software (in capital R&D expenditures)
Capping
Casual workers
Census
Census survey
Central government
Channel
Child
Classroom
Code of conduct
Cohort
Community
Community association
Community media organizations
Community newspaper
Competence
Completion (of an educational programme)
Completion rate (primary education, lower secondary education, upper secondary education)
Comprehensiveness
Compulsory education
Computer
Computer laboratory
Computers for administration
Computers for pedagogical use
Computing
Confidence in environmental science and geoscience
Conservation
Conservation of cultural heritage
Conservation of natural heritage
Content for mobile phones
Contracted-out (external) R&D
Contributing family workers
Cooperation for innovation activities
Copyright
Corporate sponsorships
Course
Coverage
Craft or artisanal products
Cross media ownership
Cultural activities
Cultural diversity
Cultural domains
Cultural employment
Cultural goods
Cultural heritage
Cultural industries
Cultural landscape
Cultural occupations
Cultural participation
Cultural services
Culture cycle
Current expenditure on education
Current expenditure on ICT in education
Current expenditure on staff compensation
Current expenditure other than for staff compensation
Current R&D expenditures
Curriculum
Daily newspaper
Data capture
Data coding
Data collection instruments
Data dissemination
Data editing
Data processing
Database
Degree
Degree of novelty - new to the firm
Degree of novelty - new to the market
Degree of novelty - new to the world
Design
Developmentally on track
Digital cinema
Digital cinema site
Digital feature film production
Digital Feature Film projection
Digital literacy
Digital screen
Digital signal
Digital skills
Direct public expenditure on heritage
Disability
Disadvantaged populations
Distance education in tertiary
Distribution company
Distribution of enrolment in secondary education by orientation of education programme
Distribution of graduates in tertiary education by field of education
Distribution of students in tertiary education by field of education
Distribution of students in tertiary education by ISCED level
Documentary
Domestic broadcasting media organizations
Domestic production
Donations
Donations by bilateral and multilateral sources
Donations by individuals
Donations by legal entity
Education
Education and training (cultural)
Education expenditure by source of funding as a percentage of GDP (public, private, international)
Education for sustainable development
Education provider
Education resources to students
Educational activity
Educational and research digital resources
Educational attainment
Educational attainment of the population aged 25 years and above
Educational expenditure by nature of spending in public educational institutions
Educational goods and services
Educational institution
Educational personnel
Educational programme
Elderly literacy rate
Electricity
Electronic commerce (or e-commerce)
Email account
Employed population / Persons in employment
Employee / paid employment
Employer
Enabling Environment
Engineering and technology (for R&D data)
Enrolment
Enterprise
Entitled to use
Establishment
Exchange funds for R&D
Exhibition entities
Existence of funding mechanisms to reallocate education resources to disadvantaged populations
Expenditure on education
Expenditure on education as % of total government expenditure (all sectors)
Expenditure on education per student by level of education and source of funding
Experimental development
Exports of goods
Extent to which (i) global citizenship education and (ii) education for sustainable development are mainstreamed in (a) national education policies, (b) curricula, (c) teacher education and (d) student assessment
Extent to which explicit formula-based policies reallocate education resources to disadvantaged populations
Extent to which national education policies and education sector plans recognize a breadth of skills that needs to be enhanced in national education systems
Extent to which the framework on the World Programme on Human Rights Education is implemented nationally (as per the UNGA Resolution 59/113)
External R&D funds
External R&D personnel
Extramural R&D
Fashion design
Feature film
Feature film in video format
Feature film production
Fiction
Field of education
Fields of research and development (FORD)
Film broadcast
Film distribution company
Financial year
Firm
Firms with only abandoned or ongoing innovation activities
First language
First-time release feature film
Fixed broadband internet
Fixed level of proficiency (FLP)
Fixed narrowband internet
Foreign Affiliates statistics (FATS)
Foreign direct investment (FDI) inward
Foreign direct investment outward
Foreign distribution company
Foreign exhibition entity
Foreign feature film
Foreign newspaper
Foreign production
Formal education
Foundation
Foundational skills in early grades
Free broadcast
Free education
Free newspaper
Full-time equivalent (FTE) of R&D personnel
Full-time equivalent number of students
Full-time equivalent number of teachers
Full-time student
Full-time teaching staff
Full-time worker
Functional literacy
Functional numeracy
GDP per capita
Gender
Gender analysis
Gender equality (SDG 4.7.4)
Gender equity
Gender parity
Gender parity index (GPI)
General education
Generalist programmes or channels
GERD as a percentage of GDP
GERD by fields of research and development
GERD by sector of performance
GERD by source of funds
GERD by type of costs
GERD by type of R&D activity
GERD in local currency
GERD in Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs)
GERD per capita
GERD per researcher
Global citizenship education
Government budget allocations for R&D (GBARD)
Government dependent private institution
Government expenditure in educational institutions as % of GDP
Government expenditure on education as % of GDP
Government expenditure on education in PPP$ (millions)
Government expenditure on education in US$ (millions)
Government expenditure on R&D (GOVERD)
Government expenditure per student as % of GDP per capita
Government expenditure per student in constant PPP $
Government expenditure per student in constant US$
Government expenditure per student in US$
Government sector (for R&D data)
Government tax relief for R&D expenditures (GTARD)
Grade
Graduation (from an educational programme)
Graphic design
Gross attendance ratio
Gross box office
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD)
Gross domestic product (GDP)
Gross early childhood education enrolment ratio in (a) pre-primary education and (b) early childhood educational development
Gross enrolment ratio
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, by sex
Gross graduation ratio from first degrees programme (ISCED 6 and 7) in tertiary education
Gross intake ratio to the last grade (primary education, lower secondary education)
Gross national expenditure on R&D (GNERD)
Grossed up results
Hampering factors for innovation activities
Head office
Headcount (HC) of R&D personnel
Health
Health and well-being
Higher education expenditure on R&D (HERD)
Higher education sector (for R&D data)
Home language
Household
Household expenditure surveys
Household payments to educational institutions
Human rights
Humanities and the arts (for R&D data)
ICT support services
ICT-enabled distance education programmes
ICT-related fields
Imports of goods
Imputation
In-house R&D
In-service training
Inbound mobility rate
Income from admissions/membership fees/selling services and goods
Independent private institution
Indirect public expenditures on heritage
Indoor cinema site
Industry / Economic activity / Sector
Informal sector
Information and communication technologies (ICT)
Information and communication technology (ICT) in education
INGOS or NGOS
Initial education
Innovation
Innovation activities
Innovation-active firms
Innovative firms
Instructional educational institution
Intangible cultural heritage
Interactive media
Intergovernmental transfers for education
Interior design activities
Internal R&D funds
Internal R&D personnel
International Classification of Status in Employment
International co-production
International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED)
International Standard Classification of Occupations (2008)
International trade in services
Internationally mobile students
Internet
Internet for pedagogical purposes
Internet laboratory
Internet live streaming
Internet podcasting
Internet-assisted instruction
Intramural R&D expenditures
ISCED 01: Early childhood educational development
ISCED 02: Pre-primary education
ISCED 0: Early childhood education (includes ISCED 01 and ISCED 02)
ISCED 1: Primary education
ISCED 2: Lower secondary education
ISCED 3: Upper secondary education
ISCED 4: Post-secondary non-tertiary education
ISCED 5: Short-cycle tertiary education
ISCED 6: Bachelor’s or equivalent level
ISCED 7: Master’s or equivalent level
ISCED 8: Doctoral or equivalent level
Job / Work activity
Joint venture distribution company
Joint venture exhibition entity
Journalists
Knowledge of environmental science and geoscience
Labour costs (in current R&D expenditures)
Labour Force Survey
Land and buildings (in capital R&D expenditures)
Landscape design
Language of instruction
Law
Learners promoted
Learning
Learning assessment
Learning disability
Learning outcomes
Level of formal qualification (for R&D data)
Levels of education
Library
Licence
Linear mode
Literacy
Literacy rate
Literacy rate, 25-64 years
Live streaming
Local area network (LAN)
Local government
Local/municipal level
Machinery and equipment (in capital R&D expenditures)
Main job / Primary job
Majority co-production
Market introduction of innovations
Market share
Marketing innovation
Marketing innovators
Mathematics (for ICT in education data)
Mean years of schooling
Medical and health sciences (for R&D data)
Member of producers’ cooperative
Merger
Minimum level of proficiency (digital literacy)
Minimum proficiency level (reading and mathematics)
Minority co-production
Module
Multi-seat computers
Multilingual feature films
Multiplex
Museum
National distribution company
National exhibition entity
National/federal level
Nationally-produced feature films
Natural heritage
Natural sciences (for ICT in education data)
Natural sciences (for R&D data)
Natural sciences and engineering (for R&D data)
Net enrolment rate in (a) pre-primary education and (b) early childhood educational development
Net flow of internationally mobile students
Net Intergovernmental transfers on heritage
New entrants
Newly recruited teachers
Newspaper geographic coverage (national coverage of newspapers)
Newspaper geographic coverage (sub-national coverage of newspapers)
Non-daily newspapers
Non-formal education
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
Non-innovative firms
Non-instructional educational institution
Non-teaching staff
Not in the labour force / Outside the labour force
Number of attacks on students, personnel and institutions
Number of classroom teachers and academic staff
Number of hours usually worked per week
Number of illiterates
Number of indoor cinema sites
Number of jobs
Number of repeaters
Number of years of (a) free and (b) compulsory pre-primary education guaranteed in legal frameworks
Number of years of (a) free and (b) compulsory primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks
Occupation
Official Development Aid
Official entrance age
On-demand
Ongoing innovation activities
Online newspaper
Open educational resources (OER)
Opinion survey
Organizational innovation
Organizational innovators
Organized educational activity
Original language
Other cinema facilities
Other current costs (in current R&D expenditures)
Other intellectual property products (in capital R&D expenditures)
Other preparations for product and process innovations
Other supporting staff
Other supporting staff by sector of employment
Out-of-school children, adolescents and youth (number)
Out-of-school rate (1 year before primary, primary education, lower secondary education, upper secondary education)
Outbound mobility ratio
Over-age students
Overall education funding mechanisms
Own-account worker
Owner-manager of incorporated enterprise
Ownership
Ownership (community)
Ownership (private)
Ownership (public)
Parent-Teacher Association (PTA)
Parity co-production
Parity indices (female/male, rural/urban, bottom/top wealth quintiles and others such as disability status, indigenous peoples and conflict-affected, as data become available) for all education indicators on this list that can be disaggregated
Part-time student
Part-time teaching staff
Part-time worker
Participants in adult literacy programmes
Participation rate
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age), by sex
Participation rate in technical and vocational programmes (15- to 24-year-olds), by sex
Participation rate of illiterate youth/adults in literacy programmes
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal education and training in the previous 12 months, by sex
Pay broadcasting (TV or radio)
Pay newspaper
Pay television channel
Peace, non-violence and human security
Percentage of a specific age group that are employed in cultural industries
Percentage of children over-age for grade (primary education, lower secondary education)
Percentage of children under 5 years experiencing positive and stimulating home learning environments
Percentage of employees in a specific cultural domain that are temporary
Percentage of employees in cultural occupations that are females
Percentage of employees in cultural occupations that are temporary, by sex
Percentage of employees in non cultural occupations that are females
Percentage of employees that are in cultural occupation, by sex
Percentage of enrolment in private institutions by level of education
Percentage of female teachers
Percentage of graduates by field of education (tertiary education)
Percentage of illiterates who are female
Percentage of persons employed in a specific cultural domain that are females
Percentage of persons employed in a specific cultural domain that are part-time workers
Percentage of persons employed in a specific cultural domain that are self-employed
Percentage of persons employed in cultural industries that are females
Percentage of persons employed in cultural industries that are in a specific age group
Percentage of persons employed in cultural industries that have a cultural occupation
Percentage of persons employed in cultural industries that have attained a specific level of education
Percentage of persons employed in cultural industries that hold a secondary job in cultural industries, by sex
Percentage of persons employed in cultural industries, by sex
Percentage of persons employed in cultural occupations and working in non cultural industries
Percentage of persons employed in cultural occupations that are females
Percentage of persons employed in cultural occupations that are in a specific age group
Percentage of persons employed in cultural occupations that are self-employed, by sex
Percentage of persons employed in cultural occupations that are working in a specific cultural domain
Percentage of persons employed in cultural occupations that are working in cultural industries
Percentage of persons employed in cultural occupations that attained a specific level of education
Percentage of persons employed in cultural occupations that have more than one job, by sex
Percentage of persons employed in cultural occupations that hold a secondary job in cultural occupations, by sex
Percentage of persons employed in cultural occupations that work part-time, by sex
Percentage of persons employed in cultural occupations with more than one job that are females
Percentage of persons employed in cultural occupations with only one job that are females
Percentage of persons employed in cultural occupations, by sex
Percentage of persons employed in cultural occupations, by socio-demographics characteristics (Indicator group)
Percentage of persons employed in non cultural industries that are females
Percentage of persons employed in non cultural industries that are in a specific age group
Percentage of persons employed in non cultural industries that have a cultural occupation
Percentage of persons employed in non cultural industries that have attained a specific level of education
Percentage of persons employed in non cultural industries that hold a secondary job in cultural industries, by sex
Percentage of persons employed in non cultural occupations and working in cultural industries
Percentage of persons employed in non cultural occupations and working in non cultural industries
Percentage of persons employed in non cultural occupations that are females
Percentage of persons employed in non cultural occupations that are in a specific age group
Percentage of persons employed in non cultural occupations that are self-employed, by sex
Percentage of persons employed in non cultural occupations that are working in cultural industries
Percentage of persons employed in non cultural occupations that attained a specific level of education
Percentage of persons employed in non cultural occupations that have more than one job, by sex
Percentage of persons employed in non cultural occupations that hold a secondary job in cultural occupations, by sex
Percentage of persons employed in non cultural occupations that work part-time, by sex
Percentage of persons employed in non cultural occupations with more than one job that are females
Percentage of persons employed in non cultural occupations with only one job that are females
Percentage of persons employed in the cultural sector
Percentage of persons holding a secondary job in cultural industries that are females
Percentage of persons holding a secondary job in cultural occupations that are females
Percentage of persons holding a secondary job in non cultural industries that are females
Percentage of persons holding a secondary job in non cultural occupations that are females
Percentage of persons in cultural employment
Percentage of persons of a specific age group that are employed in cultural occupations
Percentage of persons self-employed in cultural occupations that are females
Percentage of persons self-employed in non cultural occupations that are females
Percentage of persons self-employed that are in cultural occupation, by sex
Percentage of persons with a specific level of education that are employed in cultural industries
Percentage of persons with a specific level of education that are employed in cultural occupations
Percentage of persons with more than one job that are employed in cultural industries, by sex
Percentage of persons with more than one job that are employed in cultural occupations, by sex
Percentage of persons with only one job that are employed in cultural occupations, by sex
Percentage of persons working full-time in cultural occupations that are females
Percentage of persons working full-time in non cultural occupations that are females
Percentage of persons working full-time that are employed in cultural occupations, by sex
Percentage of persons working part-time in cultural occupations that are females
Percentage of persons working part-time in non cultural occupations that are females
Percentage of persons working part-time that are employed in cultural occupations, by sex
Percentage of private enrolment
Percentage of regular employees in cultural occupations that are females
Percentage of regular employees in non cultural occupations that are females
Percentage of regular employees that are employed in cultural occupations, by sex
Percentage of schools that provide life skills-based HIV and sexuality education
Percentage of students by programme orientation (ISCED 2, 3, 4 &5)
Percentage of students experiencing bullying in the last 12 months in a) primary and b) lower secondary education
Percentage of students in a) early grades, b) at the end of primary, and c) at the end of lower secondary education who have their first or home language as language of instruction.
Percentage of students in lower secondary showing adequate understanding of issues relating to global citizenship and sustainability
Percentage of students in lower secondary showing proficiency in knowledge of environmental science and geoscience
Percentage of teachers by highest level of education completed
Percentage of teachers qualified according to national standards, by level of education and type of institution
Percentage of teachers trained to use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to support teaching
Percentage of teachers who received in-service training in the last 12 months by type of training
Percentage of teachers with permanent contract
Percentage of temporary employees in cultural occupations that are females
Percentage of temporary employees in non cultural occupations that are females
Percentage of temporary employees that are employed in cultural occupations, by sex
Percentage of total aid to education allocated to least developed countries
Percentage of vocational enrolment
Percentage of youth/adults who have achieved at least a minimum level of proficiency in digital literacy skills
Performers of R&D
Performing Arts and Celebration
Permanency status
Permanent contract
Persons in cultural employment per million inhabitants
Persons with special needs
Pilot survey
Plan
Podcasts
Policy
Poor groups
Population of the official age / school age population
Potable water
Pre-service teacher training
Preparations for marketing innovations
Preparations for organisational innovations
Preservation
Print and online newspaper
Print only
Private educational institution
Private expenditure on heritage (Percentage)
Private heritage expenditure
Private institution
Private media organizations
Private newspaper
Private non-profit expenditure on R&D (PNPERD)
Private non-profit sector (for R&D data)
Process innovation
Process innovators
Process-only innovators
Product and process innovators
Product innovation
Product innovators
Product-only innovators
Proportion of children aged 24-59 months who are developmentally on track in health, learning and psychosocial well-being, by sex
Proportion of children and young people (a) in grades 2/3; (b) at the end of primary; and (c) at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in (i) reading and (ii) mathematics, by sex
Proportion of children/young people prepared for the future, by sex
Proportion of population in a given age group achieving at least a fixed level of proficiency in functional (a) literacy and (b) numeracy skills, by sex
Proportion of schools offering basic services, by type of service
Proportion of schools with access to adapted infrastructure and materials for students with disabilities
Proportion of schools with access to basic drinking water
Proportion of schools with access to computers for pedagogical purposes
Proportion of schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purposes
Proportion of schools with basic handwashing facilities
Proportion of schools with single-sex basic sanitation facilities
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications, by education level
Proportion of total government spending on essential services (education, health and social protection)
Proportion of youth and adults with information and communications technology (ICT) skills, by type of skill
Protection
Psychosocial well-being
Public educational institution
Public expenditure on culture as a percentage of GDP
Public expenditure on culture as a percentage of total public expenditure
Public expenditure on heritage
Public expenditure on heritage (Percentage)
Public expenditure on heritage as a percentage of total public expenditure
Public expenditure on heritage as a percentage of total public expenditure on culture
Public general university funds (GUF) (for R&D data)
Public newspaper
Public subsidies
Public television
Public/state broadcasting service
Pupil-qualified teacher ratio by level of education
Pupil-trained teacher ratio by education level
Purchasing power parity (PPP)
Qualification
Qualified teacher
Quality of early childhood environment
R&D coefficients
R&D functions
R&D personnel by sex
Radio
Rating
Re-exports
Reach
Readership
Reading, writing and literature (for ICT in education data)
Recreation
Regional average
Regional government
Regional/state/provincial level
Registration
Regular employees
Regular employees with contracts without limits of time
Regular employees with fixed term contracts
Regulation
Regulatory authority
Regulatory mechanism
Religious institutions
Repetition rate by grade (primary and lower secondary education)
Research and experimental development (R&D)
Researchers
Researchers by age
Researchers by fields of research and development
Researchers by formal qualification
Researchers by sector of employment
Researchers by seniority levels
Researchers per million inhabitants
Researchers per thousand employment
Researchers per thousand labour force
Resources to school
Respondents
Rest of the world (for R&D data)
Rural area
Sample
Sample size
Sampling
School
School achievement
School life expectancy
School management board
Scientific digital libraries
Screen density
Seat density
Second languages (for ICT in education data)
Secondary education (ISCED 2 and 3)
Secondary job
Self-employed
Self-regulatory body
Sex-disaggregated data
Share in exports of cultural goods
Share in imports of cultural goods
Share in total exports of cultural goods
Share in total imports of cultural goods
Share of a specific cultural domain in exports
Share of a specific cultural domain in imports
Share of exports of cultural goods in all goods
Share of imports of cultural goods in all goods
Simulcast
Simulcast (online)
Size class
Social resources to students
Social sciences (for ICT in education data)
Social sciences (for R&D data)
Social sciences and humanities (for R&D data)
Source of R&D funds
Sources of funds
Sources of information for innovation activities
Special needs education
Sports and Physical recreation
Stage
Start and end of academic school year (month, year)
Student
Successful innovation activities
Successfully completed a basic computer skills (or computing) course
Support personnel
Survival rate by grade (primary education)
Sustained
Target population
Tax waiver on ICT equipment
Teacher attrition rate by education level
Teacher education
Teacher incentive programmes
Teacher training programme
Teachers trained to teach basic computer skills (or computing)
Teachers trained to teach subjects using ICT facilities
Teachers' Professional Development
Teachers' salary
Teachers’ salaries
Teaching and Learning
Technical penetration
Technical transmission platform
Technical-vocational programme
Technicians and equivalent staff
Technicians by sector of employment
Technicians per million inhabitants
Technicians per thousand employment
Technicians per thousand labour force
Telephone communication facility
Television
Television broadcasting
Television channel
Temporary employees
Tertiary education (ISCED levels 5 to 8)
Thematic channel (as opposed to generalist)
Theoretical duration
Time-use surveys (for R&D data)
Toilets
Total expenditure on ICT in education from international (foreign) sources
Total heritage expenditure
Total net attendance rate
Total net enrolment rate
Total of average circulation per issue
Total per capita expenditure on the preservation, protection and conservation of all cultural and natural heritage
Total private expenditure on education
Total public expenditure on heritage
Total R&D personnel
Total R&D personnel by formal qualification
Total R&D personnel by function
Total R&D personnel by sector of employment
Total R&D personnel per million inhabitants
Total R&D personnel per thousand employment
Total R&D personnel per thousand labour force
Trade Balance
Traditional knowledge
Trained teacher
Training
Training for innovative activities
Transfer
Transfer R&D funds
Transfers from international sources to all levels of government
Types of costs of R&D
Types of R&D
Types of R&D funds
Unemployed population / Persons in unemployment
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Video disc
Video format
Video-on-demand service offering mainly feature films (VOD)
Videocassette
Virtual experiment laboratories
Visual arts
Vocational education
Volume
Volume of official development assistance flows for scholarships, by sector and type of study
Website (institutional)
Weighted average
Weighted participation rate
Welfare services
Workers in seasonal employment
Workers in short-term employment
Youth/adult educational attainment rates by age group and level of education
Youth/adult literacy rate
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