DefinitionThe number of illiterates in a given age-group who are female expressed as a percentage of the total number of illiterates (male and female) in the same age-group in a reference year.Data...
DefinitionNumber of inbound internationally mobile students minus the corresponding number of outbound internationally mobile students.Data sourceUIS survey of formal education and the joint UNESCO-...
DefinitionTotal general (local, regional and central) government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers), in millions US$ in nominal or constant value (taking into account...
DefinitionInternationally mobile students are individuals who have physically crossed an international border between two countries with the objective to participate in educational activities in the...
DefinitionEducational expenditure in public institutions from all sources of funding disaggregated by type of expenditure (current, capital), or by nature of spending (all staff compensation,...
DefinitionAge at which students would enter a given programme or level of education assuming they start at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, study full-time throughout and...
DefinitionNumber of years that a given education level is designed to last as defined in a country’s regulations or laws.Source definitionUNESCO Institute for StatisticsPurposeTo help determine the...
DefinitionThe annual period stipulated in national instruction laws, when sessions of an educational institution begin and end. This period could be within a calendar year or overlap two calendar...
