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  • Average OECD non-tertiary education expenditure by source of funding
  • Average learning outcomes
  • Average learning outcomes vs. GDP per capita
  • Average learning-adjusted years of schooling
  • Average performance of 15 year olds on the reading scale, girls vs. boys
  • Average years of schooling
  • Average years of schooling for men
  • Average years of schooling for women
  • Child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women
  • Children in school: administrative vs. household survey data
  • Children out of school
  • Duration of compulsory education
  • Employment rates with intermediate vs. advanced education
  • Existence of nationally representative learning assessment at the end of primary education
  • Expected years of schooling
  • Expected years of schooling vs. share of population in extreme poverty
  • Gender parity in gross enrolment rates from primary through tertiary education
  • Gender ratio for average years of schooling
  • Girls of primary school age who are out-of-school, by world region
  • Gross enrolment ratio in primary education
  • Gross enrolment ratio in secondary education
  • Inequality in education
  • Learning adjusted years of schooling for males vs. females
  • Learning outcomes, minimum vs. advanced achievement
  • Literate and illiterate world population
  • Male-to-female ratio of high school courses in math and science
  • Net attendance rate of primary school
  • Number of adults with no education by region
  • Numeracy rate in men
  • Numeracy rate in women
  • Official entrance age to compulsory education
  • Participation rate in formal and non-formal education and training
  • Percentage of primary schools with toilets
  • Population having attained at least basic education by region
  • Primary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index
  • Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrolment and completion rates
  • Primary-school-age children who are out of school by world region
  • Projections of adult population by highest level of education achieved
  • Projections of share of the population with no formal educationIIASA
  • Public education expenditure as share of GDP
  • Public spending on education as a share of GDP
  • Share of adults with secondary education, but no tertiary education
  • Share of children in primary school age who are in school
  • Share of population, 15 years and older, with no education
  • Share of students achieving advanced learning outcomes
  • Share of students achieving intermediate learning outcomes
  • Share of students achieving minimum learning outcomes
  • Share of the world's population with formal basic education
  • Unemployment rate, basic vs. advanced education
  • World population by level of educationwith projections

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