UIS releases data for reference year 2016 New figures on the number of children out of school worldwide reveal that, despite decades of efforts to get every child into the classroom, progress has come ...

From the cocoa farmer in Ghana using a mobile phone to market crops to the nurse in Sweden using telehealth to check on patients at home – digital literacy is considered an essential set of skills ...

Education Data Release – September 2023 New education data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) released this week track country progress towards Sustainable Development Goal objectives for ...

The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) is excited to announce its annual Spring Data Refresh aimed at filling gaps and increasing coverage for SDG indicators related to education and research and ...

The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) has launched its 2023 Survey of Research and Experimental Development (R&D) Statistics for the reference year 2022 to ensure the timely collection of data for ...

The UIS is excited to introduce the new UIS Data Browser which brings together all our data on education, science, and culture, making it a convenient resource for everyone, from policymakers to ...

In Central and Southern Asia, numbers of children falling below the minimum level appear to have been large, at 34 million primary and lower secondary children. Regions with relatively extensive ...

As the UN custodian agency entrusted with monitoring education targets to ensure that SDG 4 is reached in this Decade for Action, we are reaffirming our global commitment towards achieving the 2030 ...

The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) has launched its 2025 Survey of Research and Experimental Development (R&D) Statistics, with data collection for the reference year 2024. This survey gathers ...

Girls and women are underrepresented in STEM education and STEM careers. This disparity is alarming as these are often referred to as the jobs of the future – driving innovation, social wellbeing and ...

Every September, the UIS updates its education data, making it more comprehensive and detailed. This includes data collected regularly from UIS surveys of national authorities, household surveys, ...

Silvia Montoya, Director, UNESCO Institute for Statistics and Manos Antoninis, Director, Global Education Monitoring Report The International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) was ...