International and European Union Statistical Resources: Education

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Resources

  • Global Education Database

    Developed by the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) Center for Human Capacity Development to provide the Agency and its development partners with statistical data on international education.

  • International Archive of Education Data

    Provides a user-friendly interface to cross tabulations of microdata from the National Center for Education Statistics (see note below on NCES). The Archive acquires, processes, documents, and disseminates data collected by national, state or provincial, local, and private organizations, pertaining to all levels of education in countries for which data is available.

  • International Literacy Explorer

    Compares education statistics between countries. Produced by the University of Pennsylvania/Graduate School of Education.

  • National Center for Education Statistics

    NCES is the primary federal agency for collecting and analyzing data on education in the United States and other nations.

  • OECD Education Database

    Provides internationally comparable data on key aspects of education systems. OECD Member countries cooperate to gather the information, to develop and apply common definitions and criteria for the quality control of the data, to verify the data and to provide the information necessary to interpret the submitted data. The database covers: enrolments, graduates and new entrants by sex, age and level of education, teaching staff and expenditure.

    See also the OECD Statistics Portal's Education and Training page, which includes their Education at a Glance publications.

  • UNESCO Institute for Statistics: Education

    Data from over 200 countries in the fields of education, science and technology, culture and communication. Data tables can be downloaded for manipulation in Microsoft Excel. They can also be custom-built with user-specified variables via a web interface. The main objective of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is to contribute to peace and security in the world by promoting collaboration among nations through education, science, culture and communication. See also their Education Information Center.

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