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  • Average OECD non-tertiary education expenditure by source of funding
  • Average learning outcomes vs GDP per capita
  • Average years of schooling for men
  • Average years of schooling for women
  • Child mortality vs. women's average years of schooling
  • Children in school: administrative vs household survey data
  • Cumulative drop-out rate to the last grade of lower secondary general education
  • Duration of compulsory education
  • Electoral democracy today vs. past average years of schooling
  • Existence of nationally representative learning assessment at the end of primary education
  • Expected years of schooling
  • Gender ratios for average years of schooling
  • Girls of primary school age who are out-of-school, by world region
  • Gross enrollment ratio in primary education
  • Gross enrollment ratio in secondary education
  • Learning outcomes, minimum vs advanced achievement
  • Literate and illiterate world population
  • National average learning outcomesAltinok, Angrist, Patrinos (2018)
  • Net attendance rate of primary school
  • Number of adults with no education by region
  • Number of out-of-school children
  • Official entrance age to compulsory education
  • Participation time in study per day
  • Population aged 15+ by highest level of education achieved
  • Primary-school-age children who are out of school by world region
  • Public education expenditure as share of GDP
  • Public spending on education as a share of GDP
  • 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 population with a completed post-secondary education
  • Share of the population with at least some secondary education
  • Share of the population with no formal education, projections by IIASA
  • Share of the population with secondary education, but no tertiary education
  • Share of the world population older than 15 years with at least basic education
  • The share of children in primary school age who are in school
  • Time spent in study per day

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