Education statistics and country rankings
Country tables for literacy, enrollment, education spending, school completion, teachers and international assessments. Each data page identifies the metric, reference year, coverage and primary source used.
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Global rankings
Schooling indicators, education index data and cross-country matrices.
02Education spending
GDP share, government expenditure and per-student spending.
03Literacy
Adult, youth, female and male literacy rate tables.
04School enrollment
Primary, secondary, tertiary and out-of-school indicators.
05Student achievement
PISA, TIMSS and PIRLS score tables by subject and grade.
06Completion & attainment
Completion rates and expected or mean years of schooling.
07Teachers
Pupil–teacher ratios and statutory teacher salary comparisons.
08PISA
Mathematics, reading and science results from PISA 2022.
09TIMSS
Grade 4 and Grade 8 mathematics and science results.
10PIRLS
Grade 4 reading achievement data for participating systems.
Featured country datasets
Selected tables with the metric, coverage and source period shown before the ranking.
Global Education Statistics by Country
Expected years of schooling, mean years of schooling and a calculated education component index for 193 countries and territories using 2023 source values.
Education Spending by Country
Government education expenditure as a share of GDP; source years 2021–2025.
PISA Scores by Country
Mathematics, reading and science mean scores from the 2022 assessment.
Teacher Salary by Country
Lower-secondary statutory salary after 15 years, reported in equivalent USD PPP.
Literacy Rate by Country
Country ranking with value years, coverage notes and source-linked tables.
Recently published data pages
The latest published tables from teacher, attainment and completion datasets.
Teacher Salary by Country 2026
Statutory lower-secondary teacher salaries in equivalent USD PPP using OECD EAG 2025 data.
Open data →Student-Teacher Ratio by Country 2026
Latest reported primary pupil–teacher ratios for 206 countries and economies.
Open data →Mean Years of Schooling by Country 2026
Adult attainment values for people aged 25 and older, with 2023 country rankings.
Open data →Expected Years of Schooling by Country 2026
Country table, historical trend and source-year notes for expected schooling years.
Open data →Primary School Completion Rate by Country 2026
Country completion-rate data with rankings, charts and reporting-year context.
Open data →Secondary School Completion Rate by Country 2026
Secondary completion statistics with country comparisons and methodology notes.
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