R&D (SDG 9.5) Data Release - February 2025: Highlights SDG 9.5 on Research and development (R&D): The UIS, as the custodian agency, collects data and produces two key indicators to monitor progress ...

The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) is pleased to announce its February 2025data release for expenditure on culture and natural heritage (SDG 11.4.1). Indicator 11.4.1: 11.4.1 Total expenditure ...

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 ...

Note.Underscored competence areas and competences are proposed additions to the existing DigComp 2.1 competences. The framework will also support efforts to develop indicators for SDG targets beyond ...

New data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics show that there are still about 262 million – or one out of every five – children, adolescents and youth between the ages of 6 and 17 out of ...

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 ...

Notes: Data in this graph are based on headcounts – HC measurements (that is total number of researchers who are mainly or partially engaged in R&D). The regional averages are based on available data ...

New data now available in the SDG 4 database contains information on over 200 countries, including: disaggregated data on the proportion of children and young people achieving at least a minimum ...

New data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics show that 617 million children and adolescents worldwide are not achieving minimum proficiency levels in reading and mathematics. The figure signals ...

While the number appears to have dropped from 262 million in 2017 as reported last year, the fall is largely due to a methodological change in the way the indicators are calculated. Children of ...

As policymakers and advocates from around the world gather for the Women Deliver Conference (Vancouver, Canada, 3-6 June), the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) has released a new edition of the ...

As the Fourth Meeting of the Global Alliance to Monitor Learning (GAML) gets underway in Madrid, the UNESCO Institute for Statistics explores how best to measure functional literacy and numeracy. 750 ...