Indicators
Access and completion
Pre-primary education attendance
Percentage of children attending any type of pre–primary education programme, (i) as 3–4 year olds and (ii) 1 year before the official entrance age to primary.
Never been to school
Percentage of children aged 3-6 years above primary school entrance age who have never been to school.
Over-age primary school attendance
Percentage of children in primary school who are two years or more older than the official age for grade.
Out-of-school children
Percentage of children of primary school age who are not in school.
Primary completion rate
Percentage of (i) children and young people aged 3-5 years above primary school graduation age and (ii) young people aged 15-24 years, who have completed primary school.
Transition rate to lower secondary school
Number of young people attending the first grade of lower secondary school as a percentage of those attending the final grade of primary school.
Out-of-school adolescents
Percentage of adolescents of lower secondary school age who are not in school.
Lower secondary completion rate
Percentage of (i) young people aged 3-5 years above lower secondary school graduation age and (ii) young people aged 15-24 years, who have completed lower secondary school.
Transition rate to upper secondary school
Number of young people attending the first grade of upper secondary school as a percentage of those attending the final grade of lower secondary school.
Out-of-school youth
Percentage of youth of upper secondary school age who are not in school.
Upper secondary completion rate
Percentage of (i) young people aged 3-5 years above upper secondary school graduation age and (ii) people aged 20-29 years, who have completed upper secondary school.
Higher education attendance
Percentage of people aged 18-22 years attending higher education.
Tertiary completion rate
Percentage of people aged 25–29/30–34, who have completed at least two/four years of higher education.
Less than 2 years of schooling
Percentage of the population living in extreme education poverty: with less than two years of education for the age group 20-24 years.
Less than 4 years of schooling
Percentage of the population living in education poverty: with less than four years of education for the age group 20-24 years.
Mean years of education
Average number of years of schooling attained for the age group 20–24 years.
Learning
Youth literacy rate
Percentage of young people aged 15-24 who can read a simple sentence
Learning achievement in reading (primary)
Percentage of children of primary school age taking part in a reading assessment passing four levels of increasing difficulty
Learning achievement in reading (upper secondary)
Percentage of youth of upper secondary school age taking part in a reading assessment passing four levels of increasing difficulty
Learning achievement in mathematics (primary)
Percentage of children of primary school age taking part in a mathematics assessment passing four levels of increasing difficulty
Learning achievement in mathematics (lower secondary)
Percentage of adolescents of lower secondary school age taking part in a mathematics assessment passing four levels of increasing difficulty
Learning achievement in mathematics (upper secondary)
Percentage of youth of upper secondary school age taking part in a mathematics assessment passing four levels of increasing difficulty
Learning achievement in science (primary)
Percentage of children of primary school age taking part in a science assessment passing four levels of increasing difficulty
Learning achievement in science (lower secondary)
Percentage of adolescents of lower secondary school age taking part in a science assessment passing four levels of increasing difficulty
Learning achievement in science (upper secondary)
Percentage of youth of upper secondary school age taking part in a science assessment passing four levels of increasing difficulty