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World Vitals / Learning access and completion

Education

Track education access, completion, and learning indicators as core long-run development signals.

What this page shows

Education data belongs beside health, population, and economy because it explains long-run human capability rather than a single headline count.

The primary charts now come from normalized database observations. Snapshot cards remain useful for latest values, but time series and paired relationships get chart types that match the question.

Database charts

Education over time and in context

These charts use normalized observations from the World Vitals database. Time-series charts show change; scatter plots show paired relationships where the data actually supports comparison.

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Adult literacy is the baseline education signal

Literacy is not the whole education story, but it gives the page a globally comparable outcome measure.

87.742024

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63.676.689.519752024
202487.74 percent of people ages 15 and aboveWorld Bank

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Lower secondary completion tracks school-system throughput

Completion rates show whether enrolment is turning into finished schooling.

77.892024

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55.467.579.619892024
202477.886 percent of relevant age groupWorld Bank

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Tertiary enrolment shows higher-education expansion

Gross tertiary enrolment makes the scale of post-secondary education visible over time.

43.622024

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5.926.246.419702024
202443.615 percent gross enrollmentWorld Bank

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Education spending anchors the finance side

Public education expenditure as a share of GDP helps separate inputs from schooling outcomes.

3.572023

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3.54.14.719992023
20233.569 percent of GDPWorld Bank

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Primary completion tracks basic education progress

Education belongs in the core dimensions because it explains long-run social and economic change.

88.022024

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7985.591.919882024
202488.022 percent of relevant age groupWorld Bank

Source plan

Education data pipeline

Candidate sourceWorld Bank WDI
Candidate sourceUNESCO Institute for Statistics
Candidate sourceUNICEF Data

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