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World Development Indicators: Education (part 1 of 6)

30 World Development Indicators on education, annual, from 1960 where the World Bank has them, for all reporting economies and aggregates. Includes: Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, female (scale 0–188); Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, male (scale 0–188); Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, total (scale 0–188).

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Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)

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Compiled by the World Bank in World Development Indicators from official national and international sources, listed against each indicator by the World Bank. Some series come from third parties, so their own terms may apply beyond the World Bank's CC BY 4.0: check the source named for the indicator before redistributing. Sources in this set include: Staff calculations based on the Human Capital Project, World Bank (WB); Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); World Bank (WB); UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Cells with no value are not stored.

IndicatorCodeUnit
Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, female (scale 0–188)HD_HCIP_EDUC_FE—
Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, male (scale 0–188)HD_HCIP_EDUC_MA—
Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, total (scale 0–188)HD_HCIP_EDUC_TO—
Human capital index plus (HCI+): on-the-job learning pillar score, female (scale -30–87)HD_HCIP_OTJL_FE—
Human capital index plus (HCI+): on-the-job learning pillar score, male (scale -30–87)HD_HCIP_OTJL_MA—
Human capital index plus (HCI+): on-the-job learning pillar score, total (scale -30–87)HD_HCIP_OTJL_TO—
Human capital index plus (HCI+): overall score, female (scale 0–325)HD_HCIP_OVRL_FE—
Human capital index plus (HCI+): overall score, male (scale 0–325)HD_HCIP_OVRL_MA—
Human capital index plus (HCI+): overall score, total (scale 0–325)HD_HCIP_OVRL_TO—
Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)SE.ADT.1524.LT.FE.ZS—
Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index (GPI)SE.ADT.1524.LT.FM.ZS—
Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24)SE.ADT.1524.LT.MA.ZS—
Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24)SE.ADT.1524.LT.ZS—
Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above)SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS—
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)SE.ADT.LITR.ZS—
Compulsory education, duration (years)SE.COM.DURS—
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)SE.ENR.PRIM.FM.ZS—
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)SE.ENR.SECO.FM.ZS—
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)SE.ENR.TERT.FM.ZS—
Learning poverty: Share of Children at the End-of-Primary age below minimum reading proficiency adjusted by Out-of-School Children (%)SE.LPV.PRIM—
Learning poverty: Share of Female Children at the End-of-Primary age below minimum reading proficiency adjusted by Out-of-School Children (%)SE.LPV.PRIM.FE—
Pupils below minimum reading proficiency at end of primary (%). Low GAML thresholdSE.LPV.PRIM.LD—
Female pupils below minimum reading proficiency at end of primary (%). Low GAML thresholdSE.LPV.PRIM.LD.FE—
Male pupils below minimum reading proficiency at end of primary (%). Low GAML thresholdSE.LPV.PRIM.LD.MA—
Learning poverty: Share of Male Children at the End-of-Primary age below minimum reading proficiency adjusted by Out-of-School Children (%)SE.LPV.PRIM.MA—
Primary school age children out-of-school (%)SE.LPV.PRIM.SD—
Female primary school age children out-of-school (%)SE.LPV.PRIM.SD.FE—
Male primary school age children out-of-school (%)SE.LPV.PRIM.SD.MA—
Preprimary education, duration (years)SE.PRE.DURS—
Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimarySE.PRE.ENRL.TC.ZS—