The UIS has released a new series of historical data that allows users to track trends in education since 1970. The statistics are published for the first time in the UIS Data Centre.
The historical time series include key indicators - such as gross enrolment ratios, repetition and completion rates - for pre-primary to tertiary education. They are reported on a five-year basis since 1970.
- Table 26: Tertiary education
This release is the result of a major UIS initiative to improve the comparability and quality of historical education data. All of the statistics were reviewed and revised to ensure that they comply with the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 97), which has been used to collect and produce global education statistics since 1998/99. In addition, the UIS also investigated and corrected inconsistencies in the historical data.
As a result of this initiative, analysts now have access to education indicators dating back more than 40 years. These data can be compared across countries to track trends and benchmark progress towards education goals.
The UIS Data Centre contains the following historical data tables:
Table 21: Pre-primary education
Table 22: New entrants into primary educationTable 23: Enrolment and teaching staff in primary education
Table 24: Repeaters and measures of completion in primary education
Table 25: Secondary education
Table 26: Tertiary education
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