National Monitoring : Illiterate population

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EDUCATION
- National Monitoring
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  - Classroom teachers and academic staff by sex
    - Number of teachers by teaching level of education
    - Percentage of female teachers by teaching level of education
  - School life expectancy
    - School life expectancy by level of education
  - Mean years of schooling
    - Mean years of schooling
  - Number and rates of international mobile students (inbound and outbound)
    - Inbound students
    - Outbound students
      - Outbound internationally mobile students by host region
    - Mobility indicators
  - Number of students and enrolment rates by level of education
    - Enrolment by level of education
      - Enrolment by level of education
    - Enrolment ratios
      - Gross enrolment ratio by level of education
      - Total net enrolment rate by level of education
    - Attendance rates
  - Graduation ratio from tertiary education
    - Gross graduation ratio from tertiary education
  - Repetition rate by grade (primary and lower secondary education) and number of repeaters
    - Repeaters
      - Repeaters in primary education
      - Repeaters in lower secondary general education
    - Repetition rates
      - Repetition rate in primary education
      - Repetition rate in lower secondary general education
  - Out-of-school children, adolescents and youth (number)
    - Number of out-of-school children of primary school age
    - Number of out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age
    - Number of out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age
    - Number of out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age
    - Number of out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age
    - Number of out-of-school children, adolescents and youth of primary and secondary school age
  - Percentage of graduates by field of education (tertiary education)
    - Distribution of tertiary graduates by field of study
  - Educational expenditure by nature of spending in public educational institutions
    - Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in public institutions
    - All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in public institutions
    - Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in public institutions
    - Non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in public institutions
    - Current expenditure other than staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in public institutions
    - Expenditure on school books and teaching material as % of total expenditure in public institutions
    - Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in public institutions
  - Percentage of students by programme orientation (ISCED 2, 3, 4 & 5)
    - Distribution of enrolment by programme orientation
  - Number of illiterates / Percentage of illiterates who are female
    - Illiterate population
    - Percentage of illiterates who are female
  - Percentage of enrolment in private institutions by level of education
    - Distribution of enrolment by type of institution
  - Government expenditure on education (amount)
    - Government expenditure on education in PPP$ (millions)
    - Government expenditure on education in constant PPP$
    - Government expenditure on education in US$
    - Government expenditure on education in constant US$
  - Survival rate by grade for primary education
    - Survival rate in primary education
  - Population of the official age / school age population
    - School age
      - School age population by level of education
    - Official entrance age
      - Population at official entrance age by level of education
  - Official entrance age and theoretical duration by level of education (years)
    - Official entrance age
      - Official entrance age to each ISCED level of education
    - Theoretical duration
      - Duration by level of education
  - Start and end of academic school year (month, year)
    - Academic year
      - Start and end of the academic year
  - Government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP
    - Government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP
- Sustainable Development Goals 1 and 4
  - Sustainable Development Goals 1 and 4 (full dataset)
  - Sustainable Development Goal 1
    - Target 1.a: Ensure significant mobilization of resources from a variety of sources, including through enhanced development cooperation, in order to provide adequate and predictable means for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, to implement programmes and policies to end poverty in all its dimensions
      - 1.a.2 Proportion of total government spending on essential services (education, health and social protection)
        1.a.2 Proportion of total government spending on essential services (education)
  - Sustainable Development Goal 4
    - Target 4.1: By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes
    - Target 4.2: By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education
    - Target 4.3: By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university
    - Target 4.4: By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship
    - Target 4.5: By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations
    - Target 4.6: By 2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy
    - Target 4.7: By 2030, ensure all learners acquire knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including among others through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship, and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development
    - Target 4.a: Build and upgrade education facilities that are child, disability and gender sensitive and provide safe, non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all
    - Target 4.b: By 2020, substantially expand globally the number of scholarships available to developing countries, in particular least developed countries, small island developing States and African countries, for enrolment in higher education, including vocational training, information and communications technology, technical, engineering and scientific programmes, in developed countries and other developing countries
      - 4.b.1 Volume of official development assistance flows for scholarships by sector and type of study
    - Target 4.c: By 2030, substantially increase the supply of qualified teachers, including through international cooperation for teacher training in developing countries, especially least developed countries and small island developing States
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
- Research and experimental development
  - Research and experimental development (full dataset)
  - Sustainable Development Goal 9.5
    - Target 9.5: Enhance scientific research, upgrade the technological capabilities of industrial sectors in all countries, in particular developing countries, including, by 2030, encouraging innovation and substantially increasing the number of research and development workers per 1 million people and public and private research and development spending.
      - 9.5.1 Research and development expenditure as a proportion of GDP
      - 9.5.2 Researchers (in full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants
  - Human resources in research and development (R&D)
  - Expenditure on research and development (R&D)
- Innovation
CULTURE
- Sustainable Development Goal 11
  - Sustainable Development Goal 11 (full dataset)
  - Target 11.4: Strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the world's cultural and natural heritage
    - 11.4.1 Total per capita expenditure on the preservation, protection and conservation of all cultural and natural heritage
- Cultural employment
  - Cultural employment (full dataset)
  - Cultural employment by occupation and industry (%)
    - Cultural employment by occupation and industry (%)
  - Employment in cultural occupations (%)
    - Employment in cultural occupations by socio-demographic characteristics (%)
    - Employment in cultural occupations by socio-economic characteristics (%)
    - Employment in cultural occupations by cultural domain (%)
  - Employment in cultural industries (%)
    - Employment in cultural industries by socio-demographic characteristics (%)
    - Employment in cultural industries by socio-economic characteristics (%)
  - Cultural employment by occupation and industry (number)
    - Cultural employment by occupation and industry (number)
  - Employment in cultural occupations (number)
    - Employment in cultural occupations by socio-demographic characteristics (number)
    - Employment in cultural occupations by socio-economic characteristics (number)
    - Employment in cultural occupations by cultural domain (number)
  - Employment in cultural industries (number)
    - Employment in cultural industries by socio-demographic characteristics (number)
    - Employment in cultural industries by socio-economic characteristics (number)
      - Existence of more than one job, cultural and non cultural industries (number)
      - Secondary job, cultural and non cultural industries (number)
- Feature films
  - Feature Films (full dataset)
  - Feature film production
  - Distribution of feature films
    - Distribution of feature films
    - Share of top 3 distributors
  - Cinema infrastructure
  - Exhibition of feature films
- International trade in cultural goods
  - International trade in cultural goods (full dataset)
  - International trade of all goods
    - Exports and imports of all goods
  - International trade of cultural goods
    - Exports and imports of cultural goods
    - Distribution of exports and imports of cultural goods
    - Exports and imports of cultural goods by domain
      - Exports of cultural goods by country and by domain
      - Imports of cultural goods by country and by domain
    - Exports and imports of cultural goods by income group and by domain
      - Exports of cultural goods by income group and by domain
      - Imports of cultural goods by income group and by domain
    - Exports and imports of cultural goods by SDGs region and by domain
      - Exports of cultural goods by SDGs regions and domain
      - Imports of cultural goods by SDGs regions and domain
    - Distribution of exports and imports of cultural goods by country and by domain
      - Distribution of exports of cultural goods by country and by domain (%)
      - Distribution of imports of cultural goods by country and by domain (%)
    - Distribution of exports and imports of cultural goods by domain and income group
      - Distribution of exports of cultural goods by income group and domain (%)
      - Distribution of imports of cultural goods by income group and domain (%)
    - Distribution of exports and imports of cultural goods by domain and SDGs region
      - Distribution of exports of cultural goods by SDGs regions and domain (%)
      - Distribution of imports of cultural goods by SDGs regions and domain (%)
  - International trade of goods indicators
    - Trade balance of all goods
    - Trade balance of cultural goods
COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION
- Communication and information
  - Communication and information (full dataset)
  - Information and communication technology (ICT) in education
  - Pilot media survey 2011-2012
  - Global media survey 2005-2006
    - Broadcast
    - Newspapers
      - Newspapers
  - Library statistics 1996-2000
    - Librairies
DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC
- Demographic and socio-economic
  - Demographic and socio-economic (full dataset)
  - Demographic
    - Demographic indicators
  - Socio-economic
    - Socio-economic indicators

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National Monitoring : Illiterate population

Indicator

Time

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Country

Afghanistan

^(‡)	2 791 022.00

Åland Islands

Albania

^(‡)

3 076.00

Algeria

^(‡)	156 217.00

American Samoa

Andorra

Angola

1 164 512.00

Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

^(‡)

49 247.00

^(‡)

30 736.00

^(‡)

34 779.00

35 374.00

Armenia

586.00

Aruba

^(‡)

76.00

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

⁽⁺⁾

721.00

926.00

928.00

929.00

Bahamas

Bahrain

975.00

763.00

599.00

Bangladesh

4 366 402.00

3 693 119.00

2 381 102.00

2 166 681.00

2 052 958.00

1 580 617.00

Barbados

^(‡)

34.00

Belarus

^(‡)

1 395.00

Belgium

Belize

Benin

^(‡)	890 035.00

Bermuda

Bhutan

10 406.00

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

12 547.00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

398 016.00

355 000.00

303 694.00

287 495.00

269 941.00

British Virgin Islands

Brunei Darussalam

^(‡)

203.00

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

1 728 217.00

^(‡)	1 651 809.00

Burundi

406 774.00

247 640.00

Cambodia

313 415.00

249 100.00

Cameroon

^(‡)	745 178.00

Canada

Cabo Verde

1 935.00

Cayman Islands

Central African Republic

^(‡)	623 445.00

Chad

^(‡)	1 740 408.00

2 021 100.00

Channel Islands

Chile

18 201.00

27 512.00

China

^(‡)	375 315.00

China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

China, Macao Special Administrative Region

152.00

Colombia

125 264.00

125 974.00

115 355.00

100 407.00

Comoros

^(‡)

35 376.00

Congo

^(‡)	175 683.00

Cook Islands

Costa Rica

^(‡)

4 465.00

Côte d'Ivoire

2 173 228.00

^(‡)	2 153 690.00

Croatia

Cuba

Curaçao

Cyprus

Czechia

2 218.00

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Democratic Republic of the Congo

2 181 069.00

Denmark

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

44 321.00

45 785.00

22 325.00

Ecuador

26 728.00

26 064.00

28 549.00

22 850.00

Egypt

1 975 700.00

El Salvador

26 578.00

25 856.00

25 971.00

25 663.00

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

^(‡)

42 012.00

Estonia

Eswatini

^(‡)

10 901.00

Ethiopia

^(‡)	6 272 645.00

Faeroe Islands

Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

Fiji

373.00

Finland

France

French Guiana

French Polynesia

Gabon

^(‡)

37 498.00

Gambia

140 195.00

Georgia

1 603.00

1 761.00

Germany

Ghana

^(‡)	434 946.00

Gibraltar

Greece

^(‡)

8 834.00

Greenland

Grenada

^(‡)

149.00

Guadeloupe

^(‡)

71.00

Guam

Guatemala

190 279.00

Guernsey

Guinea

1 238 851.00

1 151 018.00

Guinea-Bissau

^(‡)	136 348.00

Guyana

^(‡)

5 184.00

Haiti

^(‡)	365 945.00

Holy See

Honduras

82 230.00

77 685.00

77 171.00

70 561.00

Hungary

^(‡)

13 527.00

Iceland

India

^(‡)	20 537 897.00

Indonesia

139 054.00

145 238.00

147 278.00

132 963.00

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

270 292.00

228 939.00

Iraq

783 867.00

670 191.00

487 040.00

Ireland

Isle of Man

Israel

Italy

^(‡)

3 826.00

Jamaica

^(‡)

20 147.00

Japan

Jersey

Jordan

^(‡)

12 642.00

Kazakhstan

^(‡)

2 371.00

Kenya

^(‡)	1 271 774.00

^(‡)	1 290 638.00

Kiribati

Kuwait

3 162.00

3 192.00

3 838.00

Kyrgyzstan

^(‡)

2 599.00

Lao People's Democratic Republic

106 236.00

Latvia

^(‡)

309.00

Lebanon

^(‡)

3 009.00

Lesotho

^(‡)

56 208.00

Liberia

^(‡)	408 816.00

Libya

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Madagascar

^(‡)	1 017 012.00

Malawi

^(‡)	803 579.00

^(‡)	934 377.00

Malaysia

135 139.00

153 987.00

177 089.00

Maldives

687.00

1 216.00

Mali

1 668 329.00

1 831 365.00

Malta

^(‡)

340.00

Marshall Islands

Martinique

^(‡)

92.00

Mauritania

^(‡)	297 078.00

Mauritius

⁽⁺⁾

1 850.00

Mayotte

Mexico

218 651.00

232 037.00

194 917.00

193 471.00

150 913.00

Micronesia (Federated States of)

Monaco

Mongolia

^(‡)

6 289.00

Montenegro

^(‡)

736.00

Montserrat

Morocco

^(‡)	134 010.00

Mozambique

1 572 889.00

1 659 336.00

Myanmar

^(‡)	1 467 758.00

Namibia

^(‡)

23 564.00

Nauru

Nepal

^(‡)	481 015.00

Netherlands

Netherlands Antilles

New Caledonia

^(‡)

317.00

New Zealand

Nicaragua

^(‡)	101 976.00

Niger

^(‡)	2 439 788.00

Nigeria

^(‡)	9 364 626.00

Niue

Norfolk Island

North Macedonia

^(‡)

4 009.00

Northern Mariana Islands

Norway

Oman

⁽⁺⁾

6 055.00

5 317.00

8 441.00

8 789.00

8 843.00

Pakistan

10 860 136.00

10 534 212.00

Palau

33.00

Palestine

6 159.00

6 493.00

6 203.00

6 897.00

6 679.00

6 727.00

Panama

6 251.00

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

17 228.00

18 168.00

20 953.00

23 056.00

Peru

55 828.00

53 798.00

60 748.00

50 951.00

51 730.00

Philippines

182 462.00

Pitcairn

Poland

Portugal

^(‡)

3 614.00

Puerto Rico

30 793.00

Qatar

^(‡)

24 204.00

^(‡)

17 510.00

^(‡)

21 164.00

Republic of Korea

Republic of Moldova

1 156.00

Réunion

Romania

^(‡)

11 672.00

Russian Federation

^(‡)

41 868.00

Rwanda

330 792.00

326 906.00

Saint Helena

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint-Barthélemy

Saint-Martin (French part)

Samoa

^(‡)

306.00

San Marino

⁽ⁿ⁾

Sao Tome and Principe

^(‡)

898.00

Saudi Arabia

33 779.00

Senegal

922 531.00

Serbia

3 039.00

Seychelles

^(‡)

122.00

Sierra Leone

^(‡)	517 840.00

Singapore

781.00

1 712.00

575.00

527.00

515.00

Sint Maarten (Dutch part)

Slovakia

Slovenia

^(‡)

325.00

Solomon Islands

Somalia

South Africa

112 983.00

104 694.00

464 102.00

South Sudan

^(‡)	1 156 721.00

Spain

12 736.00

15 685.00

17 094.00

12 738.00

Sri Lanka

41 137.00

35 858.00

38 104.00

Sudan

^(‡)	2 295 747.00

Sudan (pre-secession)

Suriname

^(‡)

1 341.00

Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands

Sweden

Switzerland

Syrian Arab Republic

Tajikistan

^(‡)

2 047.00

Thailand

178 931.00

176 350.00

Timor-Leste

^(‡)

45 044.00

Togo

224 210.00

Tokelau

Tonga

^(‡)

113.00

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

67 069.00

Turkey

83 157.00

66 166.00

49 994.00

33 225.00

Turkmenistan

^(‡)

1 725.00

Turks and Caicos Islands

Tuvalu

Uganda

^(‡)	939 689.00

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

^(‡)

5 651.00

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

United Republic of Tanzania

1 417 168.00

United States of America

United States Virgin Islands

Uruguay

6 027.00

5 557.00

4 375.00

5 474.00

5 697.00

Uzbekistan

2.00

4.00

Vanuatu

^(‡)

2 326.00

^(‡)

1 974.00

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

52 573.00

63 331.00

Viet Nam

^(‡)	223 705.00

Wallis and Futuna Islands

Western Sahara

Yemen

Zambia

^(‡)	285 071.00

Zimbabwe

^(‡)	267 220.00

Sustainable Development Goal Regions

World

107 832 974.00

107 205 349.00

102 121 103.00

100 038 834.00

101 284 135.00

99 401 477.00

Landlocked Developing Countries

22 814 903.00

22 809 050.00

22 814 172.00

22 441 838.00

22 775 100.00

22 915 292.00

Least Developed Countries

47 026 464.00

46 543 055.00

45 453 544.00

44 917 482.00

45 189 536.00

44 958 386.00

Small Island Developing States

1 230 337.00

1 257 369.00

1 221 833.00

^(‡)	1 229 261.00

^(‡)	1 236 841.00

^(‡)	1 244 380.00

Africa (Sub-Saharan)

47 702 175.00

47 986 919.00

48 316 532.00

48 498 297.00

49 117 843.00

49 720 125.00

Western Asia and Northern Africa

6 604 797.00

8 909 091.00

7 231 872.00

6 799 674.00

9 490 611.00

9 386 680.00

Africa (Northern)

4 144 274.00

3 967 496.00

4 906 522.00

4 662 581.00

4 491 721.00

4 392 865.00

Asia (Western)

2 460 522.00

4 941 594.00

2 325 350.00

2 137 093.00

4 998 890.00

4 993 815.00

Asia (Central and Southern)

46 111 823.00

43 269 140.00

39 859 686.00

38 246 922.00

36 338 467.00

34 191 861.00

Asia (Central)

9 170.00

8 884.00

8 595.00

8 338.00

8 565.00

7 976.00

Asia (Southern)

46 102 653.00

43 260 256.00

39 851 091.00

38 238 584.00

36 329 902.00

34 183 885.00

Asia (Eastern and South-eastern)

4 130 158.00

3 837 393.00

3 670 321.00

3 512 229.00

3 446 291.00

3 280 905.00

Asia (Eastern)

1 087 139.00

1 000 237.00

927 917.00

868 271.00

821 017.00

767 553.00

Asia (South-eastern)

3 043 019.00

2 837 156.00

2 742 403.00

2 643 958.00

2 625 274.00

2 513 351.00

Latin America and the Caribbean

1 925 743.00

1 846 789.00

1 710 482.00

1 664 600.00

1 578 618.00

1 517 565.00

Oceania

Oceania (Australia/New Zealand)

Oceania (excl. Australia/New Zealand)

Northern America and Europe

Europe

Northern America

UIS Regions

World

107 832 974.00

107 205 349.00

102 121 103.00

100 038 834.00

101 284 135.00

99 401 477.00

Arab States

6 806 940.00

9 131 870.00

7 469 253.00

7 054 377.00

9 765 866.00

9 676 025.00

Central and Eastern Europe

227 675.00

204 878.00

168 388.00

161 934.00

149 618.00

140 416.00

Central Asia

20 002.00

19 450.00

18 604.00

18 289.00

17 009.00

15 997.00

East Asia and the Pacific

4 851 060.00

4 572 758.00

4 416 143.00

4 268 110.00

4 212 141.00

4 058 271.00

Latin America and the Caribbean

1 926 021.00

1 847 094.00

1 710 776.00

1 664 889.00

1 578 901.00

1 517 844.00

North America and Western Europe

South and West Asia

46 102 653.00

43 260 256.00

39 851 091.00

38 238 584.00

36 329 902.00

34 183 885.00

Sub-Saharan Africa

47 396 852.00

47 677 667.00

48 008 741.00

48 189 316.00

48 798 221.00

49 393 246.00

Small Island Developing States

1 225 714.00

1 221 185.00

1 188 356.00

^(‡)	1 198 568.00

^(‡)	1 208 705.00

^(‡)	1 218 261.00

World Bank Income Groups

Low income countries

35 232 883.00

35 451 985.00

35 675 123.00

35 510 053.00

35 997 906.00

^(‡)	36 368 991.00

Lower middle income countries

67 555 014.00

64 328 856.00

61 913 370.00

59 990 172.00

57 935 946.00

55 915 557.00

Middle income countries

71 159 912.00

70 358 113.00

65 088 456.00

63 218 522.00

64 011 695.00

61 811 318.00

Upper middle income countries

3 604 897.00

6 029 257.00

3 175 086.00

3 228 350.00

6 075 749.00

5 895 761.00

High income countries

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+	National Estimation
n	Magnitude nil or negligible
‡	UIS Estimation

Data extracted on 11 Sep 2021 02:00 UTC (GMT) from UIS.Stat

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