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World Inequality Database on Education

The World Inequality Database on Education (WIDE) highlights the powerful influence of circumstances, such as wealth, gender, ethnicity and location, over which people have little control but which play an important role in shaping their opportunities for education and life. It draws attention to unacceptable levels of education inequality across countries and between groups within countries, with the aim of helping to inform policy design and public debate.
The World Inequality Database on Education (WIDE) brings together data from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), other national household surveys and learning assessments from over 160 countries.

Explore 26 different indicators on Education

Explore over 170 countries

Explore 26 different indicators on Education

Primary completion rate

Access and completion

Lower secondary completion rate

Access and completion

Upper secondary completion rate

Access and completion

Out-of-school children

Access and completion

Out-of-school adolescents

Access and completion

Out-of-school youth

Access and completion

Mean years of education

Access and completion

Pre-primary education attendance

Access and completion

Never been to school

Access and completion

Less than 2 years of schooling

Access and completion

Less than 4 years of schooling

Access and completion

Over-age primary school attendance

Access and completion

Transition rate to lower secondary school

Access and completion

Transition rate to upper secondary school

Access and completion

Higher education attendance

Access and completion

Tertiary completion rate

Access and completion

Youth literacy rate

Learning

Learning achievement in reading (Early grades)

Learning

Learning achievement in reading (End of primary)

Learning

Learning achievement in reading (End of lower secondary)

Learning

Learning achievement in mathematics (Early grades)

Learning

Learning achievement in mathematics (End of primary)

Learning

Learning achievement in mathematics (End of lower secondary)

Learning

Learning achievement in science (Early grades)

Learning

Learning achievement in science (End of primary)

Learning

Learning achievement in science (End of lower secondary)

Learning

Explore over 170 countries

It allows you to compare education outcomes on 3 levels: between countries, between groups within countries, and between overlapping disparities, according to factors that are associated with inequality, including gender, location, wealth, and ethnicity.
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Key statistics

0%

of 19-year-olds

are still in primary school in Haiti due to late enrolment

0%

of children

living in rural areas in low-income countries transition to lower secondary education compared to 91% of those in urban areas

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0%

of the poorest

poorest in sub-Saharan Africa complete lower secondary school compared to 70% of the richest

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Start by exploring a specific completion or learning indicator for all countries available. Alternatively, you can view all the figures we have calculated for the country of your interest. The colours of the visualization represent the dimensions where inequalities arise.

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