UNESCO's Other Policy Relevant Indicators (OPRI)

Data source: UNESCO

The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) is the official and trusted source of internationally-comparable data on education, science, culture and communication.

As the official statistical agency of UNESCO, the UIS produces a wide range of state-of-the-art databases to fuel the policies and investments needed to transform lives and propel the world towards its development goals. This dataset; the Other Policy Relevant Indicators (OPRI) formerly the NATMON dataset, contains indicators on education.

The UIS provides free access to data for all UNESCO countries and regional groupings from 1970 to the most recent year available.

Dataset type
Time-Series
Dataset level
Country
Last updated by source
2025-09-01

Citation

When using this dataset, please cite as:

• UNESCO. (2024). UNESCO institute for statistics: Other policy relevant indicators (OPRI). http://data.uis.unesco.org/

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Official entrance age to early childhood education (years). Age at which students would enter a given programme or level of education assuming they start at the official entrance age for the lowest l ...

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Official entrance age to primary education (years). Age at which students would enter a given programme or level of education assuming they start at the official entrance age for the lowest level of ...

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Official entrance age to compulsory education (years). Age at which students would enter a given programme or level of education assuming they start at the official entrance age for the lowest level ...

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Official entrance age to lower secondary education (years). Age at which students would enter a given programme or level of education assuming they start at the official entrance age for the lowest le ...

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Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education (years). Age at which students would enter a given programme or level of education assuming they start at the official entrance age for t ...

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Official entrance age to upper secondary education (years). Age at which students would enter a given programme or level of education assuming they start at the official entrance age for the lowest le ...

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Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades), female (%).

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Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades), male (%).

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Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades), both sexes (%).

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Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), female (%).

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Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), male (%).

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Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes (%).

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Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, female (%).

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Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, male (%).

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Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes (%).

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Survival rate to Grade 5 of primary education, female (%).

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Survival rate to Grade 5 of primary education, male (%).

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Survival rate to Grade 5 of primary education, both sexes (%).

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Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female (%).

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Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, male (%).

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Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes (%).

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Theoretical duration of primary education (years). Number of grades or years in a given level of education.

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Theoretical duration of early childhood education (years). Number of grades or years in a given level of education.

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Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years). Number of grades or years in a given level of education.

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Theoretical duration of post-secondary non-tertiary education (years). Number of grades or years in a given level of education.

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Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years). Number of grades or years in a given level of education.

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Teachers in lower secondary education, female (number).

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Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes (number).

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Teachers in primary education, female (number).

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Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number).

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Teachers in pre-primary education, female (number).

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Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes (number).

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Teachers in post-secondary non-tertiary education, female (number).

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Teachers in post-secondary non-tertiary education, both sexes (number).

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Teachers in secondary education, female (number).

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Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number).

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Teachers in upper secondary education, female (number).

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Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes (number).

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Average number of completed years of education of a country's population aged 25 years and older, excluding years spent repeating individual grades for females.

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Average number of completed years of education of a country's population aged 25 years and older, excluding years spent repeating individual grades for males.

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Average number of completed years of education of a country's population aged 25 years and older, excluding years spent repeating individual grades for both sexes.

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Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, gender parity index (GPI).

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Survival rate to Grade 5 of primary education, gender parity index (GPI).

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Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity index (GPI).

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