Formerly known as the Technical Cooperation Group on SDG 4 indicators (TCG), the Education Data and Statistics Commission (EDS Commission) is the primary body entrusted to take forward the ...

The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) has launched its global 2026 Survey of Research and Experimental Development (R&D) Statistics, mobilizing 132 countries and territories. The survey collects ...

The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) has officially launched the 2026 Survey of Formal Education, marking the start of the Institute’s latest global education data collection round. The survey ...

The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) will host a GAML webinar to present the findings of the study “Foundational Reading Benchmarks: An Improved IRT-Based Methodology for Estimation and ...

The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) has released its 2026 Education Data Refresh, expanding the global evidence base for monitoring progress toward Sustainable Development Goal 4 on quality ...

The regional workshop on capacity building for Arab statisticians on SDG 4 indicators was concluded in Dammam. The workshop was organized by the UNESCO Regional Office in Beirut in collaboration with ...

Tools for Smarter Assessment Planning and Global Reporting ...

The Institute is an autonomous organization within UNESCO. This functional autonomy safeguards the Institute’s independence in developing and disseminating the accurate and policy-relevant data needed ...

By 2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy. Youth/adult literacy rate — English | French (Metadata after the 2025 ...

2025 SDG 4 Scorecard shows countries off track on education benchmarks, with 272M out-of-school children—21M more than earlier estimates.

The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) presented its Statutory Report by the Governing Board on the Activities of the Institute (2024–2025), to the 43rd session of UNESCO’s General Conference in ...

Monitoring commitments to SDG 4 Eight SDG 4 indicators have been selected in the benchmarking process, taking into consideration disparities of regions, sub-regions and countries. In addition to this ...