Education

World Bank topic catalog for Education.

Topic coverage

Catalog indicators1009
Published on site6
Countries with values211
Latest year2025

Publishing strategy

  • Publish high-intent indicators with the strongest search demand first.
  • After each indicator goes live, it automatically unlocks country, country+indicator, ranking, and collection pages.
  • The topic catalog shows how much expansion potential still remains outside the current release.

Analytical takeaways

  • The “Education” theme is now embedded as a standalone SEO hub rather than just another indicator list.
  • The gap between catalog coverage and published coverage helps plan the next import wave without losing structure.
  • Even partial topic coverage creates many internal routes: to global indicators, country comparisons, and region/income slices.

Priority indicators for this topic

Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of GDP. It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments. Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life. School enrollment, primary (% gross) Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music. School enrollment, secondary (% gross) Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers. School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level.

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