The World Bank Education Statistics (EdStats) website holds data from a variety of sources. The data are updated as quickly as possible after a new data release. The table below lists all of EdStats' datasets with the dates of our most recent update and the next planned update. All updates are announced on our Updates page and on EdStats' Facebook page.
Data Type
Data Query
Data Source
Next Update
Most Recent Update
Math and Reading Data for Francophone Africa
PASEC: Program for the Analysis of CONFEMEN Education Systems
Mar-2021
Feb-2016
Education Indicators for Regions/Income Groups
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Apr-2021
Dec-2020
Educational Attainment Data
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Apr-2021
Dec-2020
Education Indicators by Country
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Apr-2021
Dec-2020
World Bank Education Project Data
World Bank EdStats
Jun-2021
Oct-2017
World Bank Education Project Data on EMIS
World Bank EdStats
Jun-2021
Oct-2017
Math, Reading, and Science Data for Latin America
LLECE: Latin American Laboratory for Assessment of the Quality of Education
Jun-2021
Dec-2014
Education Policy Data
World Bank Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER)
Oct-2021
Feb-2019
Literacy and Numeracy Data
PIAAC: Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies
Nov-2021
Jul-2016
Reading Data
PIRLS: Progress in International Reading Literacy Study
Dec-2021
Dec-2017
Math, Reading, Science Data
PISA: Program for International Student Assessment
Dec-2022
Dec-2019
Math and Science Data
TIMSS: Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
Dec-2024
Dec-2020
Educational Attainment Data
Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital
-
Aug-2015
Education Expenditure Data [Not Internationally Comparable]
World Bank EdStats
-
Jun-2014
Math and Reading Data for Anglophone Africa
SACMEQ: Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
-
Mar-2014