Statistics

This page provides resources from various organizations on education statistics related to Literacy and Non Formal Education for Adults and Youth

World Bank 

 

 

EdStats

• http://www.worldbank.org/education/edstats

          World Development Indicators

• Education outcomes: Adult Literacy Rate, Youth Literacy Rate by Country: http://www.worldbank.org/data/wdi2001/pdfs/tab2_14.pdf 
• http://devdata.worldbank.org/edstats/query/default.htm

UNESCO

• UNESCO Institute For Statistics (UIS). http://portal.unesco.org/uis/ev.php?URL_ID=2867&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201

• UNESCO (2000). Education for All 2000 Assessment : Statistical Document. (Literacy, p.48-53). Paris: UNESCO Publishing.  http://www2.unesco.org/wef/en-docs/findings/efastatdoc.pdf

United Nations

• United Nations Statistics Division 

http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/social/default.htm

Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA)

• Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA). Working Group on Education Statistics (WGES): http://www.adeanet.org/workgroups/en_wges.html

National Center for Education Statistics (USA)

• National Assessment of Adult Literacy 2001.  http://nces.ed.gov/naal/

Census India

• India At a Glance: Number of Literates. % Literacy Rates (1991). http://www.censusindia.net/literates1.html

• OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (2000). Measuring Student Knowledge and Skills: The PISA 2000 Assessment of Reading, Mathematical and Scientific Literacy. Source OECD / Studies / Education and Skills, April 2000, 1(4). 

• Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2000). Literacy in the Information Age. Final Report of the International Adult Literacy Survey. 

• Tuijnman, A. (2000). International Adult Literacy Survey. Benchmarking Adult Literacy in America: An International Comparative Study. Statistics Canada, Ottawa (Ontario), Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC., Human Resources Development Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). ERIC NO. ED447734.