Education

4 metrics in Education. Each one has a world map, a chart over time and a free download.

Years of schooling

How long do people stay in school?

Germany 14.3 yrs
Switzerland 13.9 yrs

World 8.8 yrs · 2023 193 countries

Literacy rate

Where can most adults read and write?

Saint Helena 98.5%
Isle of Man 98.5%

World 36.0% · 1950 163 countries

Government spending on education

Which governments spend the most on education?

Kiribati 14.8%
Tuvalu 13.8%

2022 166 countries

Scientific and technical articles

Which countries publish the most science?

China 933 k
United States 431 k

World 3.27 m · 2023 197 countries

About the author

Hello there, I’m Klaus Jürgen Folz. I studied Mechanical Engineering at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) in Brazil, and I work in Austria as a lead Python and Power BI developer. I built Data Mechanics because good decisions start with facts. Public data is often scattered, hard to find or locked behind paywalls, and too much of what we read about the world is biased. Here, every number is shown as it was published, next to its source, so anyone can check it, compare countries and leaders, and draw their own conclusions.