GLOBAL EDUCATION AT A GLANCE

84 million

The estimated number of children and young people around the world who will still be out of school by 2030 if current progress on SDG 4 continues

300 million

The estimated number of students around the world who will lack the basic numeracy and literacy skills necessary for further success by 2030 if current progress on SDG 4 continues

128 million

Number of boys out of school across the globe as of 2023

122 million

Number of girls out of school across the globe as of 2023

87 percent

Literacy rate for the population aged 15 and older globally over the period of 2015 to 2022

765 million

Number of adults around the world who lacked basic literacy skills as of 2022

94.6 million

Estimated number of persons, out of the 97.6 million people aged 5 and up, that are literate, based on the 2020 Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Census

97 percent

Literacy rate of both sexes 5 years old and older in the Philippines as of 2020 (PSA, 2023)

13.5 percent

Percentage of Filipinos who graduated from college as of 2020

21.7 percent

Percentage of Filipinos who had graduated from high school or secondary level as of 2020

10,705,286

Number of persons aged 5 to 24 years who are out-of-school children and youth

14

The Philippines’ mean score for creative thinking performance by 15-year-old students in the 2022 Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) ranking, the second-lowest among 64 ranked countries

Sources: Inquirer Archives, unstats.n.org, unesco.org, un.org, psa.gov.ph