Map
Exploring Guide
- Select Gender: Use this button to toggle between male and female.
- Select Data: The drop-down list allows you to select different levels of education or the labor force participation.
- Select time period: The radio buttons can be used to select between the different time periods.
- Zoom buttons: Use (+) to zoom in and (-) to zoom out.
- Reset view: Reset the map to its original view using this button.
- Popups: When you hover over the map, the names of the countries appear. Clicking on a country displays the percentage of the selected gender and education level/labor force participation for that country.
- Country comparison: Clicking on this button opens a window in which you can select several countries. A graph will be displayed for the selected gender and education level / labor force participation.
Metadata
All data is provided by the World Bank. Below you find the respective metadata:
“Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International
Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO
Member States in 2011. Population data are drawn from the United Nations Population Division. Using a single source for population data standardizes definitions, estimations,
and interpolation methods, ensuring a consistent methodology across countries and minimizing potential enumeration problems in national censuses” (a, b, c).
Primary Completion rate: “Primary completion rate is calculated by dividing the number of new entrants (enrollment minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education,
regardless of age, by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education and multiplying by 100” (a).
Secondary Completion rate: “Lower secondary completion rate is calculated as the number of new entrants (enrollment minus repeaters) in the last grade of lower secondary education,
regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education” (b).
Gross graduation ratio, tertiary: “Gross graduation ratio is calculated by dividing the number of graduates from first degree programmes (at ISCED 6 and 7)
by the population of the theoretical graduation age of the most common first degree programme and multiplying by 100” (c).
Labor force participation: “The labor force is the supply of labor available for producing goods and services in an economy. It includes people who are currently employed and
people who are unemployed but seeking work as well as first-time job-seekers. Not everyone who works is included, however. Unpaid workers, family workers, and students are often
omitted, and some countries do not count members of the armed forces. Labor force size tends to vary during the year as seasonal workers enter and leave” (d).
For more information on the limitations of the data see: Methods