UNESCO World Inequality Database on Education (WIDE)

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Key Information

Developed by the Education for All Global Monitoring Report, The World Inequality Database on Education (WIDE) highlights the powerful influence of circumstances, such as wealth, gender, ethnicity and location, over which people have little control but which play an important role in shaping their opportunities for education and life. It draws attention to unacceptable levels of education inequality across countries and between groups within countries, with the aim informing policy design and public debate. WIDE brings together data from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), other national household surveys and learning assessments from over 170 countries. Users can compare education outcomes between countries, and between groups within countries, according to factors that are associated with inequality, including wealth, gender, and ethnicity and location. Users can also create maps, charts, infographics and tables from the data, and download, print or share them online.


Location(s)

Global

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

2010 -

Partner(s)

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Global Education Monitoring Report

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

Global / regional

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Post-secondary
  • Primary completion
  • Primary to secondary transition
  • Secondary completion

Skills

  • Literacy
  • Numeracy

Cross-cutting areas

  • Gender equality

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Policymakers

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Population of interest is not school-aged

School Level

  • N/A

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Women's empowerment programs

  • Advocacy/action

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Education sector plans, budgets, policies, and data systems are more gender-equitable
  • Gender parity and non-discrimination are promoted at all subjects/education levels

Cross-cutting goals

  • Other

Additional Information Back to Top

Primary Contact

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
WIDE@unesco.org