The document presents key statistics about global education, highlighting that 1.29 billion students exist worldwide, with significant disparities in access and literacy rates, particularly affecting girls in developing countries. It notes that 59 million children are out of school and 774 million people are illiterate, emphasizing the costs of education in many regions. Moreover, it outlines diverse school timings across different countries, with Finland notably achieving high academic performance despite a later school start age.

1. QUICK FACTS
1.29 billion
Students on Earth
(2014)
17%
world’s population
are students
1 in 3
Adults are expected
to complete university
before they are 30.
1 in 5
Adults in the
developing world.
Australia
8:00 am - 2:00 pm
By 2025, there will 262 million
students in higher education
8 million students will travel
abroad to study
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SCHOOLING
AROUND THE WORLD
Around the world, 59 million children
are being denied an education. 65 million
adolescents don't have access to secondary school.
75 million children have disrupted their education due to conflict and natural disasters
Nearly 15 million girls of primary school age will never have the
opportunity to learn to read and write in primary school.
31 million primary school students
worldwide dropped out of school
Gender Gap
Boys
Boys are more likely to repeat
grades or drop out
10 million boys will never have
the opportunity to learn to read
and write in primary school
Girls
53% of the world’s out-of-school
children are girls
2/3 of the illiterate population
are women.
World Facts
There is a large gap in
literacy rates between
boys (88%) and girls
(74%) in India.
Russia has a 97%
enrolment rate.
Only 31% of adults in
Australia have Bachelor’s
Degrees.
At age 18, students in
Germany have the option
of becoming an
apprentice in a career
they would like to pursue.
12% 28%
28% of Afghanistan's population is literate
and only 12% of women can read.
774 million people in the
world are illiterate.
3 countries have 1 million girls out of school
5.5 million 3 million 1 million
Sources:
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/9-facts-about-education/
https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-education-around-world
https://acei-global.blog/2014/03/06/15-facts-on-education-in-developing-countries/
https://ei.britishcouncil.org/news/ten-fast-facts-about-united-arab-emirates
http://data.uis.unesco.org/
Nigeria Pakistan Ethiopia
In most developing countries,
public school is not free. The
costs of books, uniforms, and
teachers’ salaries are borne by
the students’ families.
The African continent has
areas with less than 50%
literacy among children ages
18 and under.
In the Sub-Saharan region,
11.07 million children leave
school before completing their
primary education.
South America and Europe
have youth literacy rates
ranging from 90-100%
School Timings
Brazil
7:45 am - 1:45 pm
China
8:10 am - 2:50 pm
United States
8:00 am - 3:00 pm
North Korea
8:15 am - 8:15 pm
New Zealand
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Kenya
8:30 am - 6:30 pm
Japan
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
India
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
Iceland
8:30 am - 5:30 pm
Germany
9:00 am - 5:30 pm
Finland
8:00 am - 4:30 pm
England
9:00 am - 3:15 pm
Denmark
7:30 am - 1:30 pm
Chile
8:10 am - 2:30 pm
Canada
8:15 am - 2:15 pm
France
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Children in Finland
don’t start school at
ages 6/7 but rank 1st
in Science and Maths.
In the Philippines,
significantly more girls
than boys attend school.
UAE
7:30 am - 2:00 pm