Monitoring commitments to SDG 4Eight SDG 4 indicators have been selected in the benchmarking process, taking into consideration disparities of regions, sub-regions and countries. In addition to this ...

Accessible, understandable, and actionable data empower everyone, from policymakers to citizens, to make informed decisions that support sustainable development. The 2025 UNESCO Framework for Cultural ...

To provide a more comprehensive view of the financial and human resources countries invest in R&D, it is important to look beyond the SDG 9.5 R&D indicators. Additional policy-relevant R&D indicators ...

Statistical frameworks, standards and procedures that guide data collection, processing and interpretation. They include internationally established methodologies and classification systems that ...

Cultural and natural heritage are vital pillars of identity, community resilience, and sustainable development. Under Sustainable Development Goal 11 (SDG 11), Target 11.4 calls for efforts to protect ...

The establishment of SDG 4 benchmarks represents an innovative process in which countries define their contributions to achieving global targets, grounded in their national plans and policies. This ...

World Education Statistics, UIS’s new annual series, highlights SDG 4 data across 11 themes and offers an interactive tool to explore indicators by country.

This report by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics is part of a series focused on regional SDG 4 monitoring, comparing global education targets and indicators with those adopted by regional bodies. It ...

On the occasion of the 4th World Statistics Day on October 20, 2025, the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) celebrates the transformative power of data to drive progress, equity, and accountability ...

The creative and cultural industries are vital economic engines. Yet the question remains: how do we measure something as vibrant and intangible as culture? In response to the urgent need for stronger ...

The Assessment of Minimum Proficiency Level (AMPL-ab) is a project led by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), with the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) as the technical ...

SDG4 aims to provide high-quality education worldwide, with teachers being the cornerstone of inclusive, equitable, and quality education. However, the current SDG monitoring framework for teaching ...