Final release of data from UNESCO's 2005 education survey

The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) has announced the final release of data from its 2005 education survey. The data, an update of the initial release from April 2006, can be downloaded from the UIS education database. I used the data to update two recent posts on primary school enrollment in 2004 and on trends in primary school enrollment from 1970 to 2004.

Friedrich Huebler, 27 October 2006, Creative Commons License

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