Global Education Digest: new data

The 2009 Global Education Digest (GED) presents the latest education statistics from primary to tertiary education levels for more than 200 countries. Data are provided for the school year ending in 2007 or the latest year available, as well as for 2008 for a small number of countries. The wide range of education indicators presented in the report helps assess progress towards Education for All and Millennium Development Goals.

In 2007, over 2.8 million students were enrolled in higher educational institutions outside their country of origin, a 53% increase since 1999.

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