Extended Data Fig. 3: Learning by country.

Left, primary enrolment rates data are from a previous study29. Right, learning estimates are derived from our database and are plotted using a linear fit for the available data over the time series. Data on learning are available across the time period for Uganda from the source test the Southern African Consortium for Monitoring Education Quality (SACMEQ). For Kuwait, data are from The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) and TIMSS. Data are available for Brazil, Mexico and Colombia from the LLECE as well as PIRLS for Colombia.