UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)

Name: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/terms-and-conditions

Open · redistributedcc-by-sa-4.0-unesco_clteCulture & Media

Redistributable. This source is served as canonical Parquet under the license below, with attribution and provenance preserved.

Coverage

Series catalogued

23,868

Temporal coverage

2009-01-01 – 2016-01-01

Licensing & provenance

License: cc-by-sa-4.0-unesco_clte
License URL: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/terms-and-conditions
Required attribution: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Redistribution: Permitted (served here)
Commercial use: Restricted / no
Modification: Permitted
Provider homepage: https://uis.unesco.org
Provider terms: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/terms-and-conditions

How to cite

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). Retrieved from https://uis.unesco.org. Compiled and redistributed by the Elkassabgi Data Library.

Processing: Retrieved from the official source, normalized to a long {series_key, obs_date, value} schema (period-start dates), de-duplicated, and stored as zstd Parquet. Compiled and redistributed by the Elkassabgi Data Library.

Access & mirrors

Download: Select & download unesco_clte series as CSV →
API: Get a free API key, then GET /v1/series/<id>.csv
Canonical landing: https://econdatalibrary.com/unesco_clte
Automated refresh: not yet wired — the data here is the verified initial load. See the Source Status board.

Structured metadata

schema.org/Dataset (Google Dataset Search)

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Croissant (ML-ready, schema.org JSON-LD)

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Part of the Econ Data Library catalog · metadata generated 2026-08-02 from the central registry · browse all datasets