Education plays a role in reducing extreme poverty and promoting social change. But how are we doing with achieving universal primary education? 

Explore the data to learn about education rates for different parts of the world. Is primary school attendance trending up or down? What do you notice about the gender gap between male and female attendance? And, are the number of students attending school in countries that are fragile: due to conflict, economic or political reasons, increasing or decreasing? 

Data story created for you by the curious minds at SAS.