The SDG4 Scorecard monitors country progress towards the realization of Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4) related to quality education, against national benchmarks. It is analyzed in an annual report that is published on the International Day of Education. The 2023 Scorecard is here.

The following seven indicators have been considered: Early childhood education, Out-of-school rates, completion rates, gender gap, learning proficiency, trained teachers and public education expenditure.

With this benchmarking process, countries are able to create their own targets that take into account their unique circumstances, their current status, and the pace of their progress. This process increases nations' ownership of their targets and makes them accountable, assists in aligning national, regional, and global education agendas, improves national planning processes, identifies data gaps, and encourages peer dialogue and sharing of best practices.

This scorecard summarizes the current state of SDG4 progress.