North America leads on education futures readiness.
A global benchmark of education futures readiness.
Many countries still lag on education futures readiness.
Infrastructure is improving faster than research and innovation capacity.
North America has the highest regional median GEFRI education futures readiness score at 72.7, while Sub-Saharan Africa has the lowest at 26.8. This gap highlights very different starting points for regional dialogue, cooperation, and targeted support.
The Global Education Futures Readiness Index (GEFRI) is a frontier-tracking measure of how well countries are equipping their education systems for emerging challenges and opportunities. It draws on indicators across innovation, infrastructure, human capital, governance, and access to provide a balanced view of each country’s capacity to support future-ready learning.
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The GEFRI Composite Score is an overall measure of how ready a country is for the future of education. It combines results across all five core dimensions: innovation, infrastructure, human capital, governance, and equity. Learn more.
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