Learning Outcomes & Skills Gap Dataset

This dataset links harmonised learning-assessment scores to labour-market skills requirements for 63 countries, allowing comparative study of how measured learning outcomes relate to the competencies employers report needing. Assessment scores from different international testing programmes are harmonised onto a common scale using linking items documented in the technical appendix, and skills-gap measures compare assessed competencies against employer-reported requirements by sector rather than against a single national benchmark. A 19-country cohort-tracking panel subsample follows the same learners from assessment into early labour-market outcomes, subject to the consent and data-protection terms of the contributing national surveys.