Global Education Investment Tracker

Real-time aggregation of 4 international education and research data sources with education ROI scoring.

Purpose

This Actor analyzes global education investment by combining data from:

• UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) - Education expenditure and financing
• The World Bank Education Indicators - Enrollment rates, literacy, spending metrics
• OpenAlex - Academic research output by institution and country
• USAspending.gov - US federal education grants and expenditures

Produces a single Education ROI Score (0-100) combining:

1. Research Output Intensity (papers per capita)
2. Education Access (enrollment rates across primary, secondary, tertiary)
3. Investment Volume (public education spending)

Input

Required

• countryCode (string) — Two-letter ISO country code (e.g., US, KR, GB)

Output

{
  "query": { "countryCode": "US" },
  "unesco": {
    "educationSpendPctGDP": null,
    "perStudentSpend": null,
    "rawDataAvailable": true
  },
  "worldBank": {
    "educationSpendPctGDP": 5.8,
    "tertiaryEnrollment": 88.2,
    "primaryEnrollment": 99.5,
    "adultLiteracy": null,
    "secondaryEnrollment": 97.1
  },
  "openalex": {
    "totalPapers": 1245000,
    "topInstitutions": [
      { "name": "Harvard University", "papers": 18500 },
      { "name": "MIT", "papers": 12300 }
    ],
    "papersPerCapita": 3.7
  },
  "usaspendingEdu": {
    "topGrants": [
      { "recipient": "University of California", "amountUsd": 450000000 },
      { "recipient": "Stanford University", "amountUsd": 320000000 }
    ],
    "totalGrantsUsd": 24500000000
  },
  "educationRoiScore": 78,
  "sources": [...],
  "disclaimer": "...",
  "timestamp": "2024-12-15T10:30:00Z"
}

Features

• 4 APIs in parallel (Promise.allSettled for graceful failure)
• Share-Alike attribution for UNESCO UIS CC-BY-SA 4.0 data
• Country-specific filtering (e.g., USAspending data US-only)
• Composite ROI scoring combining research, access, and investment
• Real-time data — no caching, fresh on each run
• Pay-per-event pricing — $0.13 per education query

⚠️ Legal Disclaimer

This Actor aggregates publicly available global education and research data from:

• UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) - CC-BY-SA 4.0 (Share-Alike required)
• The World Bank Education Indicators (CC-BY 4.0)
• OpenAlex (CC0 - Public Domain)
• USAspending.gov (CC0 - Public Domain)

Important — Share-Alike Notice: This Actor's output includes UNESCO UIS data licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0. Downstream users who redistribute or build upon this output must license their derivative work under CC-BY-SA 4.0 or compatible terms. Other data fields (World Bank, OpenAlex, USAspending) are CC-BY 4.0 / CC0 and may be used independently.

NOT educational, academic, investment, or policy advice. This Actor provides historical data aggregation only.

• Does NOT evaluate education quality, accreditation, or research impact
• Does NOT recommend educational investments or policy decisions
• Does NOT forecast academic outcomes or research trends
• Does NOT constitute educational consulting or academic advisory services
• Users must verify all data with original sources and consult experts

Attribution:

• "Data source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (CC BY-SA 4.0)"
• "Data source: The World Bank Education Indicators (CC BY 4.0)"
• "Data source: OpenAlex (CC0)"
• "Data source: USAspending.gov (CC0)"

Examples

United States

curl -X POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/{actor-id}/runs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -d '{"countryCode":"US"}'

South Korea

curl -X POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/{actor-id}/runs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -d '{"countryCode":"KR"}'

API Source Details

API	Endpoint	License	Rate Limit	Timeout
UNESCO UIS	api.uis.unesco.org/sdmx/data/	CC-BY-SA 4.0	15 req/min	15s graceful skip
World Bank	api.worldbank.org/v2/country/	CC-BY 4.0	120 req/min	Default
OpenAlex	api.openalex.org/institutions	CC0	None	Default
USAspending	api.usaspending.gov/api/v2/	CC0	100 req/min	Default

Error Handling

• All 4 APIs use Promise.allSettled() for graceful failure
• If an API times out or fails, others continue (no cascade failure)
• Returns null for unavailable data sources instead of failing
• Logs all errors to console for debugging

Pricing

• Pay-Per-Event (PPE): $0.13 per education query
• 20% platform fee: 80% goes to developer
• Charged after successful data aggregation
• Failed queries do not incur charges

Maintenance

Updated automatically to track changes in:

• UNESCO UIS API schema
• World Bank indicator availability
• OpenAlex institutional taxonomy
• USAspending.gov grant structure

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