Global Education Digest 2007 presents a wide range of UNESCO education indicators that can be used to assess progress towards Education for All and Millennium Development Goals. These cross-nationally comparable indicators also provide benchmarks for the overall performance of national education systems. The Digest provides data for the school year ending in 2005 or the latest year available. It includes new estimates for education expenditure by region and adds a new indicator of per pupil expenditure based on purchasing power parities. For comparisons over time, key indicators are also presented for 1999. The 2007 edition focuses on the theme of financing education systems. The analytical overview surveys a range of global benchmarks for public spending on education, examines equity issues such as the distribution of funding by education level, and shows differences among countries in terms of the sources and uses of funds for education.