Outcome-based education (OBE) is an approach that focuses on defining measurable learning outcomes and aligning instructional strategies and assessment methods to achieve those outcomes. OBE can help the world achieve its sustainable development goals (SDGs) by ensuring students develop the knowledge, skills, and competencies to address complex social and environmental challenges. This research article highlights the journey of the “Outcome-based education” discussion in worldwide research viz., past, present research affairs, and future. The present study also shows a bibliometric analysis of 238 records related to “Outcome-based education” by collecting the data from the Web of Science (WoS) from 1991 through 2022. The bibliometric results have shown year-wise publication trends, prominent publishers, most cited articles, most productive countries, prominent authors, and institutions. Further Netmap analysis done through VOSviewer software illustrates the growth of “Outcome based education” in the past, present, and future. Bibliometric and network analysis results from this research will significantly facilitate an understanding of the progress and trends for “Outcome-based education.”