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Education

21 World Bank indicators, compared across Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Nigeria. Each tile carries the annual series and the latest known value for each country, sorted from highest to lowest. Hover a chart to read a given year, open a tile for the full page.

Indicators published
21of 21 for these countries
Countries compared
8Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Nigeria
Period covered
1970 - 2025the widest in this category
Annual values
3,697on this page, all series

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21 indicators

Education / gov. budgetSE.XPD.TOTL.GB.ZS · %
19812024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands11.97%2022
  • China11.91%2023
  • United Kingdom11.82%2021
  • United States11.29%2021
  • Germany10.68%2022
  • Spain9.88%2022
  • Italy7.41%2022
  • Nigeria2.98%2024
Primary enrollmentSE.PRM.ENRR · %
19702024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands104.16%2023
  • Italy103.57%2023
  • Spain102.94%2024
  • Germany102.64%2024
  • United Kingdom102.17%2023
  • China99.64%2024
  • United States96.97%2022
  • Nigeria89.59%2023
Secondary enrollmentSE.SEC.ENRR · %
19702024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands137.51%2023
  • Spain118.54%2024
  • United Kingdom112.12%2023
  • Italy100.68%2023
  • Germany100.24%2024
  • United States97.47%2022
  • China92.26%2012
  • Nigeria46.89%2023
Tertiary enrollmentSE.TER.ENRR · %
19702024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Spain93.77%2024
  • Netherlands86.59%2023
  • United Kingdom80.41%2023
  • United States79.36%2022
  • China76.88%2024
  • Germany76.71%2024
  • Italy75.95%2023
  • Nigeria9.74%2011
Primary completionSE.PRM.CMPT.ZS · %
19892024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China103.46%2010
  • United Kingdom101.07%2023
  • Spain98.51%2024
  • Italy97.36%2023
  • Germany96.84%2024
  • United States95.74%2022
  • Nigeria70.16%2010
Pre-primary enrollmentSE.PRE.ENRR · %
19712021

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Germany108.03%2020
  • United Kingdom105.76%2020
  • Spain101.83%2020
  • China93.07%2021
  • Italy92.66%2020
  • Netherlands91.95%2020
  • United States72.4%2020
  • Nigeria23.46%2018
Net primary enrollmentSE.PRM.NENR · %
19712017

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United Kingdom99.49%2017
  • Netherlands98.65%2017
  • Spain97.27%2017
  • Italy95.66%2017
  • United States94.63%2017
  • Germany90.14%2017
  • China89.35%1997
  • Nigeria64.14%2010
Pupil-teacher ratio (prim.)SE.PRM.ENRL.TC.ZS
19702018

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Nigeria37.552010
  • China16.432018
  • United Kingdom15.132017
  • United States14.22017
  • Spain13.132017
  • Germany12.32017
  • Netherlands11.812017
  • Italy11.482017
Pupil-teacher ratio (sec.)SE.SEC.ENRL.TC.ZS
19702018

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Nigeria23.22010
  • United Kingdom16.622017
  • United States14.622017
  • Netherlands14.522017
  • China13.262018
  • Germany11.972017
  • Spain11.572017
  • Italy9.982017
Children out of schoolSE.PRM.UNER
19872024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Nigeria9.07 m2023
  • China8.25 m1997
  • United States965,8532022
  • Italy52,1172023
  • Spain34,0502024
  • Germany8,8202024
  • Netherlands5,6982023
  • United Kingdom3,3262023
Compulsory educationSE.COM.DURS · yrs
19972025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Germany13 yrs2025
  • Netherlands13 yrs2025
  • Italy12 yrs2025
  • United States12 yrs2025
  • United Kingdom11 yrs2025
  • Spain10 yrs2025
  • China9 yrs2025
  • Nigeria9 yrs2025
Private primary shareSE.PRM.PRIV.ZS · %
19702024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United Kingdom38.15%2023
  • Spain31.71%2024
  • Nigeria23.27%2023
  • United States9.72%2023
  • China6.37%2024
  • Italy6.1%2023
  • Germany5.13%2024
  • Netherlands0.32%2022
Gender parity indexSE.ENR.PRSC.FM.ZS
19702021

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Spain1.022020
  • United Kingdom1.012020
  • China1.012021
  • Netherlands1.012020
  • Italy0.992020
  • United States0.992020
  • Germany0.972020
  • Nigeria0.972018

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