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Education

21 World Bank indicators, compared across United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Philippines, Cent. African Rep.. 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
8United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Philippines, Cent. African Rep.
Period covered
1970 - 2025the widest in this category
Annual values
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21 indicators

Adult literacySE.ADT.LITR.ZS · %
19752021

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Spain99.7%2021
  • Italy99.35%2019
  • Philippines98.47%2020
  • China96.74%2020
  • Cent. African Rep.42.44%2019
Education spending / GDPSE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS · %
19702025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United Kingdom5.91%2021
  • United States5.42%2021
  • Netherlands5.18%2022
  • Spain4.59%2022
  • Italy4.07%2022
  • Philippines3.97%2025
  • China3.9%2023
  • Cent. African Rep.1.83%2023
Education / gov. budgetSE.XPD.TOTL.GB.ZS · %
19812025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Philippines15.2%2025
  • Netherlands11.97%2022
  • China11.91%2023
  • United Kingdom11.82%2021
  • United States11.29%2021
  • Cent. African Rep.9.99%2023
  • Spain9.88%2022
  • Italy7.41%2022
Primary enrollmentSE.PRM.ENRR · %
19702024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands104.16%2023
  • Italy103.57%2023
  • Spain102.94%2024
  • United Kingdom102.17%2023
  • China99.64%2024
  • United States96.97%2022
  • Cent. African Rep.96.81%2016
  • Philippines94.03%2024
Secondary enrollmentSE.SEC.ENRR · %
19702024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands137.51%2023
  • Spain118.54%2024
  • United Kingdom112.12%2023
  • Italy100.68%2023
  • United States97.47%2022
  • China92.26%2012
  • Philippines85.29%2024
  • Cent. African Rep.15.81%2017
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
  • Italy75.95%2023
  • Philippines47.41%2024
  • Cent. African Rep.2.78%2012
Primary completionSE.PRM.CMPT.ZS · %
19712024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China103.46%2010
  • United Kingdom101.07%2023
  • Spain98.51%2024
  • Italy97.36%2023
  • United States95.74%2022
  • Philippines91.45%2024
  • Cent. African Rep.38.48%2016
Primary repetition rateSE.PRM.REPT.ZS · %
19712018

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Cent. African Rep.22.64%2016
  • Spain2.5%2017
  • Netherlands2.18%1985
  • United States1.61%2017
  • Philippines1.41%2017
  • Italy0.33%2017
  • China0.01%2018
  • United Kingdom0%2012
Pre-primary enrollmentSE.PRE.ENRR · %
19712021

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United Kingdom105.76%2020
  • Spain101.83%2020
  • China93.07%2021
  • Italy92.66%2020
  • Netherlands91.95%2020
  • Philippines90.23%2021
  • United States72.4%2020
  • Cent. African Rep.2.93%2017
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
  • Philippines93.78%2017
  • China89.35%1997
  • Cent. African Rep.66.3%2012
Net secondary enrollmentSE.SEC.NENR · %
19712017

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United Kingdom97.13%2017
  • Spain96.88%2017
  • Italy94.66%2017
  • Netherlands93.16%2017
  • United States92.45%2017
  • Philippines65.56%2015
  • Cent. African Rep.12.72%2017
Pupil-teacher ratio (prim.)SE.PRM.ENRL.TC.ZS
19702018

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Cent. African Rep.83.412016
  • Philippines29.082017
  • China16.432018
  • United Kingdom15.132017
  • United States14.22017
  • Spain13.132017
  • Netherlands11.812017
  • Italy11.482017
Pupil-teacher ratio (sec.)SE.SEC.ENRL.TC.ZS
19702018

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Cent. African Rep.31.642017
  • Philippines23.882017
  • United Kingdom16.622017
  • United States14.622017
  • Netherlands14.522017
  • China13.262018
  • Spain11.572017
  • Italy9.982017
Bachelor's or higher (25+)SE.TER.CUAT.BA.ZS · %
19942024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United Kingdom39.59%2021
  • United States39.06%2024
  • Netherlands36.56%2023
  • Spain25.04%2023
  • Philippines18.08%2022
  • Italy17.58%2023
  • China7.68%2020
  • Cent. African Rep.1.81%2019
Children out of schoolSE.PRM.UNER
19712024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China8.25 m1997
  • Philippines1.62 m2024
  • United States965,8532022
  • Cent. African Rep.306,3342012
  • Italy52,1172023
  • Spain34,0502024
  • Netherlands5,6982023
  • United Kingdom3,3262023
Compulsory educationSE.COM.DURS · yrs
19972025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands13 yrs2025
  • Philippines13 yrs2025
  • Italy12 yrs2025
  • United States12 yrs2025
  • United Kingdom11 yrs2025
  • Spain10 yrs2025
  • Cent. African Rep.10 yrs2025
  • China9 yrs2025
Private primary shareSE.PRM.PRIV.ZS · %
19712024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United Kingdom38.15%2023
  • Spain31.71%2024
  • Cent. African Rep.16.73%2016
  • United States9.72%2023
  • Philippines9.48%2020
  • China6.37%2024
  • Italy6.1%2023
  • Netherlands0.32%2022
Gender parity indexSE.ENR.PRSC.FM.ZS
19712021

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Philippines1.032021
  • Spain1.022020
  • United Kingdom1.012020
  • China1.012021
  • Netherlands1.012020
  • Italy0.992020
  • United States0.992020
  • Cent. African Rep.0.742017

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