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Education

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

Education spending / GDPSE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS · %
19702025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United Kingdom5.91%2021
  • United States5.42%2021
  • Costa Rica5.31%2023
  • Netherlands5.18%2022
  • Spain4.59%2022
  • Italy4.07%2022
  • Philippines3.97%2025
  • China3.9%2023
Education / gov. budgetSE.XPD.TOTL.GB.ZS · %
19812025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Costa Rica20.38%2023
  • Philippines15.2%2025
  • Netherlands11.97%2022
  • China11.91%2023
  • United Kingdom11.82%2021
  • United States11.29%2021
  • Spain9.88%2022
  • Italy7.41%2022
Primary enrollmentSE.PRM.ENRR · %
19702024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Costa Rica104.77%2024
  • Netherlands104.16%2023
  • Italy103.57%2023
  • Spain102.94%2024
  • United Kingdom102.17%2023
  • China99.64%2024
  • United States96.97%2022
  • Philippines94.03%2024
Secondary enrollmentSE.SEC.ENRR · %
19702024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands137.51%2023
  • Costa Rica121.81%2024
  • Spain118.54%2024
  • United Kingdom112.12%2023
  • Italy100.68%2023
  • United States97.47%2022
  • China92.26%2012
  • Philippines85.29%2024
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
  • Costa Rica55.02%2019
  • Philippines47.41%2024
Primary completionSE.PRM.CMPT.ZS · %
19812024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Costa Rica106.39%2024
  • China103.46%2010
  • United Kingdom101.07%2023
  • Spain98.51%2024
  • Italy97.36%2023
  • United States95.74%2022
  • Philippines91.45%2024
Primary repetition rateSE.PRM.REPT.ZS · %
19702018

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Spain2.5%2017
  • Costa Rica2.31%2018
  • Netherlands2.18%1985
  • United States1.61%2017
  • Philippines1.41%2017
  • Italy0.33%2017
  • China0.01%2018
  • United Kingdom0%2012
Pre-primary enrollmentSE.PRE.ENRR · %
19702021

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United Kingdom105.76%2020
  • Spain101.83%2020
  • Costa Rica95.24%2021
  • China93.07%2021
  • Italy92.66%2020
  • Netherlands91.95%2020
  • Philippines90.23%2021
  • United States72.4%2020
Net primary enrollmentSE.PRM.NENR · %
19702018

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United Kingdom99.49%2017
  • Netherlands98.65%2017
  • Costa Rica97.33%2018
  • Spain97.27%2017
  • Italy95.66%2017
  • United States94.63%2017
  • Philippines93.78%2017
  • China89.35%1997
Net secondary enrollmentSE.SEC.NENR · %
19702018

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United Kingdom97.13%2017
  • Spain96.88%2017
  • Italy94.66%2017
  • Netherlands93.16%2017
  • United States92.45%2017
  • Costa Rica82.45%2018
  • Philippines65.56%2015
Pupil-teacher ratio (prim.)SE.PRM.ENRL.TC.ZS
19702018

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Philippines29.082017
  • China16.432018
  • United Kingdom15.132017
  • United States14.22017
  • Spain13.132017
  • Costa Rica12.22018
  • Netherlands11.812017
  • Italy11.482017
Pupil-teacher ratio (sec.)SE.SEC.ENRL.TC.ZS
19702018

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Philippines23.882017
  • United Kingdom16.622017
  • United States14.622017
  • Netherlands14.522017
  • China13.262018
  • Costa Rica12.432018
  • 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
  • Costa Rica16.83%2024
  • China7.68%2020
Children out of schoolSE.PRM.UNER
19762024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China8.25 m1997
  • Philippines1.62 m2024
  • United States965,8532022
  • Italy52,1172023
  • Spain34,0502024
  • Costa Rica19,7012024
  • Netherlands5,6982023
  • United Kingdom3,3262023
Compulsory educationSE.COM.DURS · yrs
19972025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands13 yrs2025
  • Philippines13 yrs2025
  • Costa Rica13 yrs2025
  • Italy12 yrs2025
  • United States12 yrs2025
  • United Kingdom11 yrs2025
  • Spain10 yrs2025
  • China9 yrs2025
Private primary shareSE.PRM.PRIV.ZS · %
19702024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United Kingdom38.15%2023
  • Spain31.71%2024
  • Costa Rica9.99%2024
  • United States9.72%2023
  • Philippines9.48%2020
  • China6.37%2024
  • Italy6.1%2023
  • Netherlands0.32%2022
Gender parity indexSE.ENR.PRSC.FM.ZS
19702021

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Costa Rica1.052020
  • Philippines1.032021
  • Spain1.022020
  • United Kingdom1.012020
  • China1.012021
  • Netherlands1.012020
  • Italy0.992020
  • United States0.992020

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