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Education

21 World Bank indicators, compared across United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Philippines, South Korea. 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, South Korea
Period covered
1970 - 2025the widest in this category
Annual values
4,251on this page, all series

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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
  • South Korea5.41%2022
  • Netherlands5.18%2022
  • Spain4.59%2022
  • Italy4.07%2022
  • Philippines3.97%2025
  • China3.9%2023
Primary enrollmentSE.PRM.ENRR · %
19702024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands104.16%2023
  • Italy103.57%2023
  • Spain102.94%2024
  • United Kingdom102.17%2023
  • South Korea100.87%2024
  • China99.64%2024
  • United States96.97%2022
  • 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
  • South Korea96.25%2024
  • China92.26%2012
  • Philippines85.29%2024
Tertiary enrollmentSE.TER.ENRR · %
19702024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Korea111.85%2024
  • Spain93.77%2024
  • Netherlands86.59%2023
  • United Kingdom80.41%2023
  • United States79.36%2022
  • China76.88%2024
  • Italy75.95%2023
  • Philippines47.41%2024
Primary completionSE.PRM.CMPT.ZS · %
19812024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China103.46%2010
  • South Korea102.85%2024
  • United Kingdom101.07%2023
  • Spain98.51%2024
  • Italy97.36%2023
  • United States95.74%2022
  • Philippines91.45%2024
Primary repetition rateSE.PRM.REPT.ZS · %
19712018

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Spain2.5%2017
  • Netherlands2.18%1985
  • United States1.61%2017
  • Philippines1.41%2017
  • Italy0.33%2017
  • China0.01%2018
  • South Korea0%2017
  • 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
  • South Korea91.78%2020
  • Philippines90.23%2021
  • United States72.4%2020
Net primary enrollmentSE.PRM.NENR · %
19712017

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United Kingdom99.49%2017
  • Netherlands98.65%2017
  • Spain97.27%2017
  • South Korea97.26%2017
  • Italy95.66%2017
  • United States94.63%2017
  • Philippines93.78%2017
  • China89.35%1997
Net secondary enrollmentSE.SEC.NENR · %
19712017

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Korea98.01%2017
  • United Kingdom97.13%2017
  • Spain96.88%2017
  • Italy94.66%2017
  • Netherlands93.16%2017
  • United States92.45%2017
  • Philippines65.56%2015
Pupil-teacher ratio (prim.)SE.PRM.ENRL.TC.ZS
19702018

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Philippines29.082017
  • China16.432018
  • South Korea16.292017
  • 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

  • Philippines23.882017
  • United Kingdom16.622017
  • United States14.622017
  • Netherlands14.522017
  • South Korea13.272017
  • 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
  • South Korea36.46%2024
  • Spain25.04%2023
  • Philippines18.08%2022
  • Italy17.58%2023
  • 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
  • Netherlands5,6982023
  • United Kingdom3,3262023
  • South Korea1,3832024
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
  • China9 yrs2025
  • South Korea9 yrs2025
Private primary shareSE.PRM.PRIV.ZS · %
19712024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United Kingdom38.15%2023
  • Spain31.71%2024
  • United States9.72%2023
  • Philippines9.48%2020
  • China6.37%2024
  • Italy6.1%2023
  • South Korea1.74%2024
  • 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
  • South Korea12020
  • Italy0.992020
  • United States0.992020

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