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Education

21 World Bank indicators, compared across Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Sudan, Sudan, North 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
8Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Sudan, Sudan, North Korea
Period covered
1970 - 2025the widest in this category
Annual values
2,816on this page, all series

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21 indicators

Adult literacySE.ADT.LITR.ZS · %
19812021

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • North Korea100%2008
  • Spain99.7%2021
  • Italy99.35%2019
  • China96.74%2020
  • Sudan53.52%2008
  • South Sudan26.83%2008
Education / gov. budgetSE.XPD.TOTL.GB.ZS · %
19812025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • North Korea14.63%2025
  • Netherlands11.97%2022
  • China11.91%2023
  • United States11.29%2021
  • Sudan10.78%2009
  • Spain9.88%2022
  • Italy7.41%2022
  • South Sudan0%2024
Primary enrollmentSE.PRM.ENRR · %
19702024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands104.16%2023
  • Italy103.57%2023
  • Spain102.94%2024
  • China99.64%2024
  • South Sudan98.44%2024
  • United States96.97%2022
  • North Korea92.06%2018
  • Sudan72.4%2019
Secondary enrollmentSE.SEC.ENRR · %
19702024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands137.51%2023
  • South Sudan122.12%2024
  • Spain118.54%2024
  • Italy100.68%2023
  • United States97.47%2022
  • North Korea94.25%2015
  • China92.26%2012
  • Sudan43.54%2019
Tertiary enrollmentSE.TER.ENRR · %
19702024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Spain93.77%2024
  • Netherlands86.59%2023
  • United States79.36%2022
  • China76.88%2024
  • Italy75.95%2023
  • North Korea26.72%2018
  • Sudan15.86%2015
Primary completionSE.PRM.CMPT.ZS · %
19892024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China103.46%2010
  • Spain98.51%2024
  • Italy97.36%2023
  • North Korea97.09%2009
  • United States95.74%2022
  • Sudan60.12%2019
  • South Sudan28.66%2011
Pre-primary enrollmentSE.PRE.ENRR · %
19712021

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Spain101.83%2020
  • China93.07%2021
  • Italy92.66%2020
  • Netherlands91.95%2020
  • United States72.4%2020
  • Sudan47.4%2018
  • South Sudan11.59%2018
Net primary enrollmentSE.PRM.NENR · %
19712017

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands98.65%2017
  • Spain97.27%2017
  • Italy95.66%2017
  • United States94.63%2017
  • North Korea94.03%2009
  • China89.35%1997
  • Sudan60.01%2017
  • South Sudan35.21%2015
Children out of schoolSE.PRM.UNER
19872024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China8.25 m1997
  • Sudan3.17 m2019
  • South Sudan1.2 m2024
  • United States965,8532022
  • Italy52,1172023
  • Spain34,0502024
  • North Korea7,7272009
  • Netherlands5,6982023
Compulsory educationSE.COM.DURS · yrs
19752025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands13 yrs2025
  • Italy12 yrs2025
  • United States12 yrs2025
  • North Korea12 yrs2025
  • Spain10 yrs2025
  • China9 yrs2025
  • South Sudan8 yrs2025
  • Sudan8 yrs2025
Private primary shareSE.PRM.PRIV.ZS · %
19712024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Sudan46.87%2024
  • Spain31.71%2024
  • Sudan10.6%2019
  • United States9.72%2023
  • China6.37%2024
  • Italy6.1%2023
  • Netherlands0.32%2022
Gender parity indexSE.ENR.PRSC.FM.ZS
19712021

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Spain1.022020
  • China1.012021
  • Netherlands1.012020
  • Italy0.992020
  • United States0.992020
  • Sudan0.962018
  • South Sudan0.692015

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