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Education

21 World Bank indicators, compared across Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Sudan, Sierra Leone, Dominican 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
8Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Sudan, Sierra Leone, Dominican Rep.
Period covered
1970 - 2025the widest in this category
Annual values
3,410on this page, all series

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21 indicators

Adult literacySE.ADT.LITR.ZS · %
19812024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Spain99.7%2021
  • Italy99.35%2019
  • China96.74%2020
  • Dominican Rep.94.03%2024
  • Sierra Leone43.58%2019
  • South Sudan26.83%2008
Education spending / GDPSE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS · %
19702023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United States5.42%2021
  • Netherlands5.18%2022
  • Spain4.59%2022
  • Italy4.07%2022
  • China3.9%2023
  • Dominican Rep.3.76%2023
  • Sierra Leone2.62%2023
  • South Sudan1.57%2016
Education / gov. budgetSE.XPD.TOTL.GB.ZS · %
19812025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Dominican Rep.20.87%2025
  • Sierra Leone20.55%2025
  • Netherlands11.97%2022
  • China11.91%2023
  • United States11.29%2021
  • Spain9.88%2022
  • Italy7.41%2022
  • South Sudan0%2024
Primary enrollmentSE.PRM.ENRR · %
19702024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Sierra Leone162.12%2024
  • Netherlands104.16%2023
  • Italy103.57%2023
  • Spain102.94%2024
  • Dominican Rep.101.94%2024
  • China99.64%2024
  • South Sudan98.44%2024
  • United States96.97%2022
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
  • China92.26%2012
  • Sierra Leone86.91%2023
  • Dominican Rep.76.36%2024
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
  • Dominican Rep.57.65%2024
  • Sierra Leone1.99%2002
Primary completionSE.PRM.CMPT.ZS · %
19712024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China103.46%2010
  • Sierra Leone99.2%2024
  • Spain98.51%2024
  • Italy97.36%2023
  • United States95.74%2022
  • Dominican Rep.89.98%2024
  • South Sudan28.66%2011
Primary repetition rateSE.PRM.REPT.ZS · %
19712018

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Sudan11.06%2011
  • Dominican Rep.4.64%2018
  • Spain2.5%2017
  • Netherlands2.18%1985
  • United States1.61%2017
  • Sierra Leone1.48%2018
  • Italy0.33%2017
  • China0.01%2018
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
  • Dominican Rep.33.36%2021
  • Sierra Leone25%2021
  • South Sudan11.59%2018
Net primary enrollmentSE.PRM.NENR · %
19712018

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands98.65%2017
  • Sierra Leone98.11%2016
  • Spain97.27%2017
  • Italy95.66%2017
  • United States94.63%2017
  • Dominican Rep.92.71%2018
  • China89.35%1997
  • South Sudan35.21%2015
Net secondary enrollmentSE.SEC.NENR · %
19712018

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Spain96.88%2017
  • Italy94.66%2017
  • Netherlands93.16%2017
  • United States92.45%2017
  • Dominican Rep.70.61%2018
  • Sierra Leone41.77%2018
  • South Sudan5.48%2015
Pupil-teacher ratio (prim.)SE.PRM.ENRL.TC.ZS
19702018

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Sudan46.752015
  • Sierra Leone27.522018
  • Dominican Rep.18.922018
  • China16.432018
  • United States14.22017
  • Spain13.132017
  • Netherlands11.812017
  • Italy11.482017
Pupil-teacher ratio (sec.)SE.SEC.ENRL.TC.ZS
19702018

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Sudan27.472015
  • Sierra Leone22.042016
  • Dominican Rep.18.652017
  • 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 States39.06%2024
  • Netherlands36.56%2023
  • Spain25.04%2023
  • Dominican Rep.19.21%2024
  • Italy17.58%2023
  • China7.68%2020
  • South Sudan3.77%2008
  • Sierra Leone1.96%2019
Children out of schoolSE.PRM.UNER
19722024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China8.25 m1997
  • South Sudan1.2 m2024
  • United States965,8532022
  • Dominican Rep.56,3342024
  • Italy52,1172023
  • Spain34,0502024
  • Sierra Leone12,7462015
  • Netherlands5,6982023
Compulsory educationSE.COM.DURS · yrs
19972025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Dominican Rep.15 yrs2025
  • Netherlands13 yrs2025
  • Italy12 yrs2025
  • United States12 yrs2025
  • Spain10 yrs2025
  • China9 yrs2025
  • Sierra Leone9 yrs2025
  • South Sudan8 yrs2025
Private primary shareSE.PRM.PRIV.ZS · %
19712024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Sudan46.87%2024
  • Spain31.71%2024
  • Dominican Rep.21.52%2024
  • United States9.72%2023
  • Sierra Leone6.55%2021
  • China6.37%2024
  • Italy6.1%2023
  • Netherlands0.32%2022
Gender parity indexSE.ENR.PRSC.FM.ZS
19712021

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Dominican Rep.1.022021
  • Spain1.022020
  • China1.012021
  • Netherlands1.012020
  • Sierra Leone1.012017
  • Italy0.992020
  • United States0.992020
  • South Sudan0.692015

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