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Education

21 World Bank indicators, compared across Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Sudan, Sierra Leone, 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, Sierra Leone, North Korea
Period covered
1970 - 2025the widest in this category
Annual values
2,964on 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
  • Sierra Leone43.58%2019
  • South Sudan26.83%2008
Education / gov. budgetSE.XPD.TOTL.GB.ZS · %
19812025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Sierra Leone20.55%2025
  • North Korea14.63%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
  • China99.64%2024
  • South Sudan98.44%2024
  • United States96.97%2022
  • North Korea92.06%2018
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
  • Sierra Leone86.91%2023
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
  • Sierra Leone1.99%2002
Primary completionSE.PRM.CMPT.ZS · %
19782024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China103.46%2010
  • Sierra Leone99.2%2024
  • Spain98.51%2024
  • Italy97.36%2023
  • North Korea97.09%2009
  • United States95.74%2022
  • 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
  • Sierra Leone25%2021
  • South Sudan11.59%2018
Net primary enrollmentSE.PRM.NENR · %
19712017

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands98.65%2017
  • Sierra Leone98.11%2016
  • Spain97.27%2017
  • Italy95.66%2017
  • United States94.63%2017
  • North Korea94.03%2009
  • China89.35%1997
  • South Sudan35.21%2015
Pupil-teacher ratio (prim.)SE.PRM.ENRL.TC.ZS
19702018

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Sudan46.752015
  • Sierra Leone27.522018
  • North Korea20.32018
  • 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
  • North Korea17.472015
  • United States14.622017
  • Netherlands14.522017
  • China13.262018
  • Spain11.572017
  • Italy9.982017
Children out of schoolSE.PRM.UNER
19832024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China8.25 m1997
  • South Sudan1.2 m2024
  • United States965,8532022
  • Italy52,1172023
  • Spain34,0502024
  • Sierra Leone12,7462015
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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

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