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Education

21 World Bank indicators, compared across United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Pakistan, North Macedonia. 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, Pakistan, North Macedonia
Period covered
1970 - 2025the widest in this category
Annual values
3,886on this page, all series

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21 indicators

Education spending / GDPSE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS · %
19702023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United Kingdom5.91%2021
  • United States5.42%2021
  • Netherlands5.18%2022
  • Spain4.59%2022
  • Italy4.07%2022
  • China3.9%2023
  • North Macedonia3.3%2002
  • Pakistan1.95%2023
Education / gov. budgetSE.XPD.TOTL.GB.ZS · %
19802023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands11.97%2022
  • China11.91%2023
  • United Kingdom11.82%2021
  • United States11.29%2021
  • Spain9.88%2022
  • Pakistan9.76%2023
  • North Macedonia8.64%2002
  • Italy7.41%2022
Primary enrollmentSE.PRM.ENRR · %
19702024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands104.16%2023
  • Italy103.57%2023
  • Spain102.94%2024
  • United Kingdom102.17%2023
  • China99.64%2024
  • United States96.97%2022
  • North Macedonia96.31%2023
  • Pakistan83.73%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
  • China92.26%2012
  • North Macedonia90.07%2023
  • Pakistan48.28%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
  • North Macedonia55.01%2023
  • Pakistan10.86%2024
Primary completionSE.PRM.CMPT.ZS · %
19892024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China103.46%2010
  • United Kingdom101.07%2023
  • Spain98.51%2024
  • Italy97.36%2023
  • North Macedonia95.76%2023
  • United States95.74%2022
  • Pakistan74.14%2024
Primary repetition rateSE.PRM.REPT.ZS · %
19712018

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Spain2.5%2017
  • Netherlands2.18%1985
  • Pakistan1.86%2018
  • United States1.61%2017
  • Italy0.33%2017
  • China0.01%2018
  • United Kingdom0%2012
  • North Macedonia0%2017
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
  • Pakistan82.56%2019
  • United States72.4%2020
  • North Macedonia31.04%2020
Net primary enrollmentSE.PRM.NENR · %
19712018

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United Kingdom99.49%2017
  • Netherlands98.65%2017
  • Spain97.27%2017
  • Italy95.66%2017
  • North Macedonia94.89%2017
  • United States94.63%2017
  • China89.35%1997
  • Pakistan67.57%2018
Net secondary enrollmentSE.SEC.NENR · %
19712018

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United Kingdom97.13%2017
  • Spain96.88%2017
  • Italy94.66%2017
  • Netherlands93.16%2017
  • United States92.45%2017
  • North Macedonia78.93%2005
  • Pakistan37.4%2018
Pupil-teacher ratio (prim.)SE.PRM.ENRL.TC.ZS
19702018

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Pakistan44.082018
  • China16.432018
  • United Kingdom15.132017
  • North Macedonia14.912017
  • United States14.22017
  • Spain13.132017
  • Netherlands11.812017
  • Italy11.482017
Pupil-teacher ratio (sec.)SE.SEC.ENRL.TC.ZS
19702018

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Pakistan20.42018
  • United Kingdom16.622017
  • United States14.622017
  • Netherlands14.522017
  • China13.262018
  • Spain11.572017
  • Italy9.982017
  • North Macedonia8.742017
Bachelor's or higher (25+)SE.TER.CUAT.BA.ZS · %
19722024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United Kingdom39.59%2021
  • United States39.06%2024
  • Netherlands36.56%2023
  • Spain25.04%2023
  • North Macedonia20.03%2024
  • Italy17.58%2023
  • Pakistan9.93%2021
  • China7.68%2020
Children out of schoolSE.PRM.UNER
19872024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China8.25 m1997
  • Pakistan5.43 m2024
  • United States965,8532022
  • Italy52,1172023
  • Spain34,0502024
  • Netherlands5,6982023
  • North Macedonia4,1512023
  • United Kingdom3,3262023
Compulsory educationSE.COM.DURS · yrs
19972025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands13 yrs2025
  • North Macedonia13 yrs2025
  • Italy12 yrs2025
  • United States12 yrs2025
  • Pakistan12 yrs2025
  • United Kingdom11 yrs2025
  • Spain10 yrs2025
  • China9 yrs2025
Private primary shareSE.PRM.PRIV.ZS · %
19712024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Pakistan46.98%2024
  • United Kingdom38.15%2023
  • Spain31.71%2024
  • United States9.72%2023
  • China6.37%2024
  • Italy6.1%2023
  • North Macedonia0.78%2023
  • Netherlands0.32%2022
Gender parity indexSE.ENR.PRSC.FM.ZS
19712021

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Spain1.022020
  • United Kingdom1.012020
  • China1.012021
  • Netherlands1.012020
  • North Macedonia0.992020
  • Italy0.992020
  • United States0.992020
  • Pakistan0.882019

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