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Education

21 World Bank indicators, compared across United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Africa, Gabon. 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, South Africa, Gabon
Period covered
1970 - 2025the widest in this category
Annual values
3,734on this page, all series

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21 indicators

Education / gov. budgetSE.XPD.TOTL.GB.ZS · %
19812025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Africa19.14%2025
  • Gabon13.57%2023
  • Netherlands11.97%2022
  • China11.91%2023
  • United Kingdom11.82%2021
  • United States11.29%2021
  • Spain9.88%2022
  • 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
  • South Africa101.77%2023
  • Gabon100.17%2019
  • China99.64%2024
  • United States96.97%2022
Secondary enrollmentSE.SEC.ENRR · %
19702024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands137.51%2023
  • Spain118.54%2024
  • United Kingdom112.12%2023
  • South Africa104.13%2023
  • Italy100.68%2023
  • United States97.47%2022
  • China92.26%2012
  • Gabon70.26%2019
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
  • South Africa23.49%2023
  • Gabon7.66%2003
Primary completionSE.PRM.CMPT.ZS · %
19722024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China103.46%2010
  • United Kingdom101.07%2023
  • Spain98.51%2024
  • Italy97.36%2023
  • United States95.74%2022
  • South Africa95.33%2023
  • Gabon67.71%2003
Primary repetition rateSE.PRM.REPT.ZS · %
19712018

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Gabon34.41%2003
  • South Africa8.79%2016
  • Spain2.5%2017
  • Netherlands2.18%1985
  • United States1.61%2017
  • Italy0.33%2017
  • China0.01%2018
  • 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
  • United States72.4%2020
  • Gabon42.99%2019
  • South Africa17.55%2020
Net primary enrollmentSE.PRM.NENR · %
19702017

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United Kingdom99.49%2017
  • Netherlands98.65%2017
  • Spain97.27%2017
  • Italy95.66%2017
  • United States94.63%2017
  • Gabon90.91%1997
  • China89.35%1997
  • South Africa87.01%2017
Net secondary enrollmentSE.SEC.NENR · %
19712017

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United Kingdom97.13%2017
  • Spain96.88%2017
  • Italy94.66%2017
  • Netherlands93.16%2017
  • United States92.45%2017
  • South Africa71.93%2017
Pupil-teacher ratio (prim.)SE.PRM.ENRL.TC.ZS
19702018

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Africa30.332015
  • Gabon24.532011
  • China16.432018
  • 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

  • Gabon28.121999
  • South Africa27.622017
  • United Kingdom16.622017
  • United States14.622017
  • Netherlands14.522017
  • China13.262018
  • Spain11.572017
  • Italy9.982017
Children out of schoolSE.PRM.UNER
19702024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China8.25 m1997
  • United States965,8532022
  • South Africa448,1462023
  • Gabon77,4382019
  • Italy52,1172023
  • Spain34,0502024
  • Netherlands5,6982023
  • United Kingdom3,3262023
Compulsory educationSE.COM.DURS · yrs
19972025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands13 yrs2025
  • Italy12 yrs2025
  • United States12 yrs2025
  • United Kingdom11 yrs2025
  • Spain10 yrs2025
  • Gabon10 yrs2025
  • China9 yrs2025
  • South Africa9 yrs2025
Private primary shareSE.PRM.PRIV.ZS · %
19712024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Gabon49.12%2019
  • United Kingdom38.15%2023
  • Spain31.71%2024
  • United States9.72%2023
  • China6.37%2024
  • Italy6.1%2023
  • South Africa5.78%2023
  • Netherlands0.32%2022
Gender parity indexSE.ENR.PRSC.FM.ZS
19712021

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Spain1.022020
  • Gabon1.022019
  • United Kingdom1.012020
  • China1.012021
  • South Africa1.012020
  • Netherlands1.012020
  • Italy0.992020
  • United States0.992020

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