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Education

21 World Bank indicators, compared across United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Zimbabwe, Saudi Arabia. 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, Zimbabwe, Saudi Arabia
Period covered
1970 - 2025the widest in this category
Annual values
3,697on 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
  • Saudi Arabia4.48%2023
  • Italy4.07%2022
  • China3.9%2023
  • Zimbabwe0.38%2023
Education / gov. budgetSE.XPD.TOTL.GB.ZS · %
19812025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Zimbabwe17.9%2025
  • Saudi Arabia15.64%2024
  • 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
  • Saudi Arabia103.98%2024
  • Italy103.57%2023
  • Spain102.94%2024
  • United Kingdom102.17%2023
  • China99.64%2024
  • United States96.97%2022
  • Zimbabwe93.08%2024
Secondary enrollmentSE.SEC.ENRR · %
19702024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands137.51%2023
  • Spain118.54%2024
  • United Kingdom112.12%2023
  • Saudi Arabia110.66%2024
  • Italy100.68%2023
  • United States97.47%2022
  • China92.26%2012
  • Zimbabwe52.42%2013
Tertiary enrollmentSE.TER.ENRR · %
19702024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Spain93.77%2024
  • Netherlands86.59%2023
  • Saudi Arabia83.88%2024
  • United Kingdom80.41%2023
  • United States79.36%2022
  • China76.88%2024
  • Italy75.95%2023
  • Zimbabwe7.75%2024
Primary completionSE.PRM.CMPT.ZS · %
19792024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China103.46%2010
  • United Kingdom101.07%2023
  • Saudi Arabia99.36%2024
  • Spain98.51%2024
  • Italy97.36%2023
  • United States95.74%2022
  • Zimbabwe85.96%2024
Primary repetition rateSE.PRM.REPT.ZS · %
19712018

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Spain2.5%2017
  • Netherlands2.18%1985
  • Zimbabwe1.89%2013
  • United States1.61%2017
  • Saudi Arabia1.23%2018
  • 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
  • Zimbabwe74.32%2021
  • United States72.4%2020
  • Saudi Arabia18.32%2021
Net primary enrollmentSE.PRM.NENR · %
19712018

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United Kingdom99.49%2017
  • Netherlands98.65%2017
  • Spain97.27%2017
  • Italy95.66%2017
  • United States94.63%2017
  • Saudi Arabia94.55%2018
  • Zimbabwe94.15%2013
  • China89.35%1997
Net secondary enrollmentSE.SEC.NENR · %
19712018

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United Kingdom97.13%2017
  • Spain96.88%2017
  • Saudi Arabia96.36%2018
  • Italy94.66%2017
  • Netherlands93.16%2017
  • United States92.45%2017
  • Zimbabwe48.73%2013
Pupil-teacher ratio (prim.)SE.PRM.ENRL.TC.ZS
19702018

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Zimbabwe36.412013
  • China16.432018
  • United Kingdom15.132017
  • United States14.22017
  • Saudi Arabia13.812018
  • Spain13.132017
  • Netherlands11.812017
  • Italy11.482017
Pupil-teacher ratio (sec.)SE.SEC.ENRL.TC.ZS
19702018

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Zimbabwe22.482013
  • United Kingdom16.622017
  • United States14.622017
  • Netherlands14.522017
  • China13.262018
  • Spain11.572017
  • Saudi Arabia11.532018
  • Italy9.982017
Bachelor's or higher (25+)SE.TER.CUAT.BA.ZS · %
19942024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United Kingdom39.59%2021
  • United States39.06%2024
  • Netherlands36.56%2023
  • Saudi Arabia36.04%2024
  • Spain25.04%2023
  • Italy17.58%2023
  • China7.68%2020
  • Zimbabwe1.13%2023
Children out of schoolSE.PRM.UNER
19792024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China8.25 m1997
  • United States965,8532022
  • Zimbabwe332,3142024
  • Italy52,1172023
  • Spain34,0502024
  • Saudi Arabia17,4582024
  • 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
  • China9 yrs2025
  • Saudi Arabia9 yrs2025
  • Zimbabwe7 yrs2025
Private primary shareSE.PRM.PRIV.ZS · %
19712024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United Kingdom38.15%2023
  • Spain31.71%2024
  • Saudi Arabia15.66%2024
  • Zimbabwe13.14%2020
  • United States9.72%2023
  • China6.37%2024
  • Italy6.1%2023
  • Netherlands0.32%2022
Gender parity indexSE.ENR.PRSC.FM.ZS
19702021

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Spain1.022020
  • United Kingdom1.012020
  • China1.012021
  • Netherlands1.012020
  • Italy0.992020
  • Saudi Arabia0.992021
  • United States0.992020
  • Zimbabwe0.972013

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