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HK: Over-Age Students: Primary: Female: % of Female Enrollment data was reported at 2.184 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.393 % for 2015. HK: Over-Age Students: Primary: Female: % of Female Enrollment data is updated yearly, averaging 5.073 % from Dec 1971 (Median) to 2016, with 33 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 23.971 % in 1971 and a record low of 1.393 % in 2015. HK: Over-Age Students: Primary: Female: % of Female Enrollment data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Hong Kong – Table HK.World Bank: Education Statistics. Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; ;
In 2023, the number of students enrolled in degree programs at all kinds of public institutions of tertiary education in China reached around ***** million. Based on this figure, the gross enrollment rate in tertiary education in China grew to around **** percent that same year. In 1990, only *** million students had been studying at the same level of education. When counting only undergraduate students enrolled at public colleges and universities in China, enrollment numbers reached around **** million in 2022.
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China Population: Education Level: College and Higher data was reported at 270.529 Person th in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 265.414 Person th for 2022. China Population: Education Level: College and Higher data is updated yearly, averaging 117.925 Person th from Dec 1982 (Median) to 2023, with 29 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 217,224.651 Person th in 2020 and a record low of 25.422 Person th in 1996. China Population: Education Level: College and Higher data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Socio-Demographic – Table CN.GA: Population: Sample Survey: Level of Education.
According to a survey conducted by Statista Consumer Insights, more than ********** of Generation Z respondents above 18 years in China had obtained a bachelor's or higher degree as of September 2024. Thanks to the mandatory education policy in China, all surveyed Generation Z had completed their education at high school.
This statistic shows the average annual income in urban China in 2011, by education and residency status. In 2011, the average annual income of an urban resident with high school degree was ****** yuan in China.
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China Educational Attainment: Doctoral or Equivalent: Population 25+ Years: % Cumulative data was reported at 0.120 % in 2020. China Educational Attainment: Doctoral or Equivalent: Population 25+ Years: % Cumulative data is updated yearly, averaging 0.120 % from Dec 2020 (Median) to 2020, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.120 % in 2020 and a record low of 0.120 % in 2020. China Educational Attainment: Doctoral or Equivalent: Population 25+ Years: % Cumulative data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s China – Table CN.World Bank.WDI: Social: Education Statistics. The percentage of population ages 25 and over that attained or completed Doctoral or equivalent.;UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). UIS.Stat Bulk Data Download Service. Accessed April 5, 2025. https://apiportal.uis.unesco.org/bdds.;;
From 2010 to 2019, the proportion of Chinese adults from 25 years old reaching a secondary level of education rose gradually from **** to **** percent. Japan and South Korea had a higher share of population with such an education level at above ** percent in 2019.
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Historical dataset showing China education spending by year from 2005 to 2022.
In 2023, the total public spending on all different levels of education in China amounted to approximately **** trillion yuan. Of this total sum, around **** trillion yuan were spent on tertiary education.
This graph shows the annual growth rate of public expenditure on education in China from 2014 to 2024. In 2024, public expenditure on education in China increased by *** percent compared to the previous year.
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Secondary education, pupils in China was reported at 96322800 in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. China - Secondary education, pupils - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on September of 2025.
In 2024, public spending on education in China reached *** trillion yuan. Education expenditure increased continuously over recent years, but growth rates are considerably lower than ten years ago. Development of public spending on education Since the beginning of the reform era, the Chinese government attached great importance to the development of the educational sector. Besides structural reforms, public spending on education was increased considerably. However, the whole educational sector lagged far behind international standards in terms of quality as well as quantity. Public expenditure on education as a share of the national GDP, which is a common measure to compare educational systems, ranged at only around 2.5 percent in the mid-1990s. In 1993, the government announced the plan to increase educational spending to four percent of the GDP until 2000, but it took 12 more years to reach that target. However, considering that at the same time the GDP grew by double digits most of the years, the financial situation of the education sector improved greatly. This manifests itself in the substantially increased number of graduates and quality of degrees. Since achieving the four percent target in 2012, the growth of educational spending, which had reached more than ** percent per year in the years before, was reduced to levels equaling the GDP growth. Compared to the public spending on education of developed countries, China is still at the lower range and did not reach the OECD average of around *** percent of the GDP in 2018. Spending per student Even though educational spending in China improved a lot in the last decades, when calculated per student, expenditure is still far behind developed countries. While spending per student on a tertiary level of education in OECD countries averaged around ****** U.S. dollars in 2020, it reached only ****** yuan per student in China in 2023, which is less than one third. This fact sheds some light on the average quality level of the educational system in China on a general basis and reminds us that China is a huge and populous country. Of which, some elite schools in the big cities coexist with vast numbers of schools in the countryside operating on a completely different level of quality.
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Graph and download economic data for Ratio of Female to Male Tertiary School Enrollment for China (SEENRTERTFMZSCHN) from 1974 to 2023 about enrolled, ratio, tertiary schooling, females, males, China, and education.
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Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) in China was reported at 46993614 Persons in 2019, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. China - Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on October of 2025.
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According to a comparatively narrow market definition, online education in China had a market size of approximately ***** billion yuan in 2020. After high growth rates in the past years, market growth is forecast to slow down to an CAGR of about **** percent in the upcoming years.
According to latest figures, around ***** million undergraduate students were enrolled in degree programs at public colleges and universities in China in 2024. In 2023, around ***** million students were studying in bachelor's degree programs, while ***** million were enrolled in more practically oriented short-cycle degree programs. The number of graduates from these programs reached around ***** million in 2023. On a postgraduate level, there were almost *** million master's and doctor's degree students studying at public institutions in China in 2023. Development of enrollment figures Since the beginning of the reform era in 1979, the number of students enrolled at institutions of tertiary education in China has increased tremendously. While the gross enrollment rate in tertiary education ranged at only *** percent in 1990, it reached ** percent of related age groups in 2023. This is the result of a thorough governmental plan aimed at increasing the number of specialists China needed for its economic development. The quality of university education in China also increased a lot throughout these years. Nowadays, two Chinese institutions, Tsinghua University and Peking University, regularly reach the highest positions in international university rankings, while a broad group of institutions are continuously improving into the midfield of international universities. However, competition for admission to the elite universities is fierce and the quality of many lower level colleges is not comparable to higher international standards. Types of tertiary education in China China generally differentiates between universities, providing four-year bachelor, master and doctorate programs, and higher vocational colleges, providing more practically oriented three-year, short-cycle degree programs. In addition, it is possible to obtain degrees at public institutes for adult education and from online and self-learning courses provided by public institutions. The number of students enrolled in degree programs at all different levels of public tertiary education in China reached more than **** million in 2023. In addition to public institutions, there is also a growing number of students enrolled at private colleges and universities. However, these private institutions are generally not as esteemed and work on a lower level than their public counterparts.
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School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) in China was reported at 74.82 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. China - School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on September of 2025.
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Hong Kong HK: Educational Attainment: At Least Completed Upper Secondary: Population 25+ Years: Female: % Cumulative data was reported at 60.504 % in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 59.622 % for 2014. Hong Kong HK: Educational Attainment: At Least Completed Upper Secondary: Population 25+ Years: Female: % Cumulative data is updated yearly, averaging 52.877 % from Dec 1971 (Median) to 2015, with 12 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 60.504 % in 2015 and a record low of 10.100 % in 1971. Hong Kong HK: Educational Attainment: At Least Completed Upper Secondary: Population 25+ Years: Female: % Cumulative data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Hong Kong – Table HK.World Bank: Education Statistics. The percentage of population ages 25 and over that attained or completed upper secondary education.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; ;
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Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%) in China was reported at 18.07 % in 2019, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. China - Percentage of students in secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, both sexes - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on September of 2025.
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HK: Over-Age Students: Primary: Female: % of Female Enrollment data was reported at 2.184 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.393 % for 2015. HK: Over-Age Students: Primary: Female: % of Female Enrollment data is updated yearly, averaging 5.073 % from Dec 1971 (Median) to 2016, with 33 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 23.971 % in 1971 and a record low of 1.393 % in 2015. HK: Over-Age Students: Primary: Female: % of Female Enrollment data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Hong Kong – Table HK.World Bank: Education Statistics. Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; ;