China Education System

East Asia & Pacific — education profile and statistics for China.

Primary enrollment

99.64%

Secondary enrollment

89.30%

Tertiary enrollment

76.88%

Income group

Upper middle income

Region

East Asia & Pacific

Adult literacy rate

96.74%

Youth literacy rate

99.76%

PISA maths (2022)

591

PISA reading (2022)

561

PISA science (2022)

578

Education spend (% of GDP)

3.90%

Data sources: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, World Bank Open Data, OECD PISA.