List of Chinese administrative divisions by education attainment

Province-level divisions
of China by:

This is a list of first level administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China, in order of their attainment rate for basic, secondary, and tertiary education amongst people aged 25 and above. The list below refers to highest educational level attended.[1] Data for all provinces of mainland China come from the 2020 Chinese census, whereas data for Hong Kong and Macao are collected from the 2021 census of each of the two SARs.

List

Name Total Population Basic Education Upper Secondary Education Tertiary Education
# % # % # %
Mainland China[2] 1,008,768,971 730,350,162 72.40% 320,483,811 31.77% 162,631,830 16.12%
Beijing 17,317,529 15,852,910 91.54% 11,319,563 65.36% 7,945,529 45.88%
Tianjin 10,547,990 8,943,016 84.78% 4,989,020 47.30% 2,919,682 27.68%
Hebei 52,557,835 40,078,105 76.26% 14,441,292 27.48% 6,910,080 13.15%
Shanxi 25,518,125 20,726,021 81.22% 8,765,192 34.35% 4,485,651 17.58%
Inner Mongolia 18,602,473 13,618,615 73.21% 6,357,978 34.18% 3,522,379 18.94%
Liaoning 34,319,587 27,933,392 81.39% 11,323,308 32.99% 6,176,280 18.00%
Jilin 19,180,140 14,757,969 76.94% 6,500,336 33.89% 3,074,797 16.03%
Heilongjiang 25,767,420 19,809,437 76.88% 7,631,106 29.62% 3,557,210 13.81%
Shanghai 20,210,259 17,727,580 87.72% 11,347,136 56.15% 7,205,029 35.65%
Jiangsu 64,348,103 48,209,889 74.92% 23,529,192 36.57% 12,295,409 19.11%
Zhejiang 49,387,631 33,797,638 68.43% 15,513,207 31.41% 8,437,051 17.08%
Anhui 43,062,141 28,582,900 66.38% 11,412,468 26.50% 5,732,767 13.31%
Fujian 29,463,402 19,982,099 67.82% 8,767,547 29.76% 4,398,867 14.93%
Jiangxi 29,615,292 20,651,203 69.73% 7,925,190 26.76% 3,416,651 11.54%
Shandong 72,772,468 52,776,759 72.52% 21,892,328 30.08% 10,840,513 14.90%
Henan 65,159,102 48,750,442 74.82% 18,614,178 28.57% 8,114,980 12.45%
Hubei 43,208,085 32,124,474 74.35% 14,638,165 33.88% 6,449,091 14.93%
Hunan 46,554,084 34,332,922 73.75% 14,398,036 30.93% 5,597,522 12.02%
Guangdong 86,527,831 68,960,653 79.70% 32,454,453 37.51% 15,192,789 17.56%
Guangxi 32,628,667 22,900,555 70.19% 8,132,120 24.92% 3,791,449 11.62%
Hainan 6,920,719 5,583,384 80.68% 2,231,896 32.25% 1,053,142 15.22%
Chongqing 23,308,493 15,283,897 65.57% 7,042,255 30.21% 3,447,045 14.79%
Sichuan 61,142,966 37,488,743 61.31% 15,546,774 25.43% 7,900,311 12.92%
Guizhou 24,207,710 13,540,826 55.94% 4,918,404 20.32% 2,878,774 11.89%
Yunnan 31,891,862 17,007,912 53.33% 6,690,522 20.98% 3,804,924 11.93%
Tibet 2,262,224 763,128 33.73% 422,936 18.70% 296,761 13.12%
Shaanxi 28,859,146 22,046,203 76.39% 10,378,757 35.96% 5,510,307 19.09%
Gansu 17,534,419 10,498,064 59.87% 4,992,874 28.47% 2,686,722 15.32%
Qinghai 3,969,270 2,165,073 54.55% 1,090,417 27.47% 677,734 17.07%
Ningxia 4,857,046 3,266,418 67.25% 1,593,952 32.82% 950,571 19.57%
Xinjiang 17,066,952 12,189,935 71.42% 5,623,209 32.95% 3,361,813 19.70%
Hong Kong [3] 5,700,078 4,517,096 79.25% 3,517,749 61.71% 1,902,966 33.39%
Macao [4] 418,160 234,735 56.14% 133,499 31.93%

References

  1. ^ "主要统计指标解释" [Explanation of the Main Statistical Indexes]. www.stats.gov.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 5 August 2025. 教育程度 是指某人在学校或其他教育机构修读达到的最高教育水平，不论他／她有否完成该课程。 [Educational attainment refers to the highest level of education achieved by a person in school or other educational institutions, regardless of whether the person has completed the course.]
  2. ^ "4-4 各地区分性别、受教育程度的25岁及以上人口" [4-4 Population aged 25 and over by regions and education level]. National Bureau of Statistics (in Chinese). Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  3. ^ Table E2021B : 2021 Population Census - Main Tables (Education) (Report). 2021. B108be.
  4. ^ STATISTICAL TABLES (Report). 2021. LOCAL POPULATION BY GENDER, AGE GROUP AND EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT.

See also

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