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. 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

NameTotal PopulationBasic EducationUpper Secondary EducationTertiary Education#%#% # %1,008,768,971730,350,16272.40%320,483,81131.77%162,631,83016.12% Beijing 17,317,529 15,852,91091.54%11,319,56365.36% 7,945,529 45.88% Tianjin 10,547,990 8,943,01684.78%4,989,02047.30% 2,919,682 27.68% Hebei 52,557,835 40,078,10576.26%14,441,29227.48% 6,910,080 13.15% Shanxi 25,518,125 20,726,02181.22%8,765,19234.35% 4,485,651 17.58% Inner Mongolia 18,602,473 13,618,61573.21%6,357,97834.18% 3,522,379 18.94% Liaoning 34,319,587 27,933,39281.39%11,323,30832.99% 6,176,280 18.00% Jilin 19,180,140 14,757,96976.94%6,500,33633.89% 3,074,797 16.03% Heilongjiang 25,767,420 19,809,43776.88%7,631,10629.62% 3,557,210 13.81% Shanghai 20,210,259 17,727,58087.72%11,347,13656.15% 7,205,029 35.65% Jiangsu 64,348,103 48,209,88974.92%23,529,19236.57% 12,295,409 19.11% Zhejiang 49,387,631 33,797,63868.43%15,513,20731.41% 8,437,051 17.08% Anhui 43,062,141 28,582,90066.38%11,412,46826.50% 5,732,767 13.31% Fujian 29,463,402 19,982,09967.82%8,767,54729.76% 4,398,867 14.93% Jiangxi 29,615,292 20,651,20369.73%7,925,19026.76% 3,416,651 11.54% Shandong 72,772,468 52,776,75972.52%21,892,32830.08% 10,840,513 14.90% Henan 65,159,102 48,750,44274.82%18,614,17828.57% 8,114,980 12.45% Hubei 43,208,085 32,124,47474.35%14,638,16533.88% 6,449,091 14.93% Hunan 46,554,084 34,332,92273.75%14,398,03630.93% 5,597,522 12.02% Guangdong 86,527,831 68,960,65379.70%32,454,45337.51% 15,192,789 17.56% Guangxi 32,628,667 22,900,55570.19%8,132,12024.92% 3,791,449 11.62% Hainan 6,920,719 5,583,38480.68%2,231,89632.25% 1,053,142 15.22% Chongqing 23,308,493 15,283,89765.57%7,042,25530.21% 3,447,045 14.79% Sichuan 61,142,966 37,488,74361.31%15,546,77425.43% 7,900,311 12.92% Guizhou 24,207,710 13,540,82655.94%4,918,40420.32% 2,878,774 11.89% Yunnan 31,891,862 17,007,91253.33%6,690,52220.98% 3,804,924 11.93% Tibet 2,262,224 763,12833.73%422,93618.70% 296,761 13.12% Shaanxi 28,859,146 22,046,20376.39%10,378,75735.96% 5,510,307 19.09% Gansu 17,534,419 10,498,06459.87%4,992,87428.47% 2,686,722 15.32% Qinghai 3,969,270 2,165,07354.55%1,090,41727.47% 677,734 17.07% Ningxia 4,857,046 3,266,41867.25%1,593,95232.82% 950,571 19.57% Xinjiang 17,066,952 12,189,93571.42%5,623,20932.95% 3,361,813 19.70% 5,700,078 4,517,09679.25%3,517,74961.71% 1,902,966 33.39% 418,160 234,73556.14% 133,499 31.93%

References

See also Education in China Education in Hong Kong Education in Macau Education in Taiwan