Education Data

EdPriEnrollNetTotalPcnt

This series came from a Human Development Report and only has a single year of data, 1999. This series is out dated and needs updated from another source that has data broken down by sex.

Tibet has the lowest rate of primary net enrollment in China. All provinces are forecast to reach 100% primary net enrollment by 2040. 

There are other sources available for instance, the China Statistical Yearbooks have enrollment data available, but the enrollments are in total headcounts not in rates. To calculate the enrollment rates single year age-sex cohorts are needed. This cohort data is not available from an official source, but IFs may be able to generate estimates of single-year age-sex cohorts. The Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China also has enrollment data available from 2010-2015. This data has both the headcounts and the net rates. 

EDPriPTR

This series was calculated using data from the China Data Center database from table 1401. The number of teachers was divided by the number of students in primary school to render this series that runs from 1949-2003. 

There are other sources available to update this series. The Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China has this data available from 2010-2015. The DataPlanet database also has data available from 1949-2012. 

EdPriTransition2Sec%Total

This series was found in the China Data Center database from table 1401. The series runs from 1949-2003 and needs updated.

The DataPlanet database has data from 1949-2012 for this series in table 730.

EdSecEnrollGross%Total

Secondary gross enrollment was found in the 2013 Human Development Report on China. There is only one year of data, 2010. 

There are several alternative sources available for updating this series. DataPlanet table 736 has total enrollments as a headcount as do the China Statistical Yearbooks. With single-year age-sex cohorts this series could be calculated using these data sources. The Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China has this series available from 2010-2015. 

EdSecEnrollNet

This series was found in the 2000 Human Development Report. There is only one year of data, 1999. 

The China Data Center database in table 1401 has enrollment headcounts that could be used to calculate net enrollment rates if there was single-year age-sex cohorts available.

EdTerEnrollGross%Total

This series was found in the 2013 Human Development Report on China. There is only one year of data, 2010. 

The DataPlanet database in table 751 has total number of people enrolled in undergraduate programs. With single-year age-sex cohorts an update could be calculated. There is also data available from The Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China for 2010-2015. 

LiteracyAdult%Total

This series was found in the China Data Center database, but was originally from the Census of China. The series has observations in 1990, 2000, and 2010.

There is an update available in the China Statistical Yearbooks in Chapter 2 table 5. 

Illiteracy%

This series was calculated using the inverse of literacy from the China Data Center database's Census of China literacy series. The series has observations in 1990, 2000, 2010.