In 2017，Ningxia ranked the 13th in the increase of the total culture and education consumption in city-towns and the 15th in the growth of per capita value.The Rankings of the status evaluation are as follows：In the lateral evaluation among various provinces，Ningxia ranked the 5th in the 2017 annual status evaluation leaders；In vertical evaluation itself，Ningxia ranked the 7th in the 1997-2017 status evaluation runners-up，as well as 8th，3rd，11th and 15th during the periods of 1997-2017，2002-2017，2007-2017 and 2012-2017 respectively.