In 2017，Shandong ranked the 11th in the increase of the total culture and education consumption in rural areas and the 9th in the growth of per capita value.The Rankings of the status evaluation are as follows：In the lateral evaluation among various provinces，Shandong ranked the 22nd in the 2017 annual status evaluation leaders；In vertical evaluation itself，Shandong ranked the 22nd in the 1997-2017 status evaluation runners-up，as well as 25th，27th，24th and 6th during the periods of 1997-2017，2002-2017，2007-2017 and 2012-2017 respectively.