In 2017，Hubei ranked the 3rd in the increase of the total culture and education consumption in rural areas and the 4th in the growth of per capita value.The Rankings of the status evaluation are as follows：In the lateral evaluation among various provinces，Hubei ranked the 9th in the 2017 annual status evaluation leaders；In vertical evaluation itself，Hubei ranked the 25th in the 1997-2017 status evaluation runners-up，as well as 20th，14th，8th and 7th during the periods of 1997-2017，2002-2017，2007-2017 and 2012-2017 respectively.