In 2018，Hunan ranked the 28th in the increase of the total culture and education consumption in urban and rural areas and the 28th in the growth of per capita value. The Rankings of the status evaluation are as follows：In the lateral evaluation among various provinces，Hunan ranked the 1st in the 2018 annual status evaluation leaders；In vertical evaluation itself，Hunan ranked the 18th in the 1998-2018 status evaluation runners-up，as well as 16th，6th，4th and 29th during the periods of 1998-2018，2003-2018，2008-2018 and 2013-2018 respectively.