In 2018，Jilin ranked the 9th in the increase of the total culture and education consumption in urban and 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，Jilin ranked the 3rd in the 2018 annual status evaluation leaders；In vertical evaluation itself，Jilin ranked the 10th in the 1998-2018 status evaluation runners-up，as well as 20th，18th，22nd and 6th during the periods of 1998-2018，2003-2018，2008-2018 and 2013-2018 respectively.