In 2018，Hubei ranked the 8th in the increase of the total culture and education consumption in city-towns and the 8th 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 10th in the 2018 annual status evaluation leaders；In vertical evaluation itself，Hubei ranked the 28th in the 1998-2018 status evaluation runners-up，as well as 16th，9th，6th and 5th during the periods of 1998-2018，2003-2018，2008-2018 and 2013-2018 respectively.