In 2018，Hebei ranked the 11th in the increase of the total culture and education consumption in rural areas and the 10th in the growth of per capita value. The Rankings of the status evaluation are as follows：In the lateral evaluation among various provinces，Hebei ranked the 18th in the 2018 annual status evaluation leaders；In vertical evaluation itself，Hebei ranked the 14th in the 1998-2018 status evaluation runners-up，as well as 14th，15th，15th and 8th during the periods of 1998-2018，2003-2018，2008-2018 and 2013-2018 respectively.