In 2014，Shanxi ranked the 15th in the increase of the total cultural consumption in city-towns and the 16th in the growth of per capita value. The Rankings of the status evaluation are as follows：in the lateral evaluation among various provinces，Shanxi ranked the 9th in 2014；in vertical evaluation itself，Shanxi ranked the 2nd，10th，11th，18th and 18th during the periods of 1994-2014，1999-2014，2004-2014，2009-2014 and 2013-2014 respectively.