In 2016，Hunan ranked the 4th 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，Hunan ranked the 1st in the 2016 annual status evaluation leaders；In vertical evaluation itself，Hunan ranked the 18th in the 1996-2016 status evaluation runners-up，as well as 13th，11th，5th and 8th during the periods of 2001-2016，2006-2016，2011-2016 and 2015-2016 respectively.