In 2016，Guangdong ranked the 14th in the increase of the total culture and education consumption in rural areas 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，Guangdong ranked the 21st in the 2016 annual status evaluation leaders；In vertical evaluation itself，Guangdong ranked the 30th in the 1996-2016 status evaluation runners-up，as well as 26th，12th，15th and 17th during the periods of 2001-2016，2006-2016，2011-2016 and 2015-2016 respectively.