China
East Asia & Pacific · Upper middle income· 1.41B inhabitants
Last updated: May 27, 2025
Futures readiness profile
Key insights: China
Key areas of strength for China: Innovation (70, 92nd percentile). This reflects substantial capacity for education futures readiness and may serve as models for broader policy learning or international benchmarking.
Areas of untapped potential: Infrastructure (66, 53rd percentile), Human Capital (59, 69th percentile), and Governance (41, 44th percentile). While these scores are at or near the global average, substantial progress and greater ambition are needed to drive transformation and strengthen the country’s future in education.
Composite GEFRI Score
64.25
75th percentile
Higher scores indicate greater education futures readiness
Component scores
School Access and Gender Parity85.08
Above global avg. · 77th %-tile
Governance41.45
Near the global average · 44th %-tile
Captures the effectiveness and quality of policies, regulations, and governance that shape the educational environment.
Infrastructure65.99
Above global avg. · 53rd %-tile
Measures the availability and quality of basic digital and electrical infrastructure that supports education.
Human Capital58.52
Above global avg. · 69th %-tile
Assesses the educational attainment and capacity of a country’s population, focusing on access and completion at secondary and tertiary levels as well as literacy.
Innovation70.23
Above global avg. · 92nd %-tile
Reflects a country’s capacity to foster, produce, and apply new knowledge and technology in society and education.
Regional peers: East Asia & Pacific
| Global rank | Regional rank | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | Korea, Rep. | 80.49 |
| 4 | 2 | Singapore | 79.66 |
| 6 | 3 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 79.05 |
| 8 | 4 | Australia | 78.42 |
| 10 | 5 | Japan | 78.25 |
| 17 | 6 | New Zealand | 75.41 |
| — | — | Northern Mariana Islands(microstate) | 71.23 |
| — | — | New Caledonia(microstate) | 70.42 |
| — | — | Guam(microstate) | 69.37 |
| — | — | American Samoa(microstate) | 68.93 |
| — | — | French Polynesia(microstate) | 68.41 |
| 45 | 7 | China | 64.25 |
| 48 | 8 | Thailand | 62.96 |
| 49 | 9 | Malaysia | 62.68 |
| 57 | 10 | Brunei Darussalam | 60.96 |
| 61 | 11 | Indonesia | 59.35 |
| 63 | 12 | Mongolia | 59.27 |
| 67 | 13 | Macao SAR, China | 57.83 |
| — | — | Palau(microstate) | 57.60 |
| — | — | Tuvalu(microstate) | 57.31 |
| 70 | 14 | Viet Nam | 56.58 |
| 72 | 15 | Fiji | 56.51 |
| 74 | 16 | Philippines | 56.32 |
| — | — | Nauru(microstate) | 54.97 |
| — | — | Kiribati(microstate) | 52.36 |
| — | — | Samoa(microstate) | 51.55 |
| — | — | Tonga(microstate) | 50.38 |
| 106 | 17 | Timor-Leste | 47.76 |
| — | — | Micronesia, Fed. Sts.(microstate) | 46.58 |
| 110 | 18 | Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | 44.79 |
| — | — | Marshall Islands(microstate) | 44.62 |
| 122 | 19 | Vanuatu | 40.07 |
| 126 | 20 | Cambodia | 36.21 |
| 131 | 21 | Myanmar | 33.54 |
| 132 | 22 | Solomon Islands | 33.52 |
| 136 | 23 | Lao PDR | 31.98 |
| 150 | 24 | Papua New Guinea | 26.63 |