Topic data
Health and education
Read outcomes, service capacity, spending and educational participation as separate dimensions of human development.
Life expectancy and health
79.0years · official 2024 headlineHealthcare resources
10.09million beds · 2025Health expenditure
5.9%current health expenditure · % of GDP · China · 2023Educational attainment and higher education
61.3%gross enrollment rate · 2025Read together
Related does not mean interchangeable
Life expectancy is an outcome, beds and medical staff are resources, health spending is an input, and education measures participation or attainment. None should be used as a direct substitute for another.
Related indicators
5 published measures
Life expectancy and health
Life expectancy and health
China’s official 2024 resident life expectancy, WDI 1960–2024 trend, gender gap, infant mortality and international comparison.
Educational attainment and higher education
Educational attainment and higher education
China's 2019–2025 official higher-education participation and scale, plus WDI/UIS multi-country participation and adult Bachelor's attainment context.
Healthcare resources
Healthcare resources
China's latest healthcare institutions, beds, physicians and nurses, detailed domestic structure, and WDI resource-density comparisons with actual years shown.
Health expenditure
Health expenditure
China's 2000–2023 current health expenditure, per-capita PPP spending, government financing share, out-of-pocket share and same-vintage international comparison.
International student mobility
International student mobility
A mixed-latest-year map of major global student flows, China's leading overseas destinations and clearly separated 2018 inbound-to-China origin data.
International context
World shares require matching source, year and definition
Use China and the World to see which totals support defensible global shares and which rates, per-capita measures or rankings need a different comparison.
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