In 2016，Henan ranked the 26th in the increase of the total culture and education consumption in city-towns and the 27th in the growth of per capita value. The Rankings of the status evaluation are as follows：In the lateral evaluation among various provinces，Henan ranked the 25th in the 2016 annual status evaluation leaders；In vertical evaluation itself，Henan ranked the 2nd in the 1996-2016 status evaluation runners-up，as well as 5th，10th，13th and 25th during the periods of 2001-2016，2006-2016，2011-2016 and 2015-2016 respectively.