Australia vs Spain: Share of the population with at least some formal education
Australia
99.1%
in 2020
Spain
99.3%
in 2020
Australia rank
22nd
Spain rank
20th
Share of the population with at least some formal education over time
- Australia
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 99.3% against 99.1% in Australia, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 22nd and Spain ranks 20th of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 15 and Spain in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 51.4% | 28.0% | 23.5% | Australia |
| 1880s | 61.0% | 37.7% | 23.3% | Australia |
| 1890s | 72.7% | 46.0% | 26.7% | Australia |
| 1900s | 76.4% | 50.7% | 25.7% | Australia |
| 1910s | 84.0% | 50.9% | 33.1% | Australia |
| 1920s | 89.7% | 46.3% | 43.4% | Australia |
| 1930s | 93.9% | 45.0% | 49.0% | Australia |
| 1940s | 97.0% | 44.2% | 52.8% | Australia |
| 1950s | 98.9% | 47.2% | 51.7% | Australia |
| 1960s | 99.2% | 54.8% | 44.5% | Australia |
| 1970s | 99.2% | 66.7% | 32.5% | Australia |
| 1980s | 99.2% | 76.9% | 22.2% | Australia |
| 1990s | 99.0% | 84.0% | 15.0% | Australia |
| 2000s | 99.3% | 95.5% | 3.8% | Australia |
| 2010s | 99.4% | 99.1% | 0.3% | Australia |
| 2020s | 99.1% | 99.3% | 0.2% | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of the population with at least some formal education, Australia or Spain?
- Spain, at 99.3% against 99.1% in Australia as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of the population with at least some formal education between Australia and Spain?
- 0.2%, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Spain?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Australia and Spain rank globally for share of the population with at least some formal education?
- Australia ranks 22nd and Spain ranks 20th of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of the population with at least some formal education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Based on the population aged 15 years and older.