Romania vs Spain: Share of the population with at least some formal education

Romania

99.0%

in 2020

Spain

99.3%

in 2020

Romania rank

23rd

Spain rank

20th

Share of the population with at least some formal education over time

Spain currently reports 99.3% against 99.0% in Romania, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Spain ahead.

Romania ranks 23rd and Spain ranks 20th of 111 countries.

Indicator: Share of the population with at least some formal education
Unit: %
Source: Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 111 places, 3,441 data points, 1870–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Based on the population aged 15 years and older.