Italy vs Spain: Primary education, teachers, gaps filled

Italy
250,961
in 2024
Spain
248,253
in 2024
Italy rank
28th
Spain rank
29th

Primary education, teachers, gaps filled over time

  • Italy
  • Spain
0100.0k200.0k300.0k197119972024

How they compare

Italy currently reports 250,961 against 248,253 in Spain, a difference of 2,708.

Across all 41 years both countries report, Italy has been ahead every year.

Italy ranks 28th and Spain ranks 29th of 204 countries.

Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy Spain Difference Ahead
1970s 227,318 129,297 98,022 Italy
1980s 272,212 132,734 139,477 Italy
1990s 258,679 141,470 117,210 Italy
2000s 262,987 181,285 81,702 Italy
2010s 246,375 229,798 16,578 Italy
2020s 250,538 243,748 6,790 Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary education, teachers, gaps filled, Italy or Spain?
Italy, at 250,961 against 248,253 in Spain as of 2024.
What is the difference in primary education, teachers, gaps filled between Italy and Spain?
2,708, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Spain?
41 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.
How do Italy and Spain rank globally for primary education, teachers, gaps filled?
Italy ranks 28th and Spain ranks 29th of 204 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary education, teachers, gaps filled. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Italy vs Spain: Primary education, teachers, gaps filled. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 18 August 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/primary-education-teachers-gaps-filled/italy/spain/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/primary-education-teachers-gaps-filled/italy/spain/">Italy vs Spain: Primary education, teachers, gaps filled</a> β€” Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Primary education, teachers, gaps filled
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
249 places, 10,197 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Primary education, teachers with 728 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement β€” these are filled holes, not forecasts.