Greece vs Spain: Share of population with no formal education
Greece
0.6%
in 2020
Spain
0.7%
in 2020
Greece rank
93rd
Spain rank
91st
Share of population with no formal education over time
- Greece
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 0.7% against 0.6% in Greece, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Spain's figure about 1.2 times Greece's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Greece ahead.
Greece ranks 93rd and Spain ranks 91st of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 6 and Spain in 10.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 81.6% | 72.1% | 9.5% | Greece |
| 1880s | 76.3% | 62.4% | 14.0% | Greece |
| 1890s | 71.3% | 54.0% | 17.3% | Greece |
| 1900s | 65.1% | 49.3% | 15.8% | Greece |
| 1910s | 58.2% | 49.1% | 9.2% | Greece |
| 1920s | 54.8% | 53.7% | 1.1% | Greece |
| 1930s | 43.9% | 55.0% | 11.2% | Spain |
| 1940s | 29.9% | 55.8% | 25.9% | Spain |
| 1950s | 19.6% | 52.8% | 33.1% | Spain |
| 1960s | 10.7% | 45.2% | 34.6% | Spain |
| 1970s | 9.1% | 33.3% | 24.2% | Spain |
| 1980s | 5.1% | 23.1% | 18.0% | Spain |
| 1990s | 4.8% | 15.9% | 11.2% | Spain |
| 2000s | 2.6% | 4.5% | 1.9% | Spain |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.2% | Spain |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.1% | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of population with no formal education, Greece or Spain?
- Spain, at 0.7% against 0.6% in Greece as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of population with no formal education between Greece and Spain?
- 0.1%, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Spain?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Greece and Spain rank globally for share of population with no formal education?
- Greece ranks 93rd and Spain ranks 91st 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 population with no formal education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The share of adults aged between 15 and 64 years old with no formal education.