Qatar vs Spain: Average years of schooling among adults

Qatar

10.77 years

in 2023

Spain

10.76 years

in 2023

Qatar rank

77th

Spain rank

80th

Average years of schooling among adults over time

Qatar currently reports 10.77 years against 10.76 years in Spain, a difference of 0.0139 years.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Qatar ahead.

Qatar ranks 77th and Spain ranks 80th of 192 countries.

Indicator: Average years of schooling among adults
Unit: years
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 192 places, 6,079 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Average number of years (excluding years spent repeating individual grades) adults over 25 years participated in formal education.