Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Spain
Spain: Share of children who are not in pre-primary school was 1.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Spain, 2013–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Spain recorded 1.4% for share of children who are not in pre-primary school in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.3% on the previous year and down 48.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Spain peaked at 2.7% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1.1%, in 2020.
That places Spain 157th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.9% | 1.2% | 2.7% | 7 |
| 2020s | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More education data for Spain
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 12.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 248,253 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.22 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 103.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Spain?
- Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Spain was 1.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 2.7% in 2014.
- What is the lowest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.1% in 2020.
- How does Spain rank for share of children who are not in pre-primary school?
- Spain ranks 157th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children who are not in pre-primary school rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Spain data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children who are not in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Children one year before the official primary entry age (typically age 5) not enrolled in pre-primary education, expressed as a percentage of all children in that age group.