Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population in Spain
Spain: Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population was 1 LPIA in 2023. ▬ Flat
Latest (2023)
1 LPIA
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
4th
of 95 countries
All-time high
1 LPIA
in 2013
All-time low
0.9608 LPIA
in 1970
Years of data
22
1970–2023
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population in Spain, 1970–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population in Spain stood at 1 LPIA. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population in Spain peaked at 1 LPIA in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.9608 LPIA, in 1970.
That places Spain 4th out of 95 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population in Spain, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.9608 LPIA | — |
| 1981 | 0.9692 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.9722 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.9767 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.9749 LPIA | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.9798 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9812 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9828 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9841 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9902 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.9909 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 1 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.9869 LPIA | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9865 LPIA | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9896 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 1 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9905 LPIA | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 1 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 0.9917 LPIA | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 1 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 1 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1 LPIA | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9608 LPIA | 0.9608 LPIA | 0.9608 LPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.9692 LPIA | 0.9692 LPIA | 0.9692 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9779 LPIA | 0.9722 LPIA | 0.9828 LPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.9919 LPIA | 0.9841 LPIA | 1 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9979 LPIA | 0.9917 LPIA | 1 LPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 1 Canada 1.01 LPIA compare
- 2 Jordan 1.01 LPIA compare
- 3 Uruguay 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Australia 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Austria 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Belgium 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Bulgaria 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Switzerland 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Czechia 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Germany 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Denmark 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Finland 1 LPIA compare
- 4 France 1 LPIA compare
- 4 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Greece 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Croatia 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Hungary 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Ireland 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Iceland 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Italy 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Lithuania 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Luxembourg 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Latvia 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Malta 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Netherlands 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Norway 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Portugal 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Romania 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Slovenia 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Sweden 1 LPIA compare
- 4 United States of America 1 LPIA compare
More education data for Spain
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 248,253 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population in Spain?
- Educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population in Spain was 1 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 1 LPIA in 2013.
- What is the lowest educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9608 LPIA in 1970.
- How does Spain rank for educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population?
- Spain ranks 4th out of 95 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Spain data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 25+ years, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 22 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release