Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Spain
Spain: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.954 GPIA in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Spain, 1970β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Spain is 0.954 GPIA, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Spain peaked at 0.9643 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.5254 GPIA, in 1970.
Spain ranks 48th of 94 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5254 GPIA | 0.5254 GPIA | 0.5254 GPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.6516 GPIA | 0.6516 GPIA | 0.6516 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9024 GPIA | 0.8968 GPIA | 0.9095 GPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.9312 GPIA | 0.9108 GPIA | 0.9642 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9553 GPIA | 0.9476 GPIA | 0.9643 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More education data for Spain
- 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)
- School enrollment, primary 102.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0051 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Spain?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Spain was 0.954 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9643 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5254 GPIA in 1970.
- How does Spain rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Spain ranks 48th out of 94 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release