Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Spain
Spain: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.953 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Spain, 1970–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Spain stood at 0.953 GPIA.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Spain peaked at 0.9588 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.5444 GPIA, in 1970.
That places Spain 77th out of 131 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5444 GPIA | 0.5444 GPIA | 0.5444 GPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.708 GPIA | 0.6868 GPIA | 0.7292 GPIA | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.7951 GPIA | 0.7951 GPIA | 0.7951 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8964 GPIA | 0.8847 GPIA | 0.907 GPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.9277 GPIA | 0.9076 GPIA | 0.9478 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9513 GPIA | 0.9444 GPIA | 0.9588 GPIA | 4 |
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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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 102.94 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 102.9% (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 0.953 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 0.9588 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5444 GPIA in 1970.
- How does Spain rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Spain ranks 77th out of 131 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 3.0%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release