Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Spain
Spain: Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary was 0.7259 LPIA in 2020. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Spain, 2004β2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Spain recorded 0.7259 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in 2020. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Spain peaked at 0.7259 LPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.6041 LPIA, in 2005.
Spain ranks 12th of 39 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6306 LPIA | 0.6041 LPIA | 0.6553 LPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.7013 LPIA | 0.6744 LPIA | 0.7239 LPIA | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.7259 LPIA | 0.7259 LPIA | 0.7259 LPIA | 1 |
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 post-secondary non-tertiary in Spain?
- Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Spain was 0.7259 LPIA in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7259 LPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6041 LPIA in 2005.
- How does Spain rank for educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary?
- Spain ranks 12th out of 39 countries with data for 2020.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. 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 post-secondary non-tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release