Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Spain
Spain: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 93.5% in 2023. βΌ Falling
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Spain, 2006β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Spain stood at 93.5%.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and down 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Spain peaked at 98.2% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 92.4%, in 2016.
That places Spain 31st out of 37 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 97.8% | 97.2% | 98.2% | 4 |
| 2010s | 95.2% | 92.4% | 98.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 94.2% | 93.3% | 95.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 28 United States of America 96.3% compare
- 29 Bosnia and Herzegovina 95.5% compare
- 30 Panama 94.0% compare
- 32 Brunei Darussalam 89.0% compare
- 33 Belgium 88.7% compare
- 34 Netherlands 84.5% compare
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 primary education or higher in Spain?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Spain was 93.5% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 98.2% in 2006.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 92.4% in 2016.
- How does Spain rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Spain ranks 31st out of 37 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. 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, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, immigrant background, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release