Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Spain
Spain: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 94.4% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Spain, 1970β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Spain stood at 94.4%.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Spain peaked at 100.0% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 53.1%, in 1981.
Spain ranks 66th of 136 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 74.2% | 74.2% | 74.2% | 1 |
| 1980s | 53.8% | 53.1% | 54.5% | 2 |
| 1990s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 4 |
| 2000s | 90.1% | 85.9% | 100.0% | 8 |
| 2010s | 90.5% | 88.2% | 93.1% | 9 |
| 2020s | 94.1% | 93.2% | 94.6% | 5 |
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 primary education or higher in Spain?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Spain was 94.4% in 2024, 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 100.0% in 1996.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.1% in 1981.
- How does Spain rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Spain ranks 66th out of 136 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. 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 primary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release