Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Spain
Spain: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 93.7% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Spain, 2006–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Spain recorded 93.7% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and down 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Spain peaked at 97.3% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 88.9%, in 2015.
That places Spain 32nd out of 38 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 96.8% | 96.7% | 96.9% | 4 |
| 2010s | 93.2% | 88.9% | 97.3% | 9 |
| 2020s | 93.0% | 92.5% | 93.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 29 Greece 96.5% compare
- 30 Cyprus 95.4% compare
- 31 Portugal 93.8% compare
- 33 Brunei Darussalam 91.2% compare
- 34 Costa Rica 87.1% compare
- 35 Bosnia and Herzegovina 86.7% 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)
- 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 primary education or higher in Spain?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Spain was 93.7% 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 97.3% in 2013.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 88.9% in 2015.
- How does Spain rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Spain ranks 32nd out of 38 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 3.7%. 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, non-immigrant background, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release