Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Spain
Spain: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 0.7283 LPIA in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Spain, 1970β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Spain stood at 0.7283 LPIA. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Spain peaked at 0.7283 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.3936 LPIA, in 1981.
Spain ranks 19th of 87 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4174 LPIA | 0.4174 LPIA | 0.4174 LPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.3936 LPIA | 0.3936 LPIA | 0.3936 LPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.509 LPIA | 0.4709 LPIA | 0.5461 LPIA | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.592 LPIA | 0.516 LPIA | 0.6547 LPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6898 LPIA | 0.5828 LPIA | 0.7239 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7182 LPIA | 0.6898 LPIA | 0.7283 LPIA | 4 |
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 short-cycle tertiary education in Spain?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Spain was 0.7283 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7283 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3936 LPIA in 1981.
- How does Spain rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Spain ranks 19th out of 87 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. 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 short-cycle 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