Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural gender in Spain
Spain: Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural gender was 1.11 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Spain, 1970–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Spain recorded 1.11 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Spain peaked at 1.11 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.5341 GPIA, in 1970.
Spain ranks 14th of 107 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural gender in Spain, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5341 GPIA | — |
| 1981 | 0.5949 GPIA | +11.4% |
| 1992 | 0.7966 GPIA | +33.9% |
| 1993 | 0.8008 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 0.816 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 0.8354 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 0.8557 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 0.8987 GPIA | +5.0% |
| 1998 | 0.9135 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 0.8803 GPIA | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 0.9097 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 0.8947 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 0.9428 GPIA | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 0.9596 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 0.9741 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 0.9573 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 0.971 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 0.9638 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.9766 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 0.9973 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9831 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9843 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 1.03 GPIA | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 1.02 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 1.03 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 1.07 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 1.11 GPIA | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 1.07 GPIA | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 1.1 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 1.07 GPIA | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 1.07 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 1.1 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 1.11 GPIA | +0.8% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 1.11 GPIA is above the median for high income countries, which is 1 GPIA, 1.1× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Spain's 1.11 GPIA is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9674 GPIA, 1.2× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural gender in Spain changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +33.9% | 0.5949 GPIA | 0.7966 GPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5341 GPIA | 0.5341 GPIA | 0.5341 GPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.5949 GPIA | 0.5949 GPIA | 0.5949 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.8496 GPIA | 0.7966 GPIA | 0.9135 GPIA | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.9547 GPIA | 0.8947 GPIA | 0.9973 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.04 GPIA | 0.9831 GPIA | 1.11 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.09 GPIA | 1.07 GPIA | 1.11 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More education data for Spain
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 98.71 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 98.76 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 344,203 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 37,817 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 570,954 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 538,977 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 3.71 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.83 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.08 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Spain?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Spain was 1.11 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 1.11 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5341 GPIA in 1970.
- How does Spain rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Spain ranks 14th out of 107 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.2%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release