Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Spain
Spain: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 1.11 GPIA in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Spain, 1970β2023
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.
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
- 11 Colombia 1.16 GPIA compare
- 12 Portugal 1.13 GPIA compare
- 13 Philippines 1.13 GPIA compare
- 15 Costa Rica 1.11 GPIA compare
- 16 Ireland 1.1 GPIA compare
- 17 Palestine, State of 1.09 GPIA 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 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