Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Spain
Spain: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 55.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Spain, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Spain is 55.5%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Spain peaked at 55.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8.7%, in 1970.
Spain ranks 75th of 140 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8.7% | 8.7% | 8.7% | 1 |
| 1980s | 17.9% | 16.5% | 19.3% | 2 |
| 1990s | 27.8% | 23.1% | 32.1% | 8 |
| 2000s | 40.1% | 33.8% | 44.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 48.6% | 45.7% | 52.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 54.6% | 53.1% | 55.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 72 Albania 58.0% compare
- 73 Trinidad and Tobago 56.2% compare
- 74 Bolivia 55.7% compare
- 76 Italy 55.4% compare
- 77 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 54.7% compare
- 78 Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 53.2% 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 55.5% in 2024, 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 55.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.7% in 1970.
- How does Spain rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Spain ranks 75th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.6%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release