Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Spain
Spain: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 55.8% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Spain, 1970β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Spain recorded 55.8% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and up 20.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Spain peaked at 56.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 4.0%, in 1970.
That places Spain 70th out of 141 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 4.0% | 4.0% | 4.0% | 1 |
| 1980s | 11.0% | 9.6% | 12.4% | 2 |
| 1990s | 22.6% | 17.3% | 27.3% | 8 |
| 2000s | 36.3% | 28.9% | 42.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 47.5% | 42.9% | 53.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 55.3% | 53.4% | 56.4% | 5 |
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 upper secondary education or in Spain?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Spain was 55.8% 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 56.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.0% in 1970.
- How does Spain rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Spain ranks 70th out of 141 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 20.1%. 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release