Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Spain
Spain: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 57.9% in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Spain, 1970β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Spain recorded 57.9% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023.
That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and up 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Spain peaked at 69.7% in 1981 and was at its lowest, 25.4%, in 1993.
Spain ranks 64th of 108 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 35.0% | 35.0% | 35.0% | 1 |
| 1980s | 69.7% | 69.7% | 69.7% | 1 |
| 1990s | 30.3% | 25.4% | 34.2% | 7 |
| 2000s | 42.4% | 36.1% | 46.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 51.1% | 47.6% | 55.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 57.1% | 56.1% | 57.9% | 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 upper secondary education or in Spain?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Spain was 57.9% 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 69.7% in 1981.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.4% in 1993.
- How does Spain rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Spain ranks 64th out of 108 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 13.0%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release