Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Spain
Spain: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 42.8% in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Spain, 1970β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Spain stood at 42.8%. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 23.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Spain peaked at 42.8% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2.0%, in 1970.
Spain ranks 57th of 113 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 1 |
| 1980s | 5.1% | 5.1% | 5.1% | 1 |
| 1990s | 14.9% | 11.6% | 18.6% | 8 |
| 2000s | 25.9% | 19.5% | 31.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 36.4% | 33.3% | 39.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.2% | 41.7% | 42.8% | 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 42.8% 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 42.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.0% in 1970.
- How does Spain rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Spain ranks 57th out of 113 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 23.7%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release