Enrolment data adjusted to the financial year β Students enrolled in Spain
Spain: Enrolment data adjusted to the financial year β Students enrolled was 9.28 million Persons in 2023. β² Rising
Enrolment data adjusted to the financial year β Students enrolled in Spain, 2012β2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Persons.
Analysis
Spain recorded 9.28 million Persons for enrolment data adjusted to the financial year β students enrolled in 2023. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, enrolment data adjusted to the financial year β students enrolled in Spain peaked at 9.28 million Persons in 2023 and was at its lowest, 8.79 million Persons, in 2012.
That places Spain 7th out of 26 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 9.03 million Persons | 8.79 million Persons | 9.21 million Persons | 8 |
| 2020s | 9.25 million Persons | 9.23 million Persons | 9.28 million Persons | 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 enrolment data adjusted to the financial year β students enrolled in Spain?
- Enrolment data adjusted to the financial year β students enrolled in Spain was 9.28 million Persons in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest enrolment data adjusted to the financial year β students enrolled recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 9.28 million Persons in 2023.
- What is the lowest enrolment data adjusted to the financial year β students enrolled recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.79 million Persons in 2012.
- How does Spain rank for enrolment data adjusted to the financial year β students enrolled?
- Spain ranks 7th out of 26 countries with data for 2023.
- Is enrolment data adjusted to the financial year β students enrolled rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Enrolment data adjusted to the financial year β Students enrolled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset contains data on enrolment data adjusted to the financial year. This information is only used to calculate the expenditure per student and is provided as a reference statistics. It should NOT be used as the official enrolment figures. </p><p>Data for the latest available year are preliminary. Final data will be released on 29 September 2026.</p><p>For more information, please consult the <a href="https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/education-at-a-glance_19991487.html"><i>Education at a Glance</i></a> web page.