Female share of graduates in Business, Administration and Law in Spain
Spain: Female share of graduates in Business, Administration and Law was 55.9% in 2017. ▼ Falling
Female share of graduates in Business, Administration and Law in Spain, 1999–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2017, female share of graduates in business, administration and law in Spain stood at 55.9%. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and down 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, female share of graduates in business, administration and law in Spain peaked at 63.5% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 55.9%, in 2017.
Spain ranks 50th of 95 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Female share of graduates in Business, Administration and Law in Spain, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 60.7% | — |
| 2000 | 60.3% | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 61.2% | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 62.0% | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 63.0% | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 63.1% | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 63.5% | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 62.6% | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 63.4% | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 62.1% | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 61.8% | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 61.2% | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 61.0% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 59.4% | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 58.9% | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 57.7% | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 57.7% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 56.9% | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 55.9% | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 60.7% | 60.7% | 60.7% | 1 |
| 2000s | 62.3% | 60.3% | 63.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 58.6% | 55.9% | 61.2% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More education data for Spain
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 37,817 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 570,954 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 538,977 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 3.71 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.83 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.058 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is female share of graduates in business, administration and law in Spain?
- Female share of graduates in business, administration and law in Spain was 55.9% in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020.
- What is the highest female share of graduates in business, administration and law recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 63.5% in 2005.
- What is the lowest female share of graduates in business, administration and law recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 55.9% in 2017.
- How does Spain rank for female share of graduates in business, administration and law?
- Spain ranks 50th out of 95 countries with data for 2017.
- Is female share of graduates in business, administration and law rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Spain data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020, published as part of Female share of graduates in Business, Administration and Law programmes, tertiary (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Female share of graduates in the given field of education, tertiary is the number of female graduates expressed as a percentage of the total number of graduates in the given field of education from tertiary education.