Lower secondary completion rate, female in Spain
Spain: Lower secondary completion rate, female was 95.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Spain, 2009–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2024, lower secondary completion rate, female in Spain stood at 95.1%.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, female in Spain peaked at 97.0% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 86.2%, in 2009.
That places Spain 70th out of 187 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Spain, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 86.2% | — |
| 2010 | 86.5% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 91.8% | +6.0% |
| 2015 | 92.5% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 92.2% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 94.0% | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 93.2% | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 93.3% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 93.4% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 97.0% | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 93.6% | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 93.4% | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 95.1% | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 86.2% | 86.2% | 86.2% | 1 |
| 2010s | 91.9% | 86.5% | 94.0% | 7 |
| 2020s | 94.5% | 93.4% | 97.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More education data for Spain
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 193,014 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 55,239 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 1.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, female in Spain?
- Lower secondary completion rate, female in Spain was 95.1% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 97.0% in 2021.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 86.2% in 2009.
- How does Spain rank for lower secondary completion rate, female?
- Spain ranks 70th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, female rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.