Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Spain
Spain: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 25.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Spain, 1999–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Spain recorded 25.0% for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 26.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Spain peaked at 25.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 14.3%, in 1999.
Spain ranks 18th of 122 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Spain, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 14.3% | — |
| 2000 | 15.7% | +10.1% |
| 2001 | 16.1% | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 16.6% | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 17.0% | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 17.6% | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 19.2% | +8.8% |
| 2006 | 19.3% | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 19.6% | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 20.5% | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 20.7% | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 20.6% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 20.9% | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 19.8% | -4.9% |
| 2013 | 19.7% | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 19.9% | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 19.2% | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 20.9% | +8.7% |
| 2017 | 21.3% | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 21.9% | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 22.5% | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 23.6% | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 24.8% | +4.9% |
| 2023 | 25.0% | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.3% | 14.3% | 14.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 18.2% | 15.7% | 20.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.5% | 19.2% | 21.9% | 9 |
| 2020s | 24.0% | 22.5% | 25.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 15 Uzbekistan 25.4% compare
- 16 Latvia 25.2% compare
- 17 Ghana 25.1% compare
- 19 Switzerland 24.8% compare
- 20 El Salvador 24.7% compare
- 21 Bosnia and Herzegovina 24.7% compare
More education data for Spain
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 344,203 (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Spain?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Spain was 25.0% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 25.0% in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.3% in 1999.
- How does Spain rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Spain ranks 18th out of 122 countries with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.8%. 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 Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Health and Welfare programmes, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 24 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release