Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Spain
Spain: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 0.8% in 2018. ▲ Rising
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Spain, 1999–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Spain recorded 0.8% for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in 2018.
The figure is down 10.4% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Spain peaked at 1.2% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2011.
Spain ranks 42nd of 72 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Spain, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.6% | — |
| 2000 | 0.7% | +24.1% |
| 2001 | 0.5% | -34.5% |
| 2002 | 0.4% | -15.8% |
| 2003 | 0.3% | -19.6% |
| 2004 | 0.4% | +14.7% |
| 2005 | 0.5% | +37.8% |
| 2006 | 0.5% | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.7% | +34.2% |
| 2008 | 0.8% | +16.6% |
| 2009 | 0.8% | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.1% | -91.3% |
| 2012 | 1.2% | +1617.3% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | -74.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9% | +191.0% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 0.8% | -10.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.1% | 1.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More education data for Spain
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
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 0.8% in 2018, 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 1.2% in 2012.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2011.
- How does Spain rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Spain ranks 42nd out of 72 countries with data for 2018.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. 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 programmes in unspecified fields, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release