School enrollment, secondary, private in Spain
Spain: School enrollment, secondary, private was 31.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
School enrollment, secondary, private in Spain, 1999–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of total secondary.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school enrollment, secondary, private in Spain is 31.3%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, secondary, private in Spain peaked at 31.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 26.9%, in 2012.
Spain ranks 35th of 170 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School enrollment, secondary, private in Spain, year by year
| Year | % of total secondary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 27.6% | — |
| 2000 | 28.6% | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 29.1% | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 29.4% | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 29.4% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 29.1% | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 28.2% | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 28.2% | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 28.2% | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 28.6% | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 28.7% | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 27.7% | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 27.3% | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 26.9% | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 27.2% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 27.4% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 28.4% | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 29.2% | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 29.8% | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 30.2% | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 30.3% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 29.7% | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 31.1% | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 31.2% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 31.2% | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 31.3% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 27.6% | 27.6% | 27.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 28.7% | 28.2% | 29.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 28.4% | 26.9% | 30.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.9% | 29.7% | 31.3% | 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 school enrollment, secondary, private in Spain?
- School enrollment, secondary, private in Spain was 31.3% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school enrollment, secondary, private recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 31.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, secondary, private recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.9% in 2012.
- How does Spain rank for school enrollment, secondary, private?
- Spain ranks 35th out of 170 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school enrollment, secondary, private rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. 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 School enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Private enrollment refers to pupils or students enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body such as a nongovernmental organization, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise.