School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Spain
Spain: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes was 17.76 years in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Spain, 1971–2018
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Spain recorded 17.76 years for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in 2018. That is the highest value across all 48 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Spain peaked at 17.76 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 9.97 years, in 1971.
That places Spain 14th out of 183 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11.11 years | 9.97 years | 12.33 years | 9 |
| 1980s | 13.26 years | 12.55 years | 14.16 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 15.13 years | 14.04 years | 15.69 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.8 years | 15.6 years | 15.99 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.2 years | 16.33 years | 17.76 years | 9 |
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More education data for Spain
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0051 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Spain?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Spain was 17.76 years in 2018, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 17.76 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.97 years in 1971.
- How does Spain rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes?
- Spain ranks 14th out of 183 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. 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 life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expected to spend at school, or university, including years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrolment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education.