Education in Spain 167 indicators covering education for Spain. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 65.7% 2025 down 1.1% 81st Population ages 0-14 12.6% 2025 down 15.9% 207th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th School enrollment, primary 102.9% 2024 up 0.2% 72nd Primary education, teachers 248,253 2024 up 9.8% 29th School enrollment, primary, female 103.0% 2024 down 0.3% 70th School enrollment, primary, male 102.9% 2024 up 0.6% 79th Labor force, total 24.76 million 2025 up 7.0% 28th Labor force, female 47.2% 2025 up 2.7% 61st School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.01 GPI 2020 up 1.8% 39th School enrollment, secondary 118.5% 2024 down 5.6% 19th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 1.4 per 1,000 2024 up 7.7% 187th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 0.9 per 1,000 2024 unchanged 190th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.4 per 1,000 2024 down 20.0% 177th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.4 per 1,000 2024 unchanged 161st Secondary education, teachers 344,203 2024 up 24.7% 24th School enrollment, secondary, female 120.8% 2024 down 4.1% 16th School enrollment, secondary, male 116.4% 2024 down 6.9% 20th School enrollment, tertiary 93.8% 2024 up 6.6% 15th School enrollment, primary, private 31.7% 2024 up 0.2% 37th School enrollment, preprimary 101.8% 2020 up 4.5% 23rd School enrollment, tertiary, male 81.8% 2024 up 2.3% 14th School enrollment, tertiary, female 106.5% 2024 up 10.6% 13th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.03 GPI 2020 up 0.3% 77th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.23 GPI 2024 up 5.4% 90th Secondary education, teachers, female 204,966 2024 up 31.2% 24th Primary completion rate, female 98.6% 2024 up 1.7% 53rd Primary completion rate, male 98.5% 2024 up 1.9% 53rd Government expenditure on education, total 4.6% 2022 up 2.8% 76th Secondary education, general pupils 2.71 million 2017 up 4.8% 35th Lower secondary completion rate, total 93.4% 2024 up 5.1% 74th School enrollment, preprimary, female 101.7% 2020 up 4.1% 23rd School enrollment, preprimary, male 102.0% 2020 up 4.9% 21st Persistence to last grade of primary, total 99.9% 2021 up 2.9% 2nd Government expenditure on education, total 9.9% 2022 up 9.0% 153rd Secondary education, general pupils 49.6% 2017 down 1.1% 116th Lower secondary completion rate, female 95.1% 2024 up 3.6% 70th Lower secondary completion rate, male 91.9% 2024 up 6.7% 77th Children out of school 1.2% 2024 down 52.7% 144th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 2.83 million 2024 down 4.3% 56th Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Secondary education, pupils 3.71 million 2024 up 12.8% 31st Persistence to last grade of primary, male 99.9% 2021 up 2.3% 5th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 99.9% 2021 up 3.5% 10th Secondary education, vocational pupils 621,174 2017 up 26.1% 22nd Number of under-five deaths, male 601 2024 down 25.9% 110th Number of under-five deaths, female 472 2024 down 26.8% 110th Number of infant deaths, male 491 2024 down 25.6% 109th Number of infant deaths, female 387 2024 down 26.4% 110th Children out of school, female 1.3% 2024 down 47.8% 153rd Children out of school, male 1.2% 2024 down 56.9% 152nd Secondary education, vocational pupils 46.4% 2017 down 7.6% 56th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 93.5% 2017 down 11.8% 159th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 10.4% 2025 down 53.0% 37th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 11.9% 2025 down 49.3% 37th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 9.0% 2025 down 56.8% 42nd Primary education, teachers 77.7% 2024 up 2.3% 98th Repeaters, primary, total 2.5% 2017 up 0.4% 90th Page 1 of 3 Next →