Education in Spain

3,591 indicators covering education for Spain.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Enrolment in early childhood education, male 822,337 2024 down 15.7% 24th
Inbound internationally mobile students from sub-Saharan Africa, both 1,511 2023 up 25.5% 37th
Net enrolment rate, early childhood education, both sexes 74.2% 2024 up 11.8% 37th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Latin America and the 47,695 2023 up 73.2% 3rd
Inbound internationally mobile students from Central and Eastern 5,543 2023 down 7.2% 20th
Share of young people not in education, employment or training 10.5% 2025 down 28.1% 87th
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 11.57 2017 up 7.1% 125th
Net enrolment rate, early childhood education, female 74.0% 2024 up 11.6% 37th
Net enrolment rate, early childhood education, male 74.5% 2024 up 12.0% 35th
Net enrolment rate, early childhood education, adjusted gender parity 0.993 GPIA 2024 down 0.3% 125th
Percentage of enrolment in upper secondary education in private 30.7% 2024 up 24.2% 47th
Government expenditure on education, PPP$ 110,588 millions 2022 up 66.3% 12th
Out-of-school children, one year before the official primary entry 3,363 2024 down 49.2% 87th
Out-of-school children, one year before the official primary entry 2,283 2024 down 69.9% 94th
Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in private 31.3% 2024 up 14.3% 35th
Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary 13.44 2017 120th
Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in public 48.0% 2024 up 0.5% 143rd
Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in public 0.9% 2024 up 1.0% 143rd
Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in public 52.0% 2024 down 0.5% 49th
Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, adjusted gender parity 1 GPIA 2021 up 0.8% 112th
Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, female 100.0% 2021 up 2.0% 1st
Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, male 99.9% 2021 up 1.2% 8th
Out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary 1.7% 2024 down 34.4% 139th
Out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary 1.1% 2024 down 60.7% 148th
Enrolment in early childhood educational development programmes, both 484,842 2024 up 9.2% 10th
Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, female 52,319 2024 up 14.9% 70th
Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, male 63,902 2024 up 10.1% 72nd
Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper 3.5% 2024 down 3.5% 145th
Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper 4.0% 2024 down 8.1% 144th
Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper 0.872 GPIA 2024 up 5.0% 102nd
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in 100.0% 2023 unchanged 1st
Pupil-trained teacher ratio in pre-primary education 11.49 headcount basis 2023 down 17.4% 97th
Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in private 48.8% 2024 up 0.2% 103rd
Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in private 1.0% 2024 up 0.4% 103rd
Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in private 51.2% 2024 down 0.2% 78th
Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, female 5,423 number 2018 55th
Government expenditure on education, constant PPP$ 114,936 millions 2022 up 19.4% 13th
Enrolment in early childhood educational development programmes, male 251,383 2024 up 9.0% 10th
Enrolment in early childhood educational development programmes 233,459 2024 up 9.4% 10th
Proportion of youth not in education, employment or training, by sex 10.5% 2025 down 28.1% 95th
Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development 48.0% 2024 up 45.5% 16th
Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public 49.3% 2024 up 0.9% 84th
Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public 1.0% 2024 up 1.8% 84th
Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public 50.7% 2024 down 0.9% 97th
Government expenditure on tertiary education, constant US$ 16,996 millions 2022 up 23.7% 12th
Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, male 7.3% 2023 down 41.4% 47th
Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education 5.5% 2023 down 41.7% 46th
Survival rate to Grade 5 of primary education, both sexes 100.0% 2021 up 1.9% 2nd
Percentage of enrolment in upper secondary education in public 50.4% 2024 up 1.2% 63rd
Percentage of enrolment in upper secondary education in public 1.0% 2024 up 2.3% 63rd
Percentage of enrolment in upper secondary education in public 49.6% 2024 down 1.1% 117th
Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, female 6,022 number 2018 down 28.8% 52nd
Current education expenditure, tertiary 85.9% 2022 up 1.8% 83rd
Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, female 5,015 number 2018 51st
Repeaters in Grade 4 of primary education, female 4,825 number 2018 down 44.6% 53rd
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in 100.0% 2023 unchanged 1st
Pupil-trained teacher ratio in secondary education 10.85 headcount basis 2023 down 9.7% 83rd
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in 100.0% 2023 unchanged 1st
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in 100.0% 2023 unchanged 1st
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged 47th