Education in Spain

3,591 indicators covering education for Spain.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 95.5% 2025 up 3.9% 60th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) 97.1% 2025 up 3.9% 55th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.03 modelled data 2025 up 0.0% 68th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (modelled data) 94.0% 2025 up 3.9% 61st
Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 74.8% 2025 up 7.0% 68th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (modelled data) 81.3% 2025 up 7.3% 66th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.16 modelled data 2025 up 0.5% 43rd
Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) 68.7% 2025 up 6.7% 68th
Teachers in secondary education, male 139,237 2024 up 16.2% 21st
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
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 10.4% 2025 down 53.0% 37th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 106.5% 2024 up 10.6% 13th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 81.8% 2024 up 2.3% 14th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.23 GPIA 2024 up 5.4% 92nd
Primary education, teachers 77.7% 2024 up 2.3% 98th
Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 97,784 number 2018 down 7.1% 17th
Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.9853 % change on previous year 2018 down 90.9% 112th
Repeaters, primary, total 2.5% 2017 up 0.4% 90th
School life expectancy, tertiary, female 5.05 years 2024 up 19.2% 17th
School life expectancy, tertiary, male 3.94 years 2024 up 11.3% 16th
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 1.22 GPIA 2024 up 4.8% 97th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 3.1% 2018 up 32,903.2% 86th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 17.74 years 2024 up 2.5% 19th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 98.5% 2024 up 1.8% 57th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 171,869 number 2018 up 18.0% 13th
Persistence to grade 5, total 100.0% 2021 up 1.9% 2nd
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 99.9% 2021 up 2.9% 2nd
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 148 2024 down 23.7% 104th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 203 2024 down 2.9% 103rd
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 447 2024 up 14.6% 94th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 719 2024 up 16.2% 90th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 93.9% 2017 down 11.3% 152nd
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 93.1% 2017 down 12.2% 156th
Share of children who are not in pre-primary school 1.4% 2024 down 48.4% 157th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female 2.93 years 2024 up 0.5% 35th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 2.95 years 2024 up 1.2% 36th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9938 GPIA 2024 down 0.7% 131st
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 92.9% 2024 up 0.4% 146th
Teachers in pre-primary education, male 7,231 2024 down 5.0% 18th
Teachers in pre-primary education, female 95,162 2024 up 0.9% 18th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 1.05 GPI 2018 down 1.1% 68th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 94,515 2024 up 47.2% 9th
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 47.0% 2024 up 12.7% 74th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 106,538 2024 up 18.8% 11th
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.2% 2100 down 28.5% 128th
Number of adults with no formal education by region 83,400 people 2100 down 30.0% 66th
Population by level of education 26.65 million people 2100 up 3.4% 27th
Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 1.11 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 3.6% 61st
Repeaters, primary, female 2.1% 2017 up 2.5% 87th
Repeaters, primary, male 2.9% 2017 down 0.9% 86th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 18.43 years 2024 up 4.4% 20th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 17.08 years 2024 up 0.6% 22nd
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 3.4% 62nd
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 92.8% 2018 down 2.5% 136th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male 98.5% 2024 up 1.9% 55th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female 98.6% 2024 up 1.7% 55th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted 1 GPIA 2024 down 0.2% 107th
Teachers in pre-primary education, female 90,697 number 2018 down 9.5% 15th
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, both sexes 99.1% 2021 up 6.8% 6th