School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Spain
Spain: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male was 17.32 years in 2018. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Spain, 1971β2018
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Spain is 17.32 years, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 48 years on record.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Spain peaked at 17.32 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 10.55 years, in 1971.
That places Spain 14th out of 175 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 | 11.52 years | 10.55 years | 12.67 years | 9 |
| 1980s | 13.14 years | 12.59 years | 13.91 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 14.76 years | 13.81 years | 15.3 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.36 years | 15.18 years | 15.53 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.84 years | 15.93 years | 17.32 years | 9 |
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More gender data for Spain
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 161,756 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 171,794 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 164,221 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 174,083 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 166,341 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 176,237 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 168,163 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 178,036 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 169,816 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 178,725 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Spain?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Spain was 17.32 years in 2018, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 17.32 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.55 years in 1971.
- How does Spain rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male?
- Spain ranks 14th out of 175 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.9%. 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, male (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.