Spain's primary education, pupils (% female) was 48.78% in 2017, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.45 percentage points from 48.34% in 2007.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 48.78% | 2017 |
| Five years earlier | 48.43% | 2012 |
| Ten years earlier | 48.34% | 2007 |
| Highest | 49.75% | 1972 |
| Lowest | 48.15% | 1996 |
| Average since 2008 | 48.62% | 2008–2017 |
| First recorded | 49.68% | 1971 |
What the numbers say
In 2017, Spain's primary education, pupils (% female) fell 0 percentage points on 2016 (from 48.79% to 48.78%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1987 to 2016), the average change was +0.02 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.13 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.39 percentage points in 2013 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.59 percentage points in 1973. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2008 to 2017 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.06 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 76% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2017, Spain had the 24th highest value of the 68 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 48.78% | 2017 |
| World | 48.43% | 2018 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 48.58% | 2018 |
| High income | 48.71% | 2018 |
Closest to Spain in the 2017 ranking
What this measures
Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at primary level include enrollments in public and private schools.
Limitations: The percentage of female enrollment is limited in assessing gender parity, because it's affected by the gender composition of population. Ratio of female to male in enrollment rate provides a population adjusted measure of gender parity.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 47 values
| Year | Primary education, pupils (% female) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 48.78 |
| 2016 | 48.79 |
| 2015 | 48.83 |
| 2014 | 48.82 |
| 2013 | 48.81 |
| 2012 | 48.43 |
| 2011 | 48.46 |
| 2010 | 48.45 |
| 2009 | 48.42 |
| 2008 | 48.38 |
| 2007 |
Primary education, pupils (% female) in nearby economies
More education data for Spain
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 2.83 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils — 3.71 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.01 (2020)
- School enrollment, primary and secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.02 (2020)
- School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.03 (2020)
- Tertiary education, academic staff (% female)
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Questions people ask
- What is Spain's primary education, pupils (% female)?
- 48.78% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1971?
- It is down 0.9 percentage points from 49.68% in 1971. The highest value was 49.75% in 1972 and the lowest 48.15% in 1996.
- How does Spain rank?
- 24th highest of 68 economies with data for 2017.
- Is the latest change in primary education, pupils (% female) unusual for Spain?
- In 2017, Spain's primary education, pupils (% female) fell 0 percentage points on 2016 (from 48.79% to 48.78%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1987 to 2016), the average change was +0.02 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.13 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.ENRL.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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