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Choose one measure and up to 12 places. Every place then uses the same published series, unit and source, although national definitions can still differ where the source says so. 2023 is the most recent period with a value for every selected place.
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Values for 2023
Spain, 2023
93.7%
+32.7 percentage points since 2001
European Union, 2023
79.5%
aggregate · +26.2 percentage points since 2001
Portugal, 2023
77.7%
+15.9 percentage points since 2015
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% of the population in the five years after secondary school age. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Portugal | Spain | European Union |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 93.8% | 79.5% |
| 2023 | 77.7% | 93.7% | 79.5% |
| 2022 | 75.1% | 95.0% | 79.6% |
| 2021 | 72.5% | 95.4% | 77.9% |
| 2020 | 68.2% | 91.6% | 75.0% |
| 2019 | 66.1% | 91.5% | 74.0% |
| 2018 | 65.1% | 92.5% | 72.9% |
| 2017 | 64.2% | 92.1% | 71.8% |
| 2016 | 63.2% | 89.8% | 70.5% |
| 2015 | 61.8% | 88.5% | 69.8% |
| 2014 | – | 87.9% | 68.7% |
| 2013 | – | 85.2% | 67.6% |
| 2012 | – | 82.9% | 67.4% |
| 2011 | – | 80.7% | 67.5% |
| 2010 | – | 76.4% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | – | 71.4% | 65.6% |
| 2008 | – | 69.4% | 64.5% |
| 2007 | – | 69.2% | 63.5% |
| 2006 | – | 69.0% | 62.8% |
| 2005 | – | 68.1% | 61.6% |
| 2004 | – | 67.5% | 60.0% |
| 2003 | – | 65.5% | 58.0% |
| 2002 | – | 63.7% | 55.7% |
| 2001 | – | 61.0% | 53.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.