Out-of-school adolescents in Spain

In Spain, 1.8% of adolescents of lower secondary school age were not in school in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2011.

Measure: Out-of-school rate, adolescents of lower secondary school age Unit: % of adolescents of lower secondary school age Data: 2001 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
The latest value carries the source flag “National estimate”.
Spain, 2024 1.8%nat_est (National estimate) % of adolescents of lower secondary school age
Change from 2023 −0.2percentage points 2023: 2.0%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 1.3% Middle value of 15 countries

Out-of-school adolescents in Spain over time

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% of adolescents of lower secondary school age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Flags: nat_est National estimate . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 2.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 2.4%, the figure has changed by −0.7 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
ROFST.2.CP · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2001 to 2024 for Spain
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org