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Spain: Lower secondary school starting age

12years · 20250.0% since 2015

Lower secondary school starting age is the age at which students would enter lower secondary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade. Annual figures for Spain from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (years)Note
202512
202412
202312
202212
202112
202012
201912
201812
201712
201612
201512
201412
201312
201212
201112
201012
200912
200812
200712
200612
200512
200412
200312
200212
200112
200012
199912
199812
199712
199612
199511
199411
199311
199211
199111
199011
198911
198811
198711
198611
198511
198411
198311
198211
198111
198011
197911
197811
197711
197611
197511
197411
197311
197211
197111
197011

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Lower secondary school starting age. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-lower-secondary-school-starting-age (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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