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2024
global knowledge index
Spain
KEY INDICATORS
- GDP (US$ billions):2,242.424
- Population:47,911,580
- HDI:0.911
28/141
Gki
Score
60.3
World
Average
47.8
Country Performance Summary
Spain is a leading performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 28th out of 141 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2024 and 28th out of the 59 countries with very high human development.
Areas of Strength
- Research institutions prominence
- Pupil-trained teacher ratio in primary education
- Participation rate in formal and non-formal education and training
- Fixed-broadband upload and download speeds
- Healthy life expectancy (years)
Areas of Improvement
- Firms constrained with inadequately educated workforce (%)
- Firms with products and services new to the market (%)
- Unemployment rate with vocational education
- Labour underutilization rate
- International Internet bandwidth per user
SECTORAL INDICES
Rank
Value
Pre-University
Education
22
77.8
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
25
61.13
Higher
Education
30
54.41
Research, Development
and Innovation
30
40.78
Information and
Communications Technology
25
65.06
Economy
34
61.46
Enabling
Environment
26
72.74
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GKI Pillars
