What is the difference in goal 4: quality education between Germany and Spain?

0 5 year moving average, with Germany ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Spain?

20 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators), published as GOAL 4: Quality Education (5 year moving average). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Germany vs Spain: GOAL 4: Quality Education

Germany

1 5 year moving average

in 2023

Spain

1 5 year moving average

in 2023

Germany rank

1st

Spain rank

1st

GOAL 4: Quality Education over time

Germany
Spain

How they compare

Germany currently reports 1 5 year moving average against 1 5 year moving average in Spain, a difference of 0 5 year moving average.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 20 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 1st and Spain ranks 1st of 214 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 1 and Spain in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Germany	Spain	Difference	Ahead
2000s	0.495 5 year moving average	0.3252 5 year moving average	0.1698 5 year moving average	Germany
2010s	0.58 5 year moving average	0.5826 5 year moving average	0.0026 5 year moving average	Spain
2020s	0.809 5 year moving average	0.8317 5 year moving average	0.0227 5 year moving average	Spain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher goal 4: quality education, Germany or Spain?: Germany, at 1 5 year moving average against 1 5 year moving average in Spain as of 2023.
What is the difference in goal 4: quality education between Germany and Spain?: 0 5 year moving average, with Germany ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Spain?: 20 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2023.
How do Germany and Spain rank globally for goal 4: quality education?: Germany ranks 1st and Spain ranks 1st of 214 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators), published as GOAL 4: Quality Education (5 year moving average). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: GOAL 4: Quality Education (5 year moving average)
Unit: 5 year moving average
Source: Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 215 places, 4,300 data points, 2004–2023
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026

SDG Goal 4 data availability. Source: UN Global SDG Indicators Database