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Level of education attained. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Population aged 15 and over by level of education attained. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2024
Illiteracy Partially completed primary education Primary education First stage of secondary education and similar Second stage of secondary education and similar with general orientation Second stage of secondary education and similar with professional orientation Higher-level vocational training and similar education University bachelor's degree, up to 240 credits, and similar University degrees of more than 240 credits and similars Master's degrees and similar University doctorate Total
Alt Camp 78 1,086 4,110 13,923 3,957 4,758 4,560 3,513 2,433 1,101 264 39,777
Alt Empordà 306 5,007 16,713 42,783 19,242 11,568 8,403 11,277 8,094 2,742 852 126,981
Alt Penedès 93 2,082 10,215 29,439 10,779 12,459 10,845 10,305 7,107 2,808 855 96,993
Alt Urgell 21 516 1,995 5,295 2,844 2,007 1,704 1,968 1,410 615 192 18,570
Alta Ribagorça 6 90 354 876 525 387 387 429 360 108 36 3,558
Anoia 279 2,574 10,494 37,281 12,546 14,448 11,964 10,314 6,414 2,616 687 109,623
Aran 6 96 786 2,484 1,503 1,128 960 1,188 786 255 81 9,279
Bages 249 4,044 16,224 52,509 18,576 17,997 15,948 16,587 11,022 4,404 1,221 158,790
Baix Camp 891 5,031 17,310 54,600 22,020 19,314 17,274 17,196 12,573 5,847 1,677 173,742
Baix Ebre 96 2,775 9,309 24,432 8,217 7,839 6,171 6,030 3,876 2,097 396 71,235
Baix Empordà 411 3,234 14,775 39,738 15,930 11,976 9,600 13,968 9,627 3,165 1,056 123,486
Baix Llobregat 1,650 18,555 68,607 197,523 93,351 87,396 88,014 85,092 59,085 22,017 7,377 728,670
Baix Penedès 120 1,923 11,532 32,871 12,537 12,981 10,716 9,720 6,189 2,112 840 101,544
Barcelonès 3,567 59,346 197,673 437,163 294,309 160,011 198,639 293,013 277,671 104,292 43,530 2,069,217
Berguedà 45 609 4,266 11,640 3,441 4,383 3,948 3,801 2,442 1,116 243 35,934
Cerdanya 18 255 1,668 4,740 2,733 1,884 1,572 2,094 1,740 627 204 17,523
Conca de Barberà 12 471 1,902 5,916 1,938 2,235 1,950 1,605 1,239 507 138 17,913
Garraf 255 2,058 12,654 34,629 20,421 14,187 13,086 20,061 15,945 4,836 2,094 140,229
Garrigues 18 462 2,193 5,811 1,626 1,956 1,668 1,506 897 444 90 16,674
Garrotxa 72 1,983 7,554 15,870 5,874 5,505 5,289 5,580 4,002 1,578 423 53,727
Gironès 1,206 4,749 17,817 47,871 25,488 16,239 13,557 19,602 15,852 7,392 2,655 172,425
Lluçanès 0 39 564 1,638 489 597 519 585 366 156 27 4,986
Maresme 687 12,276 35,019 112,341 54,312 42,204 40,062 51,348 39,606 13,749 5,022 406,626
Moianès 3 144 1,269 3,657 1,602 1,449 1,326 1,644 1,143 414 156 12,810
Montsià 138 2,496 7,512 22,392 6,891 6,681 5,928 4,974 3,129 1,560 291 61,995
Noguera 144 1,125 4,176 12,630 3,642 3,531 2,955 3,129 1,944 858 171 34,311
Osona 255 3,363 14,700 45,501 15,834 16,386 12,600 14,862 10,296 4,293 1,293 139,383
Pallars Jussà 15 339 1,602 2,907 1,506 1,308 1,395 1,308 999 384 117 11,877
Pallars Sobirà 3 93 576 1,359 906 792 858 885 672 258 87 6,492
Pla d'Urgell 117 828 4,140 11,241 3,657 3,642 3,153 2,841 1,746 828 168 32,358
Pla de l'Estany 102 759 2,739 8,694 3,027 2,967 2,676 3,309 2,370 1,302 357 28,299
Priorat 21 225 909 2,793 840 909 906 828 636 249 90 8,406
Ribera d'Ebre 51 519 2,742 6,516 1,608 2,355 2,229 1,740 1,056 513 99 19,422
Ripollès 54 669 2,520 7,308 2,547 2,499 2,355 2,277 1,692 612 171 22,704
Segarra 12 909 2,550 6,783 2,094 1,956 1,626 1,596 1,113 450 87 19,182
Segrià 573 6,045 19,998 60,987 22,743 17,784 17,166 19,689 13,656 6,279 2,076 186,996
Selva 690 4,542 17,433 54,837 23,274 16,983 13,389 14,004 9,342 3,432 1,110 159,036
Solsonès 18 558 1,323 4,008 1,389 1,479 1,569 1,401 918 441 102 13,209
Tarragonès 606 5,517 22,776 68,106 28,866 26,337 25,233 25,035 19,620 9,027 3,294 234,420
Terra Alta 24 369 1,620 3,864 822 1,194 738 681 510 255 42 10,116
Urgell 54 714 3,705 10,932 4,386 3,582 3,177 3,135 2,007 882 201 32,775
Vallès Occidental 1,803 17,796 73,380 229,791 106,173 89,028 88,521 94,872 75,897 29,346 10,656 817,263
Vallès Oriental 570 9,585 33,663 107,343 46,185 44,829 42,942 38,889 27,954 10,800 3,378 366,144
Catalonia 15,339 185,856 683,061 1,883,022 910,659 699,157 697,590 823,889 665,436 256,776 93,912 6,914,697
Metropolità 8,283 117,591 408,726 1,085,079 594,816 423,879 458,571 563,745 480,615 180,330 70,020 4,391,655
Comarques Gironines 2,841 20,943 79,548 217,095 95,385 67,740 55,266 70,017 50,982 20,223 6,621 686,661
Camp de Tarragona 1,611 12,330 47,004 145,335 57,624 53,556 49,923 48,177 36,501 16,731 5,466 474,258
Terres de l'Ebre 312 6,156 21,180 57,204 17,535 18,069 15,069 13,419 8,568 4,425 831 162,768
Ponent 915 10,083 36,762 108,384 38,148 32,448 29,748 31,899 21,363 9,744 2,793 322,290
Comarques Centrals 576 8,817 38,511 119,604 41,349 42,453 35,964 38,799 26,022 10,821 3,006 365,922
Alt Pirineu i Aran 66 1,392 6,978 17,655 10,020 7,506 6,882 7,872 5,964 2,244 717 67,302
Penedès 735 8,547 44,355 132,657 55,782 53,502 46,170 49,956 35,415 12,252 4,458 443,838
Barcelona 9,457 132,484 478,763 1,300,610 677,974 505,392 528,415 641,300 534,844 200,810 76,529 5,086,578
Girona 2,859 21,133 80,870 220,868 97,719 69,221 56,476 71,709 52,374 20,738 6,787 700,754
Lleida 983 11,830 43,714 126,131 47,270 39,940 36,991 39,559 26,958 11,960 3,460 388,796
Tarragona 2,040 20,409 79,714 235,413 87,696 84,604 75,708 71,321 51,260 23,268 7,136 738,569
Source: Idescat, based on the INE Annual Population Census.
Note: A partir del Cens de població de 2021, per garantir el secret estadístic, els resultats s'han arrodonit aleatòriament a valors múltiples de 3. Per aquesta raó algun total pot no coincidir amb la suma de la seva desagregació.

Last update: June 4, 2026.

Methodological note

Educational level refers to the highest level of study attained by an individual, regardless of whether they are currently studying within the date of reference. An individual is considered to have reached a certain level of instruction when he or she has finished and passed all of the years required for this level and thus has the necessary conditions for obtaining the corresponding qualification or diploma.

Level of education attained

Results are offered by the levels of education in the CCED-2020 (A), adapted and aggregated in 4 categories:

  • Primary education and lower (categories 01 to 03 of the CCED-2020 A, adapted)
  • Lower secondary education and similar (category 04 of the CCED-2020 A adapted)
  • Upper secondary education and similar (categories 05 to 07 of the CCED-2020 A, adapted)
  • Tertiary education (categories 08 to 12 of the CCED-2020 A, adapted)

The source of this information for the years 1996, 2001, 2011 and 2021 is the Population and Housing Census, which is carried out by the INE and, with annual frequency from 2021, provides the main demographic and social characteristics of the population.

For the years 2018 to 2020, the source of the information is the Education Attainment Statistics, carried out by Idescat.

For further information about these statistics, you may check the methodology.