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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 2023
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 81 1,161 4,212 13,821 3,915 4,686 4,371 3,378 2,490 996 258 39,369
Alt Empordà 327 5,331 16,866 41,907 18,951 11,238 8,034 10,545 8,106 2,466 867 124,635
Alt Penedès 150 2,136 10,509 29,085 10,521 12,051 10,359 9,666 7,125 2,454 825 94,881
Alt Urgell 24 564 2,007 5,214 2,745 1,920 1,644 1,863 1,434 552 201 18,174
Alta Ribagorça 3 102 366 888 495 381 372 435 351 90 36 3,522
Anoia 276 2,739 10,797 36,888 12,108 13,971 11,505 9,666 6,408 2,331 690 107,388
Aran 6 108 795 2,460 1,479 1,131 942 1,149 795 237 84 9,189
Bages 264 4,281 16,962 51,840 18,039 17,400 15,387 15,777 11,121 3,900 1,206 156,192
Baix Camp 990 5,352 17,484 54,135 21,477 18,477 16,602 16,245 12,585 5,241 1,701 170,286
Baix Ebre 111 2,988 9,426 23,979 8,058 7,647 5,907 5,706 3,921 1,923 393 70,065
Baix Empordà 435 3,414 14,853 39,147 15,336 11,787 9,240 13,143 9,867 2,811 1,044 121,083
Baix Llobregat 1,818 19,614 70,596 196,728 90,894 86,106 84,954 80,214 59,826 19,254 7,347 717,354
Baix Penedès 123 2,073 11,637 32,421 12,057 12,546 10,104 8,895 6,225 1,737 885 98,703
Barcelonès 4,020 62,934 200,112 432,261 311,676 160,446 173,910 254,547 290,526 90,450 45,396 2,026,278
Berguedà 51 612 4,392 11,544 3,378 4,299 3,837 3,639 2,457 1,005 240 35,451
Cerdanya 21 300 1,686 4,728 2,658 1,809 1,551 2,028 1,767 552 219 17,316
Conca de Barberà 12 486 1,980 5,907 1,935 2,220 1,896 1,500 1,248 450 141 17,769
Garraf 288 2,079 12,882 34,455 20,061 13,659 12,576 18,624 16,086 4,224 2,073 137,016
Garrigues 18 477 2,274 5,772 1,617 1,890 1,653 1,437 882 411 90 16,524
Garrotxa 69 1,950 7,590 15,627 5,802 5,337 5,088 5,307 4,026 1,428 426 52,647
Gironès 990 4,971 17,712 46,902 24,711 15,894 13,035 18,450 16,140 6,594 2,643 168,042
Maresme 798 13,083 36,195 111,867 52,989 40,905 38,772 48,042 40,113 12,096 4,998 399,852
Moianès 3 147 1,356 3,657 1,584 1,401 1,266 1,551 1,164 378 159 12,666
Montsià 165 2,328 7,722 22,110 6,639 6,444 5,721 4,680 3,207 1,413 264 60,696
Noguera 159 1,152 4,269 12,513 3,576 3,474 2,892 3,084 1,944 783 162 34,008
Osona 255 3,660 15,837 46,134 15,921 16,410 12,681 14,718 10,767 3,987 1,305 141,669
Pallars Jussà 12 363 1,653 2,874 1,527 1,296 1,374 1,272 1,005 348 114 11,838
Pallars Sobirà 3 102 588 1,350 882 801 846 855 684 237 81 6,432
Pla d'Urgell 132 876 4,296 11,094 3,507 3,492 3,120 2,730 1,716 720 165 31,851
Pla de l'Estany 105 855 2,778 8,592 2,931 2,940 2,577 3,144 2,382 1,182 348 27,828
Priorat 18 189 915 2,820 828 900 900 807 630 228 87 8,319
Ribera d'Ebre 42 564 2,865 6,504 1,527 2,319 2,193 1,668 1,053 468 102 19,308
Ripollès 69 726 2,634 7,272 2,487 2,469 2,298 2,190 1,728 549 171 22,599
Segarra 18 918 2,790 7,203 2,151 2,076 1,713 1,653 1,188 450 93 20,250
Segrià 624 6,408 20,400 59,829 22,221 17,337 16,593 19,059 13,734 5,676 2,064 183,954
Selva 726 4,683 17,826 54,138 22,707 16,461 12,720 13,206 9,408 3,036 1,149 156,063
Solsonès 21 558 1,203 3,477 1,227 1,314 1,416 1,230 849 348 93 11,739
Tarragonès 639 5,829 23,070 67,146 27,909 25,521 24,435 23,424 19,908 7,944 3,327 229,155
Terra Alta 24 402 1,707 3,873 798 1,170 711 636 516 231 42 10,119
Urgell 63 759 3,816 10,716 4,311 3,486 3,009 2,970 2,034 798 201 32,160
Vallès Occidental 2,088 18,972 75,351 228,240 103,131 87,300 84,783 89,739 76,617 25,998 10,599 802,818
Vallès Oriental 606 10,053 34,560 106,515 45,330 43,920 41,049 36,879 28,122 9,498 3,309 359,844
Catalonia 16,645 196,316 696,966 1,863,642 912,097 686,336 654,046 755,761 682,162 225,477 95,605 6,785,053
Metropolità 9,327 124,698 417,216 1,076,511 604,509 419,073 423,846 509,931 495,609 157,410 71,709 4,309,836
Comarques Gironines 2,721 21,933 80,253 213,588 92,922 66,129 52,995 65,985 51,654 18,063 6,648 672,897
Camp de Tarragona 1,737 13,020 47,661 143,823 56,061 51,807 48,201 45,357 36,861 14,859 5,514 464,895
Terres de l'Ebre 342 6,285 21,720 56,466 17,025 17,574 14,535 12,696 8,700 4,035 807 160,191
Ponent 1,014 10,590 37,845 107,130 37,383 31,755 28,980 30,936 21,498 8,838 2,778 318,747
Comarques Centrals 594 9,315 39,897 117,309 40,176 40,995 34,644 36,840 26,202 9,621 2,964 358,557
Alt Pirineu i Aran 69 1,536 7,101 17,517 9,783 7,335 6,729 7,602 6,033 2,016 738 66,471
Penedès 837 8,937 45,273 131,295 54,237 51,666 44,112 46,413 35,604 10,635 4,449 433,458
Barcelona 10,613 140,332 489,568 1,289,381 685,584 497,872 491,076 582,983 550,241 175,533 78,134 4,991,317
Girona 2,741 22,164 81,608 217,311 95,182 67,551 54,187 67,618 53,067 18,523 6,821 686,773
Lleida 1,086 12,442 44,773 124,238 46,186 38,987 35,944 38,216 27,068 10,787 3,445 383,172
Tarragona 2,205 21,378 81,017 232,712 85,145 81,926 72,839 66,944 51,786 20,634 7,205 723,791
Source: Idescat, based on the INE Annual Population Census.
Note: Al Cens de població de 2021,per garantir el secret estadístic, els resultats estan arrodonits aleatòriament a valors múltiples de 3. Per aquesta raó algun total pot no coincidir amb la suma de la seva desagregació.

Last update: July 25, 2025.

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.