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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 2022
Unlearned 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 87 1,221 4,158 13,725 3,795 4,578 4,224 3,297 2,406 912 234 38,631
Alt Empordà 306 5,331 16,905 41,364 18,417 10,884 7,743 10,125 7,842 2,274 810 121,998
Alt Penedès 159 2,154 11,013 28,659 10,212 11,763 9,882 9,267 6,930 2,220 750 93,006
Alt Urgell 30 579 2,055 5,202 2,655 1,893 1,572 1,818 1,356 522 177 17,868
Alta Ribagorça 9 111 366 894 495 372 363 405 348 87 33 3,489
Anoia 279 2,832 11,142 36,492 11,799 13,533 11,073 9,219 6,270 2,127 633 105,402
Aran 9 111 729 2,436 1,425 1,104 909 1,098 786 225 72 8,910
Bages 297 4,368 17,592 51,168 17,235 17,064 14,829 15,222 10,794 3,576 1,086 153,243
Baix Camp 1,080 5,475 17,232 53,424 20,634 18,024 16,053 15,546 12,309 4,803 1,566 166,140
Baix Ebre 117 3,012 9,618 23,568 7,860 7,449 5,640 5,499 3,777 1,776 366 68,691
Baix Empordà 480 3,444 14,748 38,907 14,721 11,523 8,934 12,441 9,342 2,577 957 118,077
Baix Llobregat 2,049 20,691 72,717 196,815 88,368 84,675 82,116 77,070 57,924 17,625 6,519 706,569
Baix Penedès 138 2,145 11,580 31,752 11,640 12,114 9,534 8,313 5,793 1,539 750 95,295
Barcelonès 4,473 65,058 201,993 431,922 299,199 156,945 169,593 244,443 277,137 81,681 40,611 1,973,055
Berguedà 57 651 4,539 11,544 3,300 4,152 3,738 3,525 2,427 930 228 35,085
Cerdanya 18 273 1,677 4,641 2,622 1,734 1,497 1,947 1,761 507 201 16,884
Conca de Barberà 12 507 2,034 5,859 1,908 2,157 1,797 1,467 1,224 411 129 17,508
Garraf 324 2,082 13,212 34,515 19,809 13,068 12,108 17,817 15,465 3,798 1,878 134,079
Garrigues 21 501 2,451 5,832 1,578 1,872 1,602 1,401 870 381 84 16,596
Garrotxa 69 1,863 7,593 15,336 5,598 5,217 4,761 5,112 3,864 1,302 384 51,099
Gironès 900 5,082 17,775 46,128 23,901 15,624 12,504 17,814 15,717 6,066 2,409 163,920
Maresme 930 13,470 37,218 111,489 51,978 40,035 37,488 46,323 38,658 11,133 4,470 393,189
Moianès 3 159 1,404 3,561 1,536 1,383 1,218 1,497 1,110 348 156 12,378
Montsià 192 2,154 7,812 21,855 6,423 6,309 5,592 4,458 3,129 1,299 237 59,457
Noguera 150 1,167 4,290 12,522 3,489 3,387 2,829 2,955 1,920 738 150 33,597
Osona 267 3,852 16,230 45,390 15,501 15,993 12,138 14,139 10,479 3,672 1,191 138,849
Pallars Jussà 12 384 1,698 2,883 1,443 1,266 1,329 1,260 969 330 99 11,673
Pallars Sobirà 3 105 609 1,329 885 792 798 831 675 219 78 6,324
Pla d'Urgell 132 921 4,386 11,004 3,459 3,423 3,057 2,652 1,701 666 150 31,548
Pla de l'Estany 123 909 2,835 8,574 2,841 2,868 2,502 3,075 2,334 1,095 330 27,483
Priorat 18 186 945 2,811 837 882 891 774 612 207 78 8,244
Ribera d'Ebre 51 576 2,952 6,468 1,515 2,289 2,142 1,656 1,029 429 93 19,200
Ripollès 69 741 2,721 7,272 2,445 2,388 2,235 2,133 1,725 501 168 22,398
Segarra 15 903 2,907 7,113 2,091 2,016 1,677 1,590 1,164 417 87 19,980
Segrià 642 6,408 20,229 58,719 21,696 16,965 15,969 18,543 13,455 5,262 1,959 179,847
Selva 723 4,812 17,757 53,202 21,576 15,789 12,051 12,525 8,859 2,799 1,014 151,113
Solsonès 27 591 1,251 3,453 1,227 1,320 1,389 1,206 834 312 81 11,688
Tarragonès 678 5,808 23,412 66,489 26,481 24,738 23,517 22,338 18,987 7,287 2,928 222,663
Terra Alta 30 417 1,779 3,885 774 1,155 681 606 519 216 39 10,101
Urgell 72 765 3,963 10,632 4,152 3,417 2,892 2,907 1,956 714 186 31,659
Vallès Occidental 2,406 19,854 76,983 227,835 99,801 86,001 81,741 86,397 74,997 23,718 9,756 789,483
Vallès Oriental 645 10,035 35,667 105,714 44,331 43,272 39,432 35,220 27,381 8,643 2,997 353,340
Catalonia 18,111 201,711 708,177 1,852,382 881,657 671,437 632,031 725,943 656,843 205,347 86,122 6,639,761
Metropolità 10,506 129,144 424,989 1,074,651 584,151 411,315 410,733 489,951 476,484 142,902 64,416 4,219,239
Comarques Gironines 2,670 22,182 80,331 210,783 89,499 64,299 50,727 63,228 49,689 16,617 6,069 656,091
Camp de Tarragona 1,875 13,197 47,778 142,308 53,655 50,376 46,479 43,419 35,538 13,620 4,935 453,183
Terres de l'Ebre 393 6,159 22,161 55,779 16,572 17,199 14,058 12,222 8,454 3,717 735 157,452
Ponent 1,029 10,665 38,232 105,816 36,465 31,080 28,026 30,051 21,066 8,175 2,616 313,227
Comarques Centrals 654 9,675 41,193 115,794 38,814 40,077 33,375 35,514 25,512 8,841 2,700 352,155
Alt Pirineu i Aran 81 1,566 7,134 17,388 9,528 7,161 6,468 7,362 5,895 1,890 660 65,145
Penedès 903 9,126 46,356 129,861 52,968 49,926 42,168 44,196 34,206 9,582 3,987 423,270
Barcelona 11,892 145,221 499,734 1,285,249 663,006 487,881 475,346 560,052 529,483 159,441 70,262 4,887,567
Girona 2,687 22,381 81,668 214,422 91,742 65,690 51,868 64,807 51,087 17,048 6,231 669,631
Lleida 1,124 12,609 45,257 122,873 45,041 38,175 34,746 37,127 26,486 9,983 3,210 376,631
Tarragona 2,408 21,500 81,518 229,838 81,868 79,691 70,071 63,957 49,787 18,875 6,419 705,932
Source: Idescat, based on the INE Population and Housing Census.
Note: Al Cens 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: June 28, 2024.

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.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.