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

Level of education of the population 16 years or more. Counties, areas and provinces 2011
Cannot read or write No studies Primary education Secondary education Batxillerat superior FP 1st stage FP 2nd stage Medium certificate Universitary degree Higher certificate Total
Alt Camp 615 2,614 6,346 11,967 3,274 3,198 3,250 2,543 525 2,793 37,125
Alt Empordà 2,156 8,032 18,803 37,222 17,923 7,469 5,438 6,107 3,186 8,095 114,430
Alt Penedès 1,880 7,041 12,251 26,688 9,881 7,488 6,391 5,035 1,346 6,995 84,996
Alt Urgell 146 1,620 2,782 5,859 1,843 1,545 1,058 1,232 335 1,547 17,966
Alta Ribagorça .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 296 538 904 671 226 269 303 102 253 3,587
Anoia 1,952 8,642 13,702 32,773 11,116 7,091 7,336 5,572 1,530 6,077 95,790
Bages 2,580 13,431 23,419 49,908 17,553 11,556 11,144 10,359 1,764 11,519 153,232
Baix Camp 2,959 12,401 21,821 46,645 17,841 12,623 12,615 10,251 3,431 13,513 154,100
Baix Ebre 1,696 6,674 12,696 21,591 7,415 4,605 4,645 3,825 1,062 3,996 68,204
Baix Empordà 2,484 9,881 17,338 37,205 14,395 6,533 5,667 5,898 2,453 8,224 110,078
Baix Llobregat 12,970 60,364 77,454 188,483 85,135 54,484 59,485 41,397 11,768 57,040 648,580
Baix Penedès 1,813 6,862 12,297 25,967 11,153 7,251 5,967 4,242 1,291 4,687 81,531
Barcelonès 26,104 154,437 247,905 446,309 285,232 114,228 131,064 139,426 64,053 308,387 1,917,145
Berguedà 722 3,217 4,811 13,123 2,974 2,610 2,721 1,957 455 2,281 34,870
Cerdanya 93 918 2,762 4,704 2,389 1,060 828 1,117 494 1,573 15,937
Conca de Barberà 289 1,185 2,809 6,049 1,785 1,496 1,541 1,246 188 1,073 17,661
Garraf 1,819 8,389 14,984 33,328 17,371 7,424 8,685 8,786 3,260 15,484 119,530
Garrigues 349 1,306 3,172 6,424 1,801 1,269 1,009 939 171 825 17,265
Garrotxa 1,046 4,433 8,179 14,099 4,999 3,396 3,027 2,812 953 3,137 46,082
Gironès 2,561 10,222 19,297 43,093 21,666 8,957 8,756 11,142 3,627 17,538 146,858
Maresme 6,715 27,891 45,514 105,938 48,448 24,370 24,854 25,313 8,520 35,932 353,494
Montsià 1,102 5,139 10,924 20,786 7,091 4,264 3,485 3,071 689 3,018 59,570
Noguera 525 3,016 5,739 11,305 4,101 2,693 1,802 2,017 494 1,831 33,523
Osona 2,466 10,894 18,863 41,356 14,292 9,670 7,373 8,340 1,791 9,990 125,035
Pallars Jussà 206 1,125 1,906 2,773 1,461 828 920 926 399 949 11,493
Pallars Sobirà 39 437 878 1,731 1,009 503 497 450 97 604 6,244
Pla d'Urgell 341 2,535 4,965 10,121 3,734 2,551 2,301 1,946 312 1,904 30,709
Pla de l'Estany 283 1,499 3,681 8,401 3,390 1,728 1,484 1,608 381 2,518 24,972
Priorat 127 490 1,683 3,081 846 655 526 398 73 657 8,536
Ribera d'Ebre 377 2,360 3,603 5,661 1,919 1,751 1,744 1,025 266 1,232 19,938
Ripollès 462 2,124 4,005 7,553 2,147 1,751 1,508 1,153 304 1,443 22,450
Segarra 253 1,276 2,830 6,673 2,614 1,618 1,237 1,217 284 1,032 19,034
Segrià 2,831 12,119 24,430 52,903 21,794 12,874 11,427 13,434 3,024 16,050 170,885
Selva 2,324 11,856 21,999 47,101 21,081 9,435 8,248 6,996 2,477 9,177 140,694
Solsonès 226 1,159 1,689 3,099 1,147 1,155 1,120 808 86 830 11,319
Tarragonès 3,957 15,456 26,233 54,109 26,374 16,316 18,062 15,725 4,798 24,311 205,341
Terra Alta 73 1,276 2,200 4,042 870 960 472 405 112 480 10,889
Urgell 420 2,017 4,853 10,706 4,109 2,171 1,707 1,852 368 2,263 30,465
Val d'Aran 293 350 805 1,885 1,805 577 925 574 222 958 8,395
Vallès Occidental 13,379 63,271 87,272 208,464 96,771 51,849 55,906 48,434 14,473 81,886 721,706
Vallès Oriental 5,559 28,850 39,876 102,313 41,806 25,752 28,028 19,109 5,541 26,954 323,788
Catalonia 106,217 517,107 837,313 1,762,340 843,227 437,978 454,519 418,988 146,704 699,055 6,223,448
Metropolità 64,726 334,812 498,021 1,051,506 557,393 270,684 299,337 273,680 104,355 510,200 3,964,714
Comarques Gironines 11,315 48,048 93,302 194,674 85,602 39,268 34,128 35,715 13,380 50,131 605,564
Camp de Tarragona 7,947 32,146 58,891 121,851 50,120 34,288 35,994 30,163 9,016 42,347 422,763
Terres de l'Ebre 3,248 15,449 29,422 52,080 17,295 11,581 10,345 8,326 2,129 8,726 158,601
Ponent 4,720 22,269 45,988 98,131 38,152 23,175 19,483 21,405 4,653 23,904 301,881
Comarques Centrals 5,994 28,701 48,783 107,486 35,967 24,991 22,357 21,463 4,095 24,620 324,457
Alt Pirineu i Aran 803 4,746 9,671 17,856 9,178 4,738 4,496 4,602 1,649 5,884 63,623
Penedès 7,465 30,935 53,234 118,756 49,520 29,253 28,379 23,635 7,427 33,243 381,846
Barcelona 76,140 386,418 586,078 1,248,630 630,502 316,563 342,990 313,676 114,502 562,484 4,577,982
Girona 11,377 48,817 95,531 198,297 87,617 40,009 34,747 36,639 13,739 51,374 618,146
Lleida 5,692 27,414 55,095 115,515 46,541 28,286 24,475 25,943 6,028 29,436 364,426
Tarragona 13,008 54,458 100,610 199,898 78,568 53,120 52,307 42,731 12,435 55,761 662,895
Source: Idescat, based on the INE Population and Housing Census.
Note: The Population and Housing Census 2011 includes survey data. The results have been conveniently rounded up and are shown without decimals. Hence, some totals may not coincide with the sum of their disaggregation.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: May 22, 2014.

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.