Migration Survey 2006-2020 series Migrants 16 and over by area of origin and level of education attained. Absolute values and percentages relating to the total of each area Units: absolute values in thousands of people Total Illiterates Incomplete primary education Primary education Primera etapa de educaci¾n secundaria y similar Segunda etapa de educaci¾n secundaria, con orientaci¾n general Segunda etapa de educaci¾n secundaria con orientaci¾n profesional (incluye educaci¾n postsecundaria no superior) Higher education Absolute value Percentage Absolute value Percentage Absolute value Percentage Absolute value Percentage Absolute value Percentage Absolute value Percentage Absolute value Percentage Absolute value Percentage Total 2020 348.8 100.0 3.7 1.1 5.5 1.6 18.7 5.4 71.2 20.4 66.5 19.1 27.9 8.0 155.3 44.5 2019 404.3 100.0 5.4 1.3 3.3 0.8 21.4 5.3 72.7 18.0 94.2 23.3 30.8 7.6 176.5 43.7 2018 434.5 100.0 6.8 1.6 10.5 2.4 29.5 6.8 82.0 18.9 83.3 19.2 33.7 7.8 188.6 43.4 2017 347.5 100.0 3.0 0.9 7.8 2.3 24.7 7.1 66.2 19.0 78.9 22.7 21.1 6.1 145.8 42.0 2016 377.9 100.0 6.5 1.7 9.7 2.6 32.3 8.5 88.5 23.4 64.9 17.2 23.3 6.2 152.8 40.4 2015 371.0 100.0 1.4 0.4 7.9 2.1 21.8 5.9 73.0 19.7 75.7 20.4 25.5 6.9 165.7 44.7 2014 348.4 100.0 2.4 0.7 8.1 2.3 24.3 7.0 89.2 25.6 60.2 17.3 26.6 7.6 137.6 39.5 Northwest 2020 19.8 100.0 .. .. 0.2 1.0 0.5 2.4 4.4 22.1 4.4 22.3 4.0 20.4 6.3 31.8 2019 24.1 100.0 0.4 1.8 0.3 1.4 2.5 10.3 4.2 17.5 2.5 10.2 2.4 10.1 11.8 48.8 2018 21.4 100.0 0.7 3.1 0.5 2.1 1.4 6.5 4.4 20.7 2.6 12.3 2.0 9.3 9.8 46.0 2017 21.8 100.0 .. .. 0.6 2.6 1.1 5.2 3.6 16.7 2.0 9.0 1.1 5.0 13.4 61.6 2016 27.3 100.0 .. .. 2.0 7.4 3.2 11.8 7.5 27.6 4.4 16.2 2.0 7.5 8.1 29.5 2015 24.3 100.0 0.3 1.1 .. .. 1.4 5.9 5.5 22.5 3.0 12.6 2.8 11.3 11.3 46.6 2014 25.4 100.0 .. .. 0.8 3.3 1.8 7.1 6.7 26.3 5.0 19.8 2.5 9.7 8.6 33.8 Northeast 2020 16.2 100.0 .. .. .. .. 2.1 13.3 2.6 16.0 1.9 11.6 0.8 4.7 8.8 54.5 2019 28.7 100.0 .. .. 0.8 2.6 2.5 8.6 3.8 13.2 7.7 26.8 4.6 16.0 9.4 32.8 2018 20.7 100.0 .. .. 0.9 4.3 2.0 9.6 3.2 15.7 6.3 30.2 0.5 2.6 7.8 37.5 2017 18.4 100.0 .. .. 0.5 2.5 1.7 9.0 2.4 13.1 2.6 14.3 2.0 10.7 9.3 50.6 2016 24.0 100.0 0.3 1.2 0.2 0.7 0.3 1.2 6.8 28.3 6.1 25.5 1.9 8.0 8.4 35.3 2015 26.9 100.0 .. .. 1.4 5.3 2.0 7.3 11.4 42.5 2.6 9.6 0.5 2.0 8.9 33.2 2014 21.9 100.0 .. .. 0.3 1.5 1.6 7.4 6.0 27.3 1.7 7.6 3.7 17.0 8.6 39.1 Madrid 2020 34.5 100.0 .. .. .. .. 2.3 6.7 3.9 11.2 5.7 16.5 4.9 14.1 17.8 51.5 2019 47.1 100.0 1.9 4.1 0.3 0.5 1.3 2.8 8.4 17.9 14.0 29.7 2.3 5.0 18.8 39.9 2018 63.3 100.0 0.2 0.4 0.8 1.2 2.6 4.2 7.7 12.2 14.7 23.3 4.7 7.3 32.6 51.4 2017 48.1 100.0 .. .. 1.5 3.1 0.2 0.4 9.3 19.4 10.1 20.9 3.9 8.1 23.1 48.1 2016 51.8 100.0 .. .. 0.2 0.4 3.8 7.4 9.4 18.1 10.0 19.2 2.8 5.5 25.6 49.5 2015 49.7 100.0 .. .. 1.5 3.0 .. .. 5.8 11.7 7.1 14.3 2.1 4.1 33.3 67.0 2014 52.3 100.0 .. .. 0.7 1.4 2.4 4.5 9.9 19.0 7.8 14.9 3.8 7.3 27.7 53.0 Central 2020 28.3 100.0 0.3 1.1 1.2 4.2 1.1 4.0 7.2 25.3 3.3 11.7 1.3 4.4 13.9 49.2 2019 23.0 100.0 .. .. 0.7 3.1 0.4 1.7 7.7 33.7 1.8 7.8 1.4 6.0 10.9 47.7 2018 32.3 100.0 .. .. 2.0 6.3 3.3 10.1 5.9 18.4 3.7 11.3 2.1 6.6 15.3 47.2 2017 31.1 100.0 .. .. 0.6 2.0 0.7 2.3 7.0 22.3 5.4 17.3 2.9 9.3 14.5 46.7 2016 22.4 100.0 0.2 0.9 0.8 3.4 2.2 9.8 4.5 20.1 3.1 13.7 2.8 12.5 8.9 39.7 2015 35.6 100.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 4.3 12.0 7.3 20.5 5.4 15.3 4.3 12.2 14.1 39.6 2014 35.0 100.0 .. .. 3.2 9.1 3.4 9.7 8.4 24.1 2.8 8.1 2.1 6.0 15.1 43.1 East 2020 80.5 100.0 0.8 1.0 0.5 0.6 2.0 2.5 18.5 22.9 18.7 23.2 5.1 6.3 35.0 43.4 2019 88.6 100.0 .. .. .. .. 4.5 5.0 14.2 16.0 15.5 17.4 11.1 12.5 43.5 49.0 2018 110.9 100.0 3.5 3.2 0.5 0.5 5.7 5.1 31.6 28.5 21.3 19.2 14.8 13.3 33.5 30.2 2017 72.5 100.0 0.3 0.4 1.5 2.1 7.4 10.1 15.4 21.3 15.3 21.1 2.4 3.3 30.2 41.7 2016 81.9 100.0 1.0 1.3 2.9 3.5 7.7 9.4 23.9 29.2 14.5 17.7 3.6 4.4 28.3 34.6 2015 98.1 100.0 0.3 0.3 3.3 3.4 7.9 8.1 22.4 22.8 23.4 23.8 8.5 8.7 32.2 32.9 2014 74.8 100.0 1.6 2.2 2.4 3.2 10.2 13.6 23.9 32.0 7.9 10.6 7.2 9.6 21.6 28.8 South 2020 33.8 100.0 0.9 2.7 2.3 6.8 2.1 6.2 4.9 14.3 4.7 13.9 5.5 16.2 13.5 39.8 2019 60.3 100.0 1.1 1.9 .. .. 3.7 6.2 14.9 24.8 17.6 29.3 3.0 4.9 19.9 33.0 2018 39.3 100.0 0.5 1.3 1.9 4.7 3.7 9.3 4.2 10.6 6.7 17.0 1.7 4.4 20.7 52.6 2017 39.3 100.0 1.8 4.6 1.0 2.6 5.4 13.6 9.1 23.1 8.9 22.6 1.6 4.1 11.6 29.4 2016 60.1 100.0 4.9 8.2 2.1 3.4 7.1 11.7 13.2 21.9 7.3 12.1 5.3 8.8 20.3 33.8 2015 40.0 100.0 .. .. .. .. 3.5 8.7 9.5 23.8 7.3 18.2 6.2 15.5 13.6 33.9 2014 60.3 100.0 0.8 1.3 0.6 1.0 3.1 5.2 13.9 23.0 15.5 25.7 3.6 5.9 22.9 37.9 Canarias 2020 8.1 100.0 .. .. 0.4 5.5 .. .. 2.0 24.7 2.8 34.9 0.7 8.7 2.1 26.3 2019 14.3 100.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. 2.2 15.1 4.8 33.6 .. .. 7.3 51.3 2018 12.0 100.0 .. .. 0.8 6.3 0.6 4.7 3.8 31.6 2.3 19.2 1.0 8.4 3.6 29.7 2017 9.7 100.0 .. .. .. .. 0.9 9.7 1.1 11.6 5.3 54.4 1.7 17.1 0.7 7.3 2016 10.5 100.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.5 14.7 3.6 33.8 0.4 4.1 5.0 47.4 2015 9.8 100.0 0.7 7.2 0.5 4.7 0.7 7.2 3.3 34.0 0.7 7.5 .. .. 3.9 39.3 2014 29.3 100.0 .. .. .. .. 0.9 3.0 13.9 47.4 4.7 16.0 .. .. 9.8 33.6 Abroad 2020 127.6 100.0 1.7 1.4 0.8 0.6 8.6 6.7 27.9 21.9 25.0 19.6 5.7 4.5 57.9 45.4 2019 118.2 100.0 1.9 1.6 1.2 1.0 6.5 5.5 17.2 14.6 30.3 25.6 6.0 5.1 55.0 46.5 2018 134.6 100.0 1.9 1.4 3.2 2.4 10.3 7.7 21.1 15.7 25.7 19.1 6.9 5.1 65.5 48.6 2017 106.5 100.0 0.9 0.9 2.2 2.0 7.4 6.9 18.2 17.1 29.4 27.6 5.6 5.2 42.9 40.3 2016 100.0 100.0 .. .. 1.6 1.6 8.1 8.1 21.8 21.8 16.0 16.0 4.4 4.4 48.2 48.2 2015 86.6 100.0 .. .. 1.2 1.3 2.0 2.3 7.7 8.9 26.2 30.2 1.1 1.3 48.4 55.9 2014 49.3 100.0 .. .. .. .. 0.9 1.9 6.5 13.3 14.7 29.9 3.7 7.6 23.3 47.4 Notes: 1) Northwest: Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria Northeast: PaÝs Vasco, Navarra, La Rioja, Arag¾n Madrid: Madrid Central: Castilla y Le¾n, Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura East: Catalu±a, Comunidad Valenciana, Balears (Illes) South: AndalucÝa, Murcia, Ceuta, Melilla Canarias: Canarias Abroad: Abroad (only in area of origin) Source: National Statistics Institute