Migration Statistic National results Flow of emigration abroad of people aged 25 and over by year, sex, country of birth (Spanish/foreign) and level of studies (grouping of levels) Unidades: Movimientos migratorios 2021 2020 2019 Both sexes Total Total 299.179 192.506 231.616 Primary education or lower 110.073 60.833 68.838 First stage of secondary education and the like 42.195 32.972 40.401 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 55.867 36.574 43.361 Higher education 88.338 61.470 78.101 No consta 2.706 657 915 Spain Total 32.556 28.384 34.963 Primary education or lower 2.553 1.899 2.345 First stage of secondary education and the like 4.791 3.945 4.559 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 5.344 4.385 5.000 Higher education 19.605 18.041 22.922 No consta 263 114 137 Abroad Total 266.623 164.122 196.653 Primary education or lower 107.520 58.934 66.493 First stage of secondary education and the like 37.404 29.027 35.842 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 50.523 32.189 38.361 Higher education 68.733 43.429 55.179 No consta 2.443 543 778 Males Total Total 163.028 104.361 125.935 Primary education or lower 60.078 32.771 36.799 First stage of secondary education and the like 27.730 21.140 26.287 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 30.392 19.835 23.709 Higher education 43.262 30.175 38.523 No consta 1.566 440 617 Spain Total 17.867 15.495 19.012 Primary education or lower 1.236 970 1.227 First stage of secondary education and the like 3.271 2.653 3.128 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 3.145 2.634 2.916 Higher education 10.066 9.174 11.663 No consta 149 64 78 Abroad Total 145.161 88.866 106.923 Primary education or lower 58.842 31.801 35.572 First stage of secondary education and the like 24.459 18.487 23.159 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 27.247 17.201 20.793 Higher education 33.196 21.001 26.860 No consta 1.417 376 539 Females Total Total 136.151 88.145 105.681 Primary education or lower 49.995 28.062 32.039 First stage of secondary education and the like 14.465 11.832 14.114 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 25.475 16.739 19.652 Higher education 45.076 31.295 39.578 No consta 1.140 217 298 Spain Total 14.689 12.889 15.951 Primary education or lower 1.317 929 1.118 First stage of secondary education and the like 1.520 1.292 1.431 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 2.199 1.751 2.084 Higher education 9.539 8.867 11.259 No consta 114 50 59 Abroad Total 121.462 75.256 89.730 Primary education or lower 48.678 27.133 30.921 First stage of secondary education and the like 12.945 10.540 12.683 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 23.276 14.988 17.568 Higher education 35.537 22.428 28.319 No consta 1.026 167 239 Notas: The level of studies is obtained for the data from 2019. The category 'Spain' in the variable 'Country of birth' includes the former Spanish territories. Las variables "Nivel de estudios", "Relación con la actividad económica" y "Ocupación", relativas a la emigración definitiva del 2021, se van a proporcionar más tarde: tras la publicación de la información adicional recogida en el Censo 2021, a partir de febrero 2023. Fuente: