Migration Statistic Results by Autonomous Communities Flow of emigration abroad of people aged 25 and over by Autonomous Community, year, sex and level of studies (grouping of levels) Unidades: Movimientos migratorios 2021 2020 2019 National Total Both sexes 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 Males 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 Females 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 01 Andalucía Both sexes Total 41.272 26.145 29.769 Primary education or lower 20.427 11.848 13.455 First stage of secondary education and the like 4.755 3.901 4.370 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 7.124 4.293 4.683 Higher education 8.807 6.041 7.154 No consta 159 62 107 Males Total 22.811 14.416 16.500 Primary education or lower 11.576 6.654 7.698 First stage of secondary education and the like 3.065 2.397 2.758 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 3.729 2.277 2.439 Higher education 4.340 3.049 3.536 No consta 101 39 69 Females Total 18.461 11.729 13.269 Primary education or lower 8.851 5.194 5.757 First stage of secondary education and the like 1.690 1.504 1.612 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 3.395 2.016 2.244 Higher education 4.467 2.992 3.618 No consta 58 23 38 02 Aragón Both sexes Total 19.832 3.445 4.991 Primary education or lower 7.886 1.274 1.745 First stage of secondary education and the like 3.859 991 1.367 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 3.516 604 884 Higher education 2.919 561 962 No consta 1.652 15 33 Males Total 11.608 1.972 2.936 Primary education or lower 4.417 683 958 First stage of secondary education and the like 2.713 634 940 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 2.068 357 523 Higher education 1.502 288 489 No consta 908 10 26 Females Total 8.224 1.473 2.055 Primary education or lower 3.469 591 787 First stage of secondary education and the like 1.146 357 427 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 1.448 247 361 Higher education 1.417 273 473 No consta 744 5 7 03 Asturias, Principado de Both sexes Total 2.726 1.493 2.337 Primary education or lower 750 312 545 First stage of secondary education and the like 279 172 257 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 612 310 502 Higher education 1.079 695 1.028 No consta 6 4 5 Males Total 1.440 762 1.178 Primary education or lower 383 138 246 First stage of secondary education and the like 173 114 162 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 326 173 268 Higher education 553 335 499 No consta 5 2 3 Females Total 1.286 731 1.159 Primary education or lower 367 174 299 First stage of secondary education and the like 106 58 95 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 286 137 234 Higher education 526 360 529 No consta 1 2 2 04 Balears, Illes Both sexes Total 9.823 5.512 5.414 Primary education or lower 3.772 1.641 1.686 First stage of secondary education and the like 1.556 901 1.018 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 2.621 1.431 1.353 Higher education 1.851 1.521 1.336 No consta 23 18 21 Males Total 5.385 2.990 2.879 Primary education or lower 2.050 850 872 First stage of secondary education and the like 1.008 584 632 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 1.399 749 704 Higher education 911 791 657 No consta 17 16 14 Females Total 4.438 2.522 2.535 Primary education or lower 1.722 791 814 First stage of secondary education and the like 548 317 386 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 1.222 682 649 Higher education 940 730 679 No consta 6 2 7 05 Canarias Both sexes Total 12.070 12.500 10.033 Primary education or lower 4.718 4.215 4.111 First stage of secondary education and the like 1.322 1.705 1.600 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 3.205 3.649 2.149 Higher education 2.786 2.891 2.149 No consta 39 40 24 Males Total 6.251 6.716 5.225 Primary education or lower 2.413 2.305 2.086 First stage of secondary education and the like 780 1.003 892 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 1.684 1.938 1.135 Higher education 1.348 1.447 1.096 No consta 26 23 16 Females Total 5.819 5.784 4.808 Primary education or lower 2.305 1.910 2.025 First stage of secondary education and the like 542 702 708 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 1.521 1.711 1.014 Higher education 1.438 1.444 1.053 No consta 13 17 8 06 Cantabria Both sexes Total 1.630 1.105 2.024 Primary education or lower 479 277 523 First stage of secondary education and the like 217 125 353 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 359 264 449 Higher education 567 432 692 No consta 8 7 7 Males Total 838 571 1.065 Primary education or lower 221 140 247 First stage of secondary education and the like 149 91 238 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 193 137 234 Higher education 271 198 342 No consta 4 5 4 Females Total 792 534 959 Primary education or lower 258 137 276 First stage of secondary education and the like 68 34 115 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 166 127 215 Higher education 296 234 350 No consta 4 2 3 07 Castilla y León Both sexes Total 7.623 5.512 6.732 Primary education or lower 3.029 1.750 2.107 First stage of secondary education and the like 1.135 865 1.160 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 1.482 1.102 1.254 Higher education 1.929 1.751 2.153 No consta 48 44 58 Males Total 4.141 2.960 3.641 Primary education or lower 1.570 916 1.102 First stage of secondary education and the like 785 599 786 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 822 577 688 Higher education 937 841 1.030 No consta 27 27 35 Females Total 3.482 2.552 3.091 Primary education or lower 1.459 834 1.005 First stage of secondary education and the like 350 266 374 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 660 525 566 Higher education 992 910 1.123 No consta 21 17 23 08 Castilla - La Mancha Both sexes Total 9.128 5.765 6.283 Primary education or lower 4.356 2.454 2.571 First stage of secondary education and the like 1.543 1.110 1.196 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 1.416 960 1.085 Higher education 1.755 1.216 1.398 No consta 58 25 33 Males Total 5.179 3.138 3.525 Primary education or lower 2.455 1.302 1.421 First stage of secondary education and the like 1.021 710 810 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 784 530 593 Higher education 880 575 675 No consta 39 21 26 Females Total 3.949 2.627 2.758 Primary education or lower 1.901 1.152 1.150 First stage of secondary education and the like 522 400 386 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 632 430 492 Higher education 875 641 723 No consta 19 4 7 09 Cataluña Both sexes Total 70.256 41.469 61.049 Primary education or lower 20.130 9.612 13.162 First stage of secondary education and the like 9.325 6.535 8.688 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 13.275 8.016 11.720 Higher education 27.322 17.168 27.236 No consta 204 138 243 Males Total 39.256 22.869 33.417 Primary education or lower 11.620 5.422 7.132 First stage of secondary education and the like 6.488 4.470 6.136 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 7.515 4.509 6.673 Higher education 13.514 8.370 13.317 No consta 119 98 159 Females Total 31.000 18.600 27.632 Primary education or lower 8.510 4.190 6.030 First stage of secondary education and the like 2.837 2.065 2.552 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 5.760 3.507 5.047 Higher education 13.808 8.798 13.919 No consta 85 40 84 10 Comunitat Valenciana Both sexes Total 39.154 29.646 31.365 Primary education or lower 18.530 12.389 12.376 First stage of secondary education and the like 6.114 5.467 7.155 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 6.951 5.095 5.482 Higher education 7.348 6.631 6.240 No consta 211 64 112 Males Total 21.433 16.021 17.116 Primary education or lower 9.975 6.559 6.601 First stage of secondary education and the like 3.822 3.357 4.349 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 3.752 2.762 2.918 Higher education 3.749 3.302 3.167 No consta 135 41 81 Females Total 17.721 13.625 14.249 Primary education or lower 8.555 5.830 5.775 First stage of secondary education and the like 2.292 2.110 2.806 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 3.199 2.333 2.564 Higher education 3.599 3.329 3.073 No consta 76 23 31 11 Extremadura Both sexes Total 1.754 1.278 1.620 Primary education or lower 699 474 590 First stage of secondary education and the like 272 221 226 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 254 172 278 Higher education 513 403 517 No consta 16 8 9 Males Total 945 684 901 Primary education or lower 372 254 325 First stage of secondary education and the like 179 137 148 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 128 94 160 Higher education 257 192 264 No consta 9 7 4 Females Total 809 594 719 Primary education or lower 327 220 265 First stage of secondary education and the like 93 84 78 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 126 78 118 Higher education 256 211 253 No consta 7 1 5 12 Galicia Both sexes Total 6.235 5.581 6.380 Primary education or lower 2.085 1.716 1.857 First stage of secondary education and the like 892 872 852 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 1.239 1.025 1.267 Higher education 1.991 1.941 2.365 No consta 28 27 39 Males Total 3.351 2.928 3.402 Primary education or lower 1.112 919 1.004 First stage of secondary education and the like 628 601 580 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 677 513 658 Higher education 916 879 1.136 No consta 18 16 24 Females Total 2.884 2.653 2.978 Primary education or lower 973 797 853 First stage of secondary education and the like 264 271 272 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 562 512 609 Higher education 1.075 1.062 1.229 No consta 10 11 15 13 Madrid, Comunidad de Both sexes Total 53.912 34.727 45.752 Primary education or lower 13.394 5.653 7.655 First stage of secondary education and the like 6.801 6.462 8.400 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 9.787 6.719 9.397 Higher education 23.825 15.781 20.220 No consta 105 112 80 Males Total 26.614 17.669 23.752 Primary education or lower 6.267 2.504 3.466 First stage of secondary education and the like 4.038 3.837 5.181 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 5.030 3.567 5.113 Higher education 11.224 7.687 9.937 No consta 55 74 55 Females Total 27.298 17.058 22.000 Primary education or lower 7.127 3.149 4.189 First stage of secondary education and the like 2.763 2.625 3.219 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 4.757 3.152 4.284 Higher education 12.601 8.094 10.283 No consta 50 38 25 14 Murcia, Región de Both sexes Total 9.534 8.186 7.159 Primary education or lower 5.325 4.503 3.619 First stage of secondary education and the like 1.557 1.544 1.599 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 1.082 882 837 Higher education 1.551 1.242 1.082 No consta 19 15 22 Males Total 5.832 4.930 4.385 Primary education or lower 3.329 2.720 2.200 First stage of secondary education and the like 1.114 1.127 1.151 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 598 497 464 Higher education 778 575 551 No consta 13 11 19 Females Total 3.702 3.256 2.774 Primary education or lower 1.996 1.783 1.419 First stage of secondary education and the like 443 417 448 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 484 385 373 Higher education 773 667 531 No consta 6 4 3 15 Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Both sexes Total 3.133 2.765 2.567 Primary education or lower 1.188 996 813 First stage of secondary education and the like 607 547 509 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 507 415 376 Higher education 812 797 851 No consta 19 10 18 Males Total 1.778 1.612 1.411 Primary education or lower 622 514 414 First stage of secondary education and the like 448 406 343 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 289 227 206 Higher education 404 459 435 No consta 15 6 13 Females Total 1.355 1.153 1.156 Primary education or lower 566 482 399 First stage of secondary education and the like 159 141 166 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 218 188 170 Higher education 408 338 416 No consta 4 4 5 16 País Vasco Both sexes Total 8.925 6.020 6.618 Primary education or lower 2.289 1.249 1.460 First stage of secondary education and the like 1.531 1.225 1.311 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 2.052 1.400 1.384 Higher education 2.947 2.080 2.366 No consta 106 66 97 Males Total 4.956 3.369 3.723 Primary education or lower 1.134 633 712 First stage of secondary education and the like 1.037 858 934 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 1.202 800 792 Higher education 1.509 1.034 1.220 No consta 74 44 65 Females Total 3.969 2.651 2.895 Primary education or lower 1.155 616 748 First stage of secondary education and the like 494 367 377 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 850 600 592 Higher education 1.438 1.046 1.146 No consta 32 22 32 17 Rioja, La Both sexes Total 1.531 925 973 Primary education or lower 727 295 335 First stage of secondary education and the like 271 213 185 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 307 184 199 Higher education 222 231 250 No consta 4 2 4 Males Total 806 496 539 Primary education or lower 385 158 178 First stage of secondary education and the like 169 132 130 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 148 96 109 Higher education 104 110 120 No consta "" "" 2 Females Total 725 429 434 Primary education or lower 342 137 157 First stage of secondary education and the like 102 81 55 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 159 88 90 Higher education 118 121 130 No consta 4 2 2 18 Ceuta Both sexes Total 138 114 203 Primary education or lower 45 37 73 First stage of secondary education and the like 43 32 62 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 19 15 21 Higher education 31 30 47 No consta "" "" "" Males Total 82 66 136 Primary education or lower 29 23 50 First stage of secondary education and the like 26 23 47 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 11 6 13 Higher education 16 14 26 No consta "" "" "" Females Total 56 48 67 Primary education or lower 16 14 23 First stage of secondary education and the like 17 9 15 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 8 9 8 Higher education 15 16 21 No consta "" "" "" 19 Melilla Both sexes Total 503 318 347 Primary education or lower 244 138 155 First stage of secondary education and the like 116 84 93 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 59 38 41 Higher education 83 58 55 No consta 1 "" 3 Males Total 322 192 204 Primary education or lower 148 77 87 First stage of secondary education and the like 87 60 70 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 37 26 19 Higher education 49 29 26 No consta 1 "" 2 Females Total 181 126 143 Primary education or lower 96 61 68 First stage of secondary education and the like 29 24 23 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 22 12 22 Higher education 34 29 29 No consta "" "" 1 Notas: The level of studies is obtained for the data from 2019. 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: