Migration Statistic Results by Autonomous Communities Flow of emigration abroad of people aged 25 and over by Autonomous Community, year, nationality (Spanish/foreign) and level of studies (grouping of levels) Unidades: Movimientos migratorios 2021 2020 2019 National Total 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 Spanish Total 54.105 46.353 54.484 Primary education or lower 6.250 5.029 5.730 First stage of secondary education and the like 9.822 8.228 9.234 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 11.269 9.395 10.585 Higher education 26.334 23.501 28.709 No consta 430 200 226 Extranjera Total 245.074 146.153 177.132 Primary education or lower 103.823 55.804 63.108 First stage of secondary education and the like 32.373 24.744 31.167 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 44.598 27.179 32.776 Higher education 62.004 37.969 49.392 No consta 2.276 457 689 01 Andalucía Total 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 Spanish Total 7.477 6.113 7.378 Primary education or lower 980 713 814 First stage of secondary education and the like 1.561 1.198 1.329 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 1.526 1.172 1.324 Higher education 3.383 3.015 3.883 No consta 27 15 28 Extranjera Total 33.795 20.032 22.391 Primary education or lower 19.447 11.135 12.641 First stage of secondary education and the like 3.194 2.703 3.041 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 5.598 3.121 3.359 Higher education 5.424 3.026 3.271 No consta 132 47 79 02 Aragón Total 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 Spanish Total 1.670 585 1.107 Primary education or lower 119 58 81 First stage of secondary education and the like 275 143 204 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 266 112 212 Higher education 745 271 605 No consta 265 1 5 Extranjera Total 18.162 2.860 3.884 Primary education or lower 7.767 1.216 1.664 First stage of secondary education and the like 3.584 848 1.163 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 3.250 492 672 Higher education 2.174 290 357 No consta 1.387 14 28 03 Asturias, Principado de Total 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 Spanish Total 959 891 1.023 Primary education or lower 97 78 80 First stage of secondary education and the like 132 96 100 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 212 193 187 Higher education 515 521 651 No consta 3 3 5 Extranjera Total 1.767 602 1.314 Primary education or lower 653 234 465 First stage of secondary education and the like 147 76 157 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 400 117 315 Higher education 564 174 377 No consta 3 1 "" 04 Balears, Illes Total 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 Spanish Total 1.597 1.309 1.309 Primary education or lower 187 145 162 First stage of secondary education and the like 434 309 304 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 448 372 359 Higher education 526 480 480 No consta 2 3 4 Extranjera Total 8.226 4.203 4.105 Primary education or lower 3.585 1.496 1.524 First stage of secondary education and the like 1.122 592 714 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 2.173 1.059 994 Higher education 1.325 1.041 856 No consta 21 15 17 05 Canarias Total 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 Spanish Total 3.169 2.528 2.646 Primary education or lower 881 662 685 First stage of secondary education and the like 447 389 401 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 812 602 645 Higher education 1.008 851 909 No consta 21 24 6 Extranjera Total 8.901 9.972 7.387 Primary education or lower 3.837 3.553 3.426 First stage of secondary education and the like 875 1.316 1.199 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 2.393 3.047 1.504 Higher education 1.778 2.040 1.240 No consta 18 16 18 06 Cantabria Total 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 Spanish Total 474 460 550 Primary education or lower 39 35 40 First stage of secondary education and the like 67 56 84 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 100 107 97 Higher education 262 261 325 No consta 6 1 4 Extranjera Total 1.156 645 1.474 Primary education or lower 440 242 483 First stage of secondary education and the like 150 69 269 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 259 157 352 Higher education 305 171 367 No consta 2 6 3 07 Castilla y León Total 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 Spanish Total 1.799 1.616 2.222 Primary education or lower 289 190 225 First stage of secondary education and the like 241 200 252 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 307 284 351 Higher education 951 931 1.382 No consta 11 11 12 Extranjera Total 5.824 3.896 4.510 Primary education or lower 2.740 1.560 1.882 First stage of secondary education and the like 894 665 908 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 1.175 818 903 Higher education 978 820 771 No consta 37 33 46 08 Castilla - La Mancha Total 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 Spanish Total 1.517 1.340 1.503 Primary education or lower 213 146 165 First stage of secondary education and the like 314 283 291 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 272 263 265 Higher education 701 642 774 No consta 17 6 8 Extranjera Total 7.611 4.425 4.780 Primary education or lower 4.143 2.308 2.406 First stage of secondary education and the like 1.229 827 905 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 1.144 697 820 Higher education 1.054 574 624 No consta 41 19 25 09 Cataluña Total 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 Spanish Total 11.223 8.853 10.663 Primary education or lower 973 742 994 First stage of secondary education and the like 2.174 1.747 2.152 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 2.423 1.922 2.285 Higher education 5.635 4.417 5.199 No consta 18 25 33 Extranjera Total 59.033 32.616 50.386 Primary education or lower 19.157 8.870 12.168 First stage of secondary education and the like 7.151 4.788 6.536 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 10.852 6.094 9.435 Higher education 21.687 12.751 22.037 No consta 186 113 210 10 Comunitat Valenciana Total 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 Spanish Total 5.060 4.593 5.528 Primary education or lower 511 442 514 First stage of secondary education and the like 1.252 1.071 1.305 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 1.085 932 1.064 Higher education 2.201 2.131 2.609 No consta 11 17 36 Extranjera Total 34.094 25.053 25.837 Primary education or lower 18.019 11.947 11.862 First stage of secondary education and the like 4.862 4.396 5.850 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 5.866 4.163 4.418 Higher education 5.147 4.500 3.631 No consta 200 47 76 11 Extremadura Total 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 Spanish Total 529 494 624 Primary education or lower 59 45 45 First stage of secondary education and the like 96 92 93 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 80 75 101 Higher education 287 279 383 No consta 7 3 2 Extranjera Total 1.225 784 996 Primary education or lower 640 429 545 First stage of secondary education and the like 176 129 133 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 174 97 177 Higher education 226 124 134 No consta 9 5 7 12 Galicia Total 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 Spanish Total 2.800 2.637 3.250 Primary education or lower 540 470 591 First stage of secondary education and the like 435 389 445 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 584 498 610 Higher education 1.231 1.261 1.587 No consta 10 19 17 Extranjera Total 3.435 2.944 3.130 Primary education or lower 1.545 1.246 1.266 First stage of secondary education and the like 457 483 407 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 655 527 657 Higher education 760 680 778 No consta 18 8 22 13 Madrid, Comunidad de Total 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 Spanish Total 11.535 10.939 12.161 Primary education or lower 829 850 847 First stage of secondary education and the like 1.466 1.378 1.384 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 2.307 2.124 2.311 Higher education 6.918 6.539 7.581 No consta 15 48 38 Extranjera Total 42.377 23.788 33.591 Primary education or lower 12.565 4.803 6.808 First stage of secondary education and the like 5.335 5.084 7.016 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 7.480 4.595 7.086 Higher education 16.907 9.242 12.639 No consta 90 64 42 14 Murcia, Región de Total 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 Spanish Total 1.300 1.222 1.232 Primary education or lower 207 193 183 First stage of secondary education and the like 315 311 296 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 291 251 238 Higher education 486 466 511 No consta 1 1 4 Extranjera Total 8.234 6.964 5.927 Primary education or lower 5.118 4.310 3.436 First stage of secondary education and the like 1.242 1.233 1.303 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 791 631 599 Higher education 1.065 776 571 No consta 18 14 18 15 Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Total 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 Spanish Total 591 607 728 Primary education or lower 48 44 61 First stage of secondary education and the like 167 160 166 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 107 109 110 Higher education 267 291 386 No consta 2 3 5 Extranjera Total 2.542 2.158 1.839 Primary education or lower 1.140 952 752 First stage of secondary education and the like 440 387 343 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 400 306 266 Higher education 545 506 465 No consta 17 7 13 16 País Vasco Total 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 Spanish Total 1.880 1.625 2.014 Primary education or lower 156 113 153 First stage of secondary education and the like 300 276 292 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 349 275 351 Higher education 1.062 941 1.200 No consta 13 20 18 Extranjera Total 7.045 4.395 4.604 Primary education or lower 2.133 1.136 1.307 First stage of secondary education and the like 1.231 949 1.019 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 1.703 1.125 1.033 Higher education 1.885 1.139 1.166 No consta 93 46 79 17 Rioja, La Total 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 Spanish Total 253 298 314 Primary education or lower 56 42 37 First stage of secondary education and the like 48 52 56 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 54 64 42 Higher education 94 140 179 No consta 1 "" "" Extranjera Total 1.278 627 659 Primary education or lower 671 253 298 First stage of secondary education and the like 223 161 129 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 253 120 157 Higher education 128 91 71 No consta 3 2 4 18 Ceuta Total 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 "" "" "" Spanish Total 107 93 115 Primary education or lower 26 26 25 First stage of secondary education and the like 36 28 42 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 16 14 13 Higher education 29 25 35 No consta "" "" "" Extranjera Total 31 21 88 Primary education or lower 19 11 48 First stage of secondary education and the like 7 4 20 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 3 1 8 Higher education 2 5 12 No consta "" "" "" 19 Melilla Total 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 Spanish Total 165 150 117 Primary education or lower 40 35 28 First stage of secondary education and the like 62 50 38 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 30 26 20 Higher education 33 39 30 No consta "" "" 1 Extranjera Total 338 168 230 Primary education or lower 204 103 127 First stage of secondary education and the like 54 34 55 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 29 12 21 Higher education 50 19 25 No consta 1 "" 2 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: