Migration Statistic Results by Autonomous Communities Flow of emigration abroad of people aged 25 and over by Autonomous Communities, year, country of birth (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 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 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 Spain Total 5.384 4.424 5.514 Primary education or lower 486 311 370 First stage of secondary education and the like 1.061 807 912 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 968 712 770 Higher education 2.850 2.582 3.441 No consta 19 12 21 Abroad Total 35.888 21.721 24.255 Primary education or lower 19.941 11.537 13.085 First stage of secondary education and the like 3.694 3.094 3.458 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 6.156 3.581 3.913 Higher education 5.957 3.459 3.713 No consta 140 50 86 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 Spain Total 1.015 316 716 Primary education or lower 49 15 32 First stage of secondary education and the like 77 42 78 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 119 47 89 Higher education 618 212 517 No consta 152 "" "" Abroad Total 18.817 3.129 4.275 Primary education or lower 7.837 1.259 1.713 First stage of secondary education and the like 3.782 949 1.289 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 3.397 557 795 Higher education 2.301 349 445 No consta 1.500 15 33 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 Spain Total 614 603 734 Primary education or lower 53 41 33 First stage of secondary education and the like 61 59 54 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 94 84 91 Higher education 402 417 553 No consta 4 2 3 Abroad Total 2.112 890 1.603 Primary education or lower 697 271 512 First stage of secondary education and the like 218 113 203 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 518 226 411 Higher education 677 278 475 No consta 2 2 2 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 Spain Total 806 654 654 Primary education or lower 51 28 42 First stage of secondary education and the like 203 136 114 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 197 144 144 Higher education 355 345 351 No consta "" 1 3 Abroad Total 9.017 4.858 4.760 Primary education or lower 3.721 1.613 1.644 First stage of secondary education and the like 1.353 765 904 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 2.424 1.287 1.209 Higher education 1.496 1.176 985 No consta 23 17 18 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 Spain Total 1.382 1.093 1.233 Primary education or lower 259 191 251 First stage of secondary education and the like 226 175 209 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 295 220 214 Higher education 584 494 557 No consta 18 13 2 Abroad Total 10.688 11.407 8.800 Primary education or lower 4.459 4.024 3.860 First stage of secondary education and the like 1.096 1.530 1.391 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 2.910 3.429 1.935 Higher education 2.202 2.397 1.592 No consta 21 27 22 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 Spain Total 319 308 390 Primary education or lower 20 20 27 First stage of secondary education and the like 36 28 43 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 49 54 42 Higher education 209 206 276 No consta 5 "" 2 Abroad Total 1.311 797 1.634 Primary education or lower 459 257 496 First stage of secondary education and the like 181 97 310 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 310 210 407 Higher education 358 226 416 No consta 3 7 5 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 Spain Total 1.208 1.146 1.646 Primary education or lower 122 85 91 First stage of secondary education and the like 122 82 121 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 155 152 186 Higher education 801 820 1.240 No consta 8 7 8 Abroad Total 6.415 4.366 5.086 Primary education or lower 2.907 1.665 2.016 First stage of secondary education and the like 1.013 783 1.039 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 1.327 950 1.068 Higher education 1.128 931 913 No consta 40 37 50 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 Spain Total 902 808 932 Primary education or lower 71 33 49 First stage of secondary education and the like 155 123 129 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 127 128 114 Higher education 540 520 634 No consta 9 4 6 Abroad Total 8.226 4.957 5.351 Primary education or lower 4.285 2.421 2.522 First stage of secondary education and the like 1.388 987 1.067 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 1.289 832 971 Higher education 1.215 696 764 No consta 49 21 27 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 Spain Total 6.602 5.168 6.527 Primary education or lower 378 261 389 First stage of secondary education and the like 1.055 793 1.040 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 1.194 869 1.174 Higher education 3.969 3.237 3.907 No consta 6 8 17 Abroad Total 63.654 36.301 54.522 Primary education or lower 19.752 9.351 12.773 First stage of secondary education and the like 8.270 5.742 7.648 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 12.081 7.147 10.546 Higher education 23.353 13.931 23.329 No consta 198 130 226 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 Spain Total 2.844 2.688 3.433 Primary education or lower 248 175 244 First stage of secondary education and the like 541 495 621 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 466 416 501 Higher education 1.583 1.592 2.045 No consta 6 10 22 Abroad Total 36.310 26.958 27.932 Primary education or lower 18.282 12.214 12.132 First stage of secondary education and the like 5.573 4.972 6.534 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 6.485 4.679 4.981 Higher education 5.765 5.039 4.195 No consta 205 54 90 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 Spain Total 395 390 506 Primary education or lower 28 21 26 First stage of secondary education and the like 65 63 70 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 53 47 61 Higher education 242 257 347 No consta 7 2 2 Abroad Total 1.359 888 1.114 Primary education or lower 671 453 564 First stage of secondary education and the like 207 158 156 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 201 125 217 Higher education 271 146 170 No consta 9 6 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 Spain Total 1.846 1.806 2.269 Primary education or lower 339 315 354 First stage of secondary education and the like 292 263 304 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 323 252 326 Higher education 886 963 1.271 No consta 6 13 14 Abroad Total 4.389 3.775 4.111 Primary education or lower 1.746 1.401 1.503 First stage of secondary education and the like 600 609 548 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 916 773 941 Higher education 1.105 978 1.094 No consta 22 14 25 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 Spain Total 6.577 6.454 7.445 Primary education or lower 252 249 264 First stage of secondary education and the like 470 504 477 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 883 868 884 Higher education 4.966 4.809 5.798 No consta 6 24 22 Abroad Total 47.335 28.273 38.307 Primary education or lower 13.142 5.404 7.391 First stage of secondary education and the like 6.331 5.958 7.923 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 8.904 5.851 8.513 Higher education 18.859 10.972 14.422 No consta 99 88 58 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 Spain Total 698 692 714 Primary education or lower 50 58 55 First stage of secondary education and the like 129 127 109 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 133 120 115 Higher education 386 387 432 No consta "" "" 3 Abroad Total 8.836 7.494 6.445 Primary education or lower 5.275 4.445 3.564 First stage of secondary education and the like 1.428 1.417 1.490 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 949 762 722 Higher education 1.165 855 650 No consta 19 15 19 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 Spain Total 276 315 398 Primary education or lower 15 11 22 First stage of secondary education and the like 37 28 27 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 34 49 40 Higher education 189 225 308 No consta 1 2 1 Abroad Total 2.857 2.450 2.169 Primary education or lower 1.173 985 791 First stage of secondary education and the like 570 519 482 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 473 366 336 Higher education 623 572 543 No consta 18 8 17 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 Spain Total 1.383 1.180 1.491 Primary education or lower 84 49 66 First stage of secondary education and the like 181 153 169 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 203 162 204 Higher education 900 800 1.041 No consta 15 16 11 Abroad Total 7.542 4.840 5.127 Primary education or lower 2.205 1.200 1.394 First stage of secondary education and the like 1.350 1.072 1.142 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 1.849 1.238 1.180 Higher education 2.047 1.280 1.325 No consta 91 50 86 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 Spain Total 120 164 200 Primary education or lower 13 2 5 First stage of secondary education and the like 10 14 19 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 23 33 19 Higher education 73 115 157 No consta 1 "" "" Abroad Total 1.411 761 773 Primary education or lower 714 293 330 First stage of secondary education and the like 261 199 166 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 284 151 180 Higher education 149 116 93 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 "" "" "" Spain Total 75 71 80 Primary education or lower 14 15 13 First stage of secondary education and the like 27 23 31 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 9 9 12 Higher education 25 24 24 No consta "" "" "" Abroad Total 63 43 123 Primary education or lower 31 22 60 First stage of secondary education and the like 16 9 31 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 10 6 9 Higher education 6 6 23 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 Spain Total 110 104 81 Primary education or lower 21 19 12 First stage of secondary education and the like 43 30 32 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 19 19 14 Higher education 27 36 23 No consta "" "" "" Abroad Total 393 214 266 Primary education or lower 223 119 143 First stage of secondary education and the like 73 54 61 Second stage of secondary education and non-upper post-secondary education. 40 19 27 Higher education 56 22 32 No consta 1 "" 3 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: