# Population with higher education, aged 15 and over (Spain) Residents aged 15 and over whose highest completed level is higher education (university degrees and higher vocational training, ISCED 5 to 8), as a percentage of all residents aged 15 and over, on 1 January. INE annual census. ## Key facts - Basque Country had the highest population with higher education, aged 15 and over (Spain) of 19 regions in 2024, at 43.6%, and Castilla-La Mancha the lowest, at 26.2%. Source: INE. - Published for 7,636 places, with figures from 2021 to 2024. - Figures last updated on 2026-10-12. - Indicator id: `higher_education_share_15_plus` - Unit: % - Note: Spain only, down to every municipality, from 2021. The base includes people aged 15 to 24 who are still studying, so the share is lower than tertiary_attainment_share_25_64 (Eurostat, ages 25 to 64), which is the series to compare countries. - Method: Invokely calculation: residents aged 15 and over with higher education divided by all residents aged 15 and over, same place and year, both from the INE annual census. - Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/higher-education-share-spain - API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/indicators/higher_education_share_15_plus ## Rankings - [EU regions (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/eu-regions.md) (19 places) - [Autonomous communities of Spain](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/spain-regions.md) (19 places) - [Provinces of Spain](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/spain-provinces.md) (52 places) - [Municipalities of Spain](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/spain-municipalities.md) (7564 places) - [Municipalities in Castile and León](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/castile-and-leon-municipalities.md) (1952 places) - [Municipalities in Catalonia](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/catalonia-municipalities.md) (939 places) - [Municipalities in Castilla-La Mancha](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/castilla-la-mancha-municipalities.md) (789 places) - [Municipalities in Andalusia](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/andalusia-municipalities.md) (785 places) - [Municipalities in Aragon](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/aragon-municipalities.md) (657 places) - [Municipalities in Valencian Community](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/valencian-community-municipalities.md) (535 places) - [Municipalities in Extremadura](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/extremadura-municipalities.md) (388 places) - [Municipalities in Salamanca province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/salamanca-province-municipalities.md) (343 places) - [Municipalities in Galicia](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/galicia-municipalities.md) (313 places) - [Municipalities in Barcelona province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/barcelona-province-municipalities.md) (307 places) - [Municipalities in Burgos province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/burgos-province-municipalities.md) (294 places) - [Municipalities in Valencia province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/valencia-province-municipalities.md) (265 places) - [Municipalities in Zaragoza province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/zaragoza-province-municipalities.md) (264 places) - [Municipalities in Navarre province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/navarre-province-municipalities.md) (253 places) - [Municipalities in Navarre](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/navarre-municipalities.md) (253 places) - [Municipalities in Basque Country](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/basque-country-municipalities.md) (252 places) - [Municipalities in Zamora province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/zamora-province-municipalities.md) (240 places) - [Municipalities in Lleida province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/lleida-province-municipalities.md) (230 places) - [Municipalities in Cáceres province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/caceres-province-municipalities.md) (223 places) - [Municipalities in Girona province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/girona-province-municipalities.md) (221 places) - [Municipalities in Ávila province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/avila-province-municipalities.md) (213 places) - [Municipalities in León province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/leon-province-municipalities.md) (210 places) - [Municipalities in Cuenca province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/cuenca-province-municipalities.md) (204 places) - [Municipalities in Toledo province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/toledo-province-municipalities.md) (203 places) - [Municipalities in Valladolid province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/valladolid-province-municipalities.md) (202 places) - [Municipalities in Huesca province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/huesca-province-municipalities.md) (197 places) - [Municipalities in Teruel province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/teruel-province-municipalities.md) (196 places) - [Municipalities in Guadalajara province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/guadalajara-province-municipalities.md) (193 places) - [Municipalities in Tarragona province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/tarragona-province-municipalities.md) (181 places) - [Municipalities in Madrid province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/madrid-province-municipalities.md) (179 places) - [Municipalities in Community of Madrid](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/community-of-madrid-municipalities.md) (179 places) - [Municipalities in Granada province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/granada-province-municipalities.md) (174 places) - [Municipalities in Segovia province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/segovia-province-municipalities.md) (173 places) - [Municipalities in Badajoz province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/badajoz-province-municipalities.md) (165 places) - [Municipalities in Palencia province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/palencia-province-municipalities.md) (164 places) - [Municipalities in La Rioja province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/la-rioja-province-municipalities.md) (140 places) - [Municipalities in La Rioja](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/la-rioja-municipalities.md) (140 places) - [Municipalities in Alicante province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/alicante-province-municipalities.md) (139 places) - [Municipalities in Castellón province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/castellon-province-municipalities.md) (131 places) - [Municipalities in Soria province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/soria-province-municipalities.md) (113 places) - [Municipalities in Biscay province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/biscay-province-municipalities.md) (113 places) - [Municipalities in Seville province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/seville-province-municipalities.md) (106 places) - [Municipalities in Almería province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/almeria-province-municipalities.md) (103 places) - [Municipalities in Málaga province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/malaga-province-municipalities.md) (103 places) - [Municipalities in Ciudad Real province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/ciudad-real-province-municipalities.md) (102 places) - [Municipalities in Cantabria province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/cantabria-province-municipalities.md) (102 places) - [Municipalities in Cantabria](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/cantabria-municipalities.md) (102 places) - [Municipalities in Jaén province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/jaen-province-municipalities.md) (97 places) - [Municipalities in A Coruña province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/a-coruna-province-municipalities.md) (93 places) - [Municipalities in Ourense province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/ourense-province-municipalities.md) (92 places) - [Municipalities in Gipuzkoa province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/gipuzkoa-province-municipalities.md) (88 places) - [Municipalities in Canary Islands](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/canary-islands-municipalities.md) (88 places) - [Municipalities in Albacete province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/albacete-province-municipalities.md) (87 places) - [Municipalities in Huelva province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/huelva-province-municipalities.md) (80 places) - [Municipalities in Asturias province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/asturias-province-municipalities.md) (78 places) - [Municipalities in Asturias](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/asturias-municipalities.md) (78 places) - [Municipalities in Córdoba province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/cordoba-province-municipalities.md) (77 places) - [Municipalities in Balearic Islands province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/balearic-islands-province-municipalities.md) (67 places) - [Municipalities in Balearic Islands](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/balearic-islands-municipalities.md) (67 places) - [Municipalities in Lugo province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/lugo-province-municipalities.md) (67 places) - [Municipalities in Pontevedra province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/pontevedra-province-municipalities.md) (61 places) - [Municipalities in Santa Cruz de Tenerife province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/santa-cruz-de-tenerife-province-municipalities.md) (54 places) - [Municipalities in Álava province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/alava-province-municipalities.md) (51 places) - [Municipalities in Cádiz province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/cadiz-province-municipalities.md) (45 places) - [Municipalities in Murcia province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/murcia-province-municipalities.md) (45 places) - [Municipalities in Region of Murcia](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/region-of-murcia-municipalities.md) (45 places) - [Municipalities in Las Palmas province](https://invokely.ai/rankings/higher-education-share-spain/las-palmas-province-municipalities.md) (34 places)