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Student population aged 16 and over in the Basque Country by current studies and place of study, according to the province of residence and sex. 01/01/2024

Euskal Estatistika Erakundea/Instituto Vasco de Estadística

	Basque Country			Araba / Álava			Bizkaia			Gipuzkoa
	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
Total	213,854	101,185	112,669	32,100	15,125	16,975	110,893	52,613	58,280	70,861	33,447	37,414
In the municipality of residence	80,104	39,332	40,772	19,249	9,525	9,724	36,612	17,914	18,698	24,243	11,893	12,350
In another municipality of the province of residence	90,532	44,771	45,761	3,896	1,954	1,942	55,272	26,971	28,301	31,364	15,846	15,518
In another province of the Basque Country	22,829	9,939	12,890	5,252	2,358	2,894	9,470	4,289	5,181	8,107	3,292	4,815
In other Autonomous Communities or abroad	20,389	7,143	13,246	3,703	1,288	2,415	9,539	3,439	6,100	7,147	2,416	4,731

First stage of secondary and lower education	16,012	7,758	8,254	3,113	1,537	1,576	8,503	3,972	4,531	4,396	2,249	2,147
In the municipality of residence	7,935	3,776	4,159	2,441	1,201	1,240	3,568	1,605	1,963	1,926	970	956
In another municipality of the province of residence	6,972	3,397	3,575	575	285	290	4,248	2,007	2,241	2,149	1,105	1,044
In another province of the Basque Country	1,025	545	480	81	43	38	640	334	306	304	168	136
In other Autonomous Communities or abroad	80	40	40	16	8	8	47	26	21	17	6	11

Second stage of Secondary Education and Non-Higher Postsecondary Education	86,063	41,555	44,508	13,346	6,363	6,983	44,551	21,825	22,726	28,166	13,367	14,799
In the municipality of residence	47,582	22,509	25,073	10,706	5,060	5,646	22,133	10,618	11,515	14,743	6,831	7,912
In another municipality of the province of residence	34,356	17,149	17,207	1,848	929	919	20,233	10,212	10,021	12,275	6,008	6,267
In another province of the Basque Country	3,070	1,508	1,562	601	293	308	1,583	777	806	886	438	448
In other Autonomous Communities or abroad	1,055	389	666	191	81	110	602	218	384	262	90	172

Higher education	105,559	49,588	55,971	14,609	6,737	7,872	54,659	25,744	28,915	36,291	17,107	19,184
In the municipality of residence	20,508	11,631	8,877	5,322	2,888	2,434	8,877	5,053	3,824	6,309	3,690	2,619
In another municipality of the province of residence	47,263	23,469	23,794	1,263	647	616	29,751	14,375	15,376	16,249	8,447	7,802
In another province of the Basque Country	18,559	7,786	10,773	4,542	2,009	2,533	7,147	3,124	4,023	6,870	2,653	4,217
In other Autonomous Communities or abroad	19,229	6,702	12,527	3,482	1,193	2,289	8,884	3,192	5,692	6,863	2,317	4,546

Non-formal education	6,220	2,284	3,936	1,032	488	544	3,180	1,072	2,108	2,008	724	1,284
In the municipality of residence	4,079	1,416	2,663	780	376	404	2,034	638	1,396	1,265	402	863
In another municipality of the province of residence	1,941	756	1,185	210	93	117	1,040	377	663	691	286	405
In another province of the Basque Country	175	100	75	28	13	15	100	54	46	47	33	14
In other Autonomous Communities or abroad	25	12	13	14	6	8	6	3	3	5	3	2

Date September 30, 2025

Source: Eustat. Population and housing census. Education

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Student population aged 16 and over in the Basque Country by current studies and place of study, according to the province of residence and sex. 01/01/2024