Spain Education Gap: Moroccan Graduates Lag Behind

The figures reveal a genuine educational divide according to country of birth. While Italian, British and German expatriates recorded have more than 60% of higher education graduates, other communities stagnate at the bottom of the ranking. Moroccan nationals thus display a proportion of 33.7% of people with only primary or lower school education, a figure close to the rates observed for Pakistanis (36.5%) and Senegalese (37%). As La Vanguardia indicates, the number of residents limited to this basic education reaches globally 17.6% among individuals born abroad, compared to only 11.1% for those born in Spain.

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This finding contrasts sharply with the overall assessment of the entire region. The Institute of Statistical Studies (Idescat) emphasizes that 36.7% of residents over 15 years old hold a university degree or higher education qualification, representing more than 2.5 million people. This performance places Catalonia above the Spanish national average, evaluated at 33.6%. The institution also notes that the level of education improves continuously across age groups, with each new generation becoming more qualified than the previous one.

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These disparities linked to origins are directly transposed onto the geographical and economic map of municipalities. Affluent cities such as Sant Cugat del Vallès or Sant Just Desvern concentrate a highly educated population, with rates exceeding 61% of higher education. Conversely, municipalities displaying a more modest standard of living, such as Salt, Bovera or La Jonquera, crystallize these inequalities with a proportion of graduates collapsing between 11% and 16%.