Statistics on Acquisition of Spanish Citizenship of Residents National results Acquisitions of nationality by gender and age Unidades: Personas 2022 2021 2020 2019 Total Total 102.635 91.592 85.303 60.864 Illiterates 66 74 74 72 Incomplete primary education 2.479 2.917 2.581 2.336 Primary education 12.804 12.113 12.559 10.043 First stage of secondary education and the like 22.774 21.446 19.615 14.945 Second stage of secondary education, with general guidance 19.915 17.293 16.603 11.979 Segunda etapa de educación secundaria con orientación profesional 7.630 6.004 5.110 3.693 Non-tertiary post-secondary education 240 254 83 67 Vocational training, plastic arts and design and sports of high degree and equivalent; own university degrees requiring the Baccalaureate certificate, duration equal to or longer than two years. 6.131 5.162 4.417 2.783 University grades of 240 ECTS credits, university diploma, own university qualifications as expert or specialist, and the like. 10.506 10.231 9.529 6.021 University degree of more than 240 ECTS credits, graduates and equivalent 10.245 6.751 6.553 3.519 Masters, specialities in Health Sciences by the residence system and similar 3.857 3.199 3.629 2.284 University doctorate 2.161 1.465 1.622 749 No consta 3.827 4.683 2.928 2.373 Males Total 45.046 41.898 37.913 26.922 Illiterates 30 29 29 27 Incomplete primary education 1.191 1.464 1.230 1.078 Primary education 5.080 4.911 4.940 3.717 First stage of secondary education and the like 11.964 11.822 10.714 8.071 Second stage of secondary education, with general guidance 8.578 7.663 7.018 4.957 Segunda etapa de educación secundaria con orientación profesional 3.246 2.613 2.107 1.504 Non-tertiary post-secondary education 77 103 40 24 Vocational training, plastic arts and design and sports of high degree and equivalent; own university degrees requiring the Baccalaureate certificate, duration equal to or longer than two years. 2.547 2.217 1.859 1.204 University grades of 240 ECTS credits, university diploma, own university qualifications as expert or specialist, and the like. 3.923 3.919 3.641 2.301 University degree of more than 240 ECTS credits, graduates and equivalent 4.207 2.960 2.677 1.502 Masters, specialities in Health Sciences by the residence system and similar 1.482 1.241 1.455 1.006 University doctorate 957 650 704 349 No consta 1.764 2.306 1.499 1.182 Females Total 57.589 49.694 47.390 33.942 Illiterates 36 45 45 45 Incomplete primary education 1.288 1.453 1.351 1.258 Primary education 7.724 7.202 7.619 6.326 First stage of secondary education and the like 10.810 9.624 8.901 6.874 Second stage of secondary education, with general guidance 11.337 9.630 9.585 7.022 Segunda etapa de educación secundaria con orientación profesional 4.384 3.391 3.003 2.189 Non-tertiary post-secondary education 163 151 43 43 Vocational training, plastic arts and design and sports of high degree and equivalent; own university degrees requiring the Baccalaureate certificate, duration equal to or longer than two years. 3.584 2.945 2.558 1.579 University grades of 240 ECTS credits, university diploma, own university qualifications as expert or specialist, and the like. 6.583 6.312 5.888 3.720 University degree of more than 240 ECTS credits, graduates and equivalent 6.038 3.791 3.876 2.017 Masters, specialities in Health Sciences by the residence system and similar 2.375 1.958 2.174 1.278 University doctorate 1.204 815 918 400 No consta 2.063 2.377 1.429 1.191 Notas: "La información sobre nivel de estudios, relación con la actividad y ocupación depende del calendario de publicación de esa variable en los censos de población, por lo que va con cierto retraso respecto al año de referencia de la publicación" Fuente: