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Eighth consecutive year of annual decline THE ANDORRAN SCHOOL POPULATION
in the number of kindergarten pupils. BY EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM - As % of total Chart 4.12

1991
kindergarten students (-5.1%). This is the eighth
consecutive decline, a trend that is related to
the falling numbers of births in recent years.
In contrast, the number of students in primary
education remained almost constant, while rising
in secondary education and vocational training,
and falling at baccalaureate level.

The English educational system

is the only one in which the number
of students increased, reaching 2022
1.6% of the total.

The distribution by type of education shows
that the Andorran educational system recorded
a slight decline in the number of students
for the second consecutive year (-0.4% in
2022), similar to that in the total (-0.2%), so
its percentage of the total school population
stayed at 41.4%, a historic high. The fall in the 37
number of students in the Spanish educational
system was more marked, by 1.7%, a trend that Source: Ministry of Education and Higher Education.
continues the progressive loss of importance
of this system, observed since the beginning of the nineties. So, the Spanish educational system’s
percentage of the total fell to 25.4%, a figure that sets a new historic low and contrasts with the
52.6% it represented in 1991. For its part, the number of students in the French educational
system also fell (-0.6%) and, as a result, its share of the total school population shrank one tenth
to 31.6%. Finally, note that the English educational system, which started to operate in the 2018-
2019 academic year, has continued to attract new students, with a 56.3% increase in the last
academic year, raising its share of the total school population to 1.6%.

3.2. University population

According to the higher education statistics There are 1,483 students registered
prepared by the Department of Statistics from in higher education, 53.2% of
data from the Ministry of Education and Higher Andorran economy: general developments | IV. Population, labour market and education
Education, the number of people registered in whom are in a private institution.
higher education in the Principality of Andorra
in the 2021-2022 academic year was 1,483. By gender, there were 751 men and 732 women.

This year, the inclusion of the data on students registered at the privately-managed Carlemany
University hampers an annual comparison of the number of students in higher education in Andorra
and also represents a change regarding the proportion of students in public and private education.
So, by type of institution, 53.2% of the registered students were at a private higher education centre,
and 46.8% at a public higher education centre. The latter, despite increasing over recent years, no
longer represents the majority of students studying higher educational courses in this country.