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PORTUGAL

Graduates in higher education: total and by sub-system and type of education

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2021

93,349

Individuals

1991

18,671

Individuals

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Years	Sub-system and type of education
	Total	Public			Private
	Total	Total	University	Polytechnic	Total	University	Polytechnic
1991	18,671	13,912	10,537	3,375	4,759	2,063	2,696
1992	21,449	15,090	11,324	3,766	6,359	2,367	3,992
1993	27,470	18,121	11,987	6,134	9,349	2,705	6,644
1994	32,622	20,834	13,765	7,069	11,788	7,695	4,093
1995	35,939	22,544	14,752	7,792	13,395	8,944	4,451
1996	39,216	24,658	15,869	8,789	14,558	9,806	4,752
1997	42,796	26,576	16,996	9,580	16,220	10,775	5,445
1998	46,478	27,903	17,787	10,116	18,575	11,825	6,750
1999	51,336	30,109	17,785	12,324	21,227	12,571	8,656
2000	54,255	32,401	18,159	14,242	21,854	12,339	9,515
2001	61,140	38,617	19,466	19,151	22,523	12,484	10,039
2002	64,098	42,200	21,890	20,310	21,898	11,481	10,417
2003	68,511	46,499	24,462	22,037	22,012	11,036	10,976
2004	68,668	46,854	24,614	22,240	21,814	11,679	10,135
2005	69,987	49,184	25,283	23,901	20,803	11,172	9,631
2006	71,828	50,518	27,376	23,142	21,310	11,165	10,145
2007	83,276	62,063	34,497	27,566	21,213	11,758	9,455
2008	84,009	64,469	37,366	27,103	19,540	10,458	9,082
2009	76,567	57,428	37,391	20,037	19,139	11,457	7,682
2010	78,609	58,091	38,323	19,768	20,518	12,333	8,185
2011	78,785	58,650	38,346	20,304	20,135	12,182	7,953
2012	81,410	61,894	40,572	21,322	19,516	12,796	6,720
2013	80,899	63,864	42,804	21,060	17,035	11,525	5,510
2014	75,906	61,199	40,933	20,266	14,707	10,292	4,415
2015	76,892	62,967	42,389	20,578	13,925	9,978	3,947
2016	75,201	62,812	43,398	19,414	12,389	8,999	3,390
2017	78,966	65,799	43,143	22,656	13,167	9,269	3,898
2018	81,846	67,533	43,723	23,810	14,313	9,799	4,514
2019	83,193	68,205	44,179	24,026	14,988	10,002	4,986
2020	87,733	71,504	45,859	25,645	16,229	10,834	5,395
2021	93,349	74,786	47,777	27,009	18,563	12,083	6,480

Sources/Entities: DGEEC/ME-MCTES, PORDATA
Last updated: 2022-07-18

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