At the beginning of the 20th century, the Balearic Islands had nearly 370,000 inhabitants. Of these, about 300,000 lived in Mallorca and about 100,000 were gathered in Palma. They were one of the communities with the highest illiteracy rate. 77% of the population could neither read nor write – in the case of women, the figure was higher. It was from 1926 onwards, with the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera, that a plan for the construction of educational infrastructure was devised to reverse the situation. The majority of those that existed at the time occupied old buildings reused as schools and had pitiful conditions of light and sanitation.

Outside the town of Algaida, it is no longer the tranquil agricultural area that once defined the heart of Mallorca. With over 1,700 registered residents—and many more who are not on the census—and nearly a thousand holiday tourist accommodations, the municipality's rural territory has become a dense, active, and difficult-to-manage area. This growth is in addition to the population of the urban centers, which in 2024 reached 5,546 inhabitants in Algaida, 672 in Pina, and 116 in Randa. The new human and tourist pressure has multiplied the problems: uncontrolled dumping, security conflicts, unlicensed construction, irregular earthworks, damage to protected areas, and even issues of coexistence. According to the Town Hall, some residents "want to have rights but forget their obligations," which makes managing a fragile and dispersed area difficult.