Economically Active Population Survey Chapter I. National results. Active population Activity rates by sex, level of education attained and age groups (years). Units: percentage total From 16 to 19 From 20 to 24 From 25 to 29 From 30 to 34 From 35 to 39 From 40 to 44 From 45 to 49 From 50 to 54 From 55 to 59 From 60 to 64 From 65 to 69 70 and over both sexes total 54.00 25.11 61.09 82.46 82.79 80.12 78.50 74.71 65.31 52.35 31.23 3.78 0.54 z. Illiterates 7.56 4.62 19.11 22.15 20.45 21.12 32.17 28.25 27.40 26.06 14.57 1.58 0.31 b. Primary education 32.30 30.03 79.32 75.83 72.89 70.35 68.40 65.83 58.03 46.20 28.89 2.80 0.36 11. Incomplete primary education 17.44 43.04 55.52 58.88 62.90 59.25 60.73 59.12 50.42 42.37 25.55 2.44 0.25 12. Complete primary education 38.82 29.27 83.47 78.99 74.79 72.60 69.67 66.95 59.84 47.39 30.37 3.04 0.46 c. Training and labour insertion that does not require the certificate from the first stage of secondary education 72.53 57.02 88.10 80.38 83.83 74.85 75.61 83.59 85.44 41.64 14.79 4.98 0.00 D. First stage of secondary education 65.69 25.90 82.73 84.33 78.30 75.86 76.51 72.04 65.81 55.63 34.65 6.08 1.51 22. First stage of secondary education without the primary education certificate or equivalent 58.37 31.20 82.10 78.44 72.60 75.46 76.08 73.48 57.47 58.13 41.70 7.18 0.34 23. First stage of secondary education with the primary education certificate or equivalent 66.46 24.92 82.78 84.80 78.85 75.90 76.55 71.93 66.47 55.38 33.85 5.88 1.80 E. Training and labour insertion that requires the certificate from the first stage of secondary education 77.48 66.75 83.48 90.99 84.77 75.97 74.57 80.49 70.96 34.46 25.17 3.35 0.00 F. Second stage of secondary education 63.02 17.05 41.21 79.07 84.72 82.74 82.16 81.79 74.06 60.36 38.14 4.39 1.30 32. Upper secondary education 56.80 11.98 31.33 73.44 85.77 83.97 82.86 81.73 73.70 57.71 35.54 5.02 1.41 33. Intermediate level technical-professional education 78.08 56.37 81.66 88.99 83.20 80.82 80.77 81.98 75.24 67.60 44.88 2.48 0.97 34. Intermediate level music and dance education 63.07 9.27 52.69 89.26 98.43 90.39 69.90 71.61 30.23 53.35 23.59 11.38 0.00 g. Training and labour insertion that requires the certificate from the second stage of secondary education 75.47 72.94 83.30 78.50 87.00 79.05 86.83 71.44 85.70 83.70 11.19 0.00 0.00 h. Higher level technical-professional education 83.55 65.07 82.67 90.39 88.52 86.56 87.22 89.93 84.38 74.96 37.79 4.31 0.21 i. University awarded degrees (non-convalidated) and higher level professional training and labour insertion. 77.19 69.44 73.05 81.08 85.47 88.55 92.97 95.29 85.72 83.87 57.18 2.70 0.00 52. University awarded degrees (non-convalidated) 76.79 0.00 65.97 79.23 88.60 87.46 94.86 100.00 93.16 81.13 72.74 4.17 0.00 53. Higher level professional training and labour insertion 77.76 100.00 81.33 82.91 81.70 90.59 91.06 86.46 61.41 87.24 30.62 0.00 0.00 j. First and second cycle university education 79.61 43.14 50.33 82.64 91.28 91.92 92.37 92.84 89.18 81.64 54.71 18.33 3.24 54. First cycle university education and equivalent or 3 complete academic years of a degree or equivalent credits. 74.52 50.05 44.86 79.30 91.07 90.29 91.98 91.87 87.81 79.78 44.35 10.56 1.13 55. First and second cycle university education, solely of the second cycle and equivalent 84.46 11.92 62.99 85.59 91.43 93.01 92.69 93.75 90.78 83.75 68.46 27.60 6.17 k. Official professional specialisation studies 81.79 .. 84.64 91.38 89.42 93.20 98.03 92.22 82.04 56.85 69.53 11.26 0.00 L. Third cycle university education (doctorate) 84.96 .. 23.87 89.61 94.83 99.41 98.91 100.00 97.01 100.00 72.52 36.64 9.92 males total 66.89 31.02 66.22 88.61 94.55 94.81 94.12 91.79 87.44 75.09 46.59 5.29 0.92 z. Illiterates 13.69 8.69 21.81 28.89 27.64 19.08 39.57 35.74 40.76 53.47 26.36 2.42 0.26 b. Primary education 47.54 36.93 87.98 89.70 88.63 89.19 90.30 88.97 85.30 71.98 45.33 3.75 0.57 11. Incomplete primary education 27.83 54.99 71.22 76.84 77.15 73.99 80.31 83.29 77.87 67.12 42.24 3.28 0.43 12. Complete primary education 55.16 35.73 90.50 91.94 90.81 92.26 92.02 89.85 86.92 73.33 46.58 4.04 0.69 c. Training and labour insertion that does not require the certificate from the first stage of secondary education 78.80 58.14 82.79 100.00 100.00 97.72 78.58 94.92 100.00 56.36 17.64 0.00 0.00 D. First stage of secondary education 80.58 32.04 88.43 95.65 95.17 95.68 94.91 92.52 89.49 77.89 49.87 7.98 2.22 22. First stage of secondary education without the primary education certificate or equivalent 72.83 37.30 90.18 93.20 89.22 91.37 93.56 94.55 82.75 87.40 54.07 4.17 0.20 23. First stage of secondary education with the primary education certificate or equivalent 81.43 30.98 88.27 95.85 95.75 96.16 95.04 92.36 90.01 77.00 49.35 8.54 2.65 E. Training and labour insertion that requires the certificate from the first stage of secondary education 85.39 70.94 88.32 95.13 94.66 94.35 85.27 89.88 79.74 40.01 26.39 4.94 0.00 F. Second stage of secondary education 71.58 19.80 43.09 83.60 96.25 97.01 96.13 94.16 88.74 76.31 44.78 5.14 1.68 32. Upper secondary education 65.09 13.91 32.25 76.96 95.37 97.07 95.85 94.45 88.50 75.32 42.05 5.80 1.71 33. Intermediate level technical-professional education 87.55 55.02 83.29 95.55 97.46 96.90 96.76 93.13 89.55 79.24 52.91 2.87 1.64 34. Intermediate level music and dance education 82.29 26.44 45.28 95.11 96.98 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 61.11 100.00 100.00 0.00 g. Training and labour insertion that requires the certificate from the second stage of secondary education 80.03 82.44 84.81 90.22 94.95 93.51 95.57 78.35 94.02 83.70 12.43 0.00 0.00 h. Higher level technical-professional education 88.21 72.23 84.12 93.69 97.42 97.06 96.71 94.75 91.72 81.62 37.51 4.52 0.28 i. University awarded degrees (non-convalidated) and higher level professional training and labour insertion. 81.63 100.00 80.22 77.85 92.72 100.00 100.00 96.29 99.59 90.68 80.35 0.00 0.00 52. University awarded degrees (non-convalidated) 83.25 .. 67.65 83.60 92.61 100.00 100.00 100.00 99.46 100.00 94.49 0.00 0.00 53. Higher level professional training and labour insertion 79.70 100.00 92.11 74.54 92.87 100.00 100.00 84.43 100.00 82.53 51.44 0.00 0.00 j. First and second cycle university education 81.65 12.58 44.23 81.63 95.18 97.36 98.00 97.27 94.20 86.03 62.67 21.34 4.81 54. First cycle university education and equivalent or 3 complete academic years of a degree or equivalent credits. 76.74 13.66 36.66 77.55 95.80 96.39 97.19 97.20 93.24 84.97 50.48 12.83 2.34 55. First and second cycle university education, solely of the second cycle and equivalent 85.52 0.00 61.02 85.15 94.73 97.92 98.51 97.33 94.97 86.89 73.43 28.35 6.76 k. Official professional specialisation studies 77.59 .. 73.30 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 85.09 88.25 54.59 62.11 11.26 0.00 L. Third cycle university education (doctorate) 81.96 .. 0.00 81.71 94.37 100.00 100.00 100.00 96.65 100.00 83.98 28.09 11.90 females total 41.82 18.90 55.74 76.07 70.60 65.14 62.86 57.81 43.66 30.65 17.14 2.49 0.28 z. Illiterates 4.83 0.00 16.22 16.91 14.37 23.32 24.64 22.18 19.06 14.37 10.16 1.21 0.33 b. Primary education 19.57 20.50 64.73 55.23 53.91 49.94 48.40 45.30 35.34 25.11 14.95 2.03 0.22 11. Incomplete primary education 10.05 20.63 36.08 35.52 45.73 43.28 41.75 40.22 30.37 24.95 12.83 1.80 0.14 12. Complete primary education 24.20 20.49 70.93 59.25 55.47 51.29 49.46 46.20 36.62 25.16 15.95 2.19 0.29 c. Training and labour insertion that does not require the certificate from the first stage of secondary education 67.97 54.16 93.38 67.81 71.18 65.44 74.05 80.28 72.01 32.60 12.90 10.82 0.00 D. First stage of secondary education 48.95 19.20 74.21 69.34 58.26 54.79 57.57 52.27 43.21 32.67 18.73 4.24 0.94 22. First stage of secondary education without the primary education certificate or equivalent 40.50 23.28 65.90 58.22 51.60 54.88 54.20 49.61 35.39 30.14 26.22 9.30 0.44 23. First stage of secondary education with the primary education certificate or equivalent 49.79 18.53 74.76 70.20 58.87 54.78 57.83 52.45 43.86 32.92 17.97 3.16 1.08 E. Training and labour insertion that requires the certificate from the first stage of secondary education 69.26 61.98 78.67 85.45 76.68 59.00 64.17 70.62 58.36 29.98 22.42 0.00 0.00 F. Second stage of secondary education 54.41 14.87 39.47 74.18 73.28 68.53 68.50 68.96 56.67 41.23 29.89 3.34 0.78 32. Upper secondary education 48.36 10.53 30.52 69.58 76.07 70.12 69.12 67.69 53.80 35.86 25.86 3.93 1.02 33. Intermediate level technical-professional education 68.81 58.06 79.90 82.12 69.42 66.26 67.46 72.46 63.31 54.72 38.07 1.92 0.00 34. Intermediate level music and dance education 47.72 0.00 61.50 81.39 100.00 76.13 42.09 55.97 0.00 50.06 10.25 0.00 0.00 g. Training and labour insertion that requires the certificate from the second stage of secondary education 69.42 59.14 80.81 68.42 79.70 66.46 76.13 55.43 67.34 .. 0.00 0.00 0.00 h. Higher level technical-professional education 77.49 59.06 81.15 86.94 78.77 73.82 72.18 79.78 65.60 52.23 38.82 3.51 0.00 i. University awarded degrees (non-convalidated) and higher level professional training and labour insertion. 73.42 0.00 69.49 83.60 78.70 81.58 80.94 94.48 76.49 73.07 10.12 6.03 0.00 52. University awarded degrees (non-convalidated) 71.95 0.00 65.26 77.16 84.32 79.71 88.86 100.00 89.01 60.84 18.51 8.10 0.00 53. Higher level professional training and labour insertion 75.79 .. 75.01 93.24 72.80 85.01 67.57 87.37 34.64 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 j. First and second cycle university education 77.75 58.12 53.69 83.36 88.11 87.31 86.97 88.09 82.01 74.11 41.25 12.58 0.73 54. First cycle university education and equivalent or 3 complete academic years of a degree or equivalent credits. 72.83 71.43 49.30 80.53 87.34 85.94 88.33 87.35 82.69 73.94 37.79 7.84 0.08 55. First and second cycle university education, solely of the second cycle and equivalent 83.30 13.90 64.13 85.92 88.68 88.36 85.47 88.96 80.58 74.46 51.20 24.78 3.45 k. Official professional specialisation studies 86.68 .. 86.11 84.14 83.73 84.09 96.67 100.00 72.73 100.00 100.00 .. 0.00 L. Third cycle university education (doctorate) 90.54 .. 47.19 94.82 95.13 98.36 96.74 100.00 100.00 100.00 28.17 88.47 0.00 Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute