Economically Active Population Survey Chapter II. Results by Autonomous Communities Employment rates by sex, Autonomous Communities and age groups (years). Units: percentage total Under 25 25 and over From 16 to 19 From 20 to 24 From 25 to 54 55 and over both sexes Total 47.87 36.56 49.78 17.78 48.62 70.11 15.86 Andalucía 42.00 32.49 43.92 17.23 42.90 60.14 13.15 Aragón 47.65 36.48 49.24 16.58 49.12 74.20 15.33 Asturias (Principado de) 40.29 26.44 42.30 9.22 36.83 63.88 11.41 Balears (Illes) 55.56 47.94 56.84 23.54 64.04 76.95 19.04 Canarias 50.58 37.11 53.12 15.22 51.40 68.23 18.59 Cantabria 45.63 29.70 48.24 11.18 41.17 69.24 14.27 Castilla y León 44.15 30.63 46.16 13.31 41.79 70.03 13.55 Castilla - La Mancha 45.45 40.43 46.31 22.83 52.53 68.27 13.02 Cataluña 52.37 45.65 53.40 22.69 59.84 76.18 17.18 Comunidad Valenciana 50.39 41.83 51.88 24.29 52.89 71.91 16.95 Extremadura 40.79 29.31 42.87 15.65 38.99 62.53 12.04 Galicia 45.20 29.89 47.68 13.37 40.06 69.14 17.12 Madrid (Comunidad de) 52.36 36.07 54.99 15.88 48.73 75.46 19.25 Murcia (Región de) 48.58 41.78 49.92 22.57 54.45 67.71 16.06 Navarra (Comunidad Foral de) 52.01 38.88 53.98 14.40 54.23 77.39 16.07 País Vasco 49.59 31.98 52.17 8.66 45.96 74.88 15.48 Rioja (La) 48.77 35.14 50.86 20.12 44.45 73.40 16.25 Ceuta and Melilla 43.50 25.29 47.30 8.41 35.58 61.83 16.88 males Total 61.51 42.77 64.88 23.39 55.27 85.80 25.34 Andalucía 57.19 39.96 60.89 23.07 51.47 78.70 22.49 Aragón 61.81 43.26 64.58 23.40 55.94 90.82 24.68 Asturias (Principado de) 53.09 32.54 56.33 12.94 44.47 79.91 17.41 Balears (Illes) 67.41 54.03 69.75 32.03 68.66 89.56 27.81 Canarias 63.47 42.64 67.52 18.24 58.62 82.32 29.42 Cantabria 60.21 36.34 64.39 18.11 47.73 86.56 23.29 Castilla y León 58.19 38.42 61.30 19.09 50.91 86.76 21.88 Castilla - La Mancha 61.79 50.69 63.78 32.93 62.93 88.49 21.80 Cataluña 64.77 49.29 67.30 27.16 63.00 89.79 27.06 Comunidad Valenciana 63.81 48.56 66.62 31.78 59.23 87.07 26.44 Extremadura 55.97 37.72 59.45 24.21 47.37 81.57 19.35 Galicia 57.14 37.58 60.53 17.44 50.08 83.12 23.49 Madrid (Comunidad de) 65.64 40.23 70.08 20.49 52.66 89.24 32.00 Murcia (Región de) 63.81 49.13 66.87 29.49 62.09 86.56 24.54 Navarra (Comunidad Foral de) 65.29 44.48 68.57 20.45 59.78 92.93 24.84 País Vasco 62.21 35.28 66.39 11.33 49.70 88.75 25.94 Rioja (La) 63.64 44.08 66.79 24.78 56.16 89.47 27.71 Ceuta and Melilla 59.51 31.41 65.66 11.98 42.89 79.24 32.27 females Total 34.98 30.05 35.77 11.88 41.69 54.20 8.28 Andalucía 27.60 24.68 28.16 11.12 33.93 41.40 5.74 Aragón 34.06 29.36 34.69 9.37 41.99 56.92 7.50 Asturias (Principado de) 28.71 20.12 29.86 5.33 28.97 48.04 6.87 Balears (Illes) 44.12 41.59 44.52 14.60 59.25 63.92 11.82 Canarias 37.86 31.37 39.04 12.08 43.93 53.45 9.56 Cantabria 31.99 22.73 33.41 3.83 34.33 51.69 7.21 Castilla y León 30.61 22.44 31.77 7.21 32.21 52.41 6.65 Castilla - La Mancha 29.47 29.55 29.46 12.11 41.53 46.97 5.62 Cataluña 40.66 41.83 40.49 17.98 56.53 62.40 9.20 Comunidad Valenciana 37.68 34.77 38.15 16.36 46.28 56.58 9.32 Extremadura 26.08 20.42 27.06 6.49 30.19 42.29 6.16 Galicia 34.30 21.99 36.16 9.14 29.83 55.18 12.25 Madrid (Comunidad de) 40.30 31.76 41.58 11.05 44.67 62.09 9.53 Murcia (Región de) 33.87 33.97 33.85 15.22 46.33 48.35 9.16 Navarra (Comunidad Foral de) 39.04 32.92 39.91 7.84 48.40 61.23 8.60 País Vasco 37.71 28.54 38.97 5.86 42.07 60.91 6.99 Rioja (La) 34.26 25.67 35.52 15.10 32.14 56.51 6.61 Ceuta and Melilla 26.38 18.18 28.00 4.43 26.86 41.54 3.88 Notes: 1) The estimates for Ceuta and Melilla are not published broken down because the sample size in each one of them does not permit this Source: National Statistics Institute