Economically Active Population Survey Chapter III. Provincial results Employment rates by sex, province 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 Álava 53.58 40.24 55.67 14.28 54.03 76.14 18.69 Albacete 47.51 39.63 48.88 22.66 50.58 69.63 13.03 Alicante 49.80 41.16 51.48 24.89 52.35 70.16 17.16 Almería 48.08 36.83 50.47 24.41 45.17 68.29 17.50 Asturias 40.29 26.44 42.30 9.22 36.83 63.88 11.41 Ávila 41.60 31.61 43.03 14.99 44.48 69.24 10.70 Badajoz 41.25 30.67 43.32 16.66 40.89 60.80 13.04 Balears (Illes) 55.56 47.94 56.84 23.54 64.04 76.95 19.04 Barcelona 51.24 44.91 52.20 20.84 59.73 75.53 16.39 Burgos 49.66 30.30 52.14 12.66 44.70 75.75 16.96 Cáceres 40.07 26.80 42.19 13.68 35.60 65.39 10.75 Cádiz 39.29 26.18 42.23 12.45 35.57 55.62 11.84 Cantabria 45.63 29.70 48.24 11.18 41.17 69.24 14.27 Castellon de la Plana 52.63 45.91 53.74 29.76 55.80 76.62 18.19 Ciudad Real 44.08 38.99 44.97 21.86 51.54 66.02 12.28 Córdoba 38.36 32.85 39.36 18.05 44.26 57.86 10.20 Coruña (A) 44.74 29.06 47.39 11.97 39.64 68.32 17.37 Cuenca 41.59 34.54 42.66 16.55 49.34 67.93 11.41 Girona 58.57 52.57 59.60 31.41 64.44 79.43 21.64 Granada 39.95 29.29 42.06 16.68 38.78 59.85 12.29 Guadalajara 44.00 33.26 45.53 13.63 47.02 72.67 11.79 Guipúzcoa 53.00 34.01 55.82 7.01 49.75 77.20 17.89 Huelva 40.42 29.28 42.53 14.34 40.46 58.14 13.43 Huesca 46.44 38.67 47.41 21.77 50.59 77.80 15.52 Jaén 41.00 34.95 42.15 18.91 45.85 59.54 11.47 León 38.40 27.75 39.95 13.20 37.97 64.74 10.27 Lleida 51.36 34.16 53.93 11.85 47.01 78.01 17.48 Lugo 44.75 30.83 46.34 14.68 42.20 74.59 17.02 Madrid 52.36 36.07 54.99 15.88 48.73 75.46 19.25 Málaga 43.56 35.21 45.34 17.97 47.06 62.95 14.31 Murcia 48.58 41.78 49.92 22.57 54.45 67.71 16.06 Navarra 52.01 38.88 53.98 14.40 54.23 77.39 16.07 Ourense 44.48 24.18 47.38 10.87 32.03 72.02 15.72 Palencia 42.76 27.17 45.48 10.41 39.35 69.35 10.05 Palmas (Las) 50.65 39.13 52.78 15.71 53.90 66.85 18.93 Pontevedra 46.22 32.42 48.72 15.43 42.55 67.18 17.50 Rioja (La) 48.77 35.14 50.86 20.12 44.45 73.40 16.25 Salamanca 44.34 32.82 46.09 11.88 43.37 70.36 15.15 Santa Cruz de Tenerife 50.50 35.02 53.49 14.73 48.76 69.75 18.24 Segovia 46.58 32.68 48.86 16.32 43.83 74.84 14.90 Sevilla 44.16 34.77 45.99 17.97 44.80 60.52 14.29 Soria 52.06 38.38 54.15 16.49 54.05 80.41 19.22 Tarragona 55.97 50.86 56.77 33.27 63.67 76.89 19.94 Teruel 43.06 31.27 44.91 13.25 49.34 71.78 12.25 Toledo 47.27 46.06 47.49 28.90 56.95 68.05 14.93 Valencia 50.30 41.47 51.73 22.56 52.65 72.09 16.54 Valladolid 48.91 30.65 51.79 14.73 38.87 70.40 15.65 Vizcaya 46.55 28.43 49.12 8.24 41.17 73.07 13.48 Zamora 35.40 31.98 35.88 11.28 45.81 62.98 12.06 Zaragoza 48.71 36.93 50.40 16.11 48.80 73.78 15.82 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 Álava 66.01 44.24 69.55 23.72 55.55 89.93 31.61 Albacete 62.98 48.80 65.33 34.58 58.27 87.14 21.54 Alicante 63.28 45.27 66.92 30.84 55.58 86.99 26.34 Almería 62.51 46.45 66.04 35.90 53.88 84.33 27.46 Asturias 53.09 32.54 56.33 12.94 44.47 79.91 17.41 Ávila 58.09 42.29 60.63 22.92 59.52 89.53 18.89 Badajoz 57.30 38.97 61.14 26.00 47.83 81.21 21.54 Balears (Illes) 67.41 54.03 69.75 32.03 68.66 89.56 27.81 Barcelona 63.68 47.10 66.39 24.37 60.84 89.42 26.20 Burgos 62.90 38.26 66.41 23.90 48.73 89.54 27.31 Cáceres 53.92 35.37 56.96 21.06 46.45 82.15 16.53 Cádiz 54.33 32.35 59.24 15.15 44.91 75.18 19.21 Cantabria 60.21 36.34 64.39 18.11 47.73 86.56 23.29 Castellon de la Plana 66.73 56.25 68.65 38.87 67.37 92.06 28.03 Ciudad Real 61.64 48.94 64.19 31.36 61.59 88.23 21.51 Córdoba 52.99 40.95 55.44 26.11 51.01 76.48 16.50 Coruña (A) 56.48 36.49 60.32 15.29 49.98 82.56 23.97 Cuenca 55.97 39.42 58.54 21.19 54.04 88.59 17.86 Girona 69.52 58.95 71.40 38.31 70.91 90.09 31.83 Granada 54.29 38.52 57.76 22.64 50.29 77.26 21.00 Guadalajara 58.28 40.91 60.50 19.75 59.13 89.91 20.44 Guipúzcoa 65.65 37.68 70.12 7.72 54.07 90.56 28.57 Huelva 55.48 35.51 59.49 15.05 51.31 77.85 22.54 Huesca 59.90 48.67 61.46 29.39 64.24 93.25 23.68 Jaén 58.19 46.00 60.72 27.65 57.00 81.69 20.39 León 51.00 38.49 52.92 15.65 52.74 81.01 15.15 Lleida 64.89 47.11 67.35 19.66 62.75 91.28 26.35 Lugo 54.67 46.84 55.60 29.85 56.86 84.88 21.53 Madrid 65.64 40.23 70.08 20.49 52.66 89.24 32.00 Málaga 59.23 41.70 63.44 24.23 54.03 81.70 26.57 Murcia 63.81 49.13 66.87 29.49 62.09 86.56 24.54 Navarra 65.29 44.48 68.57 20.45 59.78 92.93 24.84 Ourense 54.26 32.56 57.42 15.80 41.51 83.37 20.52 Palencia 57.89 35.59 61.92 15.18 50.45 88.61 16.72 Palmas (Las) 63.21 44.14 66.85 18.12 59.65 80.74 29.58 Pontevedra 60.14 38.02 64.26 17.38 51.20 83.05 25.55 Rioja (La) 63.64 44.08 66.79 24.78 56.16 89.47 27.71 Salamanca 57.43 35.92 60.87 13.25 50.13 85.07 25.07 Santa Cruz de Tenerife 63.75 41.02 68.27 18.35 57.43 84.14 29.24 Segovia 61.43 45.23 63.96 25.94 56.64 90.58 23.72 Sevilla 59.26 40.91 62.87 23.24 51.58 77.99 24.54 Soria 66.06 48.45 68.80 26.80 65.14 93.84 29.29 Tarragona 68.50 57.00 70.47 38.38 72.16 91.28 30.37 Teruel 56.82 43.09 58.92 19.00 69.24 88.58 18.72 Toledo 64.59 59.13 65.66 41.55 69.84 89.18 24.61 Valencia 63.52 49.31 65.99 30.86 59.98 86.08 26.12 Valladolid 63.35 36.33 67.73 21.98 44.20 87.50 25.80 Vizcaya 59.06 31.19 63.26 10.37 44.87 87.23 23.13 Zamora 50.94 38.08 52.88 13.78 52.87 86.24 20.03 Zaragoza 63.13 42.02 66.32 22.73 52.60 90.63 26.12 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 Álava 41.84 36.22 42.69 4.34 52.53 62.97 7.06 Albacete 32.64 31.43 32.86 11.61 43.87 50.68 6.14 Alicante 37.08 37.04 37.09 18.65 49.21 53.44 9.56 Almería 34.24 27.05 35.71 12.03 36.65 51.69 9.49 Asturias 28.71 20.12 29.86 5.33 28.97 48.04 6.87 Ávila 25.25 18.66 26.09 3.53 28.53 46.83 4.05 Badajoz 25.81 21.76 26.56 7.36 32.99 39.78 6.20 Balears (Illes) 44.12 41.59 44.52 14.60 59.25 63.92 11.82 Barcelona 39.63 42.60 39.21 17.19 58.55 61.54 8.63 Burgos 36.77 20.87 38.58 1.01 39.37 61.31 8.47 Cáceres 26.50 18.00 27.82 4.61 25.71 46.63 6.10 Cádiz 24.59 20.20 25.58 9.62 26.98 35.29 5.54 Cantabria 31.99 22.73 33.41 3.83 34.33 51.69 7.21 Castellon de la Plana 38.92 33.62 39.69 18.29 42.55 60.82 10.03 Ciudad Real 27.51 27.28 27.54 10.91 39.53 43.79 5.10 Córdoba 24.51 23.49 24.67 10.07 35.47 38.74 5.42 Coruña (A) 33.83 20.50 35.82 7.99 27.99 54.23 12.26 Cuenca 26.79 29.29 26.43 11.69 44.17 45.02 5.45 Girona 48.02 46.11 48.34 24.12 58.04 68.56 13.08 Granada 26.64 19.16 27.99 10.25 25.97 42.89 5.49 Guadalajara 29.92 26.92 30.39 7.30 38.47 53.75 3.87 Guipúzcoa 40.28 29.81 41.73 6.25 44.54 62.71 9.01 Huelva 26.09 22.81 26.68 13.57 29.51 38.75 5.66 Huesca 33.07 26.56 33.79 10.73 36.00 60.93 8.54 Jaén 24.00 22.24 24.30 10.34 31.56 36.92 3.77 León 26.79 16.92 28.16 11.05 21.56 48.39 6.34 Lleida 38.06 22.99 40.49 5.22 33.34 63.35 9.80 Lugo 35.56 15.04 37.83 2.48 25.52 64.07 13.31 Madrid 40.30 31.76 41.58 11.05 44.67 62.09 9.53 Málaga 29.15 27.99 29.37 10.76 39.49 44.82 5.11 Murcia 33.87 33.97 33.85 15.22 46.33 48.35 9.16 Navarra 39.04 32.92 39.91 7.84 48.40 61.23 8.60 Ourense 35.35 16.13 38.05 6.67 22.25 60.54 11.73 Palencia 28.36 18.69 30.00 5.60 28.19 49.27 4.64 Palmas (Las) 37.78 33.72 38.51 13.29 47.40 51.85 9.65 Pontevedra 33.98 27.21 35.16 13.45 34.91 51.36 11.90 Rioja (La) 34.26 25.67 35.52 15.10 32.14 56.51 6.61 Salamanca 31.66 29.52 31.97 9.90 37.23 54.41 7.07 Santa Cruz de Tenerife 37.93 29.05 39.60 10.83 40.57 55.17 9.48 Segovia 31.97 21.35 33.81 8.91 30.96 57.06 7.42 Sevilla 29.94 28.89 30.15 12.87 38.37 42.60 6.37 Soria 37.21 27.36 38.68 4.11 42.68 63.96 10.50 Tarragona 43.54 43.63 43.53 26.35 54.66 62.48 10.48 Teruel 29.37 20.03 30.88 7.35 31.83 53.22 6.51 Toledo 29.97 31.06 29.79 15.15 41.65 45.90 6.55 Valencia 37.81 33.19 38.52 14.04 44.78 57.82 9.01 Valladolid 34.82 24.82 36.35 6.64 33.62 52.85 6.87 Vizcaya 35.22 25.68 36.51 6.00 37.59 59.26 5.93 Zamora 20.63 25.45 19.99 8.89 37.64 38.54 5.34 Zaragoza 35.05 31.65 35.51 9.57 44.74 56.61 7.36 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