Economically Active Population Survey 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 49.75 37.67 51.58 17.41 50.85 72.53 16.72 Andalucía 44.51 35.19 46.22 18.47 46.55 62.99 14.20 Aragón 50.46 39.86 51.81 17.70 54.22 77.84 16.52 Asturias (Principado de) 42.22 26.56 44.22 8.06 37.71 65.88 13.48 Balears (Illes) 56.25 46.73 57.70 27.58 59.64 77.41 20.45 Canarias 51.48 34.01 54.44 13.17 47.84 70.29 18.26 Cantabria 47.67 31.56 50.00 8.14 45.97 71.90 14.82 Castilla y León 45.55 31.26 47.46 12.58 43.18 71.62 14.36 Castilla - La Mancha 46.86 40.30 47.90 23.45 51.95 69.82 13.96 Cataluña 54.31 45.16 55.55 21.02 60.50 78.96 18.83 Comunidad Valenciana 52.07 43.70 53.37 24.36 56.14 74.14 16.92 Extremadura 42.85 32.74 44.56 14.73 45.45 64.04 13.39 Galicia 46.94 32.58 48.99 11.11 45.59 71.27 17.12 Madrid (Comunidad de) 54.18 36.50 56.71 13.81 51.14 78.24 20.00 Murcia (Región de) 51.18 44.73 52.32 23.64 58.80 71.14 16.18 Navarra (Comunidad Foral de) 53.76 37.04 56.00 12.64 52.62 79.43 18.69 País Vasco 50.83 32.06 53.22 8.97 46.12 77.30 15.45 Rioja (La) 51.20 43.24 52.29 18.80 58.77 75.98 15.71 Ceuta and Melilla 44.87 24.43 48.79 13.12 33.56 63.08 19.00 males Total 62.28 43.72 65.27 22.50 57.61 86.13 25.93 Andalucía 59.15 42.71 62.35 24.66 54.99 80.30 23.38 Aragón 62.77 44.83 65.18 22.67 59.16 91.35 25.45 Asturias (Principado de) 54.33 31.64 57.47 10.88 44.25 79.19 21.84 Balears (Illes) 66.59 51.77 68.96 33.09 64.46 87.46 29.57 Canarias 63.01 38.87 67.22 15.17 54.71 82.48 28.00 Cantabria 61.10 38.39 64.62 10.71 55.53 87.39 22.72 Castilla y León 58.96 37.33 62.02 16.67 50.53 87.39 22.70 Castilla - La Mancha 62.89 49.60 65.08 33.21 60.91 89.05 23.50 Cataluña 64.99 50.16 67.14 25.37 65.97 89.47 27.70 Comunidad Valenciana 64.30 50.15 66.63 30.90 62.68 87.01 26.25 Extremadura 57.94 42.04 60.79 21.30 56.81 81.60 22.34 Galicia 58.09 40.15 60.83 17.38 54.03 83.58 23.47 Madrid (Comunidad de) 65.83 39.06 69.97 16.06 53.98 89.74 31.57 Murcia (Región de) 65.60 54.46 67.69 32.06 69.55 87.19 25.22 Navarra (Comunidad Foral de) 65.45 42.18 68.74 14.13 60.40 91.59 28.44 País Vasco 62.08 36.05 65.60 13.02 50.17 88.42 25.51 Rioja (La) 64.47 48.32 66.81 21.69 65.34 90.18 26.37 Ceuta and Melilla 59.64 30.95 65.36 19.76 43.31 78.92 32.04 females Total 37.93 31.33 38.87 12.04 43.80 58.72 9.34 Andalucía 30.65 27.33 31.23 11.99 37.74 45.49 6.93 Aragón 38.66 34.64 39.14 12.50 49.03 63.79 9.06 Asturias (Principado de) 31.32 21.31 32.50 5.11 30.99 52.72 7.17 Balears (Illes) 46.21 41.47 46.90 21.77 54.64 66.97 12.91 Canarias 40.05 28.95 41.88 11.07 40.73 57.45 10.12 Cantabria 35.13 24.34 36.58 5.41 35.92 56.22 8.63 Castilla y León 32.65 24.86 33.64 8.27 35.44 55.08 7.46 Castilla - La Mancha 31.18 30.46 31.29 13.13 42.46 49.55 5.91 Cataluña 44.23 39.92 44.79 16.43 54.76 68.31 11.66 Comunidad Valenciana 40.47 36.90 40.99 17.36 49.32 61.08 9.41 Extremadura 28.21 22.81 29.07 7.66 33.42 45.40 6.18 Galicia 36.79 24.79 38.39 4.60 36.95 59.02 12.25 Madrid (Comunidad de) 43.63 33.86 44.93 11.47 48.22 67.06 11.19 Murcia (Región de) 37.19 34.35 37.67 14.57 47.43 54.52 8.85 Navarra (Comunidad Foral de) 42.35 31.53 43.73 11.01 44.40 66.79 10.38 País Vasco 40.28 27.89 41.77 4.70 41.91 66.11 7.29 Rioja (La) 38.23 37.81 38.29 15.68 51.77 61.03 6.73 Ceuta and Melilla 28.68 16.73 30.87 1.54 25.09 44.00 7.74 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