Economically Active Population Survey Provincial results Absolute values. Population 16 years of age and over by sex, province and level of education attained. Units: thousands of persons total Illiterates Primary education Secondary education. First stage and the corresponding training and labour insertion Secondary education. Second stage and the corresponding training and labour insertion Training and labour insertion with secondary education certificate (2nd stage) Higher education, except doctorate Doctorate both sexes Total 34,405.3 966.5 11,747.8 8,597.3 6,028.0 33.7 6,938.8 93.2 Álava 250.3 1.6 61.4 56.0 46.8 .. 84.1 0.4 Albacete 292.9 18.5 82.6 96.7 48.2 1.3 45.3 0.2 Alicante 1,287.2 56.7 387.9 408.5 212.4 0.2 219.3 2.2 Almería 423.6 21.3 217.6 49.8 76.5 1.6 55.6 1.1 Asturias 920.1 4.6 360.6 213.0 153.8 3.0 183.9 1.2 Ávila 138.3 3.9 48.6 43.8 22.7 .. 19.1 0.2 Badajoz 543.1 31.0 144.6 210.1 77.8 1.8 76.6 0.9 Balears (Illes) 709.5 18.5 210.6 236.4 150.4 0.8 92.3 0.6 Barcelona 4,008.7 65.8 1,364.2 936.7 739.2 0.3 881.9 20.6 Burgos 289.9 1.4 104.6 54.4 53.3 0.0 75.7 0.5 Cáceres 353.2 20.1 128.4 108.5 47.4 0.2 48.2 0.4 Cádiz 904.9 28.4 375.7 195.5 147.4 0.5 155.6 1.8 Cantabria 458.4 0.9 161.2 107.8 91.2 1.1 95.9 0.4 Castellon de la Plana 403.2 11.6 72.7 187.9 66.9 0.1 63.4 0.6 Ciudad Real 387.8 31.2 152.8 100.2 51.9 0.5 50.5 0.8 Córdoba 622.0 45.8 236.8 148.6 99.2 0.9 89.8 1.0 Coruña (A) 974.6 21.3 275.4 297.1 172.6 1.0 202.1 5.0 Cuenca 165.7 6.8 74.5 44.1 24.3 0.2 15.8 0.0 Girona 490.0 15.4 57.7 242.9 80.5 .. 93.0 0.5 Granada 671.1 36.7 263.1 136.6 112.9 2.3 116.8 2.6 Guadalajara 152.4 1.4 54.8 36.2 28.9 .. 30.9 0.3 Guipúzcoa 575.0 3.2 187.0 100.2 114.6 1.5 166.9 1.8 Huelva 375.0 19.3 165.1 78.9 58.1 0.6 53.0 0.1 Huesca 173.4 2.0 70.8 37.6 32.1 0.2 30.4 0.3 Jaén 525.2 43.2 178.2 150.8 73.4 0.7 78.4 0.5 León 437.1 5.8 183.6 101.2 68.1 0.1 77.6 0.6 Lleida 309.7 1.6 135.9 55.6 61.4 0.2 54.2 0.8 Lugo 314.9 3.4 142.5 77.7 48.5 0.1 42.1 0.6 Madrid 4,506.2 70.9 1,384.7 903.5 892.0 1.0 1,240.9 13.1 Málaga 1,126.0 44.7 430.8 318.0 176.2 1.4 154.1 0.8 Murcia 953.5 41.5 345.2 219.1 171.9 2.0 171.0 2.8 Navarra 460.0 3.3 164.6 90.5 78.1 0.3 122.2 0.9 Ourense 304.1 14.6 145.1 48.4 50.4 .. 45.3 0.4 Palencia 146.7 1.2 70.2 25.8 23.6 1.9 23.8 0.2 Palmas (Las) 790.6 34.5 202.1 262.9 159.0 1.5 129.3 1.2 Pontevedra 793.1 16.6 243.9 262.8 122.3 0.1 146.6 0.7 Rioja (La) 230.8 1.1 93.6 50.1 34.3 .. 51.3 0.3 Salamanca 296.5 5.6 127.1 54.0 48.1 0.1 58.8 2.8 Santa Cruz de Tenerife 736.3 35.4 258.4 168.2 128.0 1.0 141.8 3.5 Segovia 122.2 0.8 50.0 23.7 19.8 0.1 27.4 0.3 Sevilla 1,390.4 48.0 474.0 359.1 218.9 0.9 284.3 5.2 Soria 77.5 0.4 5.5 44.9 12.5 0.0 14.1 0.2 Tarragona 529.9 17.4 184.9 129.5 93.0 .. 104.1 1.0 Teruel 114.9 1.8 55.8 27.0 14.9 .. 15.4 0.0 Toledo 441.4 31.7 168.0 129.0 57.8 .. 54.6 0.3 Valencia 1,855.0 44.6 540.2 546.5 346.7 3.5 365.5 8.1 Valladolid 423.0 2.3 134.4 93.2 83.3 .. 108.9 0.9 Vizcaya 961.6 7.6 365.2 154.4 159.8 .. 273.0 1.5 Zamora 171.2 2.3 110.4 16.1 22.0 0.3 20.2 .. Zaragoza 704.0 11.9 262.1 127.1 130.9 .. 169.4 2.4 Ceuta and Melilla 113.2 6.8 33.0 30.8 23.7 0.1 18.2 0.5 males Total 16,703.8 300.4 5,306.3 4,548.0 3,017.7 18.2 3,454.4 58.8 Álava 126.0 0.7 28.4 27.1 25.9 .. 43.6 0.3 Albacete 144.2 6.5 38.1 52.9 26.2 0.4 20.0 0.1 Alicante 626.8 17.1 176.2 217.7 102.3 .. 111.8 1.7 Almería 203.0 7.0 102.6 23.4 42.5 0.3 26.5 0.6 Asturias 435.9 1.5 148.1 113.2 79.0 2.7 90.8 0.7 Ávila 71.2 1.6 23.5 25.2 11.6 .. 9.2 0.2 Badajoz 270.3 11.0 69.3 113.4 39.3 0.6 35.9 0.8 Balears (Illes) 349.4 5.0 93.0 133.5 74.6 0.3 42.5 0.4 Barcelona 1,927.2 19.1 596.7 495.9 348.7 .. 454.5 12.4 Burgos 145.2 0.3 48.9 30.4 25.7 0.0 39.4 0.4 Cáceres 171.1 5.8 60.9 60.7 22.6 0.1 20.8 0.3 Cádiz 445.9 8.7 171.3 103.5 77.6 0.0 83.0 1.7 Cantabria 221.5 0.2 68.7 57.1 44.9 0.6 49.6 0.4 Castellon de la Plana 196.7 3.0 31.7 99.9 32.7 0.1 28.9 0.3 Ciudad Real 188.7 8.6 76.2 51.7 26.6 0.3 25.0 0.4 Córdoba 307.4 11.8 118.0 81.5 50.4 0.2 44.8 0.7 Coruña (A) 467.0 2.8 120.8 157.0 84.7 0.5 98.0 3.2 Cuenca 83.1 1.9 38.3 23.8 11.6 0.2 7.3 0.0 Girona 242.6 4.6 26.0 128.3 40.0 .. 43.4 0.3 Granada 322.6 11.4 120.7 73.5 58.3 0.8 56.1 1.8 Guadalajara 77.5 0.4 26.9 18.6 14.9 .. 16.6 0.2 Guipúzcoa 281.4 1.1 83.1 52.5 56.1 1.1 86.3 1.1 Huelva 181.3 6.7 81.2 36.0 29.7 0.2 27.4 0.1 Huesca 85.0 0.4 32.7 20.2 17.3 0.1 14.1 0.1 Jaén 255.1 10.9 88.0 79.8 35.0 0.6 40.3 0.4 León 208.5 2.8 80.3 55.3 33.2 .. 36.7 0.3 Lleida 157.5 0.6 64.3 31.7 34.6 0.2 25.5 0.6 Lugo 148.3 0.8 62.1 43.3 23.8 0.1 17.5 0.6 Madrid 2,142.1 20.8 592.2 454.5 445.4 1.0 621.0 7.1 Málaga 539.1 14.9 197.4 165.7 81.5 0.8 78.3 0.5 Murcia 469.3 11.4 161.2 120.7 86.3 1.8 86.0 1.9 Navarra 227.2 1.7 76.7 48.2 39.5 0.0 60.4 0.7 Ourense 145.1 5.2 66.5 29.0 25.5 .. 18.7 0.4 Palencia 73.1 0.4 31.4 14.8 13.6 1.4 11.4 0.1 Palmas (Las) 397.1 12.8 99.5 137.7 80.1 0.6 65.6 0.8 Pontevedra 377.2 5.0 100.4 140.6 61.1 0.1 69.6 0.3 Rioja (La) 114.0 0.5 43.6 28.5 16.2 .. 25.0 0.3 Salamanca 144.2 2.0 62.3 28.4 24.4 .. 25.2 2.0 Santa Cruz de Tenerife 362.7 14.8 128.6 85.2 64.2 0.4 67.0 2.5 Segovia 62.5 0.3 24.7 13.6 10.7 0.1 13.0 0.1 Sevilla 682.3 15.7 214.6 190.7 109.8 0.6 148.1 3.0 Soria 38.9 0.1 2.3 23.6 6.1 0.0 6.7 0.0 Tarragona 263.5 4.8 92.3 67.8 48.6 .. 49.2 0.9 Teruel 57.4 0.8 26.7 15.2 7.6 .. 7.1 0.0 Toledo 218.7 12.0 80.6 72.7 28.6 .. 24.6 0.2 Valencia 902.1 15.8 235.8 286.1 176.5 1.5 181.6 4.7 Valladolid 204.7 0.4 57.8 52.2 43.6 .. 50.1 0.5 Vizcaya 457.3 2.3 152.7 73.8 84.1 .. 143.8 0.7 Zamora 82.3 0.7 51.4 8.1 13.0 0.2 9.0 .. Zaragoza 343.3 4.5 116.4 65.4 68.1 .. 87.5 1.3 Ceuta and Melilla 59.2 1.2 15.3 18.5 13.4 0.1 10.2 0.5 females Total 17,701.5 666.1 6,441.6 4,049.3 3,010.3 15.5 3,484.4 34.4 Álava 124.3 0.9 33.1 28.9 20.9 .. 40.4 0.1 Albacete 148.7 12.0 44.6 43.7 22.0 0.9 25.4 0.1 Alicante 660.4 39.6 211.7 190.8 110.1 0.2 107.4 0.5 Almería 220.6 14.3 115.0 26.4 34.0 1.3 29.1 0.5 Asturias 484.2 3.0 212.5 99.8 74.8 0.4 93.2 0.5 Ávila 67.1 2.3 25.1 18.6 11.1 .. 9.9 .. Badajoz 272.8 20.1 75.4 96.7 38.5 1.2 40.7 0.2 Balears (Illes) 360.1 13.5 117.6 102.8 75.8 0.5 49.8 0.2 Barcelona 2,081.5 46.7 767.6 440.8 390.6 0.3 427.4 8.2 Burgos 144.8 1.1 55.7 23.9 27.6 .. 36.4 0.1 Cáceres 182.0 14.3 67.4 47.8 24.8 0.1 27.4 0.2 Cádiz 459.0 19.7 204.4 92.0 69.8 0.5 72.5 0.1 Cantabria 236.9 0.7 92.5 50.7 46.4 0.4 46.3 .. Castellon de la Plana 206.6 8.6 41.0 88.0 34.2 .. 34.5 0.2 Ciudad Real 199.1 22.5 76.6 48.4 25.4 0.2 25.6 0.4 Córdoba 314.7 34.1 118.7 67.2 48.7 0.8 45.0 0.2 Coruña (A) 507.6 18.5 154.6 140.1 88.0 0.5 104.1 1.9 Cuenca 82.6 4.9 36.2 20.2 12.7 0.1 8.5 .. Girona 247.4 10.8 31.7 114.6 40.5 .. 49.6 0.2 Granada 348.5 25.3 142.5 63.2 54.7 1.4 60.7 0.8 Guadalajara 74.9 1.0 27.8 17.6 14.0 .. 14.3 0.1 Guipúzcoa 293.6 2.1 103.9 47.6 58.5 0.4 80.6 0.6 Huelva 193.7 12.6 83.9 42.9 28.4 0.4 25.6 .. Huesca 88.4 1.6 38.1 17.4 14.8 0.1 16.3 0.1 Jaén 270.1 32.3 90.2 71.0 38.4 0.0 38.1 0.1 León 228.5 3.0 103.3 45.8 35.0 0.1 41.0 0.4 Lleida 152.2 1.0 71.5 23.9 26.8 .. 28.7 0.2 Lugo 166.6 2.6 80.4 34.4 24.7 0.0 24.5 .. Madrid 2,364.1 50.1 792.5 449.1 446.6 .. 619.9 6.0 Málaga 586.9 29.8 233.4 152.4 94.6 0.6 75.9 0.3 Murcia 484.2 30.0 184.0 98.5 85.6 0.2 85.0 0.9 Navarra 232.9 1.7 87.9 42.3 38.6 0.3 61.8 0.2 Ourense 159.0 9.4 78.6 19.5 24.9 .. 26.6 0.0 Palencia 73.7 0.8 38.9 11.0 10.0 0.6 12.4 0.0 Palmas (Las) 393.5 21.7 102.6 125.2 78.9 0.9 63.8 0.4 Pontevedra 415.9 11.6 143.5 122.2 61.2 .. 77.0 0.4 Rioja (La) 116.7 0.6 50.0 21.6 18.1 .. 26.3 0.1 Salamanca 152.3 3.7 64.7 25.6 23.8 0.1 33.6 0.8 Santa Cruz de Tenerife 373.6 20.7 129.7 82.9 63.8 0.6 74.8 1.0 Segovia 59.7 0.5 25.3 10.1 9.1 0.0 14.5 0.2 Sevilla 708.0 32.3 259.4 168.5 109.1 0.3 136.2 2.2 Soria 38.6 0.3 3.2 21.3 6.4 0.0 7.4 0.1 Tarragona 266.4 12.6 92.6 61.7 44.4 .. 55.0 0.1 Teruel 57.5 1.1 29.0 11.8 7.3 .. 8.3 .. Toledo 222.7 19.7 87.5 56.3 29.1 .. 30.0 0.0 Valencia 952.9 28.8 304.3 260.4 170.2 2.0 183.9 3.4 Valladolid 218.3 1.9 76.5 41.0 39.7 .. 58.8 0.4 Vizcaya 504.3 5.4 212.6 80.6 75.7 .. 129.2 0.8 Zamora 88.9 1.6 59.0 8.0 9.0 0.1 11.2 .. Zaragoza 360.7 7.4 145.7 61.7 62.9 .. 81.9 1.1 Ceuta and Melilla 54.0 5.6 17.7 12.3 10.3 .. 8.0 .. 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 1) ~'level of education attained,Secondary education. Second stage and the corresponding training and labour insertion'~Since the first quarter of 2003 this category includes the Social Guarantee/Professional Initiation Programs. Source: National Statistics Institute