Economically Active Population Survey 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 49.75 37.67 51.58 17.41 50.85 72.53 16.72 Álava 55.77 35.37 58.51 7.35 52.33 81.91 18.21 Albacete 48.80 34.71 51.07 18.53 46.11 71.52 15.45 Alicante 51.87 44.48 53.11 26.30 56.71 73.74 16.96 Almería 53.54 42.55 55.34 24.91 56.44 73.15 17.22 Asturias 42.22 26.56 44.22 8.06 37.71 65.88 13.48 Ávila 44.13 30.53 46.02 13.82 45.15 71.84 13.52 Badajoz 43.21 36.01 44.54 15.39 49.96 62.10 13.95 Balears (Illes) 56.25 46.73 57.70 27.58 59.64 77.41 20.45 Barcelona 53.45 44.14 54.69 18.75 60.74 78.50 18.09 Burgos 49.91 33.87 52.20 14.33 46.99 77.53 15.80 Cáceres 42.30 26.57 44.60 13.58 36.51 67.18 12.67 Cádiz 41.44 30.19 43.75 14.81 40.03 56.69 15.87 Cantabria 47.67 31.56 50.00 8.14 45.97 71.90 14.82 Castellon de la Plana 52.19 44.65 53.27 20.68 59.59 75.67 17.88 Ciudad Real 44.46 38.33 45.44 24.73 48.68 66.93 12.24 Córdoba 43.35 33.98 45.10 20.64 43.78 62.83 13.69 Coruña (A) 47.50 31.95 49.87 10.17 44.76 70.41 17.36 Cuenca 43.16 35.62 44.37 22.72 45.39 68.41 13.22 Girona 61.66 53.64 62.90 33.01 64.84 83.10 24.48 Granada 43.15 32.84 45.18 16.13 45.22 63.09 13.97 Guadalajara 50.13 38.51 51.79 19.05 50.12 75.54 13.27 Guipúzcoa 53.68 31.53 56.62 10.18 46.09 78.79 18.88 Huelva 41.77 32.15 43.47 17.29 42.61 59.73 11.88 Huesca 49.41 37.91 50.62 19.99 49.22 79.55 15.68 Jaén 41.43 34.09 42.72 19.33 45.11 61.65 12.00 León 40.04 28.51 41.52 11.55 39.13 66.77 11.91 Lleida 52.02 37.40 53.75 16.98 49.77 80.59 17.07 Lugo 47.13 28.78 49.33 9.36 41.60 77.59 17.60 Madrid 54.18 36.50 56.71 13.81 51.14 78.24 20.00 Málaga 45.15 42.92 45.57 23.88 55.36 63.04 13.65 Murcia 51.18 44.73 52.32 23.64 58.80 71.14 16.18 Navarra 53.76 37.04 56.00 12.64 52.62 79.43 18.69 Ourense 41.01 28.78 42.32 11.11 42.16 68.99 16.43 Palencia 45.08 27.99 47.42 14.06 35.90 73.84 13.45 Palmas (Las) 51.89 34.17 54.96 13.21 47.93 70.11 18.69 Pontevedra 48.45 35.63 50.42 12.88 48.64 70.84 16.95 Rioja (La) 51.20 43.24 52.29 18.80 58.77 75.98 15.71 Salamanca 45.56 27.32 48.13 10.12 39.42 72.07 15.08 Santa Cruz de Tenerife 51.03 33.83 53.88 13.12 47.73 70.50 17.84 Segovia 52.31 37.73 54.11 19.12 50.16 78.42 17.00 Sevilla 46.32 33.11 48.55 14.36 44.64 65.17 14.75 Soria 50.00 34.20 51.95 9.37 47.94 80.31 16.59 Tarragona 55.33 47.68 56.50 28.32 59.64 77.52 21.25 Teruel 43.32 35.98 44.35 9.53 55.59 73.65 13.74 Toledo 47.95 48.15 47.91 27.34 61.31 69.63 15.08 Valencia 52.18 42.91 53.56 23.57 55.00 74.09 16.67 Valladolid 49.56 35.39 51.52 12.91 47.16 69.39 17.40 Vizcaya 47.84 31.47 49.84 8.58 44.43 75.09 12.94 Zamora 36.96 27.50 38.08 10.08 40.33 66.93 11.02 Zaragoza 51.88 40.93 53.32 18.79 55.02 78.03 17.30 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 Álava 65.05 38.68 69.04 10.91 54.89 91.74 28.16 Albacete 63.45 40.92 67.35 26.55 51.31 89.10 24.67 Alicante 64.03 50.89 66.38 33.42 62.05 86.92 25.98 Almería 68.76 49.87 71.96 33.70 62.70 90.95 25.09 Asturias 54.33 31.64 57.47 10.88 44.25 79.19 21.84 Ávila 57.61 39.01 60.31 17.33 55.78 88.25 20.91 Badajoz 59.37 46.10 61.93 22.26 60.69 80.85 23.88 Balears (Illes) 66.59 51.77 68.96 33.09 64.46 87.46 29.57 Barcelona 64.37 49.27 66.54 23.53 65.84 88.94 27.33 Burgos 61.93 38.89 65.31 14.92 51.85 89.53 25.03 Cáceres 55.69 34.43 59.03 19.88 48.06 82.84 20.29 Cádiz 56.29 35.53 60.90 18.89 46.38 74.91 28.13 Cantabria 61.10 38.39 64.62 10.71 55.53 87.39 22.72 Castellon de la Plana 65.27 52.36 67.22 25.29 69.10 89.90 25.66 Ciudad Real 61.42 46.87 63.91 33.13 58.03 88.12 21.33 Córdoba 58.92 42.16 62.31 27.27 54.29 81.09 23.43 Coruña (A) 58.63 38.34 62.04 15.88 53.16 83.20 23.85 Cuenca 60.00 49.39 61.65 33.13 61.36 88.89 23.08 Girona 70.87 59.88 72.60 37.61 73.00 92.10 31.59 Granada 57.45 39.29 61.31 21.76 51.19 80.17 23.21 Guadalajara 63.72 44.76 66.52 25.85 55.03 91.69 22.38 Guipúzcoa 64.93 35.24 69.16 13.97 49.74 91.02 28.27 Huelva 55.42 40.48 58.12 23.20 54.57 76.79 19.16 Huesca 60.78 43.88 62.56 21.84 58.17 91.73 24.12 Jaén 56.53 44.32 58.72 26.11 60.60 80.65 18.13 León 52.35 36.67 54.42 18.74 49.38 83.01 16.87 Lleida 62.75 42.61 65.20 21.11 56.88 92.33 24.41 Lugo 58.20 34.13 60.85 12.96 48.04 89.17 22.95 Madrid 65.83 39.06 69.97 16.06 53.98 89.74 31.57 Málaga 59.64 52.82 61.04 34.29 63.07 79.72 22.06 Murcia 65.60 54.46 67.69 32.06 69.55 87.19 25.22 Navarra 65.45 42.18 68.74 14.13 60.40 91.59 28.44 Ourense 50.81 34.78 52.82 13.64 49.47 81.12 21.41 Palencia 59.86 34.19 63.37 18.04 44.74 87.70 23.15 Palmas (Las) 62.80 37.58 67.17 15.02 53.17 81.65 27.58 Pontevedra 60.17 45.78 62.52 22.44 57.81 82.81 24.35 Rioja (La) 64.47 48.32 66.81 21.69 65.34 90.18 26.37 Salamanca 58.59 31.59 62.72 15.63 44.19 86.88 24.30 Santa Cruz de Tenerife 63.24 40.27 67.27 15.33 56.34 83.43 28.43 Segovia 66.85 47.36 69.38 27.47 63.25 92.95 27.54 Sevilla 60.65 39.33 64.36 18.21 52.66 81.38 24.55 Soria 63.37 45.98 65.43 16.18 60.81 93.63 25.56 Tarragona 65.42 50.76 67.76 29.13 64.48 89.09 29.52 Teruel 56.10 47.23 57.46 13.39 64.75 87.81 22.23 Toledo 64.58 59.59 65.40 40.58 71.13 88.93 25.20 Valencia 64.28 49.12 66.68 30.13 61.78 86.46 26.59 Valladolid 64.02 39.85 67.53 13.79 53.48 87.30 27.96 Vizcaya 59.51 35.76 62.52 12.99 48.93 85.87 23.26 Zamora 50.83 31.29 53.66 12.31 42.02 86.60 18.76 Zaragoza 64.38 44.58 67.13 24.26 58.23 91.76 26.49 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 Álava 46.37 31.16 48.15 3.03 48.97 71.93 8.96 Albacete 34.59 27.85 35.60 9.43 40.50 53.37 7.88 Alicante 40.33 37.64 40.75 19.19 50.76 60.45 9.66 Almería 39.53 35.41 40.18 16.29 50.39 55.48 11.24 Asturias 31.32 21.31 32.50 5.11 30.99 52.72 7.17 Ávila 29.83 20.74 31.03 10.30 31.26 52.76 6.70 Badajoz 27.20 25.28 27.54 8.91 37.56 41.81 5.82 Balears (Illes) 46.21 41.47 46.90 21.77 54.64 66.97 12.91 Barcelona 43.33 38.75 43.90 13.82 55.32 68.04 10.84 Burgos 37.86 28.58 39.15 13.86 40.89 64.10 8.06 Cáceres 29.72 18.16 31.29 5.00 26.22 51.05 6.65 Cádiz 27.02 24.26 27.54 10.17 33.09 38.59 5.46 Cantabria 35.13 24.34 36.58 5.41 35.92 56.22 8.63 Castellon de la Plana 39.73 36.56 40.16 15.88 49.56 60.76 11.75 Ciudad Real 28.37 29.30 28.23 15.13 39.35 45.19 4.95 Córdoba 28.15 24.76 28.73 12.15 32.99 43.50 6.03 Coruña (A) 37.27 24.95 38.97 2.88 36.36 57.82 12.35 Cuenca 26.23 22.41 26.86 13.04 29.70 45.99 4.18 Girona 52.63 47.35 53.44 27.84 57.09 73.70 18.37 Granada 29.91 26.09 30.61 10.83 38.49 46.04 6.96 Guadalajara 36.07 31.63 36.69 12.42 44.30 57.96 4.79 Guipúzcoa 42.90 27.51 44.80 6.08 42.12 66.47 10.99 Huelva 29.00 24.04 29.86 10.44 32.30 43.13 5.70 Huesca 38.47 32.16 39.14 18.15 40.76 66.89 8.28 Jaén 27.17 24.08 27.70 11.18 32.13 42.03 7.06 León 28.80 20.70 29.81 3.52 30.20 50.50 7.90 Lleida 40.92 31.67 41.98 11.85 42.49 67.49 10.31 Lugo 37.27 24.64 38.90 6.60 36.60 65.34 13.55 Madrid 43.63 33.86 44.93 11.47 48.22 67.06 11.19 Málaga 31.84 32.42 31.74 14.88 46.02 46.77 7.25 Murcia 37.19 34.35 37.67 14.57 47.43 54.52 8.85 Navarra 42.35 31.53 43.73 11.01 44.40 66.79 10.38 Ourense 32.07 21.47 33.03 8.33 32.48 56.80 12.55 Palencia 30.43 21.85 31.60 9.33 28.00 56.80 6.15 Palmas (Las) 40.88 30.72 42.64 11.27 42.87 57.53 11.22 Pontevedra 37.81 25.50 39.61 4.52 38.78 59.05 11.31 Rioja (La) 38.23 37.81 38.29 15.68 51.77 61.03 6.73 Salamanca 33.22 22.64 34.59 3.15 34.70 56.68 7.76 Santa Cruz de Tenerife 39.19 26.89 41.10 10.85 38.13 57.37 9.02 Segovia 37.10 26.62 38.32 6.89 37.25 61.50 7.91 Sevilla 32.52 26.79 33.46 10.32 36.64 48.27 6.93 Soria 36.55 23.14 38.27 3.77 34.97 65.19 8.68 Tarragona 45.35 44.39 45.49 27.43 54.58 65.64 13.80 Teruel 30.56 22.75 31.55 6.58 40.63 58.35 6.29 Toledo 31.61 36.04 30.94 14.04 50.58 49.03 6.58 Valencia 40.73 36.41 41.33 16.13 48.26 61.58 8.69 Valladolid 36.00 30.86 36.68 12.02 40.73 52.27 8.18 Vizcaya 37.26 27.33 38.43 4.20 40.16 64.30 5.01 Zamora 24.12 22.41 24.28 7.95 37.38 47.31 4.89 Zaragoza 39.99 37.10 40.35 12.64 51.79 63.82 9.80 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