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 49.11 37.45 51.05 17.04 50.37 71.41 16.47 Andalucía 43.04 33.23 44.97 16.97 44.31 61.79 13.53 Aragón 49.47 37.06 51.21 14.58 51.14 75.68 16.65 Asturias (Principado de) 41.07 27.78 42.90 7.00 40.35 65.13 12.32 Balears (Illes) 56.54 46.34 58.23 23.86 60.57 76.16 22.04 Canarias 51.98 36.71 54.84 15.72 50.42 69.99 19.62 Cantabria 46.91 34.85 48.79 15.56 46.66 70.58 13.91 Castilla y León 44.23 30.64 46.20 10.63 43.62 70.42 14.11 Castilla - La Mancha 46.14 40.76 47.05 22.88 53.11 68.77 14.09 Cataluña 54.22 44.18 55.74 20.49 58.36 77.41 19.41 Comunidad Valenciana 50.77 44.72 51.79 24.32 57.29 71.80 16.96 Extremadura 41.36 30.84 43.25 16.57 41.22 63.31 13.18 Galicia 45.54 32.34 47.57 14.55 43.26 70.57 16.73 Madrid (Comunidad de) 54.39 37.03 57.24 12.51 51.74 77.03 18.72 Murcia (Región de) 50.80 44.35 52.07 25.25 56.25 69.87 16.53 Navarra (Comunidad Foral de) 53.12 37.73 55.37 13.71 52.33 78.27 17.30 País Vasco 50.53 32.41 53.03 7.94 47.00 76.46 15.41 Rioja (La) 50.15 38.80 51.85 20.28 49.99 74.85 15.66 Ceuta and Melilla 44.98 28.32 48.67 8.49 41.58 61.90 17.90 males Total 62.03 43.44 65.28 22.28 56.85 85.93 25.82 Andalucía 57.34 40.27 60.90 22.80 52.18 79.36 22.24 Aragón 62.44 42.61 65.36 18.00 58.00 90.39 25.65 Asturias (Principado de) 52.97 32.77 55.99 7.16 48.44 79.50 19.09 Balears (Illes) 67.10 51.68 69.73 28.70 66.31 87.03 30.88 Canarias 63.84 42.10 67.99 21.37 55.70 82.90 29.69 Cantabria 60.81 42.86 63.80 24.15 54.34 87.37 21.09 Castilla y León 57.82 38.45 60.78 14.55 53.95 86.46 22.53 Castilla - La Mancha 61.85 50.15 63.92 30.96 63.28 87.90 23.11 Cataluña 66.08 48.88 68.83 26.22 62.46 89.65 29.47 Comunidad Valenciana 63.69 51.63 65.84 30.74 64.51 86.09 26.32 Extremadura 55.31 38.21 58.54 23.55 48.96 80.54 20.88 Galicia 56.97 40.51 59.71 19.84 53.25 83.68 23.17 Madrid (Comunidad de) 66.92 38.72 71.87 15.74 52.63 90.20 31.46 Murcia (Región de) 65.61 52.87 68.26 32.11 65.65 87.37 24.92 Navarra (Comunidad Foral de) 64.67 43.29 67.94 17.26 59.33 90.68 25.58 País Vasco 62.29 37.32 65.94 10.57 53.30 88.06 26.07 Rioja (La) 64.11 47.66 66.68 27.31 59.88 90.93 23.95 Ceuta and Melilla 61.56 39.49 66.69 14.68 55.15 79.37 33.31 females Total 36.82 31.18 37.71 11.53 43.59 56.61 8.87 Andalucía 29.37 25.86 30.03 10.85 36.06 44.02 6.45 Aragón 36.84 31.19 37.60 10.96 43.85 60.14 9.07 Asturias (Principado de) 30.28 22.57 31.26 6.83 31.97 50.96 7.11 Balears (Illes) 46.15 40.76 47.01 18.77 54.60 64.80 14.52 Canarias 40.29 31.21 41.95 9.92 45.04 56.58 10.99 Cantabria 33.85 26.43 34.94 6.49 38.60 53.62 8.17 Castilla y León 31.05 22.38 32.25 6.47 32.69 53.51 7.04 Castilla - La Mancha 30.63 30.68 30.62 14.31 42.11 48.40 6.42 Cataluña 42.93 39.25 43.46 14.47 54.07 64.90 11.23 Comunidad Valenciana 38.33 37.46 38.47 17.53 49.69 57.14 9.26 Extremadura 27.79 23.00 28.61 9.05 33.05 45.02 6.84 Galicia 35.13 23.85 36.75 9.03 32.92 57.61 11.73 Madrid (Comunidad de) 42.91 35.29 44.07 9.13 50.81 64.21 8.91 Murcia (Región de) 36.19 35.17 36.38 17.98 46.04 51.47 9.63 Navarra (Comunidad Foral de) 41.75 31.82 43.14 9.87 44.98 65.15 10.28 País Vasco 39.39 27.25 40.97 5.16 40.39 64.67 6.72 Rioja (La) 36.27 29.32 37.27 12.82 39.35 57.61 8.55 Ceuta and Melilla 28.84 16.59 31.43 2.43 26.65 43.97 5.42 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