Economically Active Population Survey Results by Autonomous Communities Population of 16 years old and over which has enrolled in regulated education studies during the last 12 months by absolute value/percentage, training level achieved and autonomous community. Units: absolute value/percentage National total Andalucía Aragón Asturias (Principado de) Balears (Illes) Canarias Cantabria Castilla y León Castilla-La Mancha Cataluña Comunidad Valenciana Extremadura Galicia Madrid (Comunidad de) Murcia (Región de) Navarra (Comunidad Foral de) País Vasco Rioja (La) Ceuta y Melilla Absolute values in thousands Both sexes Total 3,360.4 621.9 97.9 91.3 58.5 149.7 40.2 222.9 135.8 445.0 326.6 85.1 229.7 508.7 92.1 46.2 177.2 19.8 11.8 Illiterates 11.5 4.9 0.1 . 0.1 0.2 . 0.2 0.7 0.7 1.3 0.3 0.2 1.9 0.5 . 0.2 . 0.1 (1) Primary education 299.8 75.4 10.4 5.3 0.7 14.3 1.7 20.1 17.6 35.4 30.6 7.5 12.7 36.3 10.3 2.5 17.0 1.7 0.5 (2) Secondary education 1st stage 1,004.8 196.4 23.6 28.2 27.1 48.1 14.3 63.3 44.7 123.6 93.1 31.8 67.9 149.2 26.7 12.4 44.8 4.3 5.4 (3) Secondary education 2nd stage 1,332.2 236.4 41.1 36.1 23.1 60.3 17.0 89.8 50.4 187.8 123.4 32.6 98.0 200.4 40.0 17.8 64.3 9.5 4.2 Post secondary and higher education 712.0 108.7 22.8 21.7 7.4 26.9 7.2 49.4 22.4 97.5 78.3 13.0 50.8 120.9 14.7 13.5 50.9 4.3 1.6 Males Total 1,593.2 292.9 46.6 45.0 27.3 68.5 17.0 104.8 59.7 211.3 157.6 38.9 109.4 246.0 43.8 22.9 87.1 9.1 5.2 Illiterates 2.1 0.6 . . . . . . 0.1 . 0.9 0.1 0.2 . . . . . . (1) Primary education 148.4 36.6 6.6 3.0 0.1 6.9 0.7 10.9 9.2 17.8 13.9 3.8 7.4 16.9 4.1 1.2 8.2 0.8 0.2 (2) Secondary education 1st stage 488.4 88.4 12.1 14.6 13.5 24.0 6.5 31.8 20.7 63.2 44.9 15.1 33.7 72.7 14.1 5.9 22.7 2.1 2.6 (3) Secondary education 2nd stage 615.1 113.0 17.7 17.3 10.4 25.1 6.9 40.0 20.7 82.3 54.7 14.6 45.3 101.5 19.1 8.5 31.5 4.5 1.9 Post secondary and higher education 339.3 54.3 10.3 10.1 3.3 12.6 2.9 22.0 8.9 48.0 43.2 5.2 22.8 54.9 6.5 7.3 24.7 1.7 0.5 Females Total 1,767.1 328.9 51.3 46.3 31.2 81.2 23.2 118.1 76.1 233.8 169.0 46.3 120.3 262.7 48.4 23.2 90.1 10.7 6.7 Illiterates 9.5 4.3 0.1 . 0.1 0.2 . 0.2 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.2 . 1.9 0.5 . 0.2 . 0.1 (1) Primary education 151.5 38.7 3.7 2.3 0.5 7.4 1.0 9.2 8.4 17.6 16.7 3.7 5.3 19.4 6.2 1.3 8.8 0.8 0.3 (2) Secondary education 1st stage 516.4 108.1 11.5 13.6 13.6 24.1 7.8 31.4 23.9 60.4 48.2 16.7 34.3 76.5 12.6 6.5 22.1 2.2 2.8 (3) Secondary education 2nd stage 717.1 123.4 23.4 18.8 12.7 35.2 10.0 49.8 29.7 105.5 68.7 18.0 52.7 98.9 20.9 9.3 32.8 5.0 2.3 Post secondary and higher education 372.7 54.4 12.5 11.6 4.1 14.3 4.3 27.4 13.4 49.5 35.1 7.7 28.0 65.9 8.2 6.1 26.1 2.6 1.2 Percentages Both sexes Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Illiterates 0.3 0.8 0.1 . 0.2 0.1 . 0.1 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.5 . 0.1 . 0.7 (1) Primary education 8.9 12.1 10.6 5.8 1.1 9.5 4.3 9.0 13.0 8.0 9.4 8.8 5.5 7.1 11.1 5.4 9.6 8.5 4.5 (2) Secondary education 1st stage 29.9 31.6 24.1 30.9 46.4 32.1 35.6 28.4 32.9 27.8 28.5 37.3 29.6 29.3 28.9 26.8 25.3 21.9 45.7 (3) Secondary education 2nd stage 39.6 38.0 41.9 39.5 39.6 40.3 42.2 40.3 37.1 42.2 37.8 38.3 42.7 39.4 43.4 38.6 36.3 47.8 35.2 Post secondary and higher education 21.2 17.5 23.3 23.8 12.7 18.0 17.9 22.2 16.5 21.9 24.0 15.2 22.1 23.8 16.0 29.2 28.7 21.8 13.8 Males Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Illiterates 0.1 0.2 . . . . . . 0.3 . 0.6 0.1 0.2 . . . . . . (1) Primary education 9.3 12.5 14.2 6.6 0.4 10.0 4.0 10.4 15.4 8.4 8.8 9.9 6.8 6.9 9.4 5.3 9.4 9.3 4.1 (2) Secondary education 1st stage 30.7 30.2 25.9 32.4 49.4 35.0 38.3 30.4 34.7 29.9 28.5 38.8 30.8 29.6 32.1 25.7 26.0 23.1 50.7 (3) Secondary education 2nd stage 38.6 38.6 37.9 38.5 38.0 36.7 40.8 38.2 34.7 39.0 34.7 37.5 41.4 41.3 43.6 37.1 36.2 49.3 36.2 Post secondary and higher education 21.3 18.5 22.0 22.5 12.2 18.4 17.0 21.0 14.9 22.7 27.4 13.4 20.8 22.3 14.9 32.0 28.4 18.4 9.0 Females Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Illiterates 0.5 1.3 0.3 . 0.4 0.2 . 0.2 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.4 . 0.7 1.0 . 0.3 . 1.3 (1) Primary education 8.6 11.8 7.3 5.0 1.8 9.1 4.5 7.8 11.1 7.5 9.9 7.9 4.4 7.4 12.8 5.6 9.7 7.8 4.8 (2) Secondary education 1st stage 29.2 32.9 22.4 29.4 43.7 29.7 33.7 26.6 31.4 25.9 28.5 36.0 28.5 29.1 26.1 27.9 24.6 21.0 41.9 (3) Secondary education 2nd stage 40.6 37.5 45.6 40.5 40.9 43.3 43.3 42.2 39.0 45.1 40.6 38.9 43.8 37.7 43.3 40.1 36.5 46.5 34.5 Post secondary and higher education 21.1 16.6 24.4 25.1 13.2 17.6 18.6 23.2 17.7 21.2 20.8 16.8 23.3 25.1 16.9 26.4 29.0 24.7 17.5 Notes: .Data protected by statistical secrecy (1) includes training and job placement studies which do not require secondary education 1st stage degrees. (2) includes training and job placement studies which do not require secondary education 2nd stage degrees. It also includes Social Guarantee Programme studies. 3) includes training and job placement studies which require secondary education 2nd stage degrees. Source: National Statistics Institute