Economically Active Population Survey Active population Activity rates by educational level reached, sex and civil status Unidades: Tasas Total Married men/Married women Not married 2023QIV 2023QIII 2023QII 2023QI 2022QIV 2022QIII 2022QII 2022QI 2021QIV 2021QIII 2021QII 2021QI 2023QIV 2023QIII 2023QII 2023QI 2022QIV 2022QIII 2022QII 2022QI 2021QIV 2021QIII 2021QII 2021QI 2023QIV 2023QIII 2023QII 2023QI 2022QIV 2022QIII 2022QII 2022QI 2021QIV 2021QIII 2021QII 2021QI Both sexes Total 58,99 59,41 58,97 58,55 58,52 58,86 58,71 58,5 58,65 59,14 58,58 57,69 58,82 58,74 58,56 58,43 58,38 58,05 58,33 58,21 59,16 58,48 58,32 58,05 59,15 60,06 59,37 58,67 58,66 59,65 59,1 58,78 58,15 59,8 58,84 57,32 Illiterates 12,46 12,31 13,83 14,71 15,58 15,47 16,79 17,6 15,75 15,76 12,84 11,18 22,2 22,83 24,99 24,75 27,28 25,7 29,31 30,18 28,16 29,15 23,54 19,49 5,05 4,53 5,97 7,19 6,8 7,29 6,4 7,58 6,18 4,57 4,6 5,54 Incomplete primary education 12,64 14,38 15,32 13,42 12,67 11,94 13,08 13,17 11,72 11,73 11,61 12,59 16,37 17,64 18,67 17,51 16,13 15,55 16,31 15,6 14,18 14,87 13,64 14,72 8,61 10,65 11,36 8,83 8,63 7,95 9,46 10,49 9,09 8 9,29 10,09 Primary education 22,12 22,46 22,88 23,64 22,05 22,24 21,9 21,48 22,19 23,08 22,85 22,01 21,4 22,22 22,2 21,97 20,27 19,8 19,84 19,65 21,25 21,92 21,86 21,4 23,04 22,76 23,76 25,72 24,34 25,41 24,58 23,91 23,43 24,63 24,17 22,82 First stage of secondary education and the like 55,12 55,45 54,58 53,93 54,32 54,94 54,81 54,51 55,03 55,77 54,67 53,6 56,07 55,6 55,44 54,97 55,42 55,07 56,12 55,33 56,56 56,05 55,66 55,01 54,16 55,3 53,71 52,86 53,16 54,8 53,45 53,68 53,43 55,46 53,63 52,13 Second stage of secondary education, with general guidance 54,75 57,06 56,28 56,15 56,61 57,07 57,4 56,84 56,63 58,04 57,49 56,06 63,03 63,74 64,23 64,78 65,63 65,34 65,75 65,82 67,03 66,23 66,43 65,9 48,95 52,43 50,82 50,08 50,2 51,16 51,48 50,25 48,84 52,21 51,04 48,68 Second stage of secondary education with career guidance (includes non-higher post-secondary education) 73,56 74,18 73,94 74,08 73,54 73,56 74,16 73,3 73,58 74,41 74,22 73,6 71,34 71,19 72,1 72,79 72,1 70,31 70,95 70,1 71,99 71,95 71,49 71,73 75,58 76,85 75,57 75,23 74,8 76,45 77 76,09 75 76,69 76,72 75,36 Higher education 78,98 78,78 79,2 78,72 78,7 78,43 78,45 78,71 78,74 78,55 78,81 78,14 76,22 76,19 75,99 75,86 75,96 75,66 75,55 76,21 76,55 75,6 75,96 75,83 81,74 81,32 82,45 81,59 81,46 81,15 81,39 81,26 80,99 81,54 81,77 80,6 Males Total 63,69 64,41 63,93 63,18 63,53 64,19 63,73 63,53 63,65 64,31 63,59 62,74 61,94 62,1 61,85 61,69 61,71 61,77 61,95 61,91 62,58 62,2 61,92 61,74 65,49 66,78 66,09 64,71 65,46 66,71 65,6 65,24 64,79 66,57 65,4 63,83 Illiterates 21,28 21,84 23 25,35 27,86 28,03 27,97 31,02 27,92 26,31 20,5 15,04 36,07 34,4 34,19 35,9 37,38 39,33 41,09 45,36 43,85 44,82 36,84 26,71 5,37 8,05 11,49 12,85 15,11 14,12 11,87 13,66 10,24 3,47 3,89 5,26 Incomplete primary education 18,58 20,8 22,81 20,14 19,37 18,24 20,89 20,05 18,29 18,18 17,75 19,81 19,97 21,3 23,82 21,74 20,97 19,79 22,54 20,66 19,14 19,96 18,91 19,12 15,65 19,74 20,6 16,86 15,7 14,98 17,36 18,86 16,58 14,25 15,2 21,37 Primary education 30,62 30,64 31,23 31,65 31,11 30,69 30,7 30,49 31,32 32,63 31,63 30,09 26,35 27,17 26,96 27,04 24,94 24,67 24,8 25,4 26,71 27,77 27,6 26,96 38,32 36,94 38,97 39,59 42,31 41,76 41,56 40,04 39,77 41,59 39,09 35,84 First stage of secondary education and the like 62,53 62,9 62,25 61,31 61,82 63,31 62,51 62,13 62,96 63,88 62,51 61,5 64,01 63,86 63,68 63 63,38 63,61 64,43 63,63 64,71 64,6 64,15 63,74 61,08 61,95 60,82 59,64 60,23 63 60,56 60,63 61,18 63,13 60,86 59,25 Second stage of secondary education, with general guidance 58,37 61,06 60,16 59,54 60,65 61,19 61,66 60,77 60,23 61,72 60,84 59,68 66,55 67,25 67,79 68,62 69,63 69,37 70,28 69,93 71,12 70,21 69,89 69,52 52,08 56,39 54,58 52,66 53,86 55,1 55,12 53,37 51,49 55,38 53,73 51,73 Second stage of secondary education with career guidance (includes non-higher post-secondary education) 77,42 79,06 79,01 78,85 78,69 78,86 79,01 78,49 78,09 79,74 78,91 78,26 76,83 76,69 78,02 78,42 78,25 76,38 77,63 76,99 77,24 77,89 75,98 76,7 77,89 80,92 79,77 79,19 79,03 80,85 80,1 79,68 78,8 81,33 81,39 79,63 Higher education 79 79,18 79,2 78,45 78,61 78,66 78,23 78,42 78,5 78,42 78,82 78,08 74,47 74,86 74,39 74,07 74,31 74,53 73,83 74,38 74,52 73,8 74,37 74,3 83,75 83,65 84,32 83,15 83,27 82,99 82,97 82,8 82,84 83,42 83,75 82,38 Females Total 54,55 54,7 54,29 54,18 53,79 53,84 53,97 53,75 53,93 54,25 53,83 52,91 55,69 55,37 55,29 55,17 55,04 54,33 54,67 54,49 55,71 54,75 54,69 54,35 53,5 54,08 53,37 53,28 52,62 53,38 53,32 53,06 52,26 53,78 53,02 51,53 Illiterates 7,2 7,24 9,12 9,02 8,55 7,99 10,25 9,4 7,94 9,36 8,28 9,02 10,95 14,2 18,44 15,96 17,72 13,93 19,73 16,79 14,12 15,91 13,4 14,57 4,91 3,11 3,76 5 3,68 4,35 4,03 4,86 4,2 5,06 4,95 5,68 Incomplete primary education 8,58 9,91 9,95 8,76 8,02 7,47 7,44 8,04 7,11 7,12 7,35 7,62 12,32 13,63 12,89 12,92 10,67 10,64 8,98 9,63 8,55 9,17 7,76 9,88 5,98 7,09 7,65 5,62 6,03 5,21 6,33 6,89 6,1 5,51 7,05 5,87 Primary education 15,35 15,97 16,05 17,16 14,92 15,68 14,88 14,44 14,87 15,3 15,75 15,61 16,33 17,12 17,18 16,71 15,51 14,91 14,72 13,86 15,7 15,83 15,95 15,82 14,37 14,85 14,91 17,6 14,34 16,44 15,04 15,03 14,02 14,76 15,55 15,39 First stage of secondary education and the like 46,69 47,1 46,09 45,6 45,87 45,56 46,21 46,05 46,17 46,77 45,82 44,54 47,36 46,66 46,53 46,28 46,79 45,78 47,07 46,36 47,77 46,92 46,49 45,42 45,99 47,57 45,62 44,87 44,85 45,32 45,29 45,73 44,43 46,6 45,08 43,56 Second stage of secondary education, with general guidance 51,29 53,15 52,53 52,78 52,53 52,91 53,06 53,04 53,06 54,37 54,27 52,65 59,27 59,95 60,52 60,62 61,28 61,06 60,75 61,37 62,65 62,03 62,75 62,2 46,17 48,82 47,36 47,67 46,7 47,32 47,99 47,46 46,38 49,16 48,65 45,99 Second stage of secondary education with career guidance (includes non-higher post-secondary education) 69,64 69,19 68,82 69,31 68,35 68,24 69,31 68,09 69,22 69,1 69,62 69 66,4 66,28 66,97 67,91 66,72 64,83 65,02 63,92 67,19 66,49 67,42 67,16 72,96 72,15 70,72 70,73 69,98 71,6 73,56 72,13 71,13 71,71 71,8 70,84 Higher education 78,96 78,42 79,19 78,96 78,77 78,22 78,65 78,97 78,95 78,67 78,8 78,2 77,82 77,42 77,46 77,52 77,49 76,7 77,12 77,94 78,44 77,28 77,46 77,28 80,05 79,37 80,87 80,32 80 79,64 80,11 79,96 79,45 79,99 80,11 79,12 Notas: Illiterates: Matches code 01 of the classification of programs and certifications in levels of education attained of the CNED 2014. Incomplete primary education: Matches code 02 of the classification of programs and certifications in levels of education attained of the CNED 2014. Primary education: Matches code 10 of the classification of programs and certifications in levels of education attained of the CNED 2014. First stage of secondary education or similar: Encompasses codes 21 to 24 of the classification of programs and certifications in levels of education attained of the CNED 2014. Second stage of secondary education with general orientation: Matches code 32 of the classification of programs and certifications in levels of education attained of the CNED 2014. Second stage of secondary education with professional orientation (it includes post-secondary non-higher education): Encompasses codes 33 to 35, 38 and 41 of the classification of programs and certifications in levels of education attained of the CNED 2014. Higher education: Encompasses codes 51, 52, 61 to 63, 71 a 75 and 81 of the classification of programs and certifications in levels of education attained of the CNED 2014. In the first quarter of 2020, as a consequence of the declaration of the high alert period (Royal Decrees 463/2020 and 487/2020) caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the sample size of the first EPA interviews in weeks 11 to 13 has been lower than in other quarters, meaning that the variation coefficients for the most disaggregated estimates may be higher than usual. We recommended that you consult the related INEbase tables coeficientes de variación. Fuente: