Economically Active Population Survey National results Population aged 16 years old and over by sector of the level of education attained, sex and age group Units: Thousands Persons Total From 16 to 24 years From 25 to 34 years (current quarter) From 35 to 44 years From 45 to 54 years 55 and more years 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 Both sexes Total 40,982.7 40,367.3 39,926.1 39,578.8 39,269.3 38,886.8 38,654.1 38,531.5 4,570.2 4,424.2 4,293.0 4,279.0 4,177.1 4,078.0 4,017.7 3,996.4 5,389.2 5,283.3 5,249.1 5,270.4 5,290.3 5,307.4 5,369.2 5,522.6 6,737.8 6,852.8 7,023.8 7,153.4 7,321.3 7,449.3 7,564.4 7,675.7 7,877.8 7,763.7 7,659.8 7,560.9 7,472.5 7,374.2 7,274.4 7,183.2 16,407.7 16,043.3 15,700.3 15,315.2 15,008.0 14,677.9 14,428.4 14,153.6 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 22,959.0 22,882.4 22,645.4 22,928.7 23,159.2 23,240.5 23,272.5 23,528.7 3,379.1 3,321.1 3,225.6 3,278.9 3,232.9 3,172.1 3,059.9 3,056.2 1,889.3 1,959.5 1,993.0 2,008.4 2,026.9 2,183.7 2,329.3 2,396.9 2,910.1 2,940.4 2,959.5 3,065.0 3,273.9 3,238.7 3,377.6 3,447.9 3,671.0 3,754.8 3,702.5 3,826.3 3,875.1 3,978.1 3,985.8 4,045.4 11,109.6 10,906.7 10,764.9 10,750.0 10,750.5 10,667.9 10,519.8 10,582.3 01 Educación 1,714.3 1,602.2 1,569.8 1,471.6 1,532.2 1,345.8 1,358.6 1,313.4 101.4 84.6 87.6 75.5 91.1 80.4 87.3 90.6 417.2 365.1 368.8 342.5 342.1 306.8 308.0 294.3 359.1 329.4 337.8 314.4 327.8 331.8 325.2 300.2 289.1 275.6 250.9 250.8 270.7 219.3 233.2 225.8 547.5 547.4 524.7 488.4 500.3 407.5 405.0 402.4 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 1,254.6 1,167.4 1,142.7 1,162.9 1,110.9 1,067.9 1,096.3 1,018.8 85.8 69.2 70.0 68.5 67.8 58.5 56.2 55.4 232.9 227.1 212.3 209.2 211.4 224.2 195.5 180.6 239.9 243.5 231.4 276.8 271.7 259.2 276.9 287.5 285.7 232.5 249.4 241.3 239.9 222.4 266.3 245.3 410.4 395.0 379.6 366.9 320.1 303.6 301.4 250.0 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 732.7 727.3 679.1 650.4 638.4 617.4 631.3 616.8 42.5 38.9 35.2 28.9 32.2 30.8 33.3 44.9 133.8 144.5 137.3 133.8 132.6 141.9 134.0 153.2 179.7 169.4 181.9 184.2 189.7 169.7 197.5 180.6 195.9 176.2 159.9 138.3 153.4 150.2 148.0 134.9 180.8 198.4 164.8 165.2 130.4 124.8 118.5 103.3 04 Negocios, administración y derecho 4,471.2 4,285.0 4,351.7 4,094.6 3,821.0 3,849.1 3,833.0 3,564.4 202.9 210.6 210.8 198.2 159.6 168.5 184.6 180.5 827.1 703.3 781.6 742.2 718.0 730.0 716.8 693.2 949.4 984.3 1,073.7 1,070.3 1,072.8 1,181.6 1,210.2 1,203.3 1,271.9 1,247.9 1,194.9 1,150.1 1,044.8 1,005.0 970.3 895.1 1,219.8 1,138.9 1,090.8 933.7 825.8 764.1 751.2 592.3 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 771.8 780.7 792.1 778.3 746.4 777.9 718.3 693.7 43.2 47.1 45.1 50.4 40.0 34.0 36.1 34.1 172.6 155.8 158.7 127.0 145.6 159.8 133.3 161.7 151.9 184.9 200.3 209.9 234.0 238.2 239.9 226.4 189.4 181.2 180.7 166.8 154.2 166.4 141.9 135.9 214.7 211.7 207.4 224.2 172.5 179.5 167.1 135.7 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 1,052.7 963.8 877.7 859.1 826.0 789.2 717.1 705.5 131.1 114.3 105.2 91.3 84.3 80.8 66.7 70.9 293.9 264.2 215.3 234.8 253.0 226.1 219.8 236.9 313.1 280.8 289.9 266.7 259.8 295.9 262.7 256.6 205.4 209.9 182.2 184.5 164.8 130.6 120.4 112.3 109.2 94.7 85.2 81.9 64.2 55.8 47.6 28.7 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 3,162.0 3,226.0 3,190.3 3,136.7 3,035.7 2,959.0 2,952.6 2,913.5 182.2 189.2 163.2 157.4 160.8 164.9 176.4 161.2 461.0 512.1 490.5 571.6 530.4 540.3 552.1 552.4 644.9 749.9 748.5 753.8 763.1 778.2 801.8 839.6 845.4 819.8 801.5 764.0 745.1 726.4 677.3 668.5 1,028.5 955.0 986.7 890.0 836.2 749.3 745.1 691.8 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 310.2 306.8 287.0 284.4 260.1 251.7 228.6 230.3 26.0 15.8 19.6 19.8 14.2 18.6 16.4 15.9 50.9 64.1 38.7 44.1 56.7 36.9 39.8 45.0 67.4 62.1 65.1 75.6 66.9 71.3 66.4 67.5 71.7 71.0 85.4 77.6 61.0 70.0 61.5 57.8 94.2 93.8 78.2 67.3 61.3 55.0 44.4 44.1 09 Salud y servicios sociales 2,550.0 2,387.0 2,436.2 2,343.5 2,204.0 2,055.0 1,957.5 1,917.0 213.4 188.5 183.2 163.5 147.0 137.9 139.6 150.0 558.4 517.5 487.6 504.2 517.7 428.8 433.2 444.1 540.9 505.1 560.4 565.0 500.5 498.9 463.1 477.1 490.2 443.2 499.7 449.9 439.8 421.5 393.4 382.5 747.1 732.7 705.2 660.9 599.0 568.0 528.1 463.2 10 Servicios 1,206.8 1,190.2 1,193.1 1,135.6 1,123.8 1,022.2 974.5 988.4 129.4 122.1 121.4 123.9 118.8 101.2 132.6 106.9 292.3 316.5 323.3 305.6 299.5 267.8 245.3 281.3 284.9 305.2 299.5 292.7 289.6 304.6 261.6 272.6 265.7 239.6 261.2 237.8 243.2 199.4 192.0 181.4 234.6 206.7 187.6 175.7 172.6 149.1 143.0 146.4 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 797.4 848.5 760.8 733.0 811.7 911.1 913.8 1,041.0 33.2 22.6 26.1 22.7 28.4 30.4 28.5 29.8 59.8 53.6 41.9 47.0 56.3 61.1 62.2 83.1 96.5 97.9 75.8 79.0 71.4 81.3 81.5 116.4 96.4 112.1 91.6 73.3 80.4 84.9 84.4 98.3 511.5 562.3 525.3 511.0 575.2 653.4 657.2 713.4 Males Total 19,914.2 19,620.4 19,413.0 19,241.9 19,094.5 18,908.8 18,803.1 18,754.0 2,351.0 2,273.6 2,202.3 2,197.1 2,141.9 2,086.7 2,053.9 2,041.8 2,725.1 2,666.8 2,646.6 2,642.2 2,645.9 2,647.8 2,675.3 2,751.6 3,364.7 3,430.1 3,528.1 3,572.0 3,668.1 3,744.6 3,815.6 3,883.4 3,954.3 3,899.8 3,849.7 3,787.1 3,743.9 3,695.2 3,644.8 3,598.0 7,519.2 7,350.1 7,186.3 7,043.6 6,894.7 6,734.5 6,613.4 6,479.3 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 11,461.0 11,362.6 11,235.7 11,400.0 11,499.0 11,476.7 11,538.7 11,714.8 1,731.0 1,702.0 1,670.7 1,674.1 1,675.8 1,633.3 1,581.0 1,602.4 1,112.0 1,130.5 1,150.5 1,173.1 1,147.1 1,234.1 1,288.8 1,357.8 1,633.2 1,611.5 1,660.9 1,749.6 1,811.9 1,790.8 1,904.9 1,937.0 1,984.2 2,023.3 1,984.9 1,989.8 2,051.5 2,057.4 2,053.2 2,117.0 5,000.6 4,895.2 4,768.9 4,813.4 4,812.8 4,761.2 4,710.8 4,700.6 01 Educación 412.3 407.3 376.4 336.0 388.0 316.1 288.7 300.2 28.6 25.4 24.1 19.4 22.3 17.5 15.4 16.9 104.2 84.7 89.8 74.1 71.0 65.5 70.0 59.2 95.1 81.1 83.3 65.3 82.4 78.1 60.0 71.9 61.7 58.9 51.5 53.9 64.1 42.7 42.7 43.4 122.7 157.2 127.7 123.2 148.3 112.2 100.7 108.8 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 496.2 473.8 473.8 453.4 443.5 421.3 447.4 396.4 33.0 31.7 24.0 32.6 28.6 24.3 26.6 21.4 99.2 83.3 100.0 86.3 87.8 86.8 80.1 68.4 91.0 92.2 96.4 94.3 112.8 100.9 106.9 108.9 101.6 99.9 101.6 84.6 82.4 91.4 119.7 95.0 171.3 166.7 151.7 155.7 131.9 118.0 114.2 102.6 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 264.5 259.0 232.0 238.6 216.5 219.5 207.9 222.1 17.2 6.9 7.8 8.6 7.1 7.2 9.5 13.6 40.4 50.9 45.8 45.0 47.2 52.5 39.1 39.6 57.1 52.4 50.1 62.9 50.5 54.6 60.9 61.2 71.5 68.1 57.0 52.0 56.6 51.6 48.6 48.1 78.3 80.7 71.3 70.1 55.2 53.7 49.8 59.6 04 Negocios, administración y derecho 1,682.4 1,620.2 1,604.2 1,571.0 1,442.3 1,449.5 1,481.4 1,310.4 101.7 88.9 97.4 88.7 70.7 66.9 73.7 65.0 327.0 305.5 277.2 280.9 269.2 234.1 256.2 228.5 327.9 344.6 360.2 363.5 374.3 437.0 432.2 402.8 462.5 419.5 420.7 436.7 382.3 361.0 378.1 318.6 463.3 461.7 448.7 401.2 345.7 350.6 341.2 295.5 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 399.3 375.1 419.1 403.8 368.2 380.5 377.3 353.3 26.6 23.2 17.2 28.6 15.9 17.4 20.9 18.6 72.4 69.2 76.3 56.7 68.6 76.4 68.6 85.4 72.3 75.2 95.5 87.1 101.5 84.7 114.9 102.7 101.3 89.0 102.2 92.7 79.7 92.4 65.3 70.2 126.7 118.5 127.8 138.7 102.5 109.6 107.7 76.3 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 800.3 749.2 687.1 641.0 634.4 602.6 551.3 546.4 113.4 101.2 92.1 74.4 67.0 69.6 57.4 57.9 235.9 216.8 174.3 173.9 191.7 174.1 177.5 189.3 232.7 230.7 226.6 202.7 198.3 224.3 189.7 195.5 143.8 139.7 124.8 127.1 124.0 88.1 91.0 82.3 74.5 60.8 69.3 62.9 53.4 46.5 35.8 21.4 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 2,845.2 2,857.4 2,847.8 2,777.8 2,682.8 2,659.2 2,636.4 2,620.6 167.4 175.1 148.5 143.7 147.7 147.7 161.4 140.7 408.2 432.1 429.9 477.4 450.3 467.8 466.9 477.4 550.0 652.3 645.1 655.4 650.5 680.9 687.9 737.1 760.6 719.0 716.4 673.5 662.4 657.3 629.1 608.6 959.1 878.9 907.9 827.8 772.0 705.5 691.0 656.8 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 202.5 220.4 185.7 187.5 176.5 186.5 168.1 155.4 18.4 12.5 13.0 13.2 7.8 14.6 11.5 10.9 26.7 43.0 19.4 25.2 27.0 23.4 24.1 23.2 39.5 40.8 40.3 41.2 46.4 43.8 42.5 36.2 42.3 48.5 48.2 57.2 43.3 58.3 48.4 46.1 75.8 75.5 64.9 50.7 52.0 46.3 41.5 39.1 09 Salud y servicios sociales 560.7 522.3 567.2 537.6 496.2 480.7 417.2 418.6 32.6 40.7 37.4 38.1 30.9 32.6 28.6 35.6 139.8 112.8 118.7 109.8 127.3 108.1 83.6 87.8 117.1 106.3 116.7 127.8 94.4 101.2 94.1 106.2 96.8 96.5 111.8 102.0 85.7 88.1 69.1 73.7 174.5 166.0 182.6 159.8 157.9 150.7 141.8 115.3 10 Servicios 496.1 433.7 484.2 426.7 435.9 377.7 355.7 346.9 63.4 55.9 53.5 58.9 51.6 42.9 55.1 43.3 133.7 110.3 137.6 112.5 128.9 88.0 89.0 104.4 101.7 107.3 113.9 97.6 101.7 111.0 79.8 73.6 88.8 72.6 91.0 79.5 75.5 66.4 57.0 52.7 108.4 87.7 88.3 78.1 78.2 69.4 74.8 72.9 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 293.7 339.3 299.8 268.5 311.1 338.4 332.9 369.0 17.7 10.1 16.5 16.6 16.4 12.5 12.8 15.6 25.6 27.6 27.1 27.3 30.0 37.1 31.6 30.7 47.1 35.8 39.2 24.6 43.4 37.2 41.9 50.2 39.1 64.7 39.7 38.0 36.5 40.5 42.6 42.2 164.1 201.1 177.3 162.0 184.7 211.0 204.0 230.4 Females Total 21,068.5 20,746.9 20,513.0 20,336.9 20,174.8 19,978.0 19,851.0 19,777.5 2,219.2 2,150.6 2,090.7 2,081.9 2,035.2 1,991.3 1,963.8 1,954.6 2,664.2 2,616.5 2,602.6 2,628.2 2,644.4 2,659.7 2,693.9 2,771.0 3,373.1 3,422.7 3,495.6 3,581.4 3,653.2 3,704.7 3,748.8 3,792.3 3,923.5 3,863.9 3,810.1 3,773.8 3,728.6 3,679.0 3,629.6 3,585.2 8,888.5 8,693.2 8,514.0 8,271.6 8,113.4 7,943.4 7,815.0 7,674.3 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 11,498.0 11,519.8 11,409.7 11,528.8 11,660.2 11,763.8 11,733.7 11,813.9 1,648.1 1,619.1 1,554.9 1,604.9 1,557.1 1,538.9 1,478.9 1,453.8 777.3 829.0 842.5 835.4 879.8 949.6 1,040.5 1,039.1 1,276.9 1,328.9 1,298.6 1,315.4 1,462.0 1,447.9 1,472.7 1,510.9 1,686.7 1,731.4 1,717.6 1,836.5 1,823.6 1,920.7 1,932.6 1,928.4 6,109.0 6,011.5 5,996.0 5,936.6 5,937.7 5,906.7 5,809.0 5,881.7 01 Educación 1,301.9 1,194.8 1,193.5 1,135.6 1,144.2 1,029.6 1,069.9 1,013.2 72.8 59.3 63.5 56.1 68.8 62.8 71.9 73.8 312.9 280.4 279.0 268.4 271.2 241.3 238.0 235.1 264.0 248.3 254.5 249.1 245.4 253.7 265.2 228.3 227.3 216.6 199.4 196.9 206.6 176.7 190.5 182.4 424.8 390.2 397.0 365.1 352.1 295.2 304.3 293.6 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 758.5 693.6 668.9 709.4 667.4 646.6 648.9 622.4 52.8 37.6 46.0 35.9 39.2 34.2 29.6 34.0 133.7 143.8 112.3 123.0 123.5 137.4 115.4 112.2 148.8 151.3 135.0 182.6 159.0 158.3 170.0 178.6 184.0 132.6 147.8 156.7 157.5 131.0 146.6 150.2 239.1 228.3 227.9 211.2 188.2 185.6 187.2 147.4 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 468.2 468.3 447.1 411.8 421.8 397.9 423.4 394.7 25.3 32.0 27.3 20.3 25.2 23.6 23.8 31.2 93.4 93.6 91.5 88.8 85.4 89.4 95.0 113.6 122.6 117.0 131.8 121.4 139.2 115.1 136.6 119.4 124.4 108.1 103.0 86.3 96.8 98.6 99.4 86.8 102.6 117.6 93.5 95.1 75.2 71.2 68.7 43.6 04 Negocios, administración y derecho 2,788.7 2,664.9 2,747.5 2,523.6 2,378.7 2,399.6 2,351.6 2,254.0 101.1 121.8 113.4 109.5 88.9 101.6 110.9 115.5 500.2 397.8 504.3 461.4 448.8 495.9 460.6 464.7 621.5 639.7 713.5 706.8 698.5 744.7 777.9 800.5 809.4 828.4 774.2 713.4 662.4 643.9 592.2 576.4 756.5 677.2 642.1 532.5 480.0 413.5 410.0 296.8 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 372.5 405.6 373.0 374.5 378.2 397.4 341.0 340.4 16.6 23.9 27.8 21.8 24.1 16.5 15.2 15.4 100.2 86.6 82.5 70.3 77.0 83.5 64.7 76.2 79.6 109.7 104.8 122.8 132.5 153.4 125.0 123.6 88.1 92.2 78.5 74.2 74.5 74.0 76.6 65.7 88.0 93.2 79.5 85.4 70.1 69.9 59.4 59.4 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 252.4 214.7 190.6 218.2 191.7 186.6 165.8 159.1 17.6 13.1 13.0 16.9 17.3 11.2 9.3 13.1 58.0 47.4 41.0 60.8 61.3 52.0 42.3 47.6 80.5 50.1 63.3 64.0 61.5 71.6 73.0 61.1 61.6 70.2 57.3 57.5 40.9 42.5 29.4 30.1 34.7 33.9 15.9 19.0 10.7 9.3 11.8 7.3 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 316.8 368.5 342.5 358.9 352.9 299.8 316.1 292.9 14.8 14.1 14.8 13.7 13.0 17.1 15.0 20.5 52.8 80.0 60.5 94.2 80.2 72.5 85.2 75.0 94.9 97.6 103.4 98.4 112.7 97.3 113.8 102.5 84.8 100.8 85.1 90.4 82.7 69.0 48.2 59.9 69.4 76.1 78.7 62.2 64.3 43.8 54.0 35.0 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 107.6 86.4 101.3 96.9 83.6 65.3 60.5 74.9 7.6 3.3 6.7 6.6 6.3 4.0 4.9 5.0 24.2 21.1 19.3 18.9 29.8 13.5 15.7 21.8 28.0 21.3 24.9 34.3 20.5 27.4 23.9 31.3 29.4 22.4 37.2 20.4 17.7 11.6 13.1 11.7 18.4 18.3 13.3 16.6 9.3 8.7 2.9 5.0 09 Salud y servicios sociales 1,989.3 1,864.7 1,869.0 1,805.9 1,707.8 1,574.3 1,540.3 1,498.5 180.9 147.9 145.8 125.4 116.1 105.3 111.0 114.5 418.7 404.7 369.0 394.4 390.4 320.7 349.6 356.3 423.8 398.8 443.7 437.1 406.1 397.6 369.0 370.9 393.4 346.7 387.9 347.8 354.1 333.5 324.3 308.8 572.5 566.7 522.6 501.1 441.0 417.3 386.3 348.0 10 Servicios 710.8 756.4 708.9 708.9 687.9 644.5 618.9 641.6 66.0 66.2 67.9 64.9 67.2 58.3 77.5 63.6 158.6 206.2 185.8 193.1 170.7 179.8 156.2 176.9 183.1 197.9 185.6 195.0 187.9 193.6 181.8 198.9 176.9 167.0 170.3 158.3 167.7 133.1 135.0 128.7 126.2 119.1 99.4 97.6 94.4 79.7 68.3 73.4 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 503.7 509.2 461.0 464.6 500.6 572.7 580.8 671.9 15.6 12.5 9.7 6.1 12.0 17.9 15.7 14.2 34.2 26.0 14.9 19.7 26.3 24.0 30.6 52.4 49.3 62.1 36.6 54.4 27.9 44.1 39.6 66.2 57.3 47.4 51.9 35.4 43.9 44.3 41.8 56.1 347.3 361.2 348.0 349.1 390.4 442.4 453.2 483.0 Notes: Los datos de 2006 a 2020 están calculados según la base poblacional 2011. Desde 2021 se utiliza la base 2021 Source: National Statistics Institute