Economically Active Population Survey National results Population aged 16 years old and over who have completed higher secondary education 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 22,818.7 22,007.5 21,999.9 21,460.6 20,677.8 20,040.4 19,736.2 19,006.9 2,686.2 2,556.5 2,478.8 2,406.6 2,260.6 2,176.8 2,162.0 2,086.4 4,041.1 3,845.6 3,865.1 3,842.5 3,815.0 3,664.8 3,657.8 3,721.8 4,538.2 4,640.6 4,889.1 4,987.7 5,011.3 5,161.3 5,191.3 5,167.6 5,090.4 4,848.1 4,830.9 4,694.4 4,523.3 4,339.2 4,219.2 4,042.2 6,462.8 6,116.7 5,936.1 5,529.5 5,067.5 4,698.3 4,505.9 3,988.9 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 5,662.9 5,497.3 5,557.5 5,605.5 5,407.8 5,286.9 5,278.6 5,037.0 1,522.9 1,493.4 1,449.4 1,445.6 1,356.5 1,306.2 1,256.0 1,200.8 606.6 586.2 660.7 636.5 606.6 597.3 683.3 669.2 828.8 849.4 914.3 992.1 1,037.7 1,019.8 1,068.8 1,038.2 1,008.5 978.1 990.8 1,044.2 1,022.9 1,024.3 1,024.0 1,008.3 1,696.2 1,590.3 1,542.3 1,487.1 1,384.0 1,339.3 1,246.5 1,120.4 01 Educación 1,713.5 1,599.5 1,567.5 1,468.7 1,530.9 1,345.0 1,358.1 1,312.9 101.4 84.6 87.6 75.5 91.1 80.0 87.3 90.6 416.4 365.1 368.8 341.8 342.1 306.8 307.9 294.1 359.1 328.4 337.8 314.4 327.6 331.8 325.2 300.2 289.1 274.9 249.8 248.7 270.7 218.9 233.2 225.8 547.5 546.5 523.5 488.4 499.3 407.5 404.5 402.2 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 1,251.8 1,159.8 1,142.1 1,159.6 1,109.0 1,067.6 1,094.1 1,017.8 84.3 63.5 70.0 68.5 67.8 58.5 55.3 55.4 232.9 227.1 211.8 209.2 211.4 224.2 195.5 180.4 239.9 243.5 231.4 276.7 271.6 259.0 276.9 287.5 284.4 232.5 249.4 240.6 238.8 222.4 266.3 244.9 410.4 393.2 379.4 364.6 319.5 303.6 300.0 249.6 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 732.7 726.9 677.7 650.4 638.4 617.4 629.7 614.9 42.5 38.9 34.5 28.9 32.2 30.8 31.7 44.4 133.8 144.5 137.3 133.8 132.6 141.9 134.0 153.2 179.7 169.4 181.9 184.2 189.7 169.7 197.5 179.2 195.9 176.2 159.9 138.3 153.4 150.2 148.0 134.9 180.8 198.0 164.0 165.2 130.4 124.8 118.5 103.3 04 Negocios, administración y derecho 4,458.3 4,264.6 4,331.7 4,082.0 3,814.8 3,837.2 3,822.1 3,552.4 202.1 208.0 207.9 196.1 157.8 163.6 178.9 177.3 823.9 701.9 772.7 739.7 717.7 727.2 715.6 688.3 948.0 982.8 1,071.1 1,067.6 1,071.3 1,180.5 1,209.1 1,201.3 1,268.7 1,240.3 1,194.1 1,146.8 1,044.0 1,003.5 969.6 894.7 1,215.6 1,131.6 1,085.9 931.8 824.1 762.3 749.0 590.8 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 769.7 777.5 789.6 776.5 743.7 776.4 714.1 693.3 43.2 47.1 45.1 49.5 39.4 33.1 36.1 33.7 172.6 153.6 156.7 127.0 145.6 159.8 131.8 161.7 150.7 184.9 200.3 209.9 233.6 237.5 239.0 226.4 189.4 180.9 180.5 166.8 153.8 166.4 140.2 135.9 213.9 211.0 206.9 223.3 171.3 179.5 167.1 135.7 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 1,047.3 962.3 870.9 855.4 821.0 785.9 715.6 700.0 129.6 114.3 102.2 88.9 83.9 80.2 66.5 68.3 292.6 264.2 214.0 234.8 251.3 224.1 219.8 235.9 311.8 280.2 289.7 266.1 258.4 295.6 262.7 256.0 204.4 209.8 179.9 184.2 164.6 130.3 120.4 111.1 108.9 93.8 85.2 81.5 62.8 55.8 46.3 28.6 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 3,096.5 3,167.5 3,138.4 3,088.6 2,993.0 2,927.2 2,906.2 2,856.6 179.0 179.8 158.7 150.2 150.2 160.9 165.6 144.3 447.0 500.9 478.6 558.9 519.4 530.1 534.3 539.5 630.7 738.2 735.9 740.4 758.0 771.7 797.5 830.8 824.1 807.6 790.3 756.3 734.8 720.4 669.2 657.3 1,015.6 941.0 974.9 882.8 830.5 744.0 739.7 684.8 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 304.7 297.9 278.0 275.3 253.1 245.4 216.8 220.0 25.4 14.0 19.1 17.2 13.8 16.1 15.1 13.1 47.4 64.1 37.8 42.6 55.5 36.0 38.5 42.7 67.2 61.4 63.0 74.4 65.2 70.0 63.2 66.0 70.9 67.8 82.2 75.7 58.7 69.1 57.7 55.5 93.7 90.6 75.9 65.3 59.9 54.1 42.3 42.7 09 Salud y servicios sociales 2,493.2 2,324.0 2,390.0 2,307.5 2,167.1 2,036.0 1,941.4 1,901.4 213.4 188.1 181.8 160.6 145.3 135.5 139.0 149.6 552.6 510.7 483.8 499.5 512.5 428.3 432.0 440.8 528.3 494.0 550.4 559.6 492.9 495.5 460.9 472.8 468.4 423.8 488.3 440.1 426.7 413.0 386.3 378.7 730.5 707.4 685.7 647.6 589.7 563.7 523.2 459.5 10 Servicios 1,149.0 1,123.9 1,137.4 1,084.7 1,089.1 993.3 945.5 952.6 123.9 114.2 111.3 113.4 111.9 95.4 122.0 97.2 278.4 303.6 314.0 291.8 295.8 258.2 238.7 273.3 269.2 286.8 287.6 281.8 280.8 301.1 256.9 268.0 257.5 233.9 244.2 229.1 233.9 193.0 187.5 172.4 220.0 185.3 180.3 168.7 166.8 145.6 140.5 141.6 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 139.0 106.1 119.3 106.3 109.9 122.1 114.0 148.1 18.5 10.7 11.2 12.1 10.7 16.6 8.5 11.5 36.7 23.6 28.8 26.8 24.4 30.7 26.5 42.8 24.9 21.5 25.8 20.5 24.6 29.2 33.7 41.2 29.2 22.4 21.2 23.7 21.1 27.7 17.0 22.7 29.7 28.0 32.3 23.2 29.1 18.1 28.3 29.9 Males Total 10,981.9 10,554.3 10,629.9 10,315.8 9,970.7 9,697.2 9,561.4 9,239.9 1,325.3 1,246.1 1,196.5 1,134.2 1,054.4 1,022.9 1,023.5 951.1 1,935.1 1,778.4 1,826.3 1,786.5 1,793.6 1,672.8 1,679.0 1,691.6 2,073.9 2,186.9 2,287.7 2,301.7 2,329.8 2,437.9 2,452.7 2,471.0 2,442.2 2,291.4 2,312.9 2,268.4 2,172.6 2,101.9 2,046.3 1,967.6 3,205.4 3,051.5 3,006.5 2,825.0 2,620.2 2,461.7 2,359.9 2,158.6 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 2,855.4 2,680.1 2,771.5 2,762.7 2,687.5 2,586.0 2,654.4 2,582.2 718.9 694.0 689.1 639.4 616.6 590.2 585.6 549.2 353.6 276.7 357.8 348.2 323.0 288.7 336.3 332.5 401.1 416.0 461.2 516.9 512.3 517.2 570.9 567.0 526.3 488.4 500.1 506.3 520.2 498.1 505.3 532.5 855.6 805.0 763.4 751.9 715.5 691.8 656.3 601.0 01 Educación 412.3 405.7 376.4 335.6 387.8 315.3 288.3 299.8 28.6 25.4 24.1 19.4 22.3 17.2 15.4 16.9 104.2 84.7 89.8 73.7 71.0 65.5 70.0 59.0 95.1 80.1 83.3 65.3 82.1 78.1 60.0 71.9 61.7 58.3 51.5 53.9 64.1 42.3 42.7 43.4 122.7 157.2 127.7 123.2 148.3 112.2 100.2 108.6 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 493.4 473.6 473.8 452.5 442.7 421.3 445.4 395.4 31.6 31.7 24.0 32.6 28.6 24.3 25.7 21.4 99.2 83.3 100.0 86.3 87.8 86.8 80.1 68.1 91.0 92.2 96.4 94.3 112.8 100.9 106.9 108.9 100.3 99.9 101.6 84.6 81.7 91.4 119.7 94.7 171.3 166.5 151.7 154.7 131.9 118.0 113.0 102.3 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 264.5 259.0 232.0 238.6 216.5 219.5 206.5 221.9 17.2 6.9 7.8 8.6 7.1 7.2 8.2 13.4 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 1,680.7 1,615.4 1,597.2 1,566.9 1,440.5 1,447.4 1,476.0 1,306.2 101.7 87.7 94.5 86.9 69.5 65.8 70.1 63.2 327.0 305.0 275.5 280.1 269.2 234.1 255.4 227.1 327.9 344.6 359.8 362.6 374.3 437.0 431.9 402.8 461.6 419.1 420.2 436.5 382.3 360.5 378.1 318.6 462.4 459.0 447.3 400.8 345.2 350.1 340.5 294.4 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 398.3 372.4 417.1 402.9 365.7 379.0 373.1 352.9 26.6 23.2 17.2 27.7 15.3 16.6 20.9 18.2 72.4 67.1 74.3 56.7 68.6 76.4 67.0 85.4 72.2 75.2 95.5 87.1 101.1 84.1 113.9 102.7 101.3 88.9 102.2 92.7 79.5 92.4 63.5 70.2 125.9 118.1 127.8 138.7 101.3 109.6 107.7 76.3 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 797.6 748.6 683.9 637.6 630.4 600.0 549.8 541.8 111.9 101.2 91.2 72.0 66.6 69.0 57.1 55.6 235.9 216.8 174.3 173.9 190.9 172.1 177.5 188.4 232.0 230.1 226.6 202.0 196.9 224.3 189.7 195.5 143.3 139.7 122.5 126.7 123.7 88.1 91.0 81.0 74.5 60.8 69.3 62.9 52.3 46.5 34.5 21.2 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 2,788.6 2,802.9 2,800.5 2,733.7 2,642.2 2,629.6 2,592.8 2,569.3 164.2 166.4 144.0 137.2 137.2 143.8 150.6 123.8 395.6 421.0 418.3 464.8 439.3 457.6 449.4 464.5 537.2 642.5 633.9 642.9 645.5 674.4 685.4 729.1 741.9 707.4 706.7 666.8 653.4 651.8 621.0 600.4 949.7 865.6 897.6 822.1 766.9 702.0 686.3 651.4 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 198.2 212.2 179.6 179.7 171.8 182.7 157.8 147.3 17.8 11.1 12.5 10.9 7.4 12.4 10.2 8.7 24.0 43.0 18.5 23.8 27.0 22.6 22.8 20.8 39.2 40.1 39.1 40.1 45.1 43.5 40.2 35.3 41.4 45.3 46.3 56.0 41.2 57.9 45.1 44.6 75.8 72.7 63.2 48.9 51.0 46.3 39.5 37.8 09 Salud y servicios sociales 554.6 515.1 562.0 534.4 492.7 479.7 415.6 417.2 32.6 40.7 37.4 37.6 30.6 32.6 28.6 35.6 138.7 112.1 116.5 109.1 126.3 108.1 83.6 87.4 116.0 102.9 116.5 127.5 93.8 100.8 94.1 105.3 93.5 93.9 111.0 101.7 84.4 87.4 68.4 73.6 173.8 165.4 180.5 158.5 157.7 150.7 140.9 115.3 10 Servicios 477.2 418.4 469.4 411.0 424.4 369.9 342.0 334.0 60.9 52.9 49.8 53.2 47.0 39.1 46.1 38.9 129.9 106.1 136.8 109.3 127.4 87.1 87.9 101.6 95.4 104.6 109.9 93.5 98.7 110.4 78.3 73.0 87.1 70.7 86.0 77.4 74.7 64.8 54.9 48.7 104.0 84.2 86.8 77.5 76.6 68.6 74.8 71.8 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 61.0 51.0 66.6 60.2 68.4 66.6 59.9 71.8 13.3 5.0 4.8 8.4 6.3 4.7 5.0 6.2 14.1 11.6 18.8 15.7 16.0 21.4 9.9 17.0 9.8 6.2 15.4 6.8 16.6 12.6 20.5 18.2 12.3 11.9 7.8 13.8 10.8 15.5 8.0 11.7 11.6 16.3 19.9 15.5 18.6 12.3 16.5 18.7 Females Total 11,836.8 11,453.3 11,370.0 11,144.7 10,707.1 10,343.2 10,174.8 9,767.0 1,361.0 1,310.5 1,282.3 1,272.4 1,206.2 1,153.9 1,138.5 1,135.3 2,106.0 2,067.2 2,038.8 2,056.0 2,021.4 1,992.0 1,978.8 2,030.2 2,464.3 2,453.7 2,601.4 2,685.9 2,681.5 2,723.4 2,738.6 2,696.6 2,648.1 2,556.7 2,517.9 2,426.0 2,350.8 2,237.3 2,172.9 2,074.6 3,257.4 3,065.2 2,929.6 2,704.5 2,447.3 2,236.6 2,145.9 1,830.3 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 2,807.6 2,817.3 2,786.0 2,842.8 2,720.2 2,700.8 2,624.2 2,454.8 804.0 799.4 760.3 806.2 739.9 715.9 670.4 651.6 253.1 309.5 303.0 288.4 283.6 308.6 347.0 336.7 427.7 433.4 453.1 475.3 525.4 502.6 498.0 471.2 482.2 489.8 490.7 537.8 502.8 526.2 518.7 475.8 840.6 785.3 778.9 735.1 668.5 647.5 590.1 519.4 01 Educación 1,301.1 1,193.9 1,191.2 1,133.1 1,143.2 1,029.6 1,069.8 1,013.2 72.8 59.3 63.5 56.1 68.8 62.8 71.9 73.8 312.1 280.4 279.0 268.1 271.2 241.3 237.9 235.1 264.0 248.3 254.5 249.1 245.4 253.7 265.2 228.3 227.3 216.6 198.3 194.8 206.6 176.7 190.5 182.4 424.8 389.3 395.8 365.1 351.0 295.2 304.3 293.6 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 758.5 686.2 668.3 707.1 666.3 646.3 648.7 622.4 52.8 31.8 46.0 35.9 39.2 34.2 29.6 34.0 133.7 143.8 111.8 123.0 123.5 137.4 115.4 112.2 148.8 151.3 135.0 182.4 158.9 158.1 170.0 178.6 184.0 132.6 147.8 156.0 157.1 131.0 146.6 150.2 239.1 226.7 227.7 209.9 187.6 185.6 187.0 147.4 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 468.2 467.9 445.6 411.8 421.8 397.9 423.2 393.0 25.3 32.0 26.7 20.3 25.2 23.6 23.5 31.0 93.4 93.6 91.5 88.8 85.4 89.4 95.0 113.6 122.6 117.0 131.8 121.4 139.2 115.1 136.6 118.0 124.4 108.1 103.0 86.3 96.8 98.6 99.4 86.8 102.6 117.3 92.7 95.1 75.2 71.2 68.7 43.6 04 Negocios, administración y derecho 2,777.6 2,649.2 2,734.5 2,515.1 2,374.3 2,389.7 2,346.1 2,246.1 100.4 120.3 113.4 109.2 88.3 97.8 108.8 114.1 496.9 396.9 497.3 459.7 448.5 493.2 460.2 461.2 620.1 638.3 711.3 705.0 696.9 743.5 777.1 798.5 807.1 821.2 773.9 710.2 661.7 643.1 591.5 576.1 753.2 672.6 638.6 531.0 478.9 412.2 408.5 296.3 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 371.4 405.1 372.5 373.6 378.0 397.4 341.0 340.4 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 78.5 109.7 104.8 122.8 132.5 153.4 125.0 123.6 88.1 92.0 78.3 74.2 74.3 74.0 76.6 65.7 88.0 92.9 79.1 84.5 70.1 69.9 59.4 59.4 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 249.6 213.7 187.0 217.8 190.6 185.9 165.8 158.2 17.6 13.1 11.0 16.9 17.3 11.2 9.3 12.7 56.7 47.4 39.6 60.8 60.4 52.0 42.3 47.6 79.8 50.1 63.1 64.0 61.5 71.3 73.0 60.5 61.1 70.1 57.3 57.5 40.9 42.1 29.4 30.1 34.5 33.0 15.9 18.7 10.5 9.3 11.8 7.3 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 307.9 364.6 337.8 354.8 350.8 297.5 313.5 287.3 14.8 13.4 14.7 13.0 13.0 17.1 15.0 20.5 51.4 79.8 60.3 94.2 80.2 72.5 84.9 75.0 93.5 95.7 102.0 97.6 112.5 97.3 112.1 101.6 82.2 100.2 83.6 89.5 81.4 68.5 48.2 56.9 65.9 75.4 77.2 60.6 63.7 42.1 53.3 33.3 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 106.4 85.8 98.5 95.6 81.3 62.7 59.1 72.7 7.6 3.0 6.7 6.3 6.3 3.7 4.9 4.4 23.4 21.1 19.3 18.9 28.5 13.5 15.7 21.8 28.0 21.3 23.9 34.3 20.0 26.5 22.9 30.7 29.4 22.4 35.9 19.7 17.5 11.2 12.6 10.9 18.0 18.0 12.7 16.4 8.9 7.8 2.9 4.8 09 Salud y servicios sociales 1,938.6 1,808.9 1,828.0 1,773.1 1,674.4 1,556.4 1,525.8 1,484.2 180.9 147.4 144.3 123.1 114.7 102.9 110.5 114.0 413.9 398.6 367.2 390.4 386.2 320.2 348.4 353.4 412.3 391.0 433.9 432.2 399.1 394.7 366.8 367.5 374.9 329.9 377.4 338.4 342.4 325.5 317.9 305.1 556.7 542.0 505.2 489.1 432.0 413.0 382.3 344.2 10 Servicios 671.7 705.5 668.0 673.7 664.7 623.4 603.5 618.5 63.0 61.3 61.5 60.2 64.9 56.3 75.9 58.4 148.5 197.5 177.2 182.5 168.4 171.1 150.8 171.7 173.8 182.3 177.7 188.2 182.1 190.7 178.6 195.0 170.4 163.2 158.2 151.7 159.2 128.2 132.6 123.7 116.0 101.1 93.5 91.1 90.1 77.0 65.7 69.8 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 78.0 55.2 52.7 46.1 41.5 55.5 54.1 76.3 5.2 5.6 6.4 3.6 4.4 11.9 3.4 5.3 22.7 12.0 10.0 11.1 8.4 9.2 16.6 25.8 15.1 15.3 10.4 13.7 7.9 16.5 13.2 23.0 16.9 10.5 13.4 10.0 10.2 12.1 9.0 11.0 18.1 11.7 12.4 7.8 10.6 5.7 11.8 11.1 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