Economically Active Population Survey National results Population aged 16 years old and over currently studying (regulated or unregulated studies) 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 8,273.7 7,824.6 7,408.5 6,146.0 6,194.5 6,019.3 5,923.0 5,589.2 3,430.6 3,318.0 3,157.4 3,051.4 2,970.4 2,918.2 2,891.3 2,852.7 1,379.5 1,344.6 1,395.7 1,082.4 1,135.0 1,072.5 1,060.2 1,059.0 1,276.8 1,200.0 1,194.6 805.9 923.4 911.8 923.6 808.6 1,207.5 1,141.9 975.7 765.6 662.6 672.0 616.7 508.9 979.2 820.1 685.1 440.7 503.1 444.8 431.2 360.0 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 4,127.3 3,922.8 3,644.0 3,345.8 3,374.0 3,349.7 3,322.8 3,169.2 2,770.0 2,715.2 2,581.6 2,564.9 2,479.9 2,468.6 2,417.0 2,372.0 343.6 325.3 358.1 266.2 283.1 284.2 297.1 291.0 332.7 315.9 269.7 167.0 222.6 204.1 246.0 183.8 305.6 286.9 226.7 208.7 189.5 206.3 179.2 147.8 375.4 279.4 207.8 139.0 198.9 186.5 183.5 174.6 01 Educación 517.3 466.5 438.8 333.1 334.9 279.9 297.6 291.8 66.6 59.2 55.2 50.4 61.3 45.3 49.8 59.3 175.7 151.4 153.0 119.6 115.9 87.7 108.2 109.8 121.7 107.2 111.2 76.8 69.7 71.1 65.1 55.6 81.7 79.1 60.2 47.5 47.3 40.6 39.5 39.0 71.6 69.6 59.2 38.8 40.6 35.1 35.1 28.0 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 345.7 303.4 269.9 231.4 231.0 226.2 226.0 206.7 54.4 40.2 42.7 43.4 49.1 35.1 38.9 37.9 83.3 82.7 73.5 65.7 65.4 74.8 61.0 56.5 57.9 69.4 64.1 41.1 50.4 54.0 65.9 54.2 86.4 60.8 48.3 53.1 35.6 32.6 34.3 40.0 63.8 50.3 41.3 28.0 30.6 29.6 25.8 18.0 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 211.5 203.1 205.1 165.6 157.3 135.2 143.1 126.6 26.9 27.4 24.3 18.8 21.9 17.4 22.7 29.4 48.4 56.8 69.6 48.5 51.4 51.4 44.4 35.1 48.0 42.0 48.8 36.4 40.3 28.7 38.7 32.7 53.0 43.7 36.3 37.7 30.1 23.5 26.3 21.4 35.3 33.3 26.1 24.2 13.7 14.2 10.9 8.0 04 Negocios, administración y derecho 895.1 911.3 921.7 643.5 632.3 621.6 611.5 584.1 100.8 121.3 117.5 94.7 79.9 79.9 96.6 88.9 222.8 203.3 230.0 176.4 174.5 175.7 142.7 165.4 201.3 205.0 216.6 158.8 171.3 192.1 193.2 190.5 237.9 242.8 237.7 148.4 137.5 134.0 124.7 99.1 132.3 139.0 120.1 65.1 69.0 40.0 54.4 40.2 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 215.2 206.3 193.9 165.4 146.5 170.9 154.4 133.2 33.0 28.6 25.5 26.0 23.8 22.3 24.6 20.7 61.8 59.0 58.4 46.7 44.0 57.2 49.5 58.7 37.0 46.2 51.0 37.7 42.9 49.1 42.1 27.7 43.3 48.4 40.1 34.5 18.7 30.8 27.6 19.3 40.2 24.0 19.0 20.5 17.2 11.5 10.7 6.8 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 300.1 272.2 236.0 181.5 190.1 165.0 159.5 150.4 72.2 64.4 53.6 42.8 41.7 41.4 34.8 37.3 82.9 72.6 59.9 47.3 62.0 51.6 54.5 51.1 78.5 65.1 70.9 41.2 53.2 50.0 44.9 40.6 44.7 55.5 42.0 36.2 27.0 18.7 18.7 17.0 21.7 14.6 9.5 13.9 6.1 3.3 6.5 4.4 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 513.8 512.2 461.4 351.3 368.6 365.3 352.0 331.8 74.2 76.9 71.2 58.0 68.1 78.5 69.1 62.3 92.1 101.1 104.4 87.3 90.0 94.5 106.2 101.0 135.4 124.3 114.1 88.3 95.0 86.2 84.2 91.0 138.4 133.7 105.3 74.0 73.9 71.3 66.6 55.7 73.7 76.2 66.4 43.8 41.6 34.8 25.9 22.0 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 66.9 56.3 52.8 47.8 38.6 33.7 32.8 32.7 12.4 4.2 7.5 8.1 5.8 6.8 5.0 8.0 12.8 18.7 13.2 8.0 15.8 3.9 9.3 9.2 20.9 10.0 11.6 12.6 9.5 10.5 11.3 8.9 15.2 15.4 13.6 15.0 5.9 6.1 6.5 4.1 5.6 8.0 7.0 4.1 1.7 6.3 0.6 2.5 09 Salud y servicios sociales 764.8 671.3 683.3 477.1 495.8 488.7 429.6 386.7 133.2 110.5 104.2 87.6 75.6 74.4 73.3 87.4 180.7 192.8 184.8 148.4 159.1 141.1 129.8 127.5 175.4 144.0 160.6 105.7 119.3 116.9 96.5 81.9 139.2 130.7 125.4 83.2 70.8 88.3 68.4 46.9 136.3 93.2 108.3 52.3 71.0 68.1 61.6 43.0 10 Servicios 274.0 255.9 271.7 184.4 198.2 155.3 156.2 143.7 69.7 60.8 64.0 51.5 51.0 39.7 53.7 39.8 66.4 74.8 86.8 65.3 67.9 48.0 50.2 46.0 58.1 58.5 68.0 38.3 47.5 39.5 31.1 35.9 57.8 37.3 38.4 22.5 23.8 17.3 17.1 15.6 22.0 24.5 14.5 6.7 8.0 10.8 4.2 6.4 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 42.0 43.3 29.9 19.3 27.0 27.8 37.5 32.2 17.1 9.3 10.2 5.3 12.3 8.8 5.8 9.7 9.2 6.3 4.0 3.1 5.9 2.4 7.3 7.8 9.9 12.5 8.0 1.9 1.7 9.5 4.6 5.7 4.3 7.6 1.9 4.7 2.4 2.5 7.7 3.0 1.5 7.8 5.8 4.3 4.7 4.6 12.1 6.1 Males Total 3,784.3 3,544.1 3,443.3 2,851.8 2,891.3 2,865.9 2,837.5 2,639.5 1,684.6 1,650.8 1,535.5 1,467.9 1,455.1 1,443.1 1,441.3 1,400.0 613.3 552.1 641.0 495.2 529.8 516.3 514.6 491.0 545.3 510.2 526.0 349.5 397.2 414.2 418.1 371.2 536.5 490.4 430.0 344.8 291.4 311.2 288.7 232.9 404.6 340.6 310.8 194.4 217.9 181.0 174.7 144.4 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 2,033.0 1,904.2 1,812.2 1,643.9 1,671.7 1,659.7 1,679.8 1,604.9 1,372.3 1,352.2 1,270.9 1,228.5 1,222.1 1,217.2 1,210.4 1,183.8 187.2 172.6 193.9 157.9 156.5 167.1 181.3 172.8 168.2 146.0 139.3 94.9 113.6 103.2 124.4 94.7 149.9 123.9 110.0 103.4 91.7 100.2 85.1 80.4 155.3 109.5 98.1 59.1 87.7 71.9 78.5 73.2 01 Educación 124.4 102.1 105.1 81.2 80.5 73.1 62.7 57.9 19.8 17.3 14.0 15.1 15.1 12.6 10.5 11.3 43.8 28.0 38.0 29.4 27.3 25.2 26.4 24.2 33.6 24.8 28.0 17.3 16.1 20.6 12.1 11.0 16.9 16.1 13.1 12.4 10.6 7.9 6.9 6.9 10.3 16.0 12.1 7.1 11.5 6.8 6.7 4.5 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 119.0 112.3 121.7 83.2 100.3 93.1 92.5 75.7 20.3 18.0 15.8 22.1 21.3 17.0 22.4 15.6 37.5 26.5 36.6 29.6 28.6 34.1 20.4 17.1 15.0 24.7 39.3 11.4 24.4 17.4 24.1 24.5 26.3 26.1 16.9 15.1 13.8 12.6 17.3 13.6 19.8 17.0 13.2 4.9 12.2 12.1 8.3 4.9 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 75.9 66.9 49.3 55.5 40.1 44.4 44.2 44.6 12.5 4.4 3.1 5.7 4.4 2.5 5.4 9.8 15.1 24.9 20.7 21.4 16.1 19.1 15.2 11.4 14.8 7.3 8.4 9.7 8.0 7.2 12.4 8.6 19.8 17.0 10.9 10.7 8.8 10.9 7.6 9.7 13.6 13.3 6.2 7.9 2.7 4.9 3.6 5.1 04 Negocios, administración y derecho 351.5 339.9 360.3 252.4 244.0 239.5 252.5 202.1 46.9 56.9 56.3 39.6 35.6 32.7 41.4 34.7 89.6 69.7 83.3 59.2 77.5 62.4 58.3 51.3 65.7 71.0 75.2 61.3 53.9 78.8 73.3 74.2 94.7 84.0 88.7 61.7 49.0 51.7 54.7 28.1 54.7 58.3 56.8 30.6 28.0 13.9 24.9 13.7 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 98.2 87.4 91.0 69.3 67.9 77.9 76.8 72.5 20.0 15.4 6.8 11.4 9.4 12.1 14.7 12.9 18.7 22.0 27.0 18.1 24.8 27.4 22.9 31.2 17.2 17.8 24.4 13.2 16.0 17.4 21.3 13.0 21.8 22.8 23.7 16.5 10.6 16.8 12.4 11.5 20.6 9.4 9.1 10.1 7.0 4.3 5.5 3.8 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 227.8 205.9 186.6 139.4 128.8 127.9 128.0 127.8 58.2 54.1 48.6 35.7 32.9 38.6 32.0 34.9 60.1 52.1 47.4 37.2 37.0 38.9 47.3 42.7 61.8 52.0 57.0 31.4 38.3 37.0 31.0 35.2 35.3 38.3 26.8 25.5 15.9 11.4 12.7 10.8 12.5 9.5 6.8 9.6 4.6 1.9 5.0 4.2 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 431.5 430.7 388.9 291.6 310.5 318.7 298.5 276.6 65.0 67.3 65.6 50.4 59.5 66.6 61.1 51.0 81.2 74.2 84.4 68.9 76.7 81.2 83.8 80.2 101.1 108.1 87.9 69.9 74.7 75.2 70.8 75.8 114.7 113.5 89.1 60.5 64.9 63.9 61.1 49.5 69.4 67.6 61.9 41.8 34.6 31.9 21.8 20.2 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 34.4 30.9 30.1 22.4 19.8 26.6 22.2 17.3 10.0 2.1 3.4 3.0 3.5 5.8 2.1 3.5 4.6 10.4 6.7 2.9 7.9 2.5 6.9 4.8 8.6 5.5 6.5 7.8 6.2 8.7 6.7 3.2 6.3 7.5 6.8 7.3 1.6 4.3 5.9 3.6 4.8 5.4 6.7 1.5 0.7 5.4 0.6 2.1 09 Salud y servicios sociales 151.5 152.4 169.5 113.5 123.5 124.9 97.8 96.5 15.3 27.8 21.4 19.5 18.4 17.1 11.8 24.8 42.3 42.8 56.5 37.9 42.2 36.9 28.6 29.9 34.4 31.4 30.4 18.4 27.6 29.2 25.9 21.0 26.6 27.7 30.0 20.9 12.1 20.4 15.6 11.1 32.9 22.8 31.1 16.8 23.2 21.3 16.0 9.7 10 Servicios 119.1 95.4 114.4 87.1 92.5 73.2 66.2 55.8 34.2 28.8 25.1 32.6 25.1 18.5 26.2 14.9 30.8 26.9 43.7 30.7 33.9 20.7 20.5 22.4 20.7 19.3 25.4 12.9 18.3 18.8 12.9 10.0 22.6 10.6 12.7 7.9 11.5 9.0 5.5 6.8 10.7 9.8 7.6 3.1 3.8 6.2 1.1 1.7 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 18.0 16.0 14.2 12.4 11.5 6.6 16.2 7.9 10.2 6.6 4.5 4.2 7.7 2.4 3.1 2.8 2.4 2.1 2.8 2.0 1.0 0.9 3.1 2.9 3.9 2.2 4.2 1.3 0.1 0.8 3.3 .. 1.5 3.0 1.3 2.9 0.7 2.0 3.9 0.9 .. 2.1 1.4 2.0 1.9 0.5 2.7 1.3 Females Total 4,489.4 4,280.5 3,965.3 3,294.3 3,303.2 3,153.4 3,085.5 2,949.8 1,746.0 1,667.2 1,621.9 1,583.5 1,515.3 1,475.1 1,450.0 1,452.8 766.3 792.5 754.7 587.2 605.2 556.1 545.6 568.0 731.5 689.8 668.6 456.4 526.2 497.6 505.5 437.3 671.0 651.5 545.8 420.8 371.2 360.8 328.0 276.1 574.6 479.5 374.3 246.4 285.2 263.8 256.5 215.6 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 2,094.3 2,018.6 1,831.7 1,701.9 1,702.3 1,690.0 1,643.0 1,564.4 1,397.7 1,363.0 1,310.7 1,336.4 1,257.7 1,251.4 1,206.5 1,188.2 156.4 152.8 164.2 108.2 126.6 117.0 115.8 118.1 164.5 169.9 130.4 72.1 109.1 101.0 121.6 89.1 155.7 163.0 116.7 105.4 97.7 106.0 94.1 67.5 220.1 169.9 109.8 79.9 111.2 114.6 105.0 101.4 01 Educación 392.9 364.4 333.8 252.0 254.4 206.8 235.0 233.9 46.8 41.9 41.2 35.3 46.2 32.8 39.2 48.0 131.9 123.4 115.1 90.3 88.7 62.6 81.8 85.6 88.0 82.4 83.2 59.5 53.6 50.5 53.0 44.7 64.8 63.1 47.2 35.2 36.8 32.7 32.5 32.1 61.3 53.6 47.1 31.7 29.2 28.3 28.3 23.5 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 226.7 191.1 148.2 148.2 130.7 133.1 133.5 130.9 34.0 22.2 26.9 21.3 27.8 18.2 16.5 22.4 45.8 56.1 36.9 36.0 36.8 40.7 40.7 39.4 42.9 44.7 24.8 29.8 26.0 36.7 41.8 29.7 60.1 34.7 31.4 38.0 21.8 20.0 17.0 26.4 43.9 33.4 28.1 23.1 18.4 17.5 17.4 13.1 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 135.6 136.2 155.8 110.1 117.2 90.8 98.9 82.0 14.4 23.0 21.2 13.1 17.4 15.0 17.3 19.6 33.2 31.9 48.9 27.1 35.2 32.3 29.2 23.7 33.1 34.6 40.5 26.6 32.3 21.5 26.3 24.1 33.2 26.7 25.4 26.9 21.3 12.6 18.7 11.7 21.6 20.0 19.9 16.3 11.0 9.3 7.4 2.9 04 Negocios, administración y derecho 543.6 571.4 561.5 391.1 388.3 382.1 359.0 382.0 54.0 64.4 61.2 55.0 44.3 47.1 55.2 54.2 133.2 133.6 146.7 117.2 97.0 113.2 84.4 114.1 135.6 133.9 141.4 97.5 117.5 113.3 119.9 116.2 143.2 158.7 149.0 86.8 88.5 82.3 70.1 71.1 77.7 80.7 63.3 34.6 41.0 26.1 29.5 26.5 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 117.0 118.9 102.9 96.0 78.6 92.9 77.6 60.8 13.1 13.2 18.7 14.5 14.4 10.2 9.9 7.8 43.1 37.0 31.4 28.6 19.2 29.8 26.6 27.4 19.8 28.4 26.6 24.5 26.8 31.7 20.8 14.7 21.5 25.7 16.4 18.0 8.0 14.0 15.1 7.8 19.6 14.6 9.9 10.4 10.2 7.3 5.2 3.0 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 72.2 66.3 49.4 42.1 61.2 37.1 31.5 22.6 14.0 10.3 5.0 7.1 8.8 2.8 2.8 2.4 22.8 20.5 12.6 10.1 24.9 12.7 7.2 8.4 16.7 13.1 13.9 9.8 14.9 13.0 13.9 5.3 9.5 17.3 15.2 10.8 11.1 7.3 6.0 6.1 9.2 5.1 2.7 4.3 1.5 1.3 1.4 0.3 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 82.3 81.5 72.5 59.8 58.2 46.5 53.5 55.2 9.2 9.6 5.6 7.5 8.7 11.9 8.0 11.3 10.9 26.9 20.0 18.3 13.2 13.3 22.4 20.8 34.3 16.2 26.2 18.4 20.2 11.0 13.4 15.2 23.7 20.2 16.2 13.5 9.0 7.4 5.5 6.1 4.3 8.6 4.5 2.0 7.0 2.9 4.2 1.8 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 32.6 25.4 22.7 25.4 18.8 7.0 10.6 15.4 2.5 2.1 4.0 5.1 2.3 1.0 2.9 4.5 8.2 8.3 6.4 5.0 7.8 1.4 2.4 4.3 12.3 4.5 5.1 4.9 3.3 1.9 4.7 5.7 8.8 7.9 6.8 7.7 4.3 1.8 0.7 0.5 0.8 2.6 0.3 2.7 1.0 0.9 .. 0.4 09 Salud y servicios sociales 613.3 518.8 513.8 363.6 372.2 363.8 331.8 290.2 117.9 82.7 82.8 68.0 57.2 57.2 61.5 62.6 138.4 150.0 128.3 110.5 116.9 104.2 101.2 97.6 141.0 112.6 130.1 87.3 91.6 87.7 70.7 61.0 112.5 103.1 95.4 62.2 58.7 67.9 52.8 35.8 103.4 70.5 77.2 35.5 47.7 46.8 45.6 33.3 10 Servicios 154.9 160.6 157.3 97.2 105.7 82.1 90.0 87.9 35.4 32.1 39.0 18.9 25.9 21.1 27.5 24.9 35.6 47.9 43.1 34.6 34.0 27.3 29.7 23.6 37.4 39.2 42.6 25.5 29.2 20.8 18.1 25.9 35.2 26.7 25.7 14.6 12.3 8.3 11.6 8.8 11.2 14.7 7.0 3.6 4.3 4.6 3.1 4.6 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 24.0 27.4 15.7 6.9 15.5 21.2 21.3 24.4 6.9 2.7 5.7 1.1 4.6 6.4 2.7 6.9 6.8 4.2 1.2 1.2 4.8 1.4 4.2 4.9 6.0 10.2 3.8 0.6 1.6 8.7 1.3 5.7 2.7 4.5 0.6 1.8 1.7 0.5 3.8 2.1 1.5 5.7 4.5 2.3 2.8 4.1 9.4 4.8 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