Economically Active Population Survey National results Population aged 16 years old and over not studying 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 32,709.0 32,542.7 32,517.5 33,432.8 33,074.8 32,867.5 32,731.1 32,942.3 1,139.5 1,106.2 1,135.6 1,227.6 1,206.7 1,159.7 1,126.4 1,143.7 4,009.7 3,938.7 3,853.4 4,188.0 4,155.4 4,235.0 4,309.0 4,463.6 5,461.0 5,652.8 5,829.2 6,347.4 6,397.9 6,537.5 6,640.7 6,867.2 6,670.3 6,621.8 6,684.1 6,795.3 6,809.9 6,702.2 6,657.7 6,674.3 15,428.5 15,223.2 15,015.2 14,874.4 14,504.9 14,233.1 13,997.2 13,793.5 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 18,831.7 18,959.7 19,001.5 19,582.9 19,785.2 19,890.8 19,949.7 20,359.5 609.1 605.9 644.0 714.0 753.0 703.5 642.9 684.2 1,545.7 1,634.1 1,634.9 1,742.2 1,743.7 1,899.5 2,032.2 2,105.9 2,577.4 2,624.5 2,689.8 2,898.1 3,051.2 3,034.6 3,131.6 3,264.1 3,365.3 3,467.9 3,475.8 3,617.6 3,685.6 3,771.8 3,806.6 3,897.6 10,734.2 10,627.3 10,557.0 10,611.0 10,551.6 10,481.4 10,336.3 10,407.7 01 Educación 1,197.0 1,135.7 1,131.0 1,138.5 1,197.3 1,065.9 1,061.0 1,021.6 34.8 25.4 32.4 25.1 29.8 35.1 37.5 31.4 241.5 213.7 215.8 222.9 226.2 219.1 199.8 184.4 237.4 222.2 226.6 237.6 258.1 260.7 260.1 244.6 207.3 196.4 190.7 203.3 223.4 178.7 193.7 186.9 476.0 477.8 465.5 449.6 459.7 372.4 369.9 374.4 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 908.9 864.0 872.8 931.5 879.8 841.7 870.4 812.2 31.4 29.0 27.3 25.1 18.7 23.3 17.4 17.5 149.7 144.5 138.8 143.6 146.0 149.4 134.5 124.2 182.0 174.1 167.2 235.7 221.4 205.2 211.0 233.3 199.2 171.7 201.1 188.2 204.3 189.8 232.0 205.3 346.6 344.6 338.3 338.9 289.5 274.0 275.6 232.0 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 521.2 524.2 474.0 484.8 481.0 482.2 488.2 490.2 15.6 11.5 10.9 10.1 10.4 13.4 10.5 15.4 85.4 87.7 67.7 85.3 81.2 90.5 89.7 118.1 131.8 127.4 133.1 147.9 149.4 141.0 158.8 148.0 142.9 132.5 123.7 100.6 123.3 126.7 121.6 113.4 145.6 165.1 138.7 141.0 116.7 110.6 107.6 95.3 04 Negocios, administración y derecho 3,576.0 3,373.7 3,430.0 3,451.2 3,188.7 3,227.5 3,221.5 2,980.2 102.1 89.4 93.3 103.5 79.7 88.6 88.1 91.6 604.4 500.1 551.6 565.9 543.5 554.4 574.1 527.8 748.1 779.3 857.1 911.5 901.5 989.5 1,017.0 1,012.8 1,034.1 1,005.2 957.2 1,001.7 907.3 871.0 845.6 795.9 1,087.4 999.9 970.8 868.6 756.8 724.1 696.8 552.1 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 556.5 574.4 598.2 612.9 599.9 607.0 563.9 560.5 10.1 18.5 19.6 24.5 16.2 11.6 11.5 13.3 110.9 96.7 100.3 80.3 101.6 102.7 83.8 103.0 114.9 138.7 149.3 172.2 191.2 189.1 197.8 198.6 146.1 132.7 140.6 132.3 135.6 135.7 114.3 116.6 174.5 187.8 188.4 203.7 155.3 167.9 156.4 128.9 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 752.7 691.6 641.8 677.7 636.0 624.2 557.6 555.1 58.8 49.9 51.6 48.4 42.6 39.3 31.9 33.6 211.0 191.7 155.4 187.5 191.0 174.5 165.3 185.8 234.6 215.6 219.0 225.5 206.5 245.9 217.8 216.1 160.7 154.3 140.2 148.3 137.8 111.9 101.7 95.4 87.5 80.1 75.7 67.9 58.0 52.5 41.1 24.3 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 2,648.2 2,713.8 2,728.9 2,785.3 2,667.1 2,593.8 2,600.6 2,581.7 108.0 112.3 92.1 99.4 92.6 86.3 107.3 99.0 369.0 411.0 386.1 484.3 440.5 445.8 445.8 451.4 509.5 625.6 634.4 665.4 668.2 692.0 717.6 748.7 707.0 686.0 696.2 690.0 671.2 655.1 610.7 612.8 954.8 878.8 920.2 846.2 794.6 714.5 719.1 669.8 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 243.2 250.5 234.2 236.6 221.5 218.1 195.8 197.6 13.5 11.7 12.2 11.7 8.4 11.9 11.4 7.9 38.0 45.4 25.5 36.2 41.0 33.0 30.5 35.8 46.5 52.0 53.5 62.9 57.4 60.7 55.1 58.7 56.5 55.6 71.8 62.7 55.1 63.8 55.0 53.7 88.6 85.8 71.2 63.2 59.7 48.7 43.9 41.6 09 Salud y servicios sociales 1,785.2 1,715.7 1,752.9 1,866.4 1,708.2 1,566.3 1,527.9 1,530.3 80.3 78.0 79.0 76.0 71.4 63.5 66.3 62.6 377.8 324.7 302.9 355.7 358.6 287.6 303.4 316.7 365.5 361.1 399.8 459.3 381.2 382.0 366.6 395.2 351.0 312.5 374.3 366.7 369.0 333.2 325.0 335.7 610.7 639.4 597.0 608.7 528.0 499.9 466.6 420.2 10 Servicios 932.9 934.2 921.3 951.2 925.5 866.9 818.3 844.7 59.7 61.3 57.4 72.4 67.8 61.6 78.9 67.1 225.9 241.7 236.6 240.3 231.7 219.8 195.1 235.3 226.8 246.7 231.5 254.3 242.1 265.1 230.5 236.6 207.9 202.3 222.8 215.3 219.3 182.1 175.0 165.8 212.6 182.2 173.1 168.9 164.6 138.3 138.9 140.0 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 755.4 805.2 731.0 713.8 784.7 883.3 876.2 1,008.7 16.1 13.4 15.9 17.4 16.1 21.6 22.7 20.1 50.6 47.4 37.9 43.8 50.5 58.7 54.9 75.3 86.6 85.4 67.9 77.1 69.7 71.8 76.9 110.7 92.1 104.6 89.8 68.6 78.0 82.3 76.7 95.3 510.0 554.5 519.5 506.8 570.5 648.8 645.1 707.3 Males Total 16,129.9 16,076.3 15,969.8 16,390.2 16,203.2 16,042.9 15,965.6 16,114.6 666.3 622.8 666.7 729.1 686.8 643.5 612.6 641.9 2,111.8 2,114.7 2,005.6 2,147.0 2,116.2 2,131.4 2,160.7 2,260.6 2,819.5 2,919.9 3,002.1 3,222.5 3,270.9 3,330.4 3,397.5 3,512.2 3,417.7 3,409.4 3,419.7 3,442.3 3,452.6 3,384.0 3,356.1 3,365.1 7,114.6 7,009.5 6,875.6 6,849.3 6,676.8 6,553.5 6,438.7 6,334.8 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 9,428.0 9,458.4 9,423.5 9,756.1 9,827.3 9,817.0 9,858.9 10,109.9 358.6 349.8 399.8 445.5 453.6 416.0 370.6 418.6 924.8 957.9 956.6 1,015.1 990.5 1,066.9 1,107.4 1,184.9 1,465.0 1,465.6 1,521.5 1,654.7 1,698.3 1,687.6 1,780.5 1,842.3 1,834.3 1,899.4 1,874.8 1,886.4 1,959.7 1,957.2 1,968.0 2,036.7 4,845.3 4,785.7 4,670.8 4,754.3 4,725.1 4,689.3 4,632.3 4,627.4 01 Educación 287.9 305.3 271.3 254.9 307.5 243.0 226.1 242.3 8.8 8.1 10.1 4.3 7.2 5.0 4.9 5.6 60.5 56.7 51.8 44.7 43.7 40.4 43.6 35.0 61.4 56.3 55.3 48.1 66.3 57.5 47.9 60.9 44.8 42.9 38.4 41.6 53.5 34.7 35.8 36.6 112.4 141.2 115.6 116.2 136.8 105.4 93.9 104.3 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 377.2 361.5 352.0 370.3 343.2 328.2 355.0 320.7 12.7 13.7 8.3 10.5 7.3 7.3 4.2 5.9 61.7 56.8 63.4 56.6 59.2 52.7 59.7 51.3 76.0 67.5 57.1 82.9 88.4 83.5 82.8 84.3 75.3 73.8 84.7 69.5 68.6 78.8 102.4 81.4 151.4 149.8 138.5 150.8 119.7 105.8 105.9 97.7 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 188.6 192.1 182.7 183.1 176.4 175.1 163.6 177.5 4.7 2.5 4.7 2.9 2.6 4.7 4.1 3.8 25.3 26.0 25.1 23.7 31.0 33.4 23.9 28.2 42.3 45.0 41.7 53.1 42.6 47.4 48.5 52.6 51.6 51.1 46.0 41.3 47.8 40.7 40.9 38.3 64.6 67.4 65.1 62.2 52.4 48.8 46.2 54.5 04 Negocios, administración y derecho 1,330.9 1,280.3 1,243.9 1,318.7 1,198.2 1,210.0 1,228.9 1,108.3 54.9 32.0 41.0 49.1 35.1 34.1 32.3 30.3 237.4 235.8 194.0 221.7 191.6 171.7 197.9 177.2 262.2 273.5 285.0 302.2 320.4 358.2 358.9 328.6 367.8 335.5 332.0 375.1 333.4 309.4 323.4 290.5 408.6 403.4 391.9 370.6 317.7 336.7 316.3 281.7 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 301.1 287.7 328.1 334.5 300.3 302.5 300.5 280.9 6.6 7.8 10.4 17.2 6.5 5.3 6.2 5.7 53.7 47.2 49.3 38.6 43.8 49.0 45.7 54.2 55.1 57.3 71.1 73.9 85.5 67.3 93.6 89.7 79.5 66.2 78.5 76.1 69.1 75.6 52.9 58.8 106.1 109.1 118.8 128.7 95.4 105.3 102.2 72.5 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 572.5 543.2 500.6 501.6 505.5 474.7 423.3 418.6 55.2 47.1 43.5 38.7 34.1 31.0 25.3 23.0 175.8 164.7 127.0 136.8 154.7 135.2 130.2 146.6 170.8 178.6 169.6 171.2 159.9 187.3 158.7 160.3 108.6 101.4 98.1 101.6 108.0 76.7 78.3 71.4 62.0 51.3 62.5 53.3 48.8 44.5 30.8 17.2 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 2,413.8 2,426.7 2,458.9 2,486.2 2,372.4 2,340.5 2,338.0 2,344.0 102.4 107.9 82.9 93.2 88.3 81.1 100.3 89.7 327.0 357.9 345.6 408.5 373.5 386.6 383.1 397.3 448.9 544.2 557.2 585.4 575.7 605.7 617.2 661.4 645.9 605.5 627.3 613.1 597.5 593.5 568.1 559.1 889.7 811.3 846.0 786.0 737.4 673.6 669.3 636.6 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 168.2 189.5 155.6 165.1 156.7 159.8 145.9 138.1 8.4 10.5 9.6 10.2 4.3 8.8 9.4 7.4 22.0 32.6 12.6 22.3 19.0 20.9 17.2 18.3 30.8 35.3 33.8 33.4 40.2 35.2 35.8 33.0 35.9 41.1 41.4 49.9 41.7 54.0 42.6 42.5 71.0 70.1 58.2 49.2 51.4 40.9 41.0 37.0 09 Salud y servicios sociales 409.2 369.9 397.7 424.1 372.6 355.7 319.4 322.1 17.3 12.8 16.0 18.6 12.5 15.5 16.8 10.8 97.5 70.0 62.1 71.8 85.1 71.2 55.0 57.9 82.7 74.9 86.2 109.5 66.8 72.0 68.3 85.2 70.1 68.9 81.8 81.1 73.5 67.6 53.4 62.7 141.6 143.2 151.5 143.0 134.7 129.4 125.8 105.6 10 Servicios 377.0 338.3 369.8 339.6 343.4 304.5 289.5 291.1 29.2 27.1 28.4 26.3 26.6 24.4 28.9 28.4 102.9 83.4 93.9 81.8 95.0 67.3 68.6 82.0 81.0 88.0 88.5 84.8 83.4 92.3 66.8 63.6 66.2 62.0 78.2 71.6 64.0 57.3 51.5 45.9 97.7 77.9 80.7 75.0 74.4 63.2 73.7 71.2 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 275.7 323.3 285.6 256.1 299.6 331.7 316.7 361.2 7.5 3.5 11.9 12.4 8.7 10.2 9.7 12.9 23.3 25.6 24.3 25.3 29.0 36.1 28.4 27.7 43.2 33.6 35.1 23.3 43.3 36.4 38.6 50.2 37.6 61.6 38.4 35.0 35.8 38.5 38.7 41.3 164.1 199.0 175.9 160.0 182.9 210.5 201.4 229.1 Females Total 16,579.1 16,466.4 16,547.8 17,042.6 16,871.6 16,824.6 16,765.5 16,827.7 473.2 483.4 468.9 498.4 519.9 516.2 513.8 501.8 1,897.9 1,824.0 1,847.9 2,041.0 2,039.2 2,103.5 2,148.3 2,203.0 2,641.5 2,732.9 2,827.0 3,125.0 3,127.1 3,207.1 3,243.2 3,355.0 3,252.5 3,212.3 3,264.4 3,353.0 3,357.4 3,318.2 3,301.7 3,309.2 8,313.9 8,213.7 8,139.7 8,025.2 7,828.1 7,679.6 7,558.5 7,458.7 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 9,403.7 9,501.3 9,578.0 9,826.9 9,957.9 10,073.7 10,090.8 10,249.6 250.4 256.1 244.2 268.5 299.4 287.5 272.4 265.6 620.9 676.2 678.3 727.1 753.2 832.6 924.7 921.0 1,112.5 1,158.9 1,168.2 1,243.4 1,352.9 1,346.9 1,351.1 1,421.8 1,531.0 1,568.5 1,601.0 1,731.1 1,725.9 1,814.6 1,838.6 1,860.9 5,888.9 5,841.5 5,886.2 5,856.7 5,826.5 5,792.1 5,704.0 5,780.3 01 Educación 909.1 830.4 859.7 883.6 889.7 822.9 835.0 779.3 26.0 17.4 22.3 20.8 22.7 30.1 32.6 25.8 181.0 157.0 164.0 178.1 182.5 178.7 156.2 149.5 176.0 165.9 171.3 189.5 191.8 203.2 212.2 183.6 162.5 153.6 152.2 161.8 169.9 144.0 157.9 150.3 363.5 336.6 349.9 333.4 322.9 266.9 276.0 270.1 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 531.8 502.4 520.8 561.2 536.6 513.5 515.4 491.5 18.7 15.4 19.1 14.6 11.4 16.0 13.1 11.6 88.0 87.7 75.4 86.9 86.7 96.7 74.8 72.8 105.9 106.6 110.1 152.8 133.0 121.7 128.2 148.9 124.0 97.9 116.4 118.7 135.7 111.1 129.6 123.8 195.2 194.9 199.7 188.1 169.7 168.1 169.8 134.2 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 332.6 332.1 291.3 301.7 304.6 307.1 324.6 312.7 10.9 9.0 6.1 7.2 7.8 8.6 6.4 11.6 60.1 61.7 42.6 61.6 50.2 57.1 65.8 89.9 89.5 82.4 91.3 94.7 106.9 93.5 110.3 95.4 91.3 81.4 77.6 59.3 75.5 86.0 80.7 75.1 80.9 97.7 73.5 78.8 64.2 61.8 61.4 40.8 04 Negocios, administración y derecho 2,245.1 2,093.5 2,186.0 2,132.5 1,990.4 2,017.5 1,992.6 1,871.9 47.2 57.4 52.2 54.4 44.5 54.4 55.8 61.3 367.0 264.2 357.6 344.2 351.8 382.7 376.2 350.6 485.9 505.8 572.1 609.3 581.1 631.4 658.1 684.3 666.2 669.7 625.2 626.6 573.9 561.6 522.1 505.4 678.8 596.4 578.9 497.9 439.1 387.4 380.5 270.3 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 255.5 286.7 270.1 278.4 299.6 304.5 263.4 279.6 3.5 10.7 9.2 7.3 9.7 6.3 5.4 7.6 57.2 49.5 51.1 41.7 57.8 53.7 38.2 48.8 59.8 81.3 78.1 98.3 105.7 121.8 104.3 108.9 66.6 66.5 62.1 56.2 66.5 60.1 61.5 57.8 68.4 78.6 69.6 75.0 59.9 62.7 54.2 56.4 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 180.2 148.4 141.2 176.0 130.4 149.5 134.3 136.5 3.6 2.8 8.0 9.7 8.5 8.4 6.5 10.7 35.2 26.9 28.4 50.7 36.3 39.3 35.1 39.1 63.8 37.0 49.4 54.2 46.6 58.6 59.1 55.8 52.1 52.9 42.2 46.7 29.8 35.2 23.3 23.9 25.5 28.8 13.2 14.7 9.2 8.0 10.3 7.1 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 234.5 287.0 270.0 299.1 294.7 253.3 262.6 237.7 5.6 4.4 9.2 6.2 4.4 5.2 7.0 9.2 42.0 53.1 40.5 75.8 66.9 59.2 62.7 54.2 60.7 81.4 77.2 80.0 92.4 86.3 100.4 87.3 61.1 80.6 68.9 76.9 73.8 61.6 42.7 53.7 65.1 67.5 74.2 60.2 57.2 40.9 49.9 33.3 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 75.1 61.0 78.6 71.6 64.9 58.2 49.9 59.5 5.1 1.2 2.6 1.5 4.0 3.0 2.0 0.5 16.0 12.8 12.9 13.8 21.9 12.0 13.3 17.5 15.7 16.8 19.8 29.5 17.2 25.6 19.3 25.6 20.6 14.5 30.4 12.8 13.4 9.8 12.4 11.2 17.6 15.7 13.0 14.0 8.3 7.8 2.9 4.6 09 Salud y servicios sociales 1,376.0 1,345.8 1,355.2 1,442.3 1,335.5 1,210.6 1,208.5 1,208.2 63.0 65.2 63.0 57.3 58.9 48.0 49.5 51.8 280.3 254.7 240.7 283.9 273.5 216.5 248.4 258.8 282.8 286.2 313.6 349.8 314.5 310.0 298.4 309.9 280.9 243.6 292.5 285.6 295.4 265.6 271.5 273.0 469.1 496.2 445.4 465.6 393.3 370.5 340.7 314.7 10 Servicios 555.9 595.9 551.6 611.6 582.2 562.4 528.8 553.6 30.5 34.2 28.9 46.0 41.3 37.2 50.0 38.7 123.0 158.3 142.7 158.5 136.7 152.5 126.5 153.3 145.8 158.7 143.0 169.6 158.7 172.8 163.7 173.0 141.7 140.3 144.6 143.6 155.4 124.8 123.4 119.9 114.9 104.4 92.4 94.0 90.1 75.1 65.2 68.8 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 479.7 481.9 445.3 457.7 485.1 551.5 559.5 647.6 8.6 9.8 4.0 5.0 7.4 11.4 13.1 7.3 27.4 21.8 13.6 18.5 21.5 22.6 26.4 47.5 43.4 51.8 32.8 53.8 26.3 35.4 38.3 60.5 54.5 42.9 51.3 33.6 42.2 43.8 38.0 54.0 345.8 355.5 343.5 346.8 387.6 438.3 443.7 478.2 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