Economically Active Population Survey National results Population aged 16 years old and over currently enrolled in regulated 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 4,255.9 4,073.4 4,059.8 3,881.2 3,790.3 3,686.5 3,699.6 3,719.8 3,110.0 3,021.1 2,871.8 2,880.0 2,756.3 2,721.7 2,689.4 2,666.3 600.8 570.9 655.1 561.7 572.2 536.6 572.5 629.8 282.8 235.4 305.1 214.0 267.0 232.8 271.3 246.6 175.8 167.2 148.6 163.2 129.3 138.0 110.6 119.4 86.5 78.8 79.2 62.3 65.5 57.4 55.8 57.6 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 2,942.4 2,870.7 2,779.3 2,755.8 2,684.6 2,655.0 2,641.1 2,595.0 2,606.9 2,569.8 2,450.4 2,475.7 2,384.7 2,358.9 2,325.4 2,289.3 177.9 168.4 198.3 169.8 166.7 162.2 177.1 194.6 79.1 57.9 73.7 49.1 76.0 65.2 83.1 52.6 51.3 48.2 34.1 45.3 32.8 48.4 36.0 29.9 27.1 26.4 22.8 15.7 24.3 20.3 19.6 28.6 01 Educación 151.5 111.9 118.7 117.5 118.6 97.7 94.3 118.2 37.5 40.1 33.0 39.4 41.9 28.5 28.2 40.3 67.8 40.0 51.6 49.7 39.8 38.3 48.1 47.2 27.6 20.8 20.1 17.3 21.5 17.0 10.7 18.1 8.4 5.4 7.0 8.8 12.1 7.0 4.2 10.2 10.2 5.7 7.0 2.3 3.3 6.9 3.1 2.3 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 123.5 117.9 104.6 95.4 107.5 105.3 101.5 109.8 47.2 36.2 36.6 35.6 42.8 28.6 32.4 32.2 38.5 39.0 33.9 34.6 36.4 43.7 25.8 33.5 16.7 25.0 20.2 9.8 13.5 14.2 28.7 26.1 11.5 8.8 8.1 12.6 7.0 12.4 9.1 12.6 9.5 8.8 5.8 2.8 7.7 6.4 5.5 5.5 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 71.0 74.9 84.3 64.0 70.0 57.8 66.3 62.2 20.3 16.6 19.9 15.6 18.6 15.4 16.1 23.3 19.0 33.7 42.2 24.6 26.3 23.9 29.2 20.9 15.3 10.6 11.6 10.3 15.7 9.1 12.1 10.0 14.2 9.2 6.7 9.0 7.5 8.4 6.7 6.5 2.3 4.8 4.0 4.5 1.9 1.0 2.2 1.6 04 Negocios, administración y derecho 223.9 251.5 274.8 234.2 206.7 222.9 214.8 232.7 73.0 90.5 81.7 74.2 60.3 61.7 70.9 63.0 71.0 73.2 86.1 68.8 73.8 82.2 57.3 87.9 39.0 32.1 51.3 41.7 38.8 46.4 49.9 53.0 28.0 43.9 38.5 35.6 25.7 27.4 25.2 22.6 12.9 11.8 17.1 13.9 8.1 5.2 11.5 6.1 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 84.8 72.7 74.9 75.5 72.1 63.0 74.7 71.7 27.9 23.7 19.8 23.8 20.9 21.0 21.5 18.8 40.1 32.0 32.5 28.9 25.8 26.9 31.0 38.8 7.6 10.2 17.5 7.9 20.4 11.2 15.8 7.2 4.6 5.3 4.5 8.6 1.8 2.4 5.3 5.3 4.6 1.5 0.6 6.3 3.3 1.5 1.1 1.5 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 119.4 95.6 96.3 66.4 77.6 66.8 78.6 90.5 58.1 48.2 42.8 38.5 29.4 37.9 27.0 33.5 30.5 29.3 32.4 14.2 29.6 18.3 34.0 41.1 22.2 10.4 14.7 5.5 12.2 7.0 12.1 11.2 5.8 5.9 4.7 5.8 6.2 3.1 3.6 4.4 2.7 1.8 1.7 2.3 0.3 0.5 1.8 0.2 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 148.5 148.2 139.5 144.2 142.4 150.0 156.1 148.7 58.7 58.8 53.3 53.2 53.6 68.0 58.7 52.2 42.5 39.4 41.3 48.6 44.1 46.7 62.8 60.9 23.5 23.6 26.8 25.1 27.7 17.4 25.6 22.0 17.4 19.2 11.9 10.3 14.4 13.3 7.5 10.1 6.4 7.2 6.2 7.1 2.6 4.6 1.6 3.5 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 25.0 16.2 17.2 14.9 21.4 13.2 11.2 15.8 12.0 2.3 6.5 8.0 4.0 5.6 3.9 6.7 5.5 8.1 5.2 2.8 11.4 3.2 3.3 6.4 4.2 2.8 2.5 0.5 2.6 3.4 3.1 1.2 2.3 1.4 3.0 2.8 2.0 0.2 0.9 1.3 1.1 1.5 .. 0.8 1.3 0.7 .. 0.2 09 Salud y servicios sociales 244.0 213.3 246.2 215.9 188.1 173.7 175.7 181.7 103.8 85.6 78.9 68.8 58.2 60.2 59.6 70.3 81.9 78.5 87.8 87.0 79.3 64.9 76.2 68.9 33.1 29.7 44.8 35.6 27.2 31.6 26.8 27.8 17.9 13.1 21.6 20.1 13.3 12.0 8.4 10.7 7.2 6.5 13.0 4.4 10.2 5.0 4.7 4.0 10 Servicios 102.4 91.9 115.5 88.2 91.4 66.0 73.2 76.9 51.5 43.2 43.2 43.1 37.0 28.2 42.3 27.9 23.3 28.7 43.3 30.2 35.7 25.1 24.2 26.7 13.1 12.4 20.0 10.5 11.4 6.8 2.7 15.5 13.3 6.2 8.1 3.3 6.5 2.7 3.8 5.7 1.3 1.5 0.9 1.1 0.8 3.2 0.2 1.0 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 19.4 8.6 8.6 9.2 10.0 15.1 11.9 16.7 13.1 6.1 5.9 4.0 4.9 7.7 3.4 8.7 2.6 0.4 0.6 2.4 3.5 1.2 3.4 2.9 1.2 .. 1.9 0.7 0.1 3.3 0.6 1.8 1.3 0.6 0.2 1.2 .. 0.8 .. .. 1.1 1.4 .. 1.0 1.5 2.0 4.5 3.3 Males Total 1,983.6 1,910.4 1,924.3 1,828.2 1,820.4 1,777.4 1,794.6 1,807.0 1,516.4 1,481.9 1,389.7 1,384.7 1,348.6 1,341.7 1,337.3 1,312.4 260.0 233.7 299.9 262.2 283.9 253.4 282.4 320.5 113.6 100.6 133.5 82.9 109.9 96.9 115.9 109.0 62.5 63.8 63.0 70.0 51.1 56.2 38.6 41.8 31.2 30.5 38.2 28.5 26.9 29.3 20.4 23.2 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 1,425.1 1,385.6 1,348.5 1,318.5 1,310.1 1,306.1 1,313.1 1,312.1 1,276.7 1,254.8 1,191.0 1,178.8 1,166.5 1,156.6 1,155.4 1,141.4 91.7 87.3 104.1 96.5 89.0 93.5 105.0 123.9 32.0 20.4 26.3 19.9 36.7 28.3 34.8 25.7 17.2 14.4 15.3 16.8 10.8 17.9 11.8 10.1 7.6 8.8 11.7 6.4 7.2 9.8 6.0 11.1 01 Educación 30.3 27.1 29.8 28.9 35.4 25.0 23.0 23.0 10.6 12.9 9.1 13.5 12.1 9.3 6.4 7.0 8.7 5.7 12.8 9.8 13.1 9.3 11.8 11.6 7.3 5.6 3.4 4.0 6.0 3.0 2.0 3.7 0.2 1.5 1.8 0.7 3.1 0.8 2.0 0.5 3.5 1.4 2.6 0.9 1.2 2.5 0.8 0.3 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 47.7 42.3 47.2 45.6 46.6 48.7 45.4 43.3 17.5 16.8 14.5 18.2 17.3 13.7 20.0 12.1 16.8 8.8 14.4 17.7 16.8 18.6 8.8 12.9 8.7 12.3 15.6 3.5 5.0 6.5 8.5 12.7 3.1 2.2 2.6 5.7 4.0 5.3 4.8 3.9 1.6 2.2 0.1 0.5 3.6 4.6 3.3 1.7 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 24.8 25.1 24.3 26.2 22.7 18.7 17.6 20.8 8.3 3.3 2.9 5.5 4.2 2.1 4.4 6.5 7.6 14.4 14.3 12.5 10.7 6.4 10.2 6.4 5.3 1.4 2.4 4.2 3.8 4.8 2.8 2.8 2.9 4.9 1.9 2.6 3.4 5.1 0.3 3.8 0.8 1.0 2.9 1.4 0.6 0.3 .. 1.3 04 Negocios, administración y derecho 96.8 93.9 122.9 99.7 91.2 81.8 82.1 82.6 34.1 42.8 41.0 33.0 28.5 25.0 27.3 25.1 35.2 21.7 34.6 25.8 37.9 27.8 23.9 32.9 15.0 9.5 21.6 16.1 12.4 20.1 17.7 19.0 8.1 13.7 15.1 18.7 8.5 7.1 7.5 3.3 4.4 6.3 10.6 6.0 3.9 1.8 5.7 2.3 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 37.2 31.2 36.3 30.1 31.4 31.3 38.8 41.4 15.9 13.5 5.9 10.8 8.5 10.7 13.0 11.6 12.3 11.6 14.5 11.3 12.4 14.5 15.2 22.4 3.9 4.4 12.4 2.0 7.5 3.7 9.0 3.9 2.8 1.2 2.8 2.8 1.3 1.2 1.2 2.9 2.4 0.5 0.6 3.2 1.7 1.1 0.5 0.7 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 85.6 72.0 78.7 52.2 54.8 59.1 67.1 79.0 46.8 40.6 38.6 32.2 25.2 35.8 25.1 31.3 18.1 18.5 25.5 11.3 16.6 14.4 30.4 34.1 15.5 8.2 10.8 4.9 9.6 6.9 7.7 10.7 3.7 3.3 2.0 3.2 3.4 1.6 2.5 2.7 1.5 1.4 1.7 0.5 .. 0.5 1.5 0.2 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 122.5 119.3 116.8 114.5 111.6 123.0 126.5 117.8 49.9 51.3 48.6 45.7 46.7 56.7 51.9 42.9 37.2 26.0 34.4 37.5 35.3 38.1 47.3 46.8 18.4 19.0 18.3 18.5 16.3 12.5 21.0 17.3 12.0 18.2 9.2 6.3 11.3 12.3 5.8 8.0 5.1 4.7 6.2 6.6 1.9 3.5 0.4 3.0 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 13.4 7.3 8.3 6.5 11.3 10.0 5.8 8.7 9.5 1.3 3.3 3.0 3.3 4.7 1.8 3.2 1.8 2.8 1.0 0.7 5.5 2.0 1.3 3.1 1.1 1.5 1.8 0.5 2.1 2.6 2.0 0.9 .. 0.5 2.2 1.6 .. .. 0.7 1.3 1.1 1.2 .. 0.8 0.4 0.7 .. 0.2 09 Salud y servicios sociales 41.6 57.7 61.9 52.0 58.8 43.2 42.2 41.9 11.8 19.7 14.7 13.3 14.9 13.0 10.7 19.8 18.4 22.1 25.5 22.9 28.6 18.3 19.1 13.8 4.2 12.5 12.5 5.3 7.5 6.5 9.4 5.2 5.1 1.8 7.6 8.6 2.2 3.2 1.9 2.1 2.1 1.6 1.6 1.9 5.6 2.1 1.0 1.0 10 Servicios 48.9 43.2 45.0 47.4 42.3 27.2 27.8 31.0 27.3 19.7 17.2 27.5 17.7 12.4 19.1 9.1 11.6 14.6 18.2 14.2 18.0 10.2 7.9 11.2 2.4 5.8 7.1 3.7 2.9 1.2 0.6 7.1 6.5 2.2 2.5 1.8 3.1 1.1 0.2 3.3 1.1 1.0 .. 0.1 0.6 2.2 .. 0.2 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 9.7 5.6 4.7 6.6 4.1 3.3 5.2 5.4 8.1 5.1 2.8 3.2 3.8 1.7 2.2 2.6 0.7 0.2 0.6 2.0 .. 0.1 1.3 1.5 .. .. 1.2 0.4 0.1 0.8 0.6 .. 0.9 .. .. 1.2 .. 0.6 .. .. .. 0.2 .. .. 0.2 .. 1.1 1.3 Females Total 2,272.2 2,163.0 2,135.5 2,053.0 1,969.9 1,909.0 1,905.0 1,912.9 1,593.7 1,539.2 1,482.2 1,495.3 1,407.7 1,380.0 1,352.1 1,353.9 340.8 337.2 355.2 299.5 288.4 283.2 290.2 309.3 169.1 134.8 171.6 131.1 157.1 135.8 155.3 137.6 113.4 103.4 85.5 93.2 78.2 81.8 72.1 77.6 55.3 48.3 41.0 33.9 38.6 28.1 35.4 34.5 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 1,517.3 1,485.1 1,430.9 1,437.3 1,374.4 1,348.9 1,328.1 1,282.9 1,330.2 1,315.0 1,259.4 1,296.9 1,218.2 1,202.2 1,169.9 1,148.0 86.3 81.1 94.2 73.3 77.7 68.7 72.1 70.7 47.2 37.6 47.4 29.3 39.3 36.9 48.3 26.9 34.1 33.8 18.8 28.5 22.0 30.4 24.2 19.9 19.5 17.6 11.1 9.3 17.2 10.5 13.5 17.5 01 Educación 121.3 84.8 88.9 88.6 83.2 72.7 71.3 95.2 26.9 27.1 23.8 25.9 29.9 19.2 21.8 33.3 59.1 34.3 38.8 39.9 26.7 29.0 36.3 35.6 20.3 15.2 16.7 13.4 15.5 14.0 8.8 14.5 8.2 3.9 5.2 8.0 9.0 6.1 2.2 9.7 6.7 4.2 4.3 1.4 2.1 4.3 2.3 2.1 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 75.7 75.6 57.4 49.8 60.8 56.6 56.1 66.5 29.7 19.4 22.1 17.4 25.6 15.0 12.5 20.1 21.7 30.3 19.5 16.9 19.6 25.1 16.9 20.6 8.0 12.7 4.7 6.3 8.5 7.7 20.2 13.3 8.4 6.6 5.5 6.9 3.0 7.1 4.3 8.7 7.8 6.5 5.7 2.3 4.1 1.8 2.2 3.7 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 46.3 49.7 60.0 37.8 47.3 39.1 48.7 41.4 12.0 13.2 17.0 10.1 14.3 13.4 11.7 16.9 11.5 19.2 27.9 12.1 15.6 17.5 19.0 14.5 9.9 9.2 9.2 6.1 11.9 4.3 9.3 7.2 11.3 4.3 4.8 6.4 4.1 3.3 6.4 2.7 1.5 3.8 1.1 3.0 1.3 0.7 2.2 0.2 04 Negocios, administración y derecho 127.1 157.5 151.9 134.5 115.5 141.1 132.7 150.1 38.9 47.7 40.7 41.1 31.8 36.7 43.6 37.9 35.8 51.5 51.6 43.0 35.8 54.4 33.4 55.0 24.1 22.6 29.7 25.6 26.4 26.3 32.2 34.0 19.9 30.2 23.5 16.9 17.3 20.3 17.7 19.4 8.5 5.5 6.5 7.9 4.2 3.4 5.8 3.8 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 47.6 41.6 38.7 45.4 40.7 31.8 35.9 30.3 12.0 10.2 13.9 13.1 12.4 10.2 8.5 7.2 27.8 20.4 17.9 17.6 13.3 12.5 15.8 16.5 3.8 5.8 5.1 5.8 12.9 7.5 6.8 3.3 1.8 4.1 1.7 5.8 0.5 1.2 4.1 2.4 2.3 1.0 .. 3.1 1.6 0.4 0.6 0.8 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 33.8 23.6 17.6 14.2 22.8 7.7 11.6 11.5 11.3 7.7 4.2 6.4 4.2 2.1 1.9 2.2 12.4 10.8 6.9 2.9 13.0 3.9 3.7 7.0 6.7 2.2 3.9 0.6 2.5 0.2 4.5 0.6 2.1 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.8 1.5 1.2 1.7 1.2 0.4 .. 1.8 0.3 .. 0.3 .. 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 26.0 28.9 22.7 29.8 30.7 26.9 29.7 30.9 8.8 7.6 4.6 7.5 6.9 11.3 6.8 9.3 5.3 13.4 6.9 11.1 8.7 8.5 15.5 14.1 5.2 4.5 8.5 6.6 11.3 4.9 4.6 4.7 5.4 1.0 2.7 4.0 3.1 1.0 1.6 2.2 1.3 2.4 .. 0.6 0.7 1.2 1.2 0.5 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 11.6 8.9 8.9 8.4 10.1 3.2 5.5 7.1 2.5 1.0 3.2 5.0 0.7 1.0 2.1 3.5 3.7 5.4 4.2 2.2 6.0 1.2 1.9 3.3 3.1 1.3 0.7 .. 0.5 0.8 1.2 0.3 2.3 0.9 0.8 1.2 2.0 0.2 0.2 .. .. 0.3 .. .. 0.9 .. .. .. 09 Salud y servicios sociales 202.4 155.6 184.2 163.9 129.3 130.5 133.5 139.8 92.0 65.8 64.2 55.4 43.3 47.2 48.9 50.6 63.5 56.4 62.3 64.1 50.7 46.5 57.1 55.1 29.0 17.1 32.3 30.3 19.6 25.2 17.4 22.5 12.8 11.3 14.1 11.5 11.1 8.8 6.5 8.7 5.1 4.9 11.4 2.5 4.6 2.8 3.6 2.9 10 Servicios 53.5 48.7 70.5 40.8 49.1 38.8 45.4 45.9 24.1 23.5 26.0 15.7 19.3 15.8 23.2 18.8 11.7 14.2 25.1 16.0 17.7 14.9 16.3 15.5 10.7 6.6 12.9 6.8 8.5 5.6 2.1 8.4 6.7 3.9 5.6 1.4 3.3 1.6 3.6 2.4 0.2 0.4 0.9 0.9 0.2 1.0 0.2 0.7 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 9.7 3.0 3.9 2.6 6.0 11.8 6.6 11.3 5.1 1.0 3.1 0.9 1.1 6.0 1.2 6.1 1.9 0.2 .. 0.4 3.5 1.0 2.1 1.4 1.2 .. 0.6 0.3 .. 2.5 .. 1.8 0.4 0.6 0.2 .. .. 0.2 .. .. 1.1 1.2 .. 1.0 1.4 2.0 3.3 2.0 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