Economically Active Population Survey National results Population aged 16 years old and over currently enrolled in 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 4,504.1 4,270.9 3,791.7 2,545.4 2,698.0 2,655.6 2,521.7 2,172.9 668.9 674.4 582.2 394.8 439.9 442.2 434.5 408.0 839.7 841.1 826.6 547.4 603.5 575.5 519.9 472.4 1,037.4 1,006.6 925.1 605.9 668.8 702.7 676.1 586.8 1,052.6 995.4 845.9 613.3 545.4 544.5 513.0 400.6 905.5 753.5 612.0 383.9 440.4 390.7 378.2 305.0 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 1,521.4 1,390.6 1,151.6 806.3 912.2 938.0 909.4 789.3 471.9 468.6 388.2 297.3 303.2 329.2 303.9 282.3 177.2 161.5 180.9 101.6 126.5 134.8 126.9 106.1 262.6 263.1 202.1 119.0 149.3 143.4 168.0 133.7 258.7 241.0 195.0 164.2 157.7 163.3 144.8 119.2 351.0 256.3 185.4 124.2 175.6 167.4 165.7 148.0 01 Educación 396.7 378.2 339.5 223.8 225.9 192.0 215.2 184.0 35.9 26.1 29.0 14.0 22.1 20.8 25.4 21.9 122.6 117.8 111.0 72.9 81.3 52.3 67.4 66.5 99.1 93.8 91.9 59.9 49.3 56.4 55.0 38.4 73.9 74.9 55.0 40.1 35.8 33.7 35.5 31.2 65.3 65.6 52.5 36.9 37.3 28.8 32.0 25.9 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 238.2 201.4 178.5 144.8 134.7 131.4 132.0 104.6 9.6 6.9 10.9 10.1 10.7 7.6 7.2 8.1 49.9 49.4 42.1 36.7 31.7 37.7 36.0 26.0 45.8 49.3 48.1 31.4 37.9 40.8 43.3 29.5 76.5 52.6 41.2 41.4 30.2 21.0 25.3 28.2 56.4 43.2 36.2 25.2 24.2 24.3 20.3 12.8 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 154.5 141.3 132.4 105.3 92.9 82.4 80.2 69.2 9.5 12.6 5.6 4.9 4.1 2.8 6.7 7.0 30.2 29.6 33.5 24.3 26.8 30.4 17.9 16.1 37.1 34.4 39.4 27.0 26.8 20.6 26.6 23.5 44.8 35.8 31.4 28.7 23.4 15.5 19.6 16.1 33.0 28.9 22.5 20.5 11.8 13.2 9.3 6.4 04 Negocios, administración y derecho 701.0 695.1 679.0 422.6 435.7 413.6 410.6 377.7 35.5 41.6 42.4 21.8 22.0 23.5 30.5 31.4 161.9 141.5 156.6 108.9 104.5 97.8 87.7 85.5 169.8 178.1 171.6 121.0 133.5 148.0 148.4 148.5 213.7 205.7 204.2 117.2 114.8 109.5 101.2 78.2 120.1 128.2 104.2 53.7 60.9 34.8 42.9 34.2 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 134.6 144.6 123.9 94.4 78.5 114.7 85.8 69.3 6.4 8.3 7.0 3.7 3.4 2.6 5.1 3.0 23.8 32.1 27.2 19.1 20.2 31.5 20.4 24.6 29.9 36.8 35.6 30.7 22.8 42.0 27.6 20.7 39.0 44.4 35.9 26.3 18.2 28.3 23.1 15.6 35.6 23.0 18.3 14.6 14.0 10.3 9.6 5.3 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 190.5 195.1 148.1 118.3 118.1 101.8 83.6 63.4 17.5 24.7 13.6 5.7 14.2 6.1 8.2 4.2 53.9 48.3 30.1 33.1 35.8 34.0 21.5 11.1 59.9 59.3 59.4 35.7 41.5 42.9 33.5 30.2 39.6 49.9 37.3 32.3 20.8 16.0 15.5 13.6 19.6 12.8 7.8 11.6 5.8 2.8 4.8 4.2 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 374.6 384.7 337.0 214.8 233.8 222.3 203.6 192.2 19.4 22.2 21.9 5.9 16.9 13.8 12.3 11.9 50.1 67.9 67.3 42.1 47.4 48.1 47.2 43.5 115.8 106.7 90.9 66.1 68.6 71.5 60.6 72.0 121.1 117.9 95.5 64.0 61.9 58.7 59.1 46.4 68.1 69.9 61.4 36.7 39.0 30.1 24.4 18.5 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 44.3 44.4 36.3 33.1 19.9 20.7 24.2 17.3 0.8 2.9 1.3 0.1 1.7 1.4 2.5 1.3 8.8 12.6 8.4 5.1 6.3 0.7 6.0 3.1 17.1 7.2 9.1 12.2 7.1 7.1 9.2 7.7 13.2 14.0 10.5 12.5 3.9 5.9 5.9 2.9 4.5 7.7 7.0 3.3 0.8 5.6 0.6 2.4 09 Salud y servicios sociales 543.5 488.7 473.9 273.1 318.4 332.2 263.0 217.3 37.1 37.8 33.7 20.0 18.6 18.6 15.2 22.3 109.2 124.1 116.7 67.1 87.7 83.2 57.9 63.5 144.5 117.7 119.8 73.7 92.6 90.8 71.4 56.2 121.6 120.7 106.6 64.0 58.8 76.3 61.4 36.1 131.0 88.4 97.1 48.2 60.7 63.3 57.2 39.2 10 Servicios 180.3 171.9 169.3 98.8 109.5 93.8 88.4 73.2 20.9 19.4 24.2 9.9 14.2 14.7 15.0 13.6 45.5 50.2 49.3 35.8 32.9 23.9 27.2 21.5 47.0 47.6 50.5 28.2 37.9 33.0 28.4 22.7 46.2 31.6 31.6 19.3 17.4 14.6 13.9 10.1 20.7 23.0 13.8 5.7 7.2 7.6 4.0 5.4 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 24.5 34.9 22.2 10.1 18.3 12.8 25.9 15.5 4.5 3.3 4.3 1.3 8.8 1.1 2.7 1.0 6.6 5.8 3.4 0.7 2.4 1.2 3.9 4.9 8.7 12.5 6.7 1.2 1.6 6.2 4.0 3.9 4.3 6.9 1.9 3.5 2.4 1.7 7.7 3.0 0.4 6.4 5.8 3.3 3.1 2.6 7.7 2.8 Males Total 2,012.3 1,862.5 1,720.7 1,130.5 1,210.0 1,225.2 1,178.7 958.9 333.6 342.0 279.1 165.7 210.9 204.0 212.6 179.8 369.3 349.7 384.1 245.4 266.0 282.2 246.5 191.8 454.1 423.0 409.5 270.7 292.5 327.4 311.3 269.6 477.9 432.7 372.7 279.7 248.0 258.0 253.2 195.6 377.3 315.2 275.3 168.9 192.6 153.6 155.1 122.2 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 767.9 677.8 597.7 403.9 464.2 457.1 480.6 385.2 246.6 251.0 195.7 125.3 149.3 151.7 157.7 127.3 98.4 88.3 104.3 63.4 75.5 80.3 82.4 55.1 140.7 126.9 115.0 75.3 77.7 78.5 93.2 69.0 134.1 109.7 96.0 86.5 80.9 83.3 74.0 70.8 148.0 101.8 86.7 53.4 80.8 63.3 73.3 63.1 01 Educación 102.4 79.2 79.5 53.3 47.5 48.9 43.1 36.9 10.9 6.5 5.1 2.4 4.2 4.0 5.2 4.3 37.8 22.6 28.8 19.8 14.7 15.8 16.2 13.6 29.2 20.3 24.5 13.3 10.4 17.6 10.5 8.0 16.7 14.6 11.7 11.6 8.1 7.1 5.2 6.7 7.8 15.3 9.5 6.2 10.2 4.3 5.9 4.3 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 74.0 74.9 79.3 44.4 59.1 51.6 47.5 36.0 3.2 1.6 2.6 5.9 6.4 3.7 2.6 4.8 20.7 21.4 23.2 16.4 12.4 20.3 11.7 5.8 8.3 13.0 26.0 7.9 19.4 11.5 15.6 12.1 23.2 24.2 14.3 9.8 11.5 8.1 12.5 10.2 18.5 14.7 13.2 4.4 9.4 8.0 5.0 3.2 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 54.5 45.8 25.9 30.7 19.1 28.9 27.9 25.4 5.0 1.1 0.2 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.1 3.7 8.2 13.3 6.9 9.3 5.7 14.3 6.3 5.8 10.5 5.9 6.0 6.0 5.0 3.0 9.7 5.8 17.9 12.8 9.2 8.1 5.4 6.2 7.3 6.3 12.9 12.7 3.6 6.5 2.2 4.6 3.6 3.8 04 Negocios, administración y derecho 266.8 255.8 251.9 159.5 158.4 162.3 174.1 128.1 16.8 17.1 18.1 7.0 8.2 10.3 14.8 11.8 59.5 52.3 55.0 34.5 42.0 36.4 35.5 21.5 53.7 62.0 57.0 46.1 41.5 58.9 56.4 58.4 86.6 72.2 75.0 45.7 42.6 44.6 48.2 24.9 50.3 52.4 46.9 26.3 24.1 12.1 19.1 11.4 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 62.4 60.3 57.2 41.1 39.2 49.7 40.2 34.8 4.1 3.6 1.6 0.9 1.1 1.7 2.2 1.9 7.0 12.5 13.1 7.1 13.2 13.6 8.4 10.8 13.9 13.7 12.9 12.0 8.9 15.6 13.4 9.3 19.2 21.6 21.2 13.7 10.6 15.6 11.2 9.7 18.2 8.9 8.4 7.4 5.3 3.1 5.1 3.2 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 149.8 146.7 115.6 90.5 78.1 72.0 63.1 52.3 13.4 19.4 12.4 5.0 9.6 5.3 7.3 4.1 43.2 36.2 24.4 25.8 22.7 25.2 17.8 9.7 49.9 47.7 49.0 26.5 28.7 30.1 23.7 25.4 31.8 35.3 24.7 24.1 12.5 9.8 10.7 9.2 11.5 8.1 5.0 9.1 4.6 1.5 3.6 3.9 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 317.7 328.3 282.4 181.8 204.8 200.0 176.6 165.1 19.0 19.3 20.2 5.5 14.7 12.3 10.9 8.7 44.5 54.3 53.1 34.0 42.9 43.0 37.4 36.6 86.2 93.0 71.8 52.9 59.4 64.0 51.7 60.8 102.7 98.0 80.4 54.2 55.2 52.3 55.2 41.9 65.2 63.7 56.9 35.2 32.7 28.4 21.4 17.2 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 21.3 25.6 21.9 15.9 10.0 16.9 16.9 9.0 0.5 1.2 0.2 .. 0.2 1.4 0.3 0.3 2.9 8.1 5.7 2.2 3.2 0.5 5.6 2.1 7.9 4.0 4.7 7.3 4.3 6.0 5.1 2.2 6.3 7.0 4.6 5.7 1.6 4.3 5.4 2.4 3.7 5.4 6.7 0.6 0.7 4.6 0.6 1.9 09 Salud y servicios sociales 113.1 101.3 123.7 62.7 68.2 87.6 56.8 56.4 3.5 10.7 10.3 6.3 3.5 5.2 1.0 5.8 25.3 22.8 40.7 15.8 16.4 21.2 10.0 17.1 31.1 20.3 20.0 13.4 20.1 24.6 16.8 15.7 21.5 25.9 23.3 12.4 10.5 17.2 14.0 9.0 31.7 21.5 29.4 14.9 17.6 19.4 15.0 8.7 10 Servicios 72.6 56.4 76.2 40.9 52.6 47.0 40.7 27.3 7.9 9.1 10.8 5.6 7.6 6.8 8.4 7.0 20.1 16.1 26.9 17.2 16.4 10.8 13.4 12.2 18.8 14.0 19.9 9.2 17.1 17.5 12.3 2.9 16.3 8.4 11.1 6.0 8.4 7.9 5.5 3.6 9.6 8.8 7.6 3.0 3.2 4.0 1.1 1.5 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 9.8 10.4 9.5 5.7 8.7 3.4 11.2 2.5 2.6 1.5 1.7 1.0 5.3 0.7 1.2 0.2 1.6 1.8 2.2 .. 1.0 0.8 1.8 1.4 3.9 2.2 3.0 1.0 .. .. 2.7 .. 1.5 3.0 1.3 1.8 0.7 1.4 3.9 0.9 .. 1.8 1.4 2.0 1.7 0.5 1.5 .. Females Total 2,491.8 2,408.4 2,071.0 1,415.0 1,488.1 1,430.4 1,343.0 1,214.0 335.3 332.3 303.1 229.1 229.0 238.2 221.9 228.3 470.4 491.4 442.4 302.0 337.5 293.3 273.4 280.6 583.3 583.6 515.5 335.2 376.3 375.3 364.8 317.2 574.6 562.7 473.2 333.6 297.4 286.5 259.7 205.0 528.2 438.3 336.8 215.1 247.9 237.0 223.1 182.8 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 753.6 712.8 553.9 402.4 448.1 480.9 428.7 404.1 225.3 217.6 192.6 172.0 153.9 177.5 146.2 155.1 78.7 73.2 76.6 38.2 51.0 54.5 44.5 51.0 122.0 136.2 87.1 43.7 71.5 64.9 74.9 64.7 124.6 131.3 99.0 77.7 76.8 80.0 70.8 48.4 203.0 154.5 98.7 70.8 94.8 104.1 92.4 84.9 01 Educación 294.3 299.0 260.0 170.5 178.4 143.1 172.2 147.1 25.0 19.6 23.9 11.6 17.9 16.9 20.2 17.7 84.9 95.2 82.3 53.1 66.7 36.4 51.1 52.9 69.8 73.5 67.4 46.6 39.0 38.8 44.5 30.4 57.1 60.3 43.3 28.5 27.8 26.5 30.3 24.5 57.5 50.3 43.1 30.7 27.1 24.5 26.0 21.6 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 164.2 126.5 99.2 100.4 75.6 79.8 84.5 68.5 6.3 5.3 8.2 4.1 4.3 3.9 4.6 3.3 29.3 28.0 18.9 20.3 19.3 17.5 24.2 20.1 37.5 36.4 22.1 23.5 18.5 29.3 27.7 17.4 53.3 28.3 26.9 31.6 18.7 12.9 12.8 18.0 37.9 28.5 23.0 20.8 14.8 16.3 15.2 9.6 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 100.0 95.5 106.5 74.6 73.8 53.5 52.3 43.8 4.4 11.5 5.3 4.2 3.3 2.0 5.6 3.4 22.0 16.3 26.6 15.0 21.1 16.0 11.7 10.3 26.6 28.5 33.4 21.0 21.9 17.6 17.0 17.7 26.9 23.0 22.3 20.5 18.0 9.3 12.3 9.8 20.1 16.2 18.9 14.0 9.6 8.7 5.8 2.6 04 Negocios, administración y derecho 434.1 439.3 427.1 263.1 277.3 251.3 236.5 249.6 18.7 24.5 24.3 14.8 13.8 13.2 15.7 19.6 102.4 89.2 101.7 74.5 62.6 61.4 52.2 64.0 116.2 116.2 114.6 74.9 92.0 89.1 92.0 90.1 127.1 133.6 129.2 71.4 72.2 64.9 52.9 53.2 69.9 75.9 57.3 27.4 36.8 22.7 23.7 22.7 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 72.2 84.3 66.8 53.3 39.4 65.0 45.5 34.5 2.2 4.7 5.4 2.8 2.2 0.9 2.9 1.1 16.8 19.6 14.1 12.0 7.0 17.9 12.0 13.9 16.0 23.0 22.7 18.7 13.9 26.4 14.2 11.4 19.9 22.8 14.6 12.6 7.5 12.7 11.9 6.0 17.3 14.2 9.9 7.3 8.7 7.1 4.6 2.1 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 40.7 48.5 32.6 27.9 40.0 29.8 20.5 11.1 4.1 5.3 1.2 0.8 4.6 0.7 0.9 0.2 10.7 12.2 5.7 7.2 13.1 8.7 3.8 1.4 10.0 11.6 10.4 9.1 12.8 12.8 9.8 4.8 7.8 14.6 12.5 8.2 8.3 6.2 4.8 4.4 8.0 4.7 2.7 2.5 1.2 1.3 1.3 0.3 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 56.9 56.4 54.6 33.1 29.0 22.2 27.0 27.1 0.4 2.9 1.6 0.4 2.2 1.5 1.5 3.2 5.6 13.6 14.2 8.1 4.5 5.1 9.8 6.9 29.6 13.7 19.1 13.2 9.2 7.5 8.8 11.2 18.3 20.0 15.1 9.8 6.8 6.4 3.9 4.5 2.9 6.2 4.5 1.4 6.3 1.8 3.0 1.3 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 23.0 18.8 14.4 17.2 9.9 3.8 7.2 8.3 0.3 1.7 1.0 0.1 1.6 .. 2.1 0.9 5.9 4.6 2.7 2.9 3.1 0.3 0.5 1.0 9.2 3.2 4.5 4.9 2.8 1.1 4.2 5.4 6.9 7.0 6.0 6.7 2.3 1.6 0.4 0.5 0.8 2.3 0.3 2.7 0.2 0.9 .. 0.4 09 Salud y servicios sociales 430.4 387.4 350.1 210.4 250.3 244.6 206.2 161.0 33.7 27.0 23.4 13.7 15.1 13.5 14.1 16.5 83.9 101.4 76.1 51.3 71.2 62.0 47.9 46.4 113.4 97.4 99.8 60.3 72.5 66.1 54.5 40.4 100.1 94.8 83.3 51.6 48.3 59.1 47.4 27.1 99.3 66.9 67.7 33.4 43.1 43.9 42.2 30.5 10 Servicios 107.7 115.5 93.2 57.9 56.8 46.8 47.7 45.9 13.1 10.3 13.4 4.3 6.6 7.9 6.6 6.6 25.4 34.1 22.5 18.6 16.5 13.1 13.8 9.3 28.2 33.6 30.6 19.0 20.7 15.4 16.0 19.8 30.0 23.2 20.5 13.2 9.0 6.7 8.4 6.4 11.0 14.3 6.2 2.7 4.0 3.6 2.9 3.9 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 14.7 24.5 12.6 4.3 9.5 9.4 14.7 13.0 1.9 1.9 2.6 0.2 3.5 0.4 1.5 0.8 4.9 4.0 1.2 0.7 1.3 0.4 2.1 3.5 4.8 10.2 3.8 0.3 1.6 6.2 1.3 3.9 2.7 3.9 0.6 1.8 1.7 0.3 3.8 2.1 0.4 4.5 4.5 1.3 1.4 2.1 6.1 2.8 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