Economically Active Population Survey National results Active population who are 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 4,674.1 4,384.1 4,116.6 3,005.5 3,092.6 3,035.6 3,017.9 2,765.2 754.7 710.2 632.2 528.5 574.3 566.9 583.6 548.5 1,067.2 1,049.6 1,089.0 792.2 839.3 785.3 797.7 805.5 1,143.6 1,056.9 1,072.9 719.0 805.8 823.8 837.6 754.3 1,108.4 1,049.7 892.6 691.1 602.6 623.5 566.5 471.2 600.2 517.6 429.9 274.7 270.6 236.0 232.5 185.7 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 1,402.1 1,279.5 1,147.6 882.2 965.5 974.5 998.3 883.2 444.4 421.6 370.2 330.0 363.3 365.1 363.0 331.5 225.1 220.1 238.0 159.6 183.1 177.1 195.5 194.8 281.5 246.9 229.8 137.3 180.8 177.9 204.0 164.9 264.2 244.5 197.4 180.3 153.7 183.6 159.5 129.7 187.0 146.3 112.1 75.0 84.6 70.7 76.3 62.4 01 Educación 407.0 379.5 350.4 261.2 250.9 212.1 241.7 231.5 38.4 36.1 24.4 24.5 29.8 24.6 28.4 33.9 139.2 129.5 132.4 94.6 90.0 67.9 90.2 89.7 113.0 93.1 100.7 71.5 63.2 63.3 63.7 54.0 76.7 76.6 58.4 45.1 43.1 38.1 38.8 36.8 39.6 44.2 34.4 25.5 24.8 18.2 20.7 17.2 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 246.6 208.1 196.0 160.3 158.6 165.1 158.6 148.6 26.1 10.3 13.4 17.7 18.8 11.7 15.0 13.5 54.9 60.6 55.9 44.2 49.0 54.7 39.5 42.1 51.4 57.2 57.9 35.3 41.6 50.1 60.0 48.4 76.5 52.6 42.0 48.5 33.5 31.2 28.1 36.4 37.6 27.5 26.8 14.5 15.7 17.5 15.9 8.1 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 167.9 167.7 166.1 135.5 127.9 105.0 113.1 100.6 15.3 18.3 13.7 6.4 8.1 7.0 10.7 15.3 41.2 44.3 58.6 39.1 44.3 36.9 35.9 29.5 43.8 39.3 44.2 34.0 37.9 28.0 37.4 28.3 48.5 42.6 34.4 35.6 28.9 22.5 21.0 20.6 19.1 23.2 15.2 20.5 8.6 10.7 8.0 6.8 04 Negocios, administración y derecho 722.0 743.2 733.8 486.2 476.2 500.0 488.2 468.8 42.5 57.8 57.1 36.9 28.7 37.2 42.8 37.9 178.7 154.2 180.9 134.7 124.8 138.0 116.9 127.8 178.8 191.6 198.2 141.4 153.3 177.8 179.1 182.3 225.3 227.7 213.5 131.7 130.0 123.6 116.9 96.3 96.8 111.8 84.2 41.4 39.3 23.4 32.5 24.5 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 169.5 162.3 158.8 124.2 109.1 132.1 121.4 102.9 18.6 12.0 13.0 8.3 10.0 10.2 11.0 9.1 51.6 47.6 48.7 35.0 29.3 40.9 35.3 43.9 31.9 43.5 43.4 35.4 41.2 45.6 39.2 26.3 41.5 46.7 39.2 34.2 17.6 28.5 26.7 19.3 26.1 12.5 14.4 11.3 10.9 6.8 9.3 4.3 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 244.5 222.6 182.3 132.8 142.1 126.5 125.1 113.6 31.9 31.7 25.0 14.1 16.8 19.6 16.1 12.4 76.8 65.3 45.3 39.7 47.2 41.0 43.0 42.1 76.3 62.4 67.8 36.4 46.0 46.2 42.0 38.8 43.9 51.4 37.5 34.6 26.9 17.8 18.5 16.3 15.6 11.7 6.7 8.1 5.2 1.9 5.5 4.1 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 425.6 404.1 368.7 275.6 288.9 278.0 262.0 255.0 30.7 29.3 31.5 22.9 31.2 34.9 23.2 23.7 77.5 83.2 88.3 69.4 75.9 70.7 79.7 80.0 131.4 113.3 107.0 82.7 87.3 79.2 78.0 85.6 132.0 126.4 100.4 69.3 70.7 69.9 64.0 53.0 54.1 51.9 41.5 31.2 23.8 23.3 17.1 12.7 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 55.3 49.9 43.5 38.4 27.6 23.8 24.5 25.9 6.4 3.0 2.1 3.2 1.7 1.2 1.6 4.4 11.8 16.4 12.1 6.3 12.6 3.9 8.3 7.0 17.3 9.1 10.0 12.6 6.8 9.6 7.8 8.9 15.2 14.4 13.6 14.5 5.9 4.3 6.2 3.1 4.7 7.0 5.7 1.7 0.6 4.7 0.6 2.5 09 Salud y servicios sociales 609.2 552.4 555.2 373.6 386.0 399.9 346.7 311.3 63.3 58.7 51.9 42.6 37.0 37.9 39.6 41.2 148.4 163.3 156.3 120.8 124.6 117.3 106.2 108.0 160.2 137.7 148.8 97.3 104.3 105.1 92.2 79.0 133.0 126.2 121.3 74.9 68.1 85.6 66.6 44.7 104.4 66.5 76.8 38.0 52.1 54.0 42.1 38.5 10 Servicios 204.9 189.8 201.0 125.9 149.6 108.0 124.2 108.8 32.7 28.7 26.7 21.6 24.0 15.5 30.8 21.7 55.4 61.2 70.1 46.5 55.9 35.3 44.1 36.1 52.7 52.3 60.4 33.5 42.9 36.6 30.1 33.3 48.8 34.6 33.3 19.3 22.4 16.4 16.4 14.0 15.3 13.0 10.5 5.0 4.3 4.2 2.8 3.8 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 19.3 24.9 13.2 9.7 10.3 10.7 13.9 14.8 4.5 2.9 3.0 0.3 4.7 1.8 1.5 4.1 6.5 3.9 2.4 2.3 2.7 1.6 3.1 4.5 5.4 10.3 4.7 1.6 0.4 4.5 4.1 4.6 2.9 5.8 1.5 3.0 1.8 2.0 3.6 0.8 .. 2.0 1.5 2.5 0.6 0.7 1.7 0.8 Males Total 2,121.3 1,942.6 1,886.7 1,388.5 1,436.3 1,437.3 1,447.9 1,265.1 360.0 350.3 299.4 242.6 274.5 273.3 288.7 256.3 466.8 415.7 488.2 363.9 391.0 368.8 376.7 351.0 512.3 467.7 486.4 321.7 363.4 387.2 393.7 353.2 508.1 463.6 408.5 327.8 273.5 297.4 271.5 221.4 274.0 245.2 204.2 132.5 134.0 110.6 117.4 83.3 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 734.3 660.3 601.1 468.5 504.3 506.4 554.0 480.7 218.6 221.8 183.7 149.0 178.5 178.4 191.8 170.8 125.6 114.5 128.4 98.0 100.5 105.3 123.6 111.1 155.7 129.3 126.1 86.6 98.7 95.2 111.5 88.9 140.7 115.1 101.0 97.2 79.5 95.2 79.4 72.7 93.7 79.6 62.0 37.6 47.2 32.4 47.8 37.3 01 Educación 98.6 78.3 75.6 60.1 59.9 54.6 47.1 47.4 11.2 8.9 2.5 6.5 6.4 5.5 5.1 8.5 34.1 22.6 32.8 23.6 20.4 20.5 20.4 18.2 32.5 21.4 23.2 14.7 14.6 17.1 11.6 10.1 16.2 14.4 12.7 11.5 10.2 7.2 6.9 6.9 4.7 11.0 4.4 3.8 8.4 4.2 3.0 3.7 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 85.1 79.1 94.0 59.5 73.3 61.8 67.6 49.4 7.9 3.3 5.1 11.2 9.1 4.9 10.7 4.5 27.7 17.3 28.4 22.3 21.4 20.3 12.1 7.9 14.2 22.2 36.2 8.8 22.2 16.7 23.4 21.6 22.0 24.1 16.4 14.3 12.7 12.1 14.3 13.6 13.2 12.1 7.9 2.9 7.8 7.8 7.1 1.8 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 63.0 54.4 39.9 45.9 31.9 37.2 31.9 34.9 9.2 3.2 2.0 0.4 1.3 0.8 0.7 4.6 12.2 19.4 15.8 19.2 12.1 15.5 11.3 9.0 13.1 7.3 7.3 9.4 8.0 7.2 12.4 7.5 18.8 17.0 10.9 10.1 8.8 10.4 4.8 9.7 9.8 7.5 4.0 6.7 1.7 3.4 2.5 4.1 04 Negocios, administración y derecho 282.3 274.6 285.7 198.5 183.6 199.6 205.0 156.5 16.3 25.8 30.6 16.1 11.2 13.1 18.2 11.0 68.1 54.0 61.3 44.7 56.8 48.0 44.9 34.8 61.6 68.2 69.4 56.8 51.1 76.9 72.6 74.2 92.5 80.1 82.3 57.9 47.0 50.1 53.0 28.1 43.8 46.4 42.2 23.0 17.5 11.5 16.3 8.3 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 72.7 65.2 77.1 49.7 51.3 59.8 58.2 57.6 10.0 4.2 2.3 4.6 3.9 6.4 5.8 7.1 14.2 17.4 21.6 11.7 16.3 19.7 14.4 24.9 13.6 17.0 23.4 11.8 16.0 16.5 20.5 12.1 21.8 22.3 23.4 16.5 10.2 15.4 12.4 11.5 13.1 4.4 6.5 5.2 4.9 1.8 5.1 2.1 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 187.9 166.8 146.0 103.1 94.2 95.8 98.1 95.3 27.6 24.6 22.4 10.5 10.3 18.5 14.8 12.4 55.0 47.1 37.4 31.6 28.8 31.7 36.5 35.2 61.4 49.9 55.2 28.3 34.8 33.2 29.1 33.7 34.8 37.8 26.0 25.5 15.9 10.8 12.7 10.2 9.2 7.5 5.1 7.3 4.4 1.7 5.0 3.8 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 356.7 338.4 309.6 229.4 249.9 243.9 224.5 212.4 28.3 27.9 28.3 20.4 29.4 29.1 19.8 18.6 69.4 58.8 72.9 55.8 64.9 60.5 63.8 63.5 98.9 98.5 83.2 65.7 71.8 69.2 66.7 71.6 109.7 106.7 86.2 58.0 63.6 62.9 60.0 47.4 50.3 46.6 39.0 29.6 20.3 22.3 14.3 11.2 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 28.7 27.3 24.9 18.7 13.3 18.4 18.3 12.2 6.2 1.7 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.8 1.3 3.8 9.4 6.3 2.4 6.4 2.5 6.9 2.9 8.3 4.9 5.9 7.8 4.3 7.8 4.5 3.2 6.3 7.1 6.8 7.3 1.6 3.3 5.5 2.8 4.1 4.4 5.4 0.6 0.4 4.0 0.6 2.1 09 Salud y servicios sociales 120.4 124.7 138.7 91.6 97.8 100.3 80.9 76.5 5.8 15.9 9.6 9.6 8.6 7.5 4.6 10.4 33.1 33.7 48.5 31.3 34.6 28.0 23.0 26.1 33.2 29.5 29.6 18.4 24.0 28.1 25.1 20.6 24.9 27.3 30.0 20.9 11.9 19.7 15.0 11.1 23.5 18.3 21.0 11.4 18.7 17.1 13.2 8.4 10 Servicios 84.3 66.1 86.9 57.0 71.7 54.8 52.6 40.0 15.2 11.9 11.5 13.7 11.8 7.7 15.3 6.8 22.0 20.4 33.0 22.3 28.8 15.8 17.8 16.3 19.0 17.8 24.3 12.2 17.7 18.6 12.9 9.7 19.5 10.3 12.0 6.5 11.5 8.8 5.5 6.8 8.6 5.6 6.1 2.3 1.9 4.0 1.1 0.5 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 7.2 7.3 7.1 6.4 5.1 4.6 9.6 2.0 3.8 1.0 1.0 0.0 3.7 0.7 1.0 0.3 1.6 1.0 1.8 1.1 0.0 0.9 1.9 1.1 0.8 1.8 2.6 1.3 0.1 0.8 3.3 .. 0.9 1.6 0.9 2.0 0.7 1.7 2.0 0.6 .. 1.9 0.8 2.0 0.6 0.5 1.4 0.0 Females Total 2,552.9 2,441.5 2,229.9 1,617.0 1,656.2 1,598.3 1,570.1 1,500.0 394.6 359.9 332.8 285.9 299.8 293.6 294.9 292.3 600.4 633.9 600.8 428.3 448.3 416.6 421.0 454.5 631.3 589.1 586.5 397.3 442.4 436.6 444.0 401.1 600.3 586.1 484.1 363.3 329.1 326.1 295.0 249.8 326.2 272.5 225.7 142.2 136.6 125.4 115.2 102.3 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 667.9 619.1 546.5 413.7 461.2 468.1 444.3 402.5 225.8 199.8 186.5 180.9 184.9 186.8 171.3 160.7 99.5 105.6 109.7 61.6 82.6 71.8 71.9 83.6 125.7 117.6 103.7 50.7 82.1 82.7 92.5 76.1 123.5 129.4 96.5 83.1 74.3 88.5 80.2 57.0 93.4 66.7 50.1 37.3 37.4 38.3 28.5 25.1 01 Educación 308.4 301.3 274.8 201.1 191.0 157.5 194.6 184.1 27.2 27.1 21.9 18.0 23.5 19.1 23.3 25.3 105.1 106.9 99.6 71.0 69.6 47.4 69.7 71.5 80.5 71.7 77.5 56.8 48.6 46.1 52.0 43.8 60.5 62.2 45.8 33.6 32.9 30.9 31.9 29.9 35.0 33.3 30.0 21.6 16.3 14.0 17.7 13.5 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 161.5 129.1 102.0 100.7 85.4 103.3 91.0 99.1 18.2 7.0 8.2 6.5 9.7 6.9 4.3 9.0 27.2 43.3 27.5 21.9 27.6 34.3 27.4 34.2 37.2 35.0 21.7 26.5 19.4 33.4 36.6 26.8 54.5 28.5 25.6 34.2 20.8 19.1 13.9 22.8 24.4 15.4 18.9 11.6 7.9 9.7 8.8 6.3 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 104.9 113.2 126.2 89.7 96.0 67.8 81.2 65.7 6.1 15.1 11.7 6.0 6.9 6.2 10.0 10.7 29.0 24.9 42.8 19.8 32.2 21.4 24.6 20.5 30.8 31.9 36.9 24.5 30.0 20.9 25.0 20.8 29.7 25.6 23.5 25.5 20.1 12.0 16.2 10.9 9.3 15.7 11.2 13.8 6.9 7.3 5.5 2.8 04 Negocios, administración y derecho 439.7 468.6 448.1 287.6 292.6 300.4 283.2 312.3 26.2 32.0 26.5 20.8 17.6 24.2 24.6 26.8 110.6 100.2 119.6 90.0 68.0 90.0 72.1 93.0 117.1 123.4 128.7 84.7 102.2 100.9 106.5 108.0 132.8 147.6 131.2 73.8 83.0 73.5 63.9 68.2 52.9 65.4 42.0 18.4 21.7 11.9 16.1 16.2 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 96.8 97.1 81.7 74.4 57.7 72.3 63.2 45.3 8.5 7.8 10.7 3.8 6.1 3.8 5.2 2.0 37.4 30.1 27.1 23.3 13.0 21.2 20.8 19.0 18.3 26.5 20.0 23.6 25.2 29.2 18.8 14.3 19.7 24.5 15.9 17.7 7.4 13.1 14.2 7.8 12.9 8.1 8.0 6.0 6.0 5.0 4.2 2.2 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 56.6 55.8 36.3 29.7 47.9 30.7 27.0 18.3 4.3 7.1 2.6 3.6 6.6 1.1 1.3 0.0 21.9 18.3 7.9 8.1 18.4 9.3 6.5 6.9 14.9 12.6 12.6 8.1 11.2 13.0 12.9 5.0 9.1 13.6 11.5 9.1 10.9 7.1 5.9 6.1 6.4 4.3 1.6 0.9 0.8 0.2 0.5 0.3 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 69.0 65.7 59.1 46.1 38.9 34.1 37.5 42.6 2.3 1.4 3.2 2.5 1.8 5.9 3.4 5.1 8.1 24.4 15.3 13.7 10.9 10.3 15.9 16.5 32.5 14.9 23.8 17.1 15.5 10.0 11.3 14.0 22.3 19.7 14.2 11.3 7.2 6.9 4.0 5.6 3.8 5.3 2.5 1.6 3.5 1.1 2.9 1.5 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 26.7 22.6 18.6 19.7 14.3 5.3 6.2 13.6 0.3 1.3 1.7 2.6 1.1 0.4 0.8 3.1 8.0 7.0 5.8 3.9 6.2 1.4 1.4 4.1 9.1 4.3 4.1 4.9 2.6 1.7 3.4 5.7 8.8 7.4 6.8 7.2 4.3 1.1 0.7 0.3 0.6 2.6 0.3 1.1 0.2 0.7 .. 0.4 09 Salud y servicios sociales 488.8 427.8 416.5 282.0 288.1 299.6 265.8 234.8 57.5 42.8 42.4 33.0 28.3 30.5 35.0 30.7 115.3 129.6 107.8 89.4 90.0 89.3 83.2 81.9 127.0 108.3 119.2 78.9 80.3 77.0 67.1 58.4 108.1 98.9 91.3 53.9 56.2 66.0 51.6 33.7 80.8 48.2 55.8 26.7 33.4 36.9 29.0 30.1 10 Servicios 120.6 123.7 114.1 69.0 77.9 53.2 71.6 68.8 17.5 16.7 15.2 7.9 12.2 7.8 15.4 14.9 33.4 40.8 37.0 24.2 27.1 19.5 26.3 19.8 33.7 34.5 36.1 21.3 25.2 18.0 17.2 23.6 29.3 24.3 21.3 12.8 11.0 7.6 11.0 7.3 6.7 7.4 4.5 2.7 2.4 0.2 1.7 3.3 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 12.1 17.6 6.0 3.3 5.1 6.0 4.2 12.9 0.6 1.9 2.0 0.3 1.1 1.1 0.5 3.9 4.9 2.9 0.6 1.2 2.7 0.7 1.2 3.4 4.6 8.5 2.1 0.3 0.3 3.7 0.7 4.6 2.0 4.2 0.6 1.0 1.0 0.4 1.6 0.2 .. 0.1 0.8 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.8 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