Economically Active Population Survey National results Active population 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 3,423.4 3,274.2 2,914.2 1,913.8 1,956.4 2,002.2 1,895.2 1,630.0 233.6 260.2 209.7 112.5 138.7 149.4 147.7 137.9 691.6 698.4 684.4 435.1 475.0 470.4 436.3 401.5 951.0 899.7 845.3 551.6 592.7 648.3 624.9 552.8 985.6 929.2 785.9 567.5 506.1 520.0 480.0 377.7 561.5 486.7 388.9 247.2 243.9 214.0 206.4 160.1 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 874.9 811.1 683.5 447.9 492.3 535.0 518.2 423.6 115.6 128.9 96.0 57.6 64.5 81.0 71.5 60.3 124.2 125.2 133.5 73.8 93.5 102.5 96.9 83.8 231.4 208.8 179.0 99.4 124.3 132.1 148.1 121.0 228.5 211.6 174.8 148.5 133.6 154.3 131.9 108.2 175.3 136.5 100.1 68.6 76.5 65.1 69.9 50.3 01 Educación 327.0 314.0 279.2 186.4 174.5 154.3 181.9 151.2 24.9 14.8 15.1 8.0 12.5 12.8 15.8 16.1 100.6 102.6 95.6 58.9 61.3 43.3 58.3 52.6 93.6 82.1 84.1 56.0 43.8 50.1 53.7 36.8 71.7 72.4 53.3 38.4 34.5 32.7 34.9 29.6 36.1 42.0 31.1 25.0 22.3 15.4 19.2 16.2 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 191.0 157.3 141.2 113.4 103.8 108.9 106.0 88.9 7.1 3.8 3.8 8.1 4.3 4.7 4.6 4.3 38.5 39.7 34.1 26.7 25.7 32.0 29.3 22.8 39.7 41.4 42.9 27.4 31.7 37.1 38.4 27.0 70.8 46.8 36.3 38.3 29.0 20.7 20.5 28.2 35.0 25.6 24.1 12.9 13.1 14.4 13.2 6.6 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 128.9 124.6 110.1 90.3 82.0 70.4 68.7 60.9 6.1 9.6 2.7 1.2 0.9 1.3 4.1 3.7 26.4 27.0 28.5 18.1 24.3 24.7 16.3 15.8 34.6 31.8 35.4 25.7 26.6 19.9 25.8 20.8 43.0 34.7 30.3 27.2 22.7 14.5 15.7 15.3 18.8 21.5 13.2 18.1 7.5 10.0 6.8 5.3 04 Negocios, administración y derecho 593.9 603.0 570.9 345.6 352.2 351.9 349.4 326.2 16.7 24.5 22.8 9.4 8.7 13.6 17.1 17.7 132.8 107.4 127.6 82.7 77.6 77.4 71.3 69.1 151.3 169.0 161.0 109.4 120.6 137.4 136.5 141.9 204.5 195.2 184.8 106.1 109.2 102.7 97.2 75.9 88.6 106.9 74.6 37.9 36.1 20.8 27.4 21.6 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 111.0 121.5 105.6 79.4 67.8 101.3 79.5 59.7 3.0 4.8 4.7 1.6 1.9 0.9 2.5 1.1 21.7 26.7 23.4 15.4 17.1 27.5 19.0 19.3 27.0 34.3 28.5 29.3 22.2 39.3 26.9 19.6 37.2 43.5 35.0 26.3 17.1 27.0 22.8 15.6 22.2 12.3 13.9 6.8 9.5 6.7 8.3 4.0 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 173.4 180.3 136.3 108.0 97.2 91.2 78.7 58.2 8.6 19.1 10.1 4.0 8.1 2.9 7.3 1.5 51.8 43.7 29.5 31.5 28.2 30.5 19.8 9.8 59.3 57.2 57.0 32.7 35.0 41.0 32.2 29.2 38.7 48.8 33.3 32.3 20.7 15.1 15.4 13.6 15.0 11.5 6.5 7.6 5.2 1.7 4.0 4.1 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 338.1 330.0 297.4 188.6 201.0 198.7 177.7 171.4 13.6 12.1 15.5 3.8 12.0 10.2 6.9 5.7 44.8 60.2 61.4 33.4 41.0 42.2 39.7 41.7 114.6 99.8 88.0 63.6 64.6 66.9 57.5 68.3 115.4 110.8 92.4 60.6 60.9 58.4 58.0 44.4 49.7 47.1 40.2 27.3 22.4 21.0 15.6 11.2 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 42.6 39.0 32.8 29.9 15.6 16.6 18.8 16.2 0.8 2.1 1.1 0.0 0.8 0.1 0.8 1.1 8.8 10.9 8.0 4.1 5.0 0.7 6.0 2.4 15.9 6.3 7.5 12.2 5.4 7.0 5.7 7.7 13.2 13.1 10.5 12.3 3.9 4.1 5.7 2.7 3.9 6.6 5.7 1.3 0.6 4.7 0.6 2.4 09 Salud y servicios sociales 470.0 433.2 407.1 234.6 274.5 296.6 229.4 202.4 21.9 26.6 21.6 11.7 13.3 13.5 8.8 16.2 93.6 110.6 100.0 60.1 74.3 72.5 52.6 60.7 134.3 115.5 113.4 69.5 84.5 84.7 68.5 56.2 117.7 117.5 104.0 58.0 56.4 75.1 61.1 34.4 102.5 63.0 68.2 35.3 46.1 50.8 38.3 35.0 10 Servicios 157.4 137.6 141.4 83.1 90.1 71.9 76.9 63.4 13.7 12.2 16.1 7.2 9.6 7.7 8.1 10.1 42.4 40.7 40.9 29.6 26.5 16.5 25.0 20.0 45.1 43.1 45.1 25.3 33.8 30.9 28.0 21.5 41.8 29.7 29.6 16.8 16.3 14.0 13.2 8.9 14.5 11.9 9.7 4.3 3.9 2.7 2.6 2.8 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 15.0 22.6 8.7 6.7 5.3 5.5 9.9 7.7 1.6 1.7 0.2 0.0 2.0 0.6 0.2 0.0 6.2 3.6 2.0 0.7 0.6 0.8 2.1 3.6 4.2 10.3 3.5 1.2 0.3 1.9 3.5 2.8 2.9 5.2 1.5 2.8 1.8 1.4 3.6 0.8 .. 1.8 1.5 2.0 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.5 Males Total 1,577.2 1,461.8 1,352.6 902.1 917.8 960.2 922.7 740.5 122.5 133.4 103.1 51.5 72.8 70.0 76.8 57.7 310.0 291.1 321.9 205.0 218.0 236.6 203.8 164.8 432.8 393.6 382.5 255.3 268.9 309.0 298.0 257.4 454.9 409.3 360.7 268.9 235.3 248.0 238.6 187.9 257.0 234.3 184.4 121.4 122.8 96.6 105.5 72.7 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 498.4 441.9 382.7 263.8 283.4 288.9 311.1 234.5 69.9 76.3 51.6 25.9 38.5 39.9 43.4 28.5 76.9 72.9 78.6 48.3 59.7 64.4 67.5 45.0 134.0 113.3 106.3 71.0 68.5 74.2 86.7 64.6 128.1 103.0 91.4 83.1 72.2 80.9 69.3 65.1 89.6 76.5 54.8 35.5 44.4 29.5 44.2 31.3 01 Educación 85.7 64.1 60.5 43.6 37.0 39.8 34.0 31.8 8.6 3.4 1.2 0.8 2.0 2.8 2.8 3.6 30.4 19.2 24.5 17.4 10.7 13.5 13.3 10.8 28.1 18.0 20.3 10.7 9.3 14.1 10.1 7.2 16.0 12.9 11.3 10.7 7.7 6.4 5.2 6.7 2.6 10.7 3.1 3.8 7.4 3.0 2.6 3.5 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 59.4 61.0 66.5 36.2 47.8 41.2 39.9 27.3 2.6 0.4 0.3 5.4 3.3 1.8 2.1 2.1 17.7 15.0 21.2 12.9 9.7 15.6 8.0 3.4 7.9 11.3 23.4 5.8 17.7 10.8 15.4 10.1 18.9 22.3 13.8 9.2 10.6 7.9 9.5 10.2 12.4 12.0 7.9 2.9 6.4 5.0 5.0 1.5 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 45.6 39.1 23.2 27.2 17.3 24.1 22.6 21.2 4.2 0.3 .. 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.4 1.0 6.3 12.6 6.9 7.9 4.7 12.3 5.4 5.8 8.8 5.9 4.9 5.9 5.0 3.0 9.7 5.3 16.8 12.8 9.2 7.8 5.4 5.8 4.5 6.3 9.5 7.5 2.3 5.6 1.7 3.1 2.5 2.8 04 Negocios, administración y derecho 229.2 224.9 216.4 144.1 132.9 145.1 152.8 112.0 5.0 9.9 12.4 4.1 2.6 4.6 8.7 6.1 48.2 41.4 42.7 29.1 33.7 30.3 26.9 14.9 50.5 60.8 53.5 44.9 39.1 57.0 56.0 58.4 84.4 68.7 71.5 43.6 41.1 43.0 46.6 24.9 41.1 44.1 36.2 22.3 16.3 10.2 14.6 7.7 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 49.9 52.5 50.5 33.1 35.7 44.5 38.3 31.0 1.9 2.4 0.8 0.5 0.9 0.6 1.3 0.8 5.2 11.3 10.6 5.0 11.5 13.2 7.6 9.8 12.5 12.9 12.2 10.7 8.9 14.6 13.4 8.7 19.2 21.6 20.9 13.7 10.2 14.2 11.2 9.7 11.1 4.4 6.0 3.2 4.1 1.8 4.7 2.1 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 137.9 134.8 109.9 84.0 66.1 65.0 60.6 47.8 7.1 14.3 9.6 3.2 4.5 2.8 7.3 1.5 41.1 32.6 23.8 25.3 19.1 23.4 16.0 8.5 49.5 45.6 47.6 24.6 25.5 28.2 23.0 24.7 31.3 35.2 23.9 24.1 12.5 9.2 10.7 9.2 8.9 7.2 4.9 6.7 4.4 1.5 3.6 3.8 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 284.5 280.3 251.8 161.5 179.8 178.3 155.9 148.8 13.6 11.5 14.5 3.8 10.4 9.1 5.7 4.9 40.6 46.7 50.4 28.0 37.7 37.5 32.2 35.8 85.0 87.0 70.0 51.3 57.4 59.6 49.3 57.7 98.0 91.2 79.2 52.2 54.6 52.0 54.9 40.2 47.2 43.9 37.6 26.2 19.6 20.1 13.9 10.3 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 20.7 22.1 19.7 15.3 8.4 13.9 14.3 8.4 0.5 0.8 0.2 .. 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.3 2.9 7.1 5.3 2.0 2.8 0.5 5.6 1.6 7.7 3.3 4.1 7.3 3.3 6.0 2.9 2.2 6.3 6.6 4.6 5.7 1.6 3.3 5.3 2.4 3.3 4.4 5.4 0.2 0.4 4.0 0.6 1.9 09 Salud y servicios sociales 96.7 91.8 103.9 53.6 62.3 78.1 51.7 53.1 1.7 8.1 5.5 3.7 2.9 4.1 0.2 3.6 21.3 20.5 35.6 13.7 15.7 18.2 8.7 17.1 29.9 20.3 20.0 13.4 17.6 24.0 16.4 15.7 20.2 25.5 23.3 12.4 10.2 16.4 14.0 9.0 23.5 17.4 19.4 10.5 15.8 15.4 12.4 7.6 10 Servicios 64.8 42.8 63.2 35.1 43.9 38.4 35.2 23.2 6.5 5.3 6.8 4.2 4.9 3.9 4.7 5.2 17.7 11.3 20.9 15.2 12.5 6.9 11.5 11.2 18.1 13.5 18.7 8.8 16.6 17.4 12.3 2.9 14.8 8.1 10.7 4.6 8.4 7.7 5.5 3.6 7.8 4.6 6.1 2.3 1.5 2.5 1.1 0.2 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 4.4 6.5 4.5 4.7 3.4 2.8 6.4 1.5 1.0 0.7 .. 0.0 2.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 1.6 0.8 1.4 .. 0.0 0.8 1.1 0.9 0.8 1.8 1.4 1.0 .. .. 2.7 .. 0.9 1.6 0.9 1.8 0.7 1.3 2.0 0.6 .. 1.7 0.8 2.0 0.6 0.5 0.3 .. Females Total 1,846.2 1,812.3 1,561.6 1,011.7 1,038.6 1,042.0 972.4 889.4 111.1 126.9 106.6 60.9 65.9 79.4 70.8 80.2 381.6 407.3 362.5 230.1 257.1 233.9 232.5 236.7 518.2 506.0 462.9 296.3 323.7 339.4 326.9 295.4 530.7 519.8 425.2 298.7 270.8 272.0 241.3 189.8 304.5 252.4 204.5 125.7 121.1 117.4 100.9 87.4 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 376.5 369.1 300.8 184.0 208.9 246.1 207.1 189.1 45.7 52.5 44.5 31.7 26.0 41.2 28.1 31.9 47.3 52.3 54.9 25.4 33.8 38.1 29.4 38.8 97.4 95.5 72.8 28.4 55.7 57.8 61.4 56.4 100.5 108.6 83.4 65.4 61.4 73.4 62.6 43.0 85.7 60.1 45.3 33.1 32.1 35.6 25.7 19.0 01 Educación 241.4 249.9 218.7 142.8 137.5 114.5 147.9 119.4 16.4 11.5 13.9 7.2 10.6 10.0 13.0 12.5 70.1 83.4 71.1 41.5 50.6 29.7 45.0 41.8 65.5 64.2 63.7 45.2 34.6 36.0 43.6 29.5 55.7 59.5 42.1 27.7 26.9 26.3 29.7 22.9 33.6 31.4 27.9 21.2 14.9 12.4 16.6 12.7 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 131.6 96.3 74.7 77.2 56.0 67.6 66.1 61.6 4.5 3.4 3.5 2.7 1.0 2.9 2.5 2.2 20.8 24.8 13.0 13.8 16.0 16.3 21.3 19.3 31.8 30.1 19.5 21.6 14.0 26.3 23.0 17.0 51.9 24.5 22.5 29.2 18.4 12.8 11.1 18.0 22.6 13.5 16.3 10.0 6.7 9.3 8.2 5.1 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 83.2 85.5 86.8 63.1 64.7 46.4 46.1 39.7 1.8 9.3 2.7 1.2 0.5 1.3 3.6 2.7 20.1 14.4 21.6 10.2 19.6 12.5 10.9 10.0 25.8 25.9 30.5 19.8 21.6 16.9 16.1 15.6 26.2 21.9 21.1 19.4 17.3 8.7 11.2 9.0 9.3 14.0 10.9 12.5 5.8 6.9 4.2 2.5 04 Negocios, administración y derecho 364.7 378.2 354.5 201.5 219.4 206.8 196.6 214.3 11.8 14.6 10.4 5.3 6.1 9.0 8.4 11.6 84.6 66.1 85.0 53.6 43.9 47.1 44.4 54.2 100.8 108.3 107.4 64.5 81.5 80.4 80.4 83.5 120.0 126.5 113.3 62.6 68.1 59.7 50.6 51.0 47.5 62.7 38.4 15.6 19.8 10.6 12.8 14.0 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 61.2 68.9 55.1 46.3 32.1 56.8 41.2 28.7 1.1 2.4 3.8 1.1 1.0 0.3 1.2 0.3 16.4 15.4 12.8 10.4 5.6 14.2 11.4 9.5 14.5 21.4 16.3 18.6 13.3 24.7 13.4 10.9 18.0 21.9 14.1 12.6 6.9 12.7 11.6 6.0 11.1 7.9 8.0 3.7 5.3 4.9 3.6 1.9 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 35.5 45.5 26.4 24.0 31.1 26.1 18.1 10.4 1.6 4.8 0.5 0.8 3.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 10.7 11.2 5.7 6.1 9.1 7.0 3.8 1.3 9.8 11.6 9.3 8.0 9.6 12.8 9.2 4.4 7.4 13.6 9.3 8.2 8.1 5.9 4.7 4.4 6.0 4.3 1.6 0.9 0.8 0.2 0.5 0.3 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 53.6 49.7 45.6 27.0 21.2 20.3 21.8 22.6 .. 0.6 1.0 0.0 1.6 1.1 1.3 0.8 4.2 13.5 10.9 5.3 3.3 4.7 7.6 5.9 29.6 12.8 18.0 12.3 7.1 7.3 8.3 10.7 17.4 19.6 13.2 8.4 6.3 6.4 3.0 4.3 2.5 3.2 2.5 1.1 2.8 0.9 1.7 1.0 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 21.8 16.9 13.2 14.6 7.3 2.7 4.5 7.7 0.3 1.3 0.8 0.0 0.6 .. 0.8 0.8 5.9 3.9 2.7 2.1 2.1 0.3 0.5 0.8 8.2 3.0 3.4 4.9 2.0 0.9 2.9 5.4 6.9 6.5 6.0 6.6 2.3 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.6 2.3 0.3 1.1 0.2 0.7 .. 0.4 09 Salud y servicios sociales 373.3 341.4 303.2 181.0 212.3 218.5 177.7 149.3 20.2 18.6 16.1 7.9 10.3 9.4 8.6 12.5 72.3 90.1 64.3 46.5 58.5 54.3 43.9 43.6 104.3 95.2 93.4 56.1 66.9 60.7 52.1 40.4 97.5 92.0 80.7 45.6 46.2 58.7 47.1 25.4 79.0 45.6 48.8 24.8 30.3 35.3 25.9 27.3 10 Servicios 92.6 94.8 78.2 48.0 46.2 33.5 41.8 40.3 7.2 6.9 9.2 3.0 4.7 3.8 3.4 4.9 24.7 29.4 20.0 14.4 13.9 9.6 13.5 8.8 27.0 29.7 26.4 16.5 17.2 13.5 15.6 18.7 27.0 21.6 19.0 12.1 8.0 6.4 7.8 5.3 6.7 7.4 3.7 1.9 2.4 0.2 1.5 2.6 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 10.6 16.1 4.2 2.0 1.9 2.7 3.5 6.3 0.6 1.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 4.6 2.9 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.0 0.9 2.7 3.4 8.5 2.1 0.3 0.3 1.9 0.7 2.8 2.0 3.6 0.6 1.0 1.0 0.1 1.6 0.2 .. 0.1 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.5 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