Economically Active Population Survey National results Employed population 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 21,182.2 20,547.5 19,833.5 19,202.4 19,779.3 19,327.7 18,824.8 18,341.5 1,210.3 1,133.4 983.7 883.8 1,038.6 989.3 921.1 820.4 4,042.0 3,886.5 3,690.7 3,574.0 3,820.8 3,786.9 3,757.9 3,776.4 5,417.6 5,435.6 5,496.0 5,464.7 5,794.9 5,847.6 5,841.1 5,791.7 6,150.6 5,956.4 5,764.3 5,570.0 5,598.5 5,397.8 5,186.7 5,003.0 4,361.8 4,135.7 3,898.8 3,709.8 3,526.4 3,306.2 3,117.9 2,950.1 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 8,779.6 8,765.4 8,340.3 8,229.3 8,859.3 8,744.8 8,639.6 8,480.8 606.9 592.4 471.7 459.1 600.8 543.7 485.5 408.0 1,224.6 1,274.4 1,225.2 1,170.2 1,296.3 1,384.1 1,454.7 1,463.2 2,176.5 2,120.2 2,112.7 2,116.7 2,375.6 2,281.1 2,360.8 2,345.5 2,550.0 2,609.6 2,527.2 2,513.8 2,639.5 2,609.3 2,557.3 2,535.1 2,221.7 2,168.8 2,003.5 1,969.7 1,947.0 1,926.6 1,781.3 1,728.9 01 Educación 1,107.2 1,036.0 994.4 919.1 986.3 842.0 862.3 816.9 55.0 41.8 40.6 29.2 42.3 37.3 41.2 42.1 320.2 288.5 285.2 241.6 253.8 218.2 227.1 211.9 300.4 283.5 281.2 264.0 280.7 275.2 272.0 243.9 242.4 232.4 215.2 208.5 227.4 183.9 188.3 182.9 189.3 189.8 172.1 175.7 182.1 127.3 133.7 136.0 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 795.7 694.1 723.1 704.5 709.6 708.0 664.7 643.0 44.2 24.6 29.5 27.5 17.7 22.9 15.9 17.0 158.7 165.2 151.8 137.1 147.3 176.0 127.3 115.6 190.7 185.5 187.3 206.5 219.4 207.4 220.9 227.8 244.0 188.2 202.6 196.3 197.4 183.2 202.7 193.4 158.1 130.5 152.0 137.1 127.7 118.6 98.0 89.2 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 529.5 532.5 486.0 470.8 466.3 449.8 445.3 447.5 22.4 23.8 18.0 10.1 13.0 14.5 14.6 17.8 94.7 103.4 99.0 97.0 100.4 105.4 104.8 118.3 159.0 155.3 157.4 156.3 165.9 147.0 154.8 150.0 176.0 159.5 134.7 120.5 131.1 125.7 117.6 112.4 77.3 90.6 77.0 86.9 55.9 57.3 53.4 49.0 04 Negocios, administración y derecho 3,277.2 3,024.9 2,995.4 2,815.2 2,729.8 2,758.1 2,703.5 2,507.7 97.0 101.2 112.7 80.3 69.2 89.6 84.0 80.6 666.5 546.4 579.9 550.4 555.0 562.3 547.9 507.5 809.9 839.7 870.2 877.3 897.8 989.4 1,010.4 976.7 1,110.0 1,019.1 950.6 913.0 851.6 809.5 773.7 686.8 593.8 518.6 482.1 394.2 356.1 307.3 287.6 256.2 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 565.8 555.5 559.4 551.7 540.5 544.3 504.3 509.1 20.7 19.9 20.6 20.3 22.5 10.8 13.9 16.1 144.0 120.7 122.6 88.2 105.4 105.6 90.4 120.3 129.9 157.0 168.1 183.9 203.7 208.8 201.5 202.3 170.8 162.2 163.1 152.7 133.0 145.8 122.3 120.8 100.4 95.6 85.0 106.7 76.0 73.4 76.3 49.6 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 835.1 778.7 688.0 635.0 643.4 630.4 571.4 541.1 63.4 65.7 51.5 35.8 34.8 41.7 28.6 23.2 248.3 213.3 164.4 176.6 201.4 184.0 177.7 184.4 285.2 262.0 260.8 223.5 225.4 263.5 235.5 221.3 177.5 182.5 162.7 155.0 147.4 116.6 104.5 95.8 60.7 55.0 48.6 44.0 34.5 24.6 25.2 16.4 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 2,299.2 2,300.6 2,231.5 2,207.0 2,183.7 2,151.8 2,090.9 2,033.5 106.3 98.2 83.2 79.5 90.8 89.7 89.5 84.6 404.8 440.2 406.2 458.8 450.9 451.4 435.7 437.7 597.5 662.8 659.3 657.2 682.3 694.8 702.9 710.6 750.4 715.2 684.2 653.6 635.0 629.3 576.9 550.4 440.1 384.3 398.6 357.9 324.6 286.6 285.9 250.2 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 223.0 216.2 198.2 202.3 187.1 194.5 163.3 161.9 13.8 9.4 8.2 7.9 6.3 9.3 6.1 5.3 39.9 49.3 28.0 25.4 41.1 30.6 32.6 32.0 49.2 54.1 54.1 65.2 58.8 63.7 52.9 53.8 68.1 59.2 68.3 70.1 50.3 61.9 50.7 48.7 51.9 44.2 39.7 33.7 30.6 29.0 21.0 22.1 09 Salud y servicios sociales 1,785.1 1,712.5 1,742.1 1,658.0 1,598.8 1,496.3 1,386.5 1,404.1 101.5 98.9 89.4 77.3 75.1 70.3 66.9 68.1 466.8 434.1 381.1 410.8 419.8 347.3 335.8 344.3 449.7 447.1 488.9 465.1 420.0 434.9 391.5 402.0 413.4 389.3 428.0 380.1 368.4 356.8 320.1 320.0 353.7 343.0 354.6 324.7 315.5 286.9 272.2 269.6 10 Servicios 838.1 792.2 757.7 716.9 759.1 671.6 656.9 627.7 69.1 52.4 52.1 49.4 57.6 53.1 68.8 47.1 239.5 230.1 224.5 203.4 231.6 189.6 196.9 203.2 230.5 237.2 225.4 222.2 229.7 238.6 200.7 201.5 203.4 190.2 195.8 178.6 187.3 144.3 137.1 122.0 95.6 82.3 59.9 63.3 52.9 46.0 53.3 53.9 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 146.8 139.0 117.3 92.8 115.5 136.2 136.1 168.3 9.9 5.0 6.3 7.4 8.4 6.5 6.1 10.5 34.0 21.0 22.8 14.6 17.8 32.4 27.0 38.0 39.0 31.2 30.7 26.8 35.7 43.2 37.4 56.2 44.6 48.9 31.9 28.0 30.0 31.5 35.5 34.7 19.1 32.9 25.6 16.0 23.5 22.6 30.1 29.0 Males Total 11,376.7 11,114.6 10,733.2 10,429.7 10,745.6 10,532.0 10,266.3 10,000.8 659.2 626.6 539.9 498.3 581.4 530.6 488.2 445.0 2,134.0 2,048.7 1,919.2 1,877.4 2,018.8 2,001.6 1,972.6 1,988.7 2,888.5 2,919.7 2,952.8 2,948.6 3,118.1 3,170.2 3,185.1 3,155.3 3,318.7 3,249.9 3,173.8 3,056.0 3,066.6 2,974.3 2,871.2 2,772.4 2,376.3 2,269.6 2,147.5 2,049.4 1,960.7 1,855.3 1,749.1 1,639.4 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 5,308.7 5,366.1 5,049.6 5,027.7 5,354.9 5,244.6 5,209.5 5,147.8 335.8 343.4 286.8 270.1 368.2 308.0 285.0 252.7 800.0 821.0 743.2 754.0 818.9 873.5 894.1 916.9 1,340.4 1,309.7 1,318.8 1,355.5 1,446.7 1,404.3 1,479.2 1,468.7 1,547.7 1,606.2 1,544.2 1,493.7 1,585.4 1,538.0 1,499.1 1,516.0 1,284.8 1,285.7 1,156.5 1,154.4 1,135.7 1,120.9 1,052.0 993.5 01 Educación 271.3 243.9 242.2 201.9 248.2 199.0 175.4 194.2 13.0 8.2 8.9 6.1 10.2 5.6 6.6 10.8 82.9 63.8 72.9 51.5 57.0 51.0 51.1 44.2 84.8 67.9 71.9 58.1 77.1 69.3 53.6 63.1 54.6 53.5 49.3 48.6 60.3 38.1 33.8 37.4 36.0 50.5 39.2 37.7 43.6 35.1 30.3 38.7 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 318.6 304.4 302.7 272.6 295.5 287.9 291.2 254.1 13.6 13.6 8.7 13.3 8.7 9.4 6.9 5.8 68.5 61.2 68.4 57.6 64.9 64.9 54.7 43.6 72.1 74.3 76.9 76.0 95.3 86.6 88.1 86.0 90.1 91.4 84.7 71.0 69.4 79.2 99.8 82.6 74.3 63.9 64.1 54.7 57.3 47.8 41.7 36.0 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 193.0 191.5 171.3 176.9 159.8 159.7 148.1 156.7 11.2 5.1 4.4 1.2 2.2 4.2 3.5 5.4 30.6 37.5 32.4 34.9 35.6 38.6 30.1 28.9 53.2 49.4 47.9 54.0 46.7 47.4 52.0 54.4 65.2 63.3 49.4 46.9 53.7 44.0 40.8 41.8 32.8 36.2 37.2 39.9 21.6 25.5 21.5 26.1 04 Negocios, administración y derecho 1,304.7 1,201.5 1,170.5 1,128.9 1,086.9 1,093.2 1,090.6 983.7 49.1 39.9 52.0 37.8 26.7 33.0 29.1 27.2 268.3 251.1 215.0 211.7 215.2 184.5 195.3 175.0 307.7 320.1 314.3 325.5 346.8 404.6 392.7 364.3 429.5 374.8 362.7 378.0 339.1 323.4 341.5 273.2 250.1 215.6 226.5 175.9 159.1 147.7 132.0 144.0 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 280.9 260.2 301.3 281.0 264.3 262.8 268.4 259.9 11.2 7.2 7.0 12.7 7.8 5.5 7.4 8.7 58.1 52.0 61.6 37.7 48.5 59.3 46.7 66.6 62.3 65.3 83.6 76.7 93.5 73.5 105.4 95.1 96.3 83.6 98.3 87.6 71.7 82.8 61.4 62.8 52.9 52.0 50.8 66.2 42.8 41.7 47.4 26.7 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 648.0 605.6 541.1 491.9 499.9 485.7 438.2 425.7 58.5 57.9 43.6 27.4 25.8 34.6 21.8 18.6 200.0 174.2 134.9 141.3 154.8 142.5 145.0 149.6 218.6 216.7 208.4 173.6 177.0 207.7 175.5 172.0 127.6 125.9 116.3 114.3 113.9 82.9 78.5 73.8 43.2 30.9 38.0 35.4 28.4 18.0 17.5 11.8 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 2,066.5 2,035.8 1,989.6 1,962.0 1,944.4 1,947.3 1,879.5 1,825.0 103.3 93.3 76.0 73.8 85.3 82.0 81.3 73.3 360.2 375.0 366.9 392.8 387.3 389.2 380.4 379.5 514.2 578.5 574.6 579.9 588.6 621.2 616.2 629.7 682.1 630.3 614.9 582.4 580.1 580.7 542.1 509.2 406.7 358.6 357.1 333.0 303.1 274.3 259.5 233.4 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 139.5 155.6 128.6 135.9 126.0 143.6 123.0 108.5 9.1 7.7 6.1 7.0 2.7 7.6 4.7 4.3 21.2 35.2 16.0 16.6 18.1 20.2 20.6 16.9 27.8 36.7 33.5 37.9 43.0 41.1 35.7 29.5 40.6 40.3 40.5 51.4 35.2 51.3 43.1 38.7 40.9 35.7 32.6 22.9 26.9 23.4 18.8 19.1 09 Salud y servicios sociales 419.0 377.3 425.2 404.8 372.0 354.2 314.1 318.6 13.6 19.1 16.8 20.1 13.0 14.3 14.5 13.2 119.6 90.5 93.3 85.9 102.6 84.7 67.9 70.1 102.4 97.3 107.1 113.3 85.5 94.9 87.1 95.7 87.8 83.4 109.5 97.7 72.0 80.0 59.1 68.2 95.6 87.1 98.6 87.9 98.9 80.4 85.5 71.4 10 Servicios 353.3 286.8 332.0 291.6 315.1 271.7 241.7 233.5 35.9 28.3 24.6 22.6 24.9 23.4 24.4 20.6 110.6 74.4 101.6 84.2 104.5 69.8 70.5 80.7 84.2 92.2 96.9 86.7 92.8 99.6 72.5 64.7 74.6 59.4 82.7 67.9 67.6 56.1 50.3 45.2 48.1 32.6 26.3 30.1 25.4 22.8 24.1 22.4 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 73.0 85.8 79.1 54.4 78.6 82.2 86.6 93.0 5.0 2.8 5.0 6.2 6.0 3.0 2.9 4.5 13.9 12.8 13.1 9.2 11.5 23.5 16.1 16.6 20.7 11.6 19.0 11.4 25.0 20.1 27.0 32.0 22.6 37.7 21.4 16.4 18.3 17.9 21.7 23.5 10.8 20.9 20.6 11.3 17.9 17.7 18.9 16.4 Females Total 9,805.5 9,432.9 9,100.3 8,772.7 9,033.7 8,795.7 8,558.5 8,340.8 551.1 506.8 443.8 385.6 457.3 458.7 432.9 375.3 1,908.0 1,837.8 1,771.5 1,696.6 1,802.0 1,785.3 1,785.3 1,787.7 2,529.1 2,515.9 2,543.2 2,516.1 2,676.8 2,677.4 2,656.0 2,636.4 2,831.9 2,706.5 2,590.5 2,514.1 2,531.9 2,423.5 2,315.5 2,230.6 1,985.5 1,866.1 1,751.3 1,660.4 1,565.7 1,450.9 1,368.8 1,310.8 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 3,470.8 3,399.4 3,290.8 3,201.6 3,504.3 3,500.2 3,430.1 3,333.0 271.0 249.0 185.0 188.9 232.6 235.7 200.5 155.4 424.6 453.4 481.9 416.2 477.5 510.6 560.6 546.3 836.1 810.5 793.9 761.2 928.9 876.8 881.5 876.8 1,002.2 1,003.3 983.0 1,020.0 1,054.1 1,071.3 1,058.2 1,019.2 936.9 883.1 847.0 815.2 811.3 805.8 729.3 735.4 01 Educación 835.9 792.1 752.2 717.1 738.1 643.0 686.9 622.7 42.0 33.6 31.6 23.2 32.2 31.7 34.7 31.3 237.2 224.7 212.4 190.1 196.8 167.2 176.0 167.7 215.6 215.6 209.3 205.9 203.5 205.9 218.4 180.8 187.8 179.0 166.0 159.9 167.0 145.9 154.5 145.5 153.3 139.3 133.0 138.1 138.6 92.3 103.4 97.3 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 477.0 389.7 420.4 431.8 414.1 420.1 373.5 388.9 30.6 11.0 20.8 14.2 9.1 13.5 9.0 11.2 90.1 103.9 83.4 79.4 82.5 111.1 72.6 71.9 118.6 111.2 110.4 130.5 124.1 120.8 132.8 141.8 153.9 96.8 117.9 125.3 128.0 103.9 102.8 110.7 83.7 66.7 87.9 82.4 70.4 70.8 56.3 53.3 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 336.4 341.0 314.7 293.9 306.6 290.1 297.2 290.8 11.2 18.7 13.5 8.9 10.9 10.3 11.0 12.4 64.2 65.9 66.6 62.1 64.9 66.8 74.7 89.3 105.8 105.8 109.5 102.3 119.2 99.6 102.8 95.5 110.8 96.2 85.3 73.5 77.4 81.6 76.8 70.7 44.5 54.4 39.8 47.0 34.3 31.8 31.9 22.9 04 Negocios, administración y derecho 1,972.5 1,823.4 1,824.9 1,686.3 1,643.0 1,664.8 1,612.9 1,524.0 47.9 61.3 60.7 42.5 42.5 56.6 54.8 53.3 398.2 295.2 364.9 338.7 339.8 377.8 352.6 332.5 502.2 519.6 555.9 551.8 550.9 584.7 617.7 612.4 680.4 644.3 587.8 535.0 512.6 486.1 432.2 413.6 343.7 303.0 255.6 218.3 197.1 159.6 155.6 112.2 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 284.9 295.3 258.0 270.7 276.2 281.5 236.0 249.2 9.5 12.7 13.6 7.5 14.7 5.3 6.5 7.5 85.9 68.7 61.0 50.5 56.8 46.3 43.7 53.7 67.6 91.7 84.5 107.1 110.2 135.3 96.1 107.1 74.5 78.6 64.8 65.1 61.4 63.1 60.9 58.0 47.5 43.6 34.1 40.5 33.1 31.6 28.9 22.9 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 187.1 173.0 146.9 143.0 143.5 144.7 133.2 115.4 4.9 7.8 7.9 8.4 9.0 7.1 6.8 4.6 48.3 39.1 29.5 35.3 46.6 41.5 32.8 34.9 66.6 45.4 52.4 50.0 48.4 55.9 60.0 49.4 49.9 56.6 46.4 40.7 33.5 33.7 26.0 21.9 17.5 24.1 10.6 8.7 6.0 6.6 7.6 4.6 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 232.7 264.7 241.9 245.0 239.3 204.5 211.4 208.5 3.0 4.9 7.1 5.7 5.5 7.7 8.2 11.3 44.6 65.1 39.3 66.0 63.6 62.3 55.3 58.2 83.3 84.2 84.6 77.2 93.7 73.6 86.7 80.9 68.3 84.8 69.3 71.2 55.0 48.6 34.8 41.2 33.4 25.7 41.5 24.9 21.5 12.3 26.4 16.8 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 83.5 60.6 69.7 66.4 61.0 50.8 40.3 53.4 4.8 1.6 2.1 0.9 3.6 1.7 1.3 1.0 18.7 14.1 12.0 8.8 22.9 10.4 11.9 15.0 21.4 17.4 20.6 27.4 15.8 22.5 17.2 24.3 27.5 18.9 27.8 18.6 15.1 10.6 7.6 10.0 11.1 8.6 7.1 10.8 3.6 5.6 2.2 3.0 09 Salud y servicios sociales 1,366.1 1,335.2 1,316.9 1,253.2 1,226.8 1,142.1 1,072.4 1,085.5 87.9 79.9 72.6 57.3 62.1 56.0 52.4 54.9 347.2 343.6 287.8 324.9 317.2 262.6 267.9 274.2 347.3 349.8 381.8 351.8 334.4 340.1 304.4 306.3 325.6 305.9 318.5 282.4 296.4 276.9 261.0 251.8 258.1 256.0 256.0 236.7 216.7 206.5 186.7 198.3 10 Servicios 484.7 505.4 425.7 425.3 444.0 399.9 415.1 394.1 33.2 24.1 27.5 26.8 32.8 29.7 44.5 26.5 128.9 155.7 122.9 119.2 127.1 119.8 126.4 122.5 146.3 145.0 128.5 135.4 136.9 139.0 128.2 136.8 128.8 130.8 113.2 110.7 119.7 88.2 86.8 76.8 47.5 49.7 33.6 33.2 27.4 23.2 29.2 31.6 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 73.7 53.2 38.2 38.4 36.8 54.0 49.4 75.3 5.0 2.2 1.3 1.2 2.4 3.5 3.1 6.0 20.1 8.2 9.7 5.3 6.3 8.9 10.9 21.4 18.3 19.6 11.7 15.5 10.7 23.2 10.3 24.2 22.0 11.2 10.5 11.6 11.8 13.6 13.8 11.1 8.4 12.0 5.0 4.7 5.7 4.8 11.2 12.6 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