Economically Active Population Survey National results Inactive population who have completed higher secondary education 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 6,222.8 6,066.0 6,127.0 6,035.2 5,440.3 5,219.0 5,101.0 4,612.9 1,514.4 1,416.8 1,450.2 1,464.6 1,294.1 1,269.1 1,225.7 1,231.9 420.3 460.1 471.6 527.3 470.4 441.9 446.8 402.9 341.6 354.8 414.3 457.5 396.9 400.2 397.9 361.3 462.1 457.7 484.5 529.2 453.8 441.6 457.1 440.5 3,484.4 3,376.6 3,306.3 3,056.5 2,825.2 2,666.2 2,573.4 2,176.4 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 2,430.4 2,334.7 2,386.4 2,407.2 2,145.9 2,138.5 2,076.2 1,887.6 1,124.0 1,071.8 1,099.5 1,123.2 985.5 985.0 939.8 935.9 116.6 132.1 139.0 135.2 117.4 126.1 147.8 122.7 73.1 97.1 111.2 127.9 103.8 108.4 111.6 78.3 139.8 114.1 111.7 153.0 125.9 137.1 135.0 122.2 976.9 919.6 925.1 867.8 813.4 781.9 742.1 628.5 01 Educación 488.4 455.4 465.7 425.8 433.9 399.4 381.6 366.2 31.9 24.5 33.6 28.7 34.7 27.2 26.7 28.4 52.4 35.7 40.7 47.3 46.8 44.2 40.0 35.7 35.0 24.1 25.7 30.1 21.1 34.4 28.4 22.2 27.1 23.3 23.1 20.5 27.0 22.9 23.9 24.9 342.1 347.7 342.5 299.3 304.4 270.7 262.6 255.0 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 366.8 382.5 318.6 348.3 287.7 279.4 309.6 256.5 32.0 33.0 32.1 28.2 33.5 27.2 25.9 27.1 43.0 39.6 26.4 35.3 27.7 28.4 31.1 23.3 26.7 25.6 21.4 35.3 28.0 21.1 23.9 21.4 25.9 28.0 27.7 29.5 21.6 26.7 36.7 32.5 239.3 256.3 210.9 220.0 176.9 175.9 191.9 152.3 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 158.3 146.0 132.4 126.3 125.0 113.7 123.8 98.2 13.7 9.1 11.6 14.0 15.4 11.2 12.5 16.0 23.5 16.9 13.7 17.1 14.8 19.8 11.7 10.0 10.8 8.3 13.3 8.5 12.1 10.0 15.1 12.2 10.9 8.3 11.8 12.4 13.9 12.7 21.6 11.5 99.5 103.3 82.0 74.3 68.8 60.0 62.9 48.6 04 Negocios, administración y derecho 866.6 920.2 958.9 901.1 785.4 743.6 743.0 648.9 68.1 67.9 66.7 73.8 55.9 47.6 60.7 61.3 65.3 74.5 93.8 97.1 84.8 68.9 64.4 68.7 65.3 77.5 99.8 97.4 92.0 89.0 86.7 104.2 96.0 131.8 147.5 139.3 111.8 107.0 109.7 111.7 571.9 568.6 551.1 493.5 440.9 431.2 421.5 302.9 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 155.2 173.0 169.6 170.3 152.2 166.0 144.4 130.0 14.7 19.2 13.9 19.4 13.9 14.4 14.8 12.0 13.4 19.4 15.9 17.6 24.9 20.9 20.7 23.8 9.9 11.8 13.6 11.9 12.6 15.4 16.7 7.8 8.7 13.4 7.3 10.2 8.0 12.1 7.0 6.0 108.5 109.1 118.8 111.2 92.8 103.2 85.2 80.4 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 129.7 112.9 109.1 118.5 98.0 93.7 74.9 69.4 44.1 35.6 33.7 37.0 29.6 24.6 20.8 26.8 11.5 18.4 18.4 23.7 22.6 18.2 17.3 16.9 14.0 12.0 12.8 12.7 14.9 14.5 11.5 12.9 17.1 17.1 10.3 11.4 4.9 8.5 5.4 3.4 42.9 29.8 33.8 33.8 26.0 27.9 19.9 9.4 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 702.0 704.3 713.6 687.3 639.9 580.6 596.6 556.0 50.8 56.6 47.9 42.6 40.2 46.8 46.4 41.3 21.2 30.2 28.7 46.4 31.3 33.0 42.8 25.3 21.5 38.8 37.6 42.3 32.1 30.8 36.8 32.6 50.8 55.1 56.7 63.6 60.3 42.9 42.1 56.3 557.7 523.7 542.7 492.3 476.1 427.2 428.5 400.6 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 62.3 60.9 55.0 49.0 47.5 38.1 40.1 35.4 7.1 1.2 5.9 6.1 4.1 6.5 4.5 3.7 1.5 5.9 2.4 4.0 5.1 2.3 3.3 5.5 11.7 1.9 3.7 4.4 4.0 3.1 5.5 2.6 2.8 5.8 9.7 3.8 5.4 3.8 5.7 3.9 39.2 46.2 33.4 30.6 29.0 22.4 21.2 19.7 09 Salud y servicios sociales 585.9 518.4 522.8 511.3 454.1 427.3 408.6 338.2 79.5 58.5 59.3 50.8 45.9 46.0 41.6 53.6 51.7 41.9 54.2 48.1 61.2 44.7 50.0 38.8 46.0 27.8 35.9 47.9 39.7 40.4 31.1 34.2 44.5 32.9 43.2 45.9 40.1 36.8 45.0 34.5 364.2 357.3 330.1 318.6 267.1 259.5 241.0 177.1 10 Servicios 238.1 231.1 254.3 260.4 239.8 214.3 173.4 196.7 42.8 34.0 41.0 35.8 32.1 25.6 29.8 22.3 17.6 43.7 35.1 51.0 29.6 34.2 15.0 26.9 24.7 27.9 34.7 35.9 35.5 32.1 27.1 30.7 34.8 23.8 31.3 37.4 31.7 27.6 23.0 32.6 118.3 101.7 112.2 100.4 110.9 94.8 78.5 84.1 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 39.1 26.6 40.7 29.6 30.9 24.3 28.8 29.8 5.9 5.3 5.1 5.1 3.5 7.1 2.2 3.4 2.6 1.8 3.2 4.6 4.3 1.3 2.8 5.3 2.9 2.2 4.6 3.0 1.2 1.1 3.5 2.1 3.6 4.0 4.2 2.1 3.2 3.5 2.0 1.1 24.1 13.4 23.7 14.7 18.7 11.4 18.3 17.8 Males Total 2,795.5 2,728.5 2,768.1 2,676.9 2,404.5 2,335.6 2,296.8 2,113.4 734.2 663.5 682.4 671.5 578.2 588.5 580.3 561.7 172.6 176.6 193.3 223.3 188.2 166.2 174.4 161.8 78.4 93.4 111.4 111.1 83.0 92.3 99.2 84.5 127.5 132.6 134.0 149.3 123.0 111.8 115.3 127.4 1,682.8 1,662.4 1,647.1 1,521.7 1,432.1 1,376.6 1,327.6 1,177.9 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 1,116.8 1,020.8 1,083.7 1,068.8 935.3 946.4 928.4 851.2 536.8 476.0 511.4 497.1 430.0 445.9 437.2 422.0 61.5 47.9 68.7 82.9 61.6 53.1 61.3 54.5 18.3 19.4 30.3 37.1 20.8 29.4 40.0 21.5 34.9 28.8 29.8 41.4 33.8 36.5 36.7 34.8 465.2 448.6 443.5 410.3 389.0 381.6 353.2 318.3 01 Educación 110.0 131.2 115.8 110.4 123.4 96.9 93.0 82.5 11.0 9.1 12.5 9.1 9.4 7.0 7.0 2.9 10.6 8.3 8.3 10.2 9.1 5.2 9.3 8.8 1.8 4.5 6.2 4.6 1.5 7.5 3.1 2.0 2.6 2.8 0.8 3.6 2.2 1.9 4.7 1.4 83.9 106.6 87.9 82.8 101.2 75.3 68.9 67.5 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 131.1 140.4 125.2 133.8 102.4 108.0 106.9 99.1 12.5 15.2 11.9 11.8 13.0 13.1 11.7 11.4 15.4 13.7 13.2 11.3 9.5 15.5 9.8 13.1 6.4 5.2 6.9 8.1 6.6 3.1 6.9 6.9 5.7 6.4 8.6 7.0 7.4 7.5 11.9 5.9 91.2 100.0 84.7 95.5 65.9 68.8 66.6 61.8 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 55.2 52.6 44.2 45.6 44.9 36.9 41.5 44.4 4.8 1.2 1.9 6.9 3.7 1.6 3.3 5.2 2.9 5.5 5.5 2.7 5.8 5.6 4.3 2.9 1.9 0.6 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.8 3.3 2.1 1.5 1.9 4.4 1.5 2.5 4.4 3.5 43.5 43.7 33.4 30.2 32.2 25.5 27.7 29.5 04 Negocios, administración y derecho 287.4 323.4 311.2 302.5 266.2 256.0 269.5 218.7 36.4 33.1 29.1 30.5 25.8 21.9 26.5 27.3 26.0 24.0 26.7 32.9 29.4 17.8 21.6 22.5 8.1 13.1 17.3 12.3 11.4 8.5 10.5 10.5 16.7 25.0 31.8 24.7 17.6 14.0 12.8 19.1 200.1 228.1 206.4 202.1 181.9 193.7 198.1 139.3 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 92.8 88.0 91.0 94.1 78.8 92.7 82.9 67.0 10.1 13.9 4.9 8.2 5.6 7.1 10.1 5.8 5.1 5.6 6.0 9.7 10.9 8.3 9.8 9.8 6.1 1.5 1.6 3.3 0.4 6.3 4.2 2.8 .. 3.5 2.1 4.1 3.5 5.8 1.5 2.4 71.4 63.6 76.3 68.8 58.4 65.3 57.2 46.0 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 84.8 82.8 81.0 73.2 74.0 67.8 58.2 49.3 34.2 31.9 31.3 31.9 26.2 21.8 19.3 22.2 9.7 15.2 13.2 9.4 15.0 11.3 14.7 9.1 5.2 8.0 5.2 6.9 7.4 6.8 4.5 8.3 7.4 5.5 2.3 1.5 2.2 2.4 3.8 2.4 28.4 22.3 29.1 23.5 23.1 25.5 15.9 7.2 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 643.6 627.6 653.7 614.9 555.0 521.6 532.7 510.1 42.8 48.4 44.3 37.4 33.0 39.5 41.0 33.7 17.4 22.5 21.8 38.0 22.5 28.1 28.6 19.4 14.3 29.5 29.2 31.9 21.0 21.3 23.2 21.5 43.7 47.5 47.8 49.6 40.4 31.8 33.8 49.2 525.5 479.7 510.5 458.0 438.2 400.8 406.3 386.3 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 48.0 43.6 36.0 34.2 36.6 30.9 27.1 26.5 4.9 0.4 3.3 3.1 2.9 5.7 2.0 2.9 0.8 2.3 0.9 2.0 3.0 0.9 0.0 2.3 7.8 0.9 0.6 1.0 2.3 1.3 2.7 0.3 1.1 2.5 2.7 3.1 4.7 3.1 1.7 2.8 33.4 37.5 28.5 24.9 23.7 20.0 20.8 18.2 09 Salud y servicios sociales 109.9 108.8 110.0 93.8 91.1 99.4 78.9 68.9 13.2 13.4 14.9 10.6 11.5 12.2 8.7 14.4 11.7 11.7 10.7 9.3 10.8 14.1 9.8 5.8 3.2 3.7 4.7 0.6 5.3 1.9 1.1 2.4 5.3 5.4 0.5 2.8 5.5 3.9 3.4 3.7 76.4 74.6 79.2 70.6 58.1 67.3 55.9 42.7 10 Servicios 98.9 97.9 97.3 89.2 81.4 67.5 64.8 79.8 22.3 17.9 15.4 20.5 14.2 11.7 11.7 11.8 10.6 20.0 17.0 13.1 9.1 5.4 4.3 12.6 4.6 5.6 6.4 2.6 4.1 4.6 1.2 4.5 7.4 3.7 3.4 6.1 3.0 1.6 0.7 1.8 54.0 50.7 55.1 46.8 51.0 44.1 47.1 49.2 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 16.9 11.5 19.2 16.4 15.5 11.4 12.8 16.0 5.1 3.0 1.6 4.3 3.0 1.0 1.8 2.2 0.7 .. 1.2 1.9 1.4 0.9 0.9 1.1 0.7 1.5 1.5 1.0 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.5 0.6 .. 2.3 1.0 1.2 0.8 0.0 0.3 9.8 7.0 12.5 8.2 9.5 8.5 10.0 11.9 Females Total 3,427.3 3,337.5 3,358.9 3,358.3 3,035.9 2,883.4 2,804.2 2,499.5 780.2 753.3 767.8 793.2 715.9 680.6 645.4 670.2 247.7 283.5 278.4 304.0 282.2 275.7 272.4 241.0 263.2 261.4 302.9 346.4 313.9 307.8 298.7 276.8 334.6 325.1 350.5 379.9 330.8 329.8 341.8 313.0 1,801.6 1,714.2 1,659.3 1,534.8 1,393.1 1,289.5 1,245.8 998.5 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 1,313.6 1,313.9 1,302.8 1,338.4 1,210.6 1,192.1 1,147.9 1,036.4 587.2 595.8 588.1 626.1 555.5 539.1 502.5 513.9 55.0 84.1 70.3 52.3 55.8 73.0 86.5 68.2 54.8 77.7 80.9 90.8 83.0 79.0 71.6 56.8 104.9 85.3 81.8 111.7 92.0 100.6 98.3 87.4 511.7 471.0 481.6 457.6 424.4 400.3 388.9 310.1 01 Educación 378.4 324.1 349.9 315.4 310.5 302.5 288.6 283.7 20.9 15.4 21.2 19.5 25.3 20.2 19.6 25.6 41.8 27.5 32.4 37.1 37.7 39.0 30.7 26.9 33.1 19.6 19.5 25.4 19.6 26.9 25.3 20.2 24.5 20.6 22.3 16.9 24.8 21.0 19.2 23.4 258.1 241.1 254.6 216.4 203.2 195.3 193.6 187.6 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 235.7 242.1 193.4 214.5 185.3 171.4 202.6 157.4 19.5 17.9 20.3 16.4 20.5 14.1 14.3 15.8 27.6 25.9 13.3 24.0 18.2 12.9 21.3 10.2 20.3 20.3 14.5 27.2 21.4 18.0 17.0 14.4 20.3 21.6 19.1 22.5 14.2 19.3 24.8 26.5 148.1 156.4 126.2 124.5 111.1 107.1 125.2 90.5 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 103.1 93.4 88.2 80.7 80.1 76.9 82.3 53.8 8.8 7.9 9.7 7.1 11.8 9.6 9.1 10.8 20.5 11.5 8.2 14.4 9.0 14.1 7.3 7.1 8.9 7.6 11.9 7.0 10.3 8.4 13.3 8.9 8.8 6.9 9.9 8.0 12.4 10.2 17.2 8.0 56.0 59.6 48.5 44.1 36.7 34.5 35.3 19.1 04 Negocios, administración y derecho 579.2 596.8 647.7 598.6 519.2 487.7 473.4 430.2 31.7 34.7 37.6 43.3 30.0 25.7 34.2 34.1 39.3 50.5 67.2 64.2 55.4 51.0 42.8 46.2 57.2 64.4 82.5 85.1 80.5 80.5 76.2 93.7 79.3 106.7 115.7 114.6 94.1 92.9 96.9 92.6 371.8 340.5 344.7 291.4 259.1 237.5 223.4 163.6 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 62.4 85.0 78.6 76.2 73.4 73.3 61.5 63.0 4.5 5.4 9.0 11.2 8.2 7.3 4.7 6.2 8.3 13.8 9.9 7.8 14.0 12.7 10.9 14.0 3.8 10.3 12.0 8.6 12.2 9.1 12.5 5.0 8.7 9.9 5.2 6.1 4.5 6.3 5.4 3.5 37.0 45.5 42.5 42.4 34.4 38.0 28.0 34.4 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 44.8 30.1 28.1 45.3 24.0 25.9 16.7 20.2 9.9 3.7 2.4 5.0 3.4 2.8 1.6 4.6 1.9 3.2 5.3 14.3 7.7 6.8 2.6 7.8 8.9 4.0 7.6 5.8 7.4 7.7 7.0 4.6 9.8 11.7 8.0 9.9 2.7 6.1 1.6 1.0 14.5 7.5 4.8 10.3 2.9 2.4 4.0 2.1 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 58.3 76.7 59.9 72.4 84.9 59.0 63.9 45.9 8.0 8.2 3.5 5.2 7.2 7.2 5.4 7.6 3.8 7.7 6.8 8.4 8.7 4.9 14.2 5.9 7.2 9.3 8.4 10.4 11.1 9.5 13.6 11.1 7.1 7.6 8.9 14.0 19.9 11.1 8.4 7.1 32.2 44.1 32.3 34.3 38.0 26.3 22.2 14.2 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 14.3 17.3 19.0 14.8 10.9 7.2 13.0 8.9 2.2 0.8 2.5 2.9 1.2 0.8 2.5 0.8 0.7 3.6 1.5 2.0 2.0 1.4 3.3 3.2 3.9 1.0 3.1 3.5 1.7 1.9 2.8 2.3 1.7 3.3 6.9 0.7 0.7 0.8 4.0 1.1 5.8 8.6 4.9 5.7 5.3 2.4 0.4 1.5 09 Salud y servicios sociales 475.9 409.6 412.8 417.5 362.9 327.9 329.7 269.3 66.2 45.1 44.5 40.2 34.4 33.8 32.9 39.2 40.0 30.2 43.5 38.8 50.4 30.5 40.1 33.1 42.8 24.1 31.2 47.3 34.5 38.4 29.9 31.8 39.2 27.5 42.7 43.2 34.6 32.9 41.6 30.8 287.8 282.7 250.9 248.0 209.0 192.2 185.1 134.5 10 Servicios 139.2 133.2 157.0 171.3 158.4 146.8 108.5 116.9 20.5 16.1 25.6 15.3 17.9 13.9 18.1 10.5 7.0 23.7 18.1 37.9 20.4 28.7 10.7 14.4 20.1 22.3 28.3 33.2 31.4 27.5 25.9 26.2 27.4 20.1 27.9 31.3 28.7 26.0 22.3 30.8 64.3 50.9 57.1 53.5 59.9 50.7 31.5 34.9 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 22.2 15.2 21.6 13.2 15.4 12.9 16.1 13.8 0.8 2.3 3.5 0.8 0.5 6.1 0.4 1.2 1.9 1.8 1.9 2.8 2.9 0.5 1.9 4.2 2.2 0.7 3.0 2.0 0.8 0.8 3.5 1.6 3.0 4.0 1.9 1.1 2.1 2.7 2.0 0.8 14.4 6.4 11.2 6.5 9.2 2.9 8.3 5.9 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