Economically Active Population Survey National results Inactive 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 3,599.6 3,440.5 3,291.9 3,140.5 3,101.9 2,983.7 2,905.1 2,824.1 2,676.0 2,607.8 2,525.3 2,522.9 2,396.1 2,351.3 2,307.7 2,304.2 312.4 295.0 306.7 290.2 295.7 287.1 262.5 253.5 133.2 143.1 121.7 86.9 117.6 88.0 86.0 54.3 99.1 92.2 83.1 74.5 60.0 48.5 50.2 37.7 379.0 302.4 255.1 166.0 232.6 208.8 198.7 174.4 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 2,725.2 2,643.3 2,496.4 2,463.6 2,408.5 2,375.3 2,324.5 2,286.0 2,325.7 2,293.6 2,211.4 2,234.9 2,116.5 2,103.5 2,053.9 2,040.5 118.5 105.2 120.1 106.6 100.1 107.1 101.6 96.2 51.2 69.0 39.9 29.7 41.8 26.2 42.0 18.9 41.5 42.3 29.2 28.4 35.7 22.6 19.7 18.2 188.3 133.1 95.8 64.0 114.3 115.8 107.2 112.2 01 Educación 110.2 87.0 88.4 71.9 84.0 67.8 55.9 60.3 28.2 23.2 30.7 25.9 31.4 20.7 21.4 25.4 36.5 21.8 20.6 25.0 26.0 19.8 18.0 20.1 8.6 14.0 10.5 5.3 6.5 7.8 1.4 1.7 5.0 2.5 1.8 2.4 4.2 2.6 0.7 2.2 31.9 25.4 24.8 13.3 15.9 16.9 14.4 10.9 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 99.1 95.3 73.9 71.1 72.4 61.1 67.4 58.1 28.3 29.9 29.3 25.7 30.3 23.4 23.9 24.4 28.4 22.1 17.6 21.5 16.4 20.2 21.5 14.3 6.4 12.2 6.2 5.9 8.7 4.0 5.9 5.9 9.9 8.2 6.3 4.6 2.1 1.4 6.2 3.6 26.1 22.8 14.5 13.5 14.8 12.1 9.9 9.9 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 43.6 35.5 39.0 30.1 29.4 30.2 30.0 26.0 11.6 9.1 10.6 12.5 13.7 10.4 12.0 14.1 7.2 12.5 11.0 9.4 7.1 14.5 8.5 5.6 4.1 2.7 4.7 2.4 2.3 0.7 1.3 4.4 4.5 1.0 1.9 2.0 1.2 1.0 5.3 0.8 16.2 10.1 10.9 3.7 5.1 3.6 2.9 1.1 04 Negocios, administración y derecho 173.1 168.1 187.9 157.3 156.1 121.6 123.3 115.3 58.3 63.5 60.4 57.8 51.2 42.7 53.8 51.0 44.0 49.0 49.1 41.7 49.7 37.7 25.8 37.6 22.6 13.4 18.4 17.4 18.0 14.3 14.0 8.2 12.6 15.0 24.2 16.7 7.5 10.4 7.8 2.8 35.6 27.2 35.9 23.7 29.7 16.6 21.9 15.7 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 45.7 44.0 35.1 41.2 37.5 38.8 33.0 30.3 14.5 16.6 12.5 17.6 13.8 12.1 13.6 11.7 10.2 11.5 9.7 11.8 14.7 16.3 14.2 14.7 5.1 2.7 7.6 2.3 1.6 3.5 2.9 1.4 1.8 1.7 0.8 0.3 1.1 2.2 0.9 0.0 14.1 11.5 4.5 9.2 6.3 4.7 1.4 2.5 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 55.6 49.6 53.7 48.7 47.9 38.5 34.4 36.7 40.3 32.7 28.6 28.8 24.9 21.8 18.8 24.9 6.1 7.2 14.6 7.6 14.8 10.6 11.5 9.0 2.3 2.7 3.2 4.8 7.2 3.8 2.9 1.8 0.9 4.1 4.5 1.7 0.2 0.9 0.2 0.6 6.1 2.9 2.8 5.8 0.9 1.4 1.0 0.4 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 88.1 108.1 92.7 75.8 79.8 87.2 90.0 76.8 43.5 47.6 39.7 35.1 36.9 43.6 45.8 38.6 14.6 17.9 16.1 17.9 14.1 23.7 26.6 21.0 4.0 10.9 7.1 5.6 7.7 7.0 6.3 5.4 6.5 7.3 4.9 4.7 3.2 1.4 2.5 2.6 19.6 24.3 24.9 12.6 17.8 11.4 8.8 9.2 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 11.6 6.3 9.3 9.4 11.0 9.9 8.3 6.8 6.0 1.2 5.3 4.8 4.1 5.5 3.4 3.6 1.1 2.3 1.0 1.7 3.2 0.0 1.0 2.2 3.6 0.9 1.6 0.0 2.7 1.0 3.5 0.0 .. 0.9 .. 0.4 0.0 1.8 0.4 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.3 2.4 1.1 1.6 0.0 0.0 09 Salud y servicios sociales 155.5 118.9 128.1 103.5 109.8 88.8 82.9 75.4 69.9 51.8 52.3 44.9 38.7 36.4 33.7 46.3 32.2 29.4 28.5 27.6 34.5 23.8 23.6 19.5 15.2 6.3 11.8 8.4 15.0 11.7 4.3 3.0 6.2 4.5 4.1 8.3 2.8 2.7 1.8 2.1 32.0 26.8 31.5 14.2 18.9 14.1 19.4 4.5 10 Servicios 69.1 66.1 70.8 58.4 48.7 47.4 32.0 34.9 37.0 32.2 37.3 29.9 27.0 24.2 22.9 18.1 11.0 13.6 16.7 18.8 12.0 12.7 6.1 10.0 5.4 6.2 7.6 4.8 4.6 2.9 0.9 2.7 9.0 2.7 5.1 3.2 1.4 1.0 0.7 1.6 6.7 11.5 4.0 1.7 3.7 6.6 1.4 2.6 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 22.7 18.4 16.7 9.6 16.7 17.2 23.7 17.4 12.6 6.4 7.2 5.0 7.6 7.0 4.3 5.6 2.7 2.4 1.6 0.8 3.1 0.7 4.2 3.3 4.5 2.1 3.2 0.3 1.3 5.0 0.5 1.1 1.4 1.7 0.3 1.7 0.7 0.5 4.1 2.2 1.5 5.8 4.3 1.8 4.0 3.9 10.4 5.3 Males Total 1,663.0 1,601.5 1,556.6 1,463.3 1,454.9 1,428.6 1,389.6 1,374.4 1,324.6 1,300.5 1,236.2 1,225.3 1,180.5 1,169.8 1,152.5 1,143.7 146.5 136.4 152.8 131.3 138.8 147.6 138.0 140.0 32.9 42.5 39.6 27.8 33.8 27.0 24.5 18.1 28.4 26.8 21.4 17.0 17.9 13.8 17.2 11.5 130.5 95.4 106.5 61.8 83.9 70.4 57.4 61.1 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 1,298.7 1,243.8 1,211.1 1,175.4 1,167.4 1,153.3 1,125.8 1,124.1 1,153.7 1,130.4 1,087.3 1,079.5 1,043.7 1,038.9 1,018.7 1,013.0 61.7 58.1 65.5 60.0 56.0 61.9 57.8 61.7 12.5 16.6 13.2 8.3 14.9 8.0 12.9 5.8 9.2 8.8 9.0 6.1 12.3 5.0 5.8 7.7 61.6 29.9 36.1 21.5 40.6 39.5 30.7 35.9 01 Educación 25.8 23.8 29.5 21.0 20.6 18.5 15.6 10.5 8.6 8.4 11.5 8.6 8.8 7.0 5.4 2.8 9.7 5.3 5.2 5.8 6.9 4.6 6.0 6.0 1.1 3.4 4.8 2.6 1.5 3.5 0.4 0.8 0.7 1.7 0.4 0.9 0.4 0.8 0.0 0.0 5.6 5.0 7.7 3.2 3.0 2.6 3.7 0.8 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 33.9 33.2 27.8 23.7 27.0 31.4 24.9 26.3 12.5 14.7 10.6 10.9 12.2 12.1 11.7 11.1 9.7 9.2 8.2 7.4 7.2 13.7 8.2 9.2 0.7 2.5 3.1 2.6 2.1 0.7 0.7 3.0 4.3 2.0 0.5 0.8 1.1 0.5 3.0 0.0 6.6 4.8 5.3 2.0 4.3 4.3 1.3 3.0 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 12.9 12.5 9.3 9.6 8.2 7.2 12.3 9.7 3.3 1.2 1.1 5.4 3.2 1.6 4.7 5.2 2.9 5.5 4.9 2.1 4.1 3.6 3.9 2.4 1.8 .. 1.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.0 .. .. 0.6 0.0 0.5 2.8 0.0 3.8 5.8 2.2 1.2 1.0 1.5 1.0 1.0 04 Negocios, administración y derecho 69.2 65.3 74.5 53.9 60.5 40.0 47.5 45.6 30.6 31.1 25.8 23.6 24.4 19.7 23.2 23.7 21.5 15.7 22.0 14.5 20.7 14.4 13.4 16.5 4.1 2.8 5.8 4.5 2.7 1.9 0.7 0.0 2.2 3.9 6.4 3.7 2.0 1.5 1.7 0.0 10.8 11.9 14.6 7.5 10.5 2.4 8.6 5.4 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 25.5 22.2 13.8 19.6 16.6 18.1 18.6 14.8 10.0 11.2 4.5 6.9 5.5 5.7 8.9 5.8 4.5 4.6 5.4 6.4 8.5 7.6 8.5 6.3 3.6 0.8 1.0 1.5 0.0 1.0 0.8 1.0 .. 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.4 1.4 0.0 0.0 7.4 5.0 2.6 4.9 2.1 2.5 0.4 1.7 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 39.9 39.2 40.5 36.3 34.6 32.1 29.9 32.5 30.6 29.5 26.2 25.2 22.6 20.1 17.2 22.5 5.1 5.0 10.0 5.6 8.3 7.2 10.8 7.5 0.4 2.2 1.8 3.1 3.5 3.8 1.9 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.6 3.3 2.1 1.7 2.3 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.4 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 74.8 92.3 79.3 62.1 60.5 74.8 74.0 64.2 36.6 39.4 37.3 30.0 30.1 37.5 41.3 32.3 11.8 15.4 11.4 13.2 11.8 20.7 20.0 16.6 2.2 9.6 4.7 4.2 2.9 6.0 4.1 4.2 5.0 6.8 2.9 2.5 1.4 1.0 1.1 2.1 19.1 21.0 22.9 12.2 14.3 9.6 7.5 8.9 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 5.7 3.5 5.2 3.7 6.5 8.2 3.9 5.0 3.8 0.4 3.0 2.3 2.9 5.0 1.3 2.2 0.8 1.0 0.4 0.5 1.6 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.0 1.9 0.8 2.2 0.0 .. 0.4 .. 0.0 0.0 1.1 0.4 0.8 0.7 1.1 1.3 0.8 0.2 1.3 0.0 0.0 09 Salud y servicios sociales 31.0 27.8 30.8 21.9 25.7 24.7 16.9 20.0 9.5 11.9 11.9 9.9 9.8 9.7 7.2 14.4 9.2 9.1 8.1 6.6 7.6 8.9 5.5 3.8 1.2 1.9 0.9 0.0 3.6 1.1 0.7 0.4 1.8 0.4 .. 0.0 0.2 0.8 0.6 0.0 9.4 4.5 10.1 5.4 4.5 4.2 2.8 1.3 10 Servicios 34.8 29.3 27.6 30.2 20.9 18.4 13.6 15.8 19.0 16.8 13.6 18.9 13.3 10.9 10.9 8.1 8.8 6.4 10.6 8.4 5.2 5.0 2.7 6.1 1.8 1.6 1.1 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.3 3.1 0.3 0.7 1.4 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 2.1 4.2 1.5 0.8 1.9 2.2 0.0 1.3 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 10.8 8.6 7.0 6.0 6.3 2.0 6.6 5.9 6.3 5.5 3.5 4.2 4.1 1.7 2.2 2.5 0.7 1.1 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.0 1.2 1.8 3.1 0.4 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .. 0.6 1.4 0.3 1.0 0.0 0.4 1.9 0.3 .. 0.2 0.6 0.0 1.2 0.0 1.3 1.3 Females Total 1,936.6 1,839.0 1,735.3 1,677.2 1,647.0 1,555.1 1,515.5 1,449.7 1,351.4 1,307.3 1,289.1 1,297.5 1,215.6 1,181.5 1,155.1 1,160.5 165.9 158.6 153.9 158.9 156.9 139.6 124.5 113.5 100.2 100.6 82.1 59.1 83.7 61.0 61.6 36.2 70.7 65.4 61.7 57.5 42.2 34.7 32.9 26.3 248.4 207.0 148.6 104.2 148.6 138.4 141.3 113.3 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 1,426.4 1,399.5 1,285.2 1,288.2 1,241.1 1,222.0 1,198.6 1,161.9 1,171.9 1,163.2 1,124.2 1,155.5 1,072.9 1,064.6 1,035.3 1,027.5 56.8 47.1 54.5 46.6 44.0 45.2 43.9 34.5 38.7 52.4 26.7 21.3 26.9 18.2 29.1 13.1 32.2 33.5 20.2 22.3 23.5 17.6 13.9 10.5 126.7 103.2 59.7 42.5 73.8 76.3 76.5 76.3 01 Educación 84.5 63.1 58.9 50.9 63.4 49.3 40.3 49.8 19.6 14.8 19.2 17.3 22.7 13.7 16.0 22.6 26.8 16.5 15.5 19.2 19.1 15.2 12.0 14.1 7.5 10.6 5.7 2.8 5.0 4.4 1.0 0.9 4.3 0.8 1.4 1.5 3.8 1.8 0.7 2.2 26.3 20.4 17.1 10.1 12.8 14.3 10.6 10.0 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 65.2 62.1 46.1 47.5 45.4 29.7 42.5 31.8 15.8 15.2 18.7 14.8 18.1 11.3 12.2 13.4 18.6 12.9 9.4 14.1 9.2 6.4 13.3 5.1 5.7 9.7 3.1 3.3 6.6 3.3 5.2 2.9 5.6 6.2 5.7 3.8 1.0 0.9 3.2 3.6 19.5 18.0 9.2 11.6 10.5 7.8 8.6 6.8 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 30.7 23.0 29.6 20.4 21.2 23.0 17.6 16.3 8.3 7.9 9.4 7.1 10.5 8.8 7.4 8.9 4.3 7.0 6.0 7.3 3.0 10.9 4.6 3.2 2.4 2.7 3.6 2.1 2.3 0.7 1.3 3.3 3.5 1.0 1.9 1.4 1.2 0.6 2.5 0.8 12.3 4.3 8.7 2.5 4.1 2.1 1.9 0.1 04 Negocios, administración y derecho 104.0 102.8 113.4 103.4 95.7 81.7 75.8 69.7 27.7 32.4 34.6 34.2 26.8 23.0 30.6 27.3 22.6 33.4 27.1 27.2 29.0 23.3 12.3 21.1 18.5 10.6 12.6 12.8 15.3 12.4 13.4 8.2 10.4 11.1 17.8 13.0 5.4 8.9 6.1 2.8 24.7 15.3 21.3 16.2 19.2 14.2 13.4 10.3 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 20.2 21.8 21.2 21.6 20.9 20.7 14.4 15.5 4.5 5.4 8.0 10.8 8.2 6.4 4.7 5.8 5.7 6.9 4.3 5.4 6.2 8.6 5.7 8.4 1.5 1.9 6.6 0.9 1.6 2.5 2.0 0.4 1.8 1.2 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.0 6.7 6.4 1.9 4.3 4.2 2.3 1.0 0.8 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 15.6 10.4 13.2 12.4 13.3 6.4 4.4 4.2 9.7 3.2 2.4 3.6 2.3 1.7 1.6 2.4 0.9 2.2 4.6 2.0 6.5 3.4 0.7 1.5 1.9 0.5 1.4 1.7 3.7 0.0 1.0 0.3 0.4 3.7 3.7 1.7 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 2.8 0.8 1.1 3.5 0.6 1.1 1.0 0.0 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 13.4 15.8 13.4 13.7 19.2 12.4 16.0 12.6 6.9 8.2 2.4 5.0 6.9 6.1 4.6 6.2 2.8 2.5 4.7 4.7 2.3 3.0 6.6 4.3 1.7 1.3 2.4 1.3 4.8 1.0 2.1 1.2 1.5 0.5 2.0 2.2 1.8 0.5 1.5 0.6 0.5 3.3 2.0 0.4 3.5 1.9 1.3 0.3 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 5.9 2.8 4.1 5.6 4.5 1.7 4.4 1.8 2.2 0.8 2.4 2.5 1.2 0.6 2.1 1.4 0.2 1.2 0.7 1.1 1.6 0.0 1.0 0.2 3.2 0.2 1.1 0.0 0.8 0.1 1.3 0.0 .. 0.5 .. 0.4 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.2 0.2 .. .. 1.6 0.9 0.2 .. 0.0 09 Salud y servicios sociales 124.5 91.1 97.2 81.6 84.1 64.1 66.0 55.4 60.4 39.9 40.4 35.0 28.9 26.8 26.6 31.9 23.1 20.4 20.5 21.0 26.9 14.9 18.0 15.7 14.0 4.4 10.9 8.4 11.4 10.7 3.6 2.5 4.4 4.1 4.1 8.3 2.6 1.9 1.2 2.1 22.6 22.3 21.4 8.8 14.4 9.9 16.6 3.2 10 Servicios 34.3 36.8 43.2 28.3 27.8 28.9 18.4 19.1 18.0 15.3 23.7 11.0 13.7 13.3 12.1 10.0 2.2 7.1 6.1 10.4 6.9 7.8 3.4 3.9 3.7 4.6 6.4 4.2 4.0 2.7 0.9 2.4 5.9 2.4 4.4 1.8 1.4 0.7 0.7 1.6 4.6 7.3 2.5 0.9 1.8 4.4 1.4 1.3 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 11.9 9.8 9.7 3.6 10.4 15.2 17.0 11.5 6.3 0.8 3.7 0.8 3.5 5.4 2.2 3.0 2.0 1.3 0.6 0.0 2.1 0.7 3.0 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.7 0.3 1.3 5.0 0.5 1.1 0.7 0.3 .. 0.7 0.7 0.1 2.2 1.9 1.5 5.6 3.7 1.8 2.8 3.9 9.2 4.1 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