Economically Active Population Survey National results Population aged 16 years old and over currently 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 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 Both sexes Total 5,725.7 5,937.5 6,392.4 6,358.7 6,275.5 6,284.8 6,074.9 5,987.3 6,090.8 5,841.9 2,812.4 2,855.8 2,794.8 2,860.9 2,758.2 2,774.5 2,690.7 2,687.4 2,695.1 2,664.6 1,125.0 1,214.6 1,355.0 1,390.5 1,450.9 1,443.4 1,422.1 1,437.9 1,495.7 1,466.6 856.1 914.3 1,033.1 956.1 937.3 950.3 916.5 844.3 884.7 837.2 550.6 563.0 640.5 598.6 588.4 578.8 550.4 525.8 557.0 459.5 381.6 389.8 569.0 552.7 540.7 537.7 495.2 491.9 458.2 414.0 0 Basic training and personal development programmes 3,259.4 3,343.9 3,518.3 3,698.4 3,515.9 3,766.2 3,543.3 3,467.6 3,558.0 3,442.3 2,356.9 2,394.2 2,270.9 2,343.5 2,259.9 2,295.6 2,229.7 2,188.7 2,242.9 2,215.0 330.9 343.4 387.4 450.0 425.7 500.1 434.1 438.1 481.9 439.6 204.1 225.0 284.8 326.7 282.3 364.3 337.2 299.6 318.1 317.7 191.1 178.7 235.9 226.0 222.8 257.4 237.6 221.8 220.9 192.7 176.4 202.5 339.1 352.2 325.3 349.0 304.6 319.5 294.3 277.3 1 EDUCATION 284.5 279.7 300.4 265.9 285.0 263.3 260.1 274.3 235.9 249.8 50.3 45.1 45.5 52.5 45.7 46.3 41.8 56.8 41.6 36.8 89.3 87.1 98.3 86.4 88.2 92.3 101.5 85.0 84.6 90.1 65.2 77.8 71.9 49.3 45.7 55.4 47.9 53.3 44.8 51.5 42.3 36.7 50.1 43.7 57.4 44.7 44.6 44.7 43.4 44.9 37.4 33.0 34.6 33.9 48.0 24.6 24.4 34.4 21.4 26.5 2 Arts and Humanities 203.4 207.6 268.0 210.4 235.9 231.4 238.7 208.2 252.6 241.8 28.7 35.7 38.9 32.6 38.0 35.2 42.7 41.3 43.3 36.7 71.7 65.6 92.9 74.2 89.1 84.0 80.1 84.8 94.1 110.6 48.8 44.4 63.5 45.1 54.7 52.6 56.3 42.4 58.4 51.6 33.8 41.5 45.1 38.0 30.4 35.6 33.7 25.1 36.5 27.9 20.3 20.3 27.5 20.4 23.8 24.0 25.9 14.5 20.4 15.0 3 Social sciences, business training and law 737.3 749.9 834.4 802.2 784.4 786.0 780.6 757.6 774.2 717.8 110.6 116.5 147.6 140.5 142.6 141.1 136.3 141.6 129.8 117.8 240.6 237.1 273.4 271.7 289.0 297.4 316.7 321.3 327.8 319.3 229.8 230.0 240.1 227.0 208.4 199.5 204.3 166.1 182.1 182.9 105.1 122.8 120.2 111.6 100.1 95.1 76.9 85.9 89.5 64.1 51.1 43.5 53.1 51.3 44.4 52.9 46.4 42.8 45.0 33.7 4 Sciences 254.1 297.0 288.1 276.3 322.7 240.1 258.4 273.0 292.9 256.4 41.8 50.0 47.4 48.8 52.5 40.9 49.5 50.4 48.1 59.0 100.3 117.7 118.5 114.4 145.7 117.4 120.8 126.6 150.2 131.5 71.0 77.5 78.4 69.9 85.0 54.2 55.4 70.1 54.8 43.1 23.5 38.2 29.7 31.2 25.0 17.5 21.4 16.9 26.3 17.6 17.6 13.5 14.1 12.0 14.5 10.1 11.3 9.0 13.4 5.1 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 392.4 429.0 508.8 465.4 476.1 411.8 394.8 420.1 385.1 368.0 69.2 86.5 99.1 89.7 82.0 87.2 73.9 79.3 71.6 78.3 126.4 147.5 166.8 179.9 175.4 148.0 159.7 173.6 151.6 151.8 100.9 115.2 136.9 111.4 128.8 105.6 83.7 93.8 92.5 84.3 74.6 56.5 66.6 53.9 55.9 46.7 43.3 44.0 45.8 32.9 21.2 23.3 39.4 30.6 34.0 24.2 34.2 29.4 23.6 20.8 6 Agriculture 38.4 40.4 54.5 41.2 51.4 42.0 44.6 49.9 53.8 44.0 8.2 5.9 7.4 9.1 5.3 6.9 7.4 8.8 5.9 5.8 10.9 12.3 15.6 13.5 22.0 15.3 20.4 20.7 32.4 23.2 13.0 8.5 18.2 6.5 16.2 14.2 14.1 12.0 7.0 10.4 4.8 9.4 10.2 9.5 7.5 4.1 2.3 6.0 7.0 3.9 1.4 4.2 3.1 2.6 0.5 1.5 0.5 2.4 1.5 0.7 7 Health and social services 387.8 374.6 410.2 403.9 414.2 357.8 382.0 359.5 358.5 343.5 89.3 65.3 76.2 95.5 88.5 74.2 64.5 73.6 66.2 64.5 104.2 129.5 132.1 130.0 127.2 120.6 128.7 122.4 105.4 129.4 90.6 86.9 94.9 79.3 85.2 66.9 82.2 72.3 97.2 66.2 57.2 56.9 64.1 63.9 76.3 62.3 75.6 65.2 64.0 60.7 46.5 36.1 42.9 35.3 37.0 33.8 31.1 26.1 25.7 22.6 8 Services 140.5 187.0 173.6 148.7 133.0 144.4 118.6 122.4 109.5 94.3 49.7 51.7 54.5 39.6 34.1 36.7 35.7 34.9 33.6 28.4 44.7 70.3 60.2 55.0 60.0 58.3 41.3 47.1 40.3 36.1 28.8 42.7 35.3 36.0 22.5 33.0 28.9 24.8 17.1 18.9 11.7 13.8 15.4 12.1 10.9 10.5 8.9 12.7 15.9 6.4 5.6 8.6 8.2 6.0 5.4 5.9 3.8 3.0 2.6 4.4 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 28.1 28.5 36.2 46.5 56.9 41.7 53.8 54.5 70.4 84.1 7.7 4.9 7.4 9.2 9.7 10.4 9.4 12.0 12.2 22.2 6.0 4.2 9.7 15.4 28.7 9.9 18.9 18.3 27.5 35.0 3.8 6.1 9.0 4.8 8.5 4.7 6.5 9.8 12.7 10.8 6.5 8.5 3.1 8.7 2.1 4.9 6.1 3.5 7.6 8.4 4.1 4.8 6.9 8.4 7.8 11.8 12.9 10.9 10.3 7.7 Males Total 2,713.6 2,812.6 2,986.8 2,984.0 2,923.7 2,895.1 2,782.3 2,749.3 2,807.0 2,639.6 1,364.8 1,400.4 1,375.0 1,420.3 1,351.9 1,338.3 1,287.6 1,266.4 1,267.8 1,265.1 548.3 589.5 620.0 649.5 680.0 714.7 662.0 683.0 742.2 675.9 392.1 402.1 490.1 442.0 463.6 429.6 418.8 402.6 404.6 377.7 256.2 269.5 297.3 284.3 253.9 247.1 242.8 234.5 245.1 200.7 152.2 151.1 204.3 187.8 174.4 165.4 171.0 162.8 147.3 120.3 0 Basic training and personal development programmes 1,637.0 1,669.2 1,700.3 1,818.4 1,717.2 1,817.8 1,705.8 1,639.1 1,684.6 1,604.7 1,161.3 1,181.8 1,133.9 1,189.2 1,152.9 1,145.6 1,095.7 1,060.9 1,082.5 1,077.3 206.5 204.4 195.8 245.3 239.0 295.5 242.9 248.4 277.5 226.3 104.4 115.8 155.8 166.6 150.1 178.4 169.5 145.1 155.1 157.7 97.1 94.9 115.0 119.4 95.7 111.4 114.3 102.9 97.9 83.6 67.6 72.4 99.8 97.9 79.5 87.0 83.5 81.9 71.6 59.8 1 EDUCATION 66.9 63.6 63.2 57.4 74.7 63.1 58.1 58.8 49.2 52.8 8.8 7.6 9.0 14.4 9.8 9.4 7.2 9.1 7.8 4.8 21.6 18.5 20.1 15.4 19.9 25.1 22.6 16.5 15.9 22.3 16.9 18.3 15.5 13.1 18.5 12.4 13.0 14.7 8.7 5.7 12.0 11.2 8.3 6.2 13.8 9.4 10.4 10.8 10.5 13.1 7.5 8.2 10.3 8.2 12.7 6.7 4.7 7.6 6.3 6.8 2 Arts and Humanities 74.1 77.1 103.9 76.0 85.6 78.3 82.1 88.7 97.9 97.1 10.4 14.1 17.5 14.0 9.9 13.6 14.6 19.2 17.3 13.2 34.6 23.0 30.3 25.9 37.0 25.3 25.3 36.9 35.4 49.3 13.3 17.3 30.7 11.5 18.2 16.9 22.0 16.6 27.9 16.1 11.0 18.0 15.7 15.3 9.4 14.4 10.0 9.1 10.9 13.7 4.8 4.7 9.8 9.3 11.2 8.2 10.2 7.0 6.5 4.7 3 Social sciences, business training and law 286.4 266.1 294.3 280.6 273.6 279.6 270.4 273.5 285.3 254.0 44.1 38.5 48.1 47.3 42.7 36.6 46.4 41.4 42.0 39.1 91.8 87.2 90.7 89.0 101.2 119.7 109.7 113.2 124.2 108.7 88.0 74.4 81.4 81.9 69.8 69.3 68.6 64.4 60.6 66.1 39.6 44.4 50.6 42.7 42.0 30.0 24.1 34.8 38.0 25.1 22.9 21.6 23.5 19.6 17.9 24.0 21.6 19.7 20.5 15.0 4 Sciences 148.7 177.5 164.4 168.6 190.2 143.6 153.7 161.1 168.7 148.3 27.3 36.4 36.6 32.9 32.5 27.8 31.7 32.9 27.1 38.4 53.4 71.3 67.8 69.3 78.0 68.3 63.9 72.5 84.4 76.6 44.5 40.8 39.8 40.8 56.4 31.8 36.7 42.3 32.1 21.1 11.5 22.7 15.2 18.3 14.7 11.0 14.1 10.1 17.0 9.0 12.1 6.2 5.0 7.2 8.6 4.8 7.4 3.3 8.0 3.2 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 326.1 349.5 415.3 394.9 395.5 344.5 330.5 365.7 342.4 317.2 62.3 71.8 80.2 77.0 71.8 71.8 63.0 70.2 64.8 63.3 95.0 110.2 134.5 145.4 139.9 117.5 129.9 140.8 129.4 126.7 84.1 93.0 108.7 95.1 101.3 92.4 72.1 84.4 84.8 77.2 63.9 52.5 56.6 47.7 52.0 41.9 37.1 41.6 42.7 31.0 20.7 22.0 35.2 29.7 30.6 20.9 28.4 28.7 20.6 19.0 6 Agriculture 22.3 24.2 36.3 26.2 31.4 23.1 27.3 33.2 36.3 22.8 6.0 4.0 3.8 7.0 2.6 5.1 2.7 7.6 2.9 2.9 5.2 7.1 10.2 5.9 11.6 7.4 12.8 12.2 20.6 9.5 6.9 4.6 13.6 3.8 10.2 7.3 10.4 6.7 4.8 7.4 2.7 6.2 6.7 6.8 6.4 3.0 1.3 4.4 6.8 2.3 1.4 2.4 2.0 2.6 0.5 0.4 0.2 2.4 1.2 0.7 7 Health and social services 88.3 88.8 108.0 87.8 82.0 74.7 86.6 71.1 76.4 73.7 18.5 19.5 14.7 19.9 13.4 12.2 11.2 8.6 8.6 7.3 22.8 26.4 35.1 26.1 24.5 29.3 29.0 22.2 26.6 28.5 20.4 21.1 26.8 13.3 23.2 9.9 11.1 17.6 19.3 14.9 12.2 11.8 18.2 17.3 11.0 15.2 25.7 13.6 12.2 16.7 14.4 9.9 13.3 11.2 10.0 8.2 9.6 9.2 9.8 6.4 8 Services 52.8 82.0 85.3 56.8 51.2 49.4 44.9 35.4 34.3 34.3 20.8 24.1 28.3 14.0 11.8 10.7 12.3 11.1 9.6 7.7 15.2 37.6 30.2 21.6 21.1 21.9 15.1 13.1 13.9 12.6 12.4 12.0 14.0 13.9 9.6 7.8 12.4 4.7 5.8 7.5 3.6 4.5 8.5 6.0 7.8 6.2 4.2 5.3 4.3 4.2 0.8 3.7 4.3 1.3 0.9 2.8 0.9 1.3 0.7 2.3 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 11.1 14.6 15.9 17.3 22.3 21.1 22.7 22.5 31.8 34.7 5.4 2.7 2.9 4.5 4.5 5.7 2.8 5.5 5.2 11.0 2.1 3.7 5.3 5.6 7.7 4.7 10.8 7.3 14.3 15.4 1.1 4.8 4.0 1.9 6.3 3.4 3.0 6.2 5.4 4.0 2.5 3.4 2.5 4.5 1.2 4.7 1.6 1.8 4.7 1.9 .. .. 1.1 0.8 2.6 2.5 4.5 1.7 2.1 2.3 Females Total 3,012.2 3,124.8 3,405.6 3,374.7 3,351.8 3,389.7 3,292.6 3,238.0 3,283.8 3,202.3 1,447.6 1,455.5 1,419.8 1,440.6 1,406.3 1,436.2 1,403.2 1,421.0 1,427.3 1,399.5 576.8 625.1 735.0 740.9 770.9 728.6 760.1 754.9 753.5 790.8 464.0 512.2 543.0 514.1 473.7 520.7 497.7 441.6 480.1 459.5 294.4 293.5 343.2 314.2 334.5 331.8 307.6 291.3 312.0 258.8 229.4 238.6 364.7 364.9 366.4 372.3 324.1 329.1 311.0 293.7 0 Basic training and personal development programmes 1,622.5 1,674.7 1,818.0 1,880.0 1,798.7 1,948.4 1,837.4 1,828.5 1,873.4 1,837.6 1,195.6 1,212.4 1,137.0 1,154.3 1,107.0 1,150.0 1,134.0 1,127.8 1,160.4 1,137.7 124.5 139.0 191.7 204.7 186.6 204.5 191.1 189.8 204.4 213.3 99.6 109.2 129.0 160.1 132.2 185.8 167.8 154.5 163.1 159.9 94.0 83.9 120.9 106.6 127.0 146.0 123.4 118.9 122.9 109.1 108.8 130.1 239.3 254.3 245.9 262.0 221.1 237.5 222.6 217.6 1 EDUCATION 217.6 216.1 237.2 208.5 210.4 200.2 202.1 215.5 186.6 197.0 41.5 37.5 36.5 38.1 35.9 36.9 34.5 47.6 33.8 32.0 67.6 68.6 78.1 71.0 68.3 67.1 78.9 68.5 68.7 67.8 48.3 59.6 56.5 36.2 27.2 43.0 34.8 38.6 36.1 45.8 30.3 25.5 41.8 37.5 43.6 35.3 34.2 33.9 32.9 31.7 29.9 24.8 24.3 25.7 35.4 17.9 19.6 26.8 15.2 19.7 2 Arts and Humanities 129.3 130.4 164.0 134.4 150.3 153.1 156.6 119.5 154.7 144.7 18.3 21.7 21.4 18.6 28.1 21.6 28.1 22.1 26.0 23.4 37.1 42.6 62.6 48.4 52.1 58.8 54.8 47.9 58.7 61.3 35.5 27.1 32.8 33.6 36.5 35.7 34.3 25.9 30.5 35.4 22.9 23.6 29.5 22.7 21.0 21.3 23.7 16.0 25.6 14.2 15.5 15.5 17.7 11.1 12.6 15.8 15.8 7.5 13.9 10.4 3 Social sciences, business training and law 450.8 483.8 540.1 521.6 510.8 506.4 510.2 484.1 489.0 463.8 66.5 78.0 99.4 93.2 99.9 104.6 89.9 100.2 87.8 78.7 148.9 149.9 182.7 182.7 187.8 177.7 207.0 208.1 203.6 210.6 141.9 155.6 158.7 145.1 138.5 130.1 135.6 101.7 121.5 116.8 65.5 78.4 69.6 68.9 58.1 65.1 52.8 51.0 51.6 39.0 28.2 21.9 29.5 31.7 26.5 28.9 24.9 23.1 24.5 18.7 4 Sciences 105.4 119.5 123.7 107.7 132.5 96.5 104.7 111.9 124.2 108.1 14.5 13.6 10.8 15.9 20.0 13.2 17.8 17.6 20.9 20.6 46.9 46.4 50.7 45.1 67.7 49.0 56.9 54.1 65.8 55.0 26.6 36.7 38.6 29.1 28.6 22.4 18.7 27.8 22.7 22.0 12.0 15.5 14.5 12.9 10.3 6.5 7.3 6.8 9.3 8.6 5.5 7.3 9.1 4.7 5.9 5.3 3.9 5.7 5.4 1.9 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 66.3 79.5 93.6 70.5 80.5 67.3 64.3 54.4 42.7 50.8 6.9 14.7 18.9 12.7 10.2 15.4 10.8 9.1 6.8 15.0 31.3 37.2 32.3 34.4 35.5 30.4 29.8 32.8 22.1 25.1 16.8 22.3 28.2 16.4 27.5 13.3 11.6 9.4 7.6 7.1 10.7 3.9 10.0 6.1 3.9 4.9 6.2 2.4 3.1 1.9 0.5 1.4 4.1 0.8 3.5 3.3 5.8 0.8 3.0 1.8 6 Agriculture 16.1 16.1 18.2 15.0 20.0 18.8 17.2 16.7 17.4 21.2 2.2 1.9 3.6 2.1 2.7 1.8 4.8 1.2 2.9 2.9 5.7 5.2 5.4 7.6 10.3 7.9 7.6 8.6 11.9 13.7 6.1 3.9 4.6 2.7 6.0 6.9 3.6 5.3 2.2 3.0 2.1 3.3 3.5 2.7 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.6 0.2 1.6 .. 1.8 1.1 .. .. 1.1 0.3 .. 0.3 .. 7 Health and social services 299.5 285.8 302.2 316.0 332.2 283.2 295.4 288.4 282.1 269.8 70.9 45.8 61.6 75.6 75.1 62.0 53.3 65.0 57.7 57.2 81.4 103.1 97.0 103.9 102.7 91.4 99.6 100.2 78.8 101.0 70.2 65.7 68.1 65.9 62.0 57.1 71.2 54.7 77.9 51.3 45.0 45.1 45.9 46.5 65.4 47.1 49.8 51.6 51.8 44.0 32.1 26.1 29.6 24.0 27.0 25.6 21.5 16.9 15.9 16.3 8 Services 87.7 105.0 88.3 91.9 81.8 95.1 73.7 87.0 75.2 59.9 28.9 27.6 26.2 25.5 22.3 26.1 23.4 23.8 24.0 20.7 29.5 32.7 30.0 33.5 38.9 36.5 26.2 34.0 26.4 23.5 16.3 30.6 21.3 22.1 13.0 25.1 16.5 20.1 11.3 11.4 8.1 9.2 6.9 6.1 3.2 4.3 4.7 7.4 11.6 2.2 4.9 4.9 3.9 4.7 4.5 3.1 2.9 1.7 1.9 2.1 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 17.0 13.9 20.3 29.2 34.6 20.7 31.1 32.0 38.5 49.5 2.3 2.2 4.5 4.6 5.2 4.7 6.6 6.6 7.0 11.2 3.9 0.5 4.3 9.8 20.9 5.2 8.1 11.0 13.2 19.6 2.6 1.4 5.0 3.0 2.2 1.3 3.5 3.6 7.2 6.8 4.0 5.1 0.6 4.2 1.0 0.2 4.5 1.7 2.9 6.5 4.1 4.8 5.9 7.6 5.2 9.3 8.3 9.1 8.2 5.4 Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute