Economically Active Population Survey National results Population aged 16 years old and over currently enrolled in regulated 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 3,703.2 3,823.1 3,426.5 3,500.2 3,400.6 3,259.5 3,117.4 3,038.7 3,054.2 3,038.6 2,622.6 2,669.5 2,521.7 2,614.9 2,484.9 2,447.3 2,367.7 2,340.9 2,302.2 2,306.3 644.7 683.8 583.4 590.0 625.4 565.6 506.2 478.5 513.4 523.0 272.2 287.8 209.4 182.2 179.7 149.3 156.8 114.7 127.1 121.4 103.8 126.3 81.2 79.5 66.2 58.2 51.9 49.6 62.6 43.7 59.9 55.6 30.8 33.6 44.4 39.1 34.9 55.1 48.8 44.1 0 Basic training and personal development programmes 2,587.1 2,632.6 2,441.2 2,529.1 2,421.0 2,429.6 2,305.0 2,264.0 2,296.5 2,282.9 2,262.5 2,291.5 2,139.0 2,203.9 2,109.4 2,109.1 2,047.6 1,990.0 2,002.9 2,010.7 205.6 208.7 191.1 207.5 206.8 214.1 168.9 163.3 196.4 179.1 61.2 68.8 60.0 65.1 57.3 53.1 47.7 49.0 43.0 46.3 31.4 37.2 36.7 31.4 23.2 28.5 19.3 19.8 19.7 15.5 26.4 26.4 14.4 21.2 24.4 24.7 21.5 41.9 34.6 31.4 1 EDUCATION 111.8 121.2 71.8 66.6 69.4 59.5 60.2 68.0 69.3 57.3 32.6 35.8 29.1 35.3 28.9 24.9 20.8 31.6 23.0 17.8 43.5 42.8 26.4 22.8 25.4 23.5 31.2 24.4 27.4 27.1 22.8 30.3 13.2 5.7 9.0 8.7 5.9 7.8 11.9 6.5 9.6 8.6 1.8 1.5 2.7 1.4 1.5 2.9 5.1 5.1 3.3 3.7 1.5 1.3 3.5 0.9 0.8 1.3 1.8 0.7 2 Arts and Humanities 101.3 107.5 96.4 81.5 88.0 87.8 93.6 80.9 83.1 89.3 22.2 30.8 32.8 25.3 32.6 31.3 36.7 35.0 28.7 29.6 41.2 43.2 38.4 36.8 40.0 36.8 31.0 29.7 32.4 43.2 24.2 19.3 14.6 11.0 10.5 12.7 16.4 7.5 10.5 9.3 10.3 10.5 5.9 6.9 1.6 3.8 6.4 7.0 9.3 4.9 3.4 3.7 4.8 1.5 3.2 3.1 3.1 1.7 2.2 2.3 3 Social sciences, business training and law 343.1 313.9 281.5 281.9 289.3 239.8 240.8 209.8 201.4 198.5 92.2 95.1 101.3 110.3 114.2 97.4 98.9 93.3 86.5 72.6 146.8 117.9 110.9 112.4 105.1 101.2 89.7 82.2 78.6 86.6 68.9 66.7 50.0 43.1 53.2 27.3 37.7 19.6 23.0 28.5 26.5 25.7 14.1 12.5 13.5 11.6 10.0 10.4 9.7 7.6 8.7 8.5 5.2 3.6 3.3 2.4 4.5 4.3 3.6 3.3 4 Sciences 123.1 156.0 112.1 118.3 132.1 102.2 119.7 105.3 119.8 122.0 34.5 43.3 35.8 43.9 45.6 33.1 40.1 41.8 38.8 49.9 61.4 73.2 54.3 55.0 72.2 56.2 61.2 51.5 62.2 61.5 20.1 27.3 16.6 12.7 10.0 8.8 16.5 9.8 13.5 6.0 3.6 10.4 5.0 6.6 3.8 4.1 1.4 2.1 4.5 4.2 3.5 1.8 0.5 0.2 0.5 .. 0.6 0.1 0.8 0.4 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 166.0 207.7 183.3 178.4 166.8 148.3 111.2 129.9 106.3 112.7 57.6 75.2 80.1 75.6 63.1 68.5 43.4 57.4 47.4 52.4 63.0 82.3 68.9 72.8 76.7 59.8 53.9 63.9 48.7 48.4 32.0 36.1 25.2 20.9 16.4 16.2 10.8 6.8 6.9 7.9 9.5 12.1 7.2 7.6 5.0 2.2 2.4 1.7 2.7 2.0 3.8 2.0 2.0 1.5 5.5 1.6 0.6 0.2 0.6 2.0 6 Agriculture 22.8 17.0 21.0 14.4 18.3 15.1 13.7 19.8 21.1 18.0 7.5 4.7 5.3 8.3 2.9 6.0 4.0 7.4 4.8 4.9 7.2 6.0 5.5 4.2 8.8 7.0 6.7 9.1 13.2 12.0 5.9 2.5 8.4 1.0 4.9 1.7 2.7 3.0 .. 0.8 2.2 2.1 1.7 0.9 1.8 0.3 0.3 0.2 3.1 0.3 .. 1.7 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 Health and social services 166.4 156.9 130.8 158.0 147.8 110.8 112.6 103.4 105.8 96.0 68.6 49.3 50.3 77.6 59.5 49.2 44.2 53.3 39.1 38.8 53.7 68.3 60.4 55.7 61.2 39.6 44.5 33.8 42.0 41.8 28.2 22.4 13.4 15.3 13.1 15.5 12.8 9.4 15.5 12.2 8.4 13.1 5.5 8.5 12.7 4.7 9.2 4.6 7.9 2.7 7.6 3.7 1.3 1.0 1.2 1.7 2.0 2.3 1.3 0.6 8 Services 69.8 100.9 76.3 51.8 50.4 50.9 48.1 40.9 34.0 28.4 38.9 41.0 44.0 26.4 22.6 22.6 26.5 23.1 22.3 14.6 19.8 40.2 24.3 16.3 22.5 22.4 15.7 15.4 9.0 11.3 8.1 13.3 4.9 6.4 2.9 4.7 5.0 1.6 2.0 1.8 2.1 4.7 2.7 2.8 1.4 0.8 0.4 0.8 0.2 0.4 1.0 1.7 0.4 .. 1.0 0.3 0.5 .. 0.5 0.3 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 11.8 9.6 11.9 20.0 17.4 15.6 12.4 16.8 16.8 33.6 6.0 2.7 4.0 8.3 6.1 5.1 5.6 8.2 8.8 15.0 2.6 1.3 3.2 6.5 6.8 5.0 3.4 5.2 3.5 12.2 0.8 1.1 3.2 1.1 2.4 0.5 1.3 0.1 0.7 2.1 0.3 1.9 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.3 0.5 1.1 2.2 2.5 0.9 3.5 1.6 4.4 1.3 3.0 3.4 3.1 Males Total 1,766.5 1,809.9 1,672.8 1,703.1 1,658.6 1,583.9 1,471.7 1,414.2 1,427.2 1,419.0 1,283.3 1,293.3 1,231.7 1,302.2 1,216.8 1,193.8 1,119.4 1,099.1 1,081.2 1,089.4 313.2 327.2 283.8 274.6 318.1 294.9 254.5 238.8 259.0 255.9 114.9 112.7 107.3 77.5 85.3 63.5 67.6 44.9 51.3 47.6 36.2 60.0 40.2 37.7 26.4 24.8 21.5 21.6 25.7 18.4 18.9 16.7 9.8 11.2 12.0 6.9 8.7 9.8 9.9 7.7 0 Basic training and personal development programmes 1,286.2 1,287.6 1,197.3 1,269.0 1,208.0 1,194.9 1,103.9 1,059.2 1,083.1 1,082.5 1,117.2 1,112.5 1,050.9 1,112.1 1,061.5 1,042.8 987.7 945.7 955.3 960.5 120.3 122.0 100.0 109.0 111.1 121.2 91.4 85.1 105.2 95.8 33.4 30.4 29.5 29.3 27.1 19.3 15.1 17.3 15.1 21.2 10.3 17.9 14.7 11.5 5.3 9.7 6.7 5.3 5.1 3.1 4.9 4.7 2.3 7.1 3.0 1.9 2.8 5.8 2.5 1.9 1 EDUCATION 28.5 23.7 16.5 17.8 18.2 16.4 16.4 10.8 13.0 10.4 6.1 5.5 7.0 10.6 7.0 7.3 4.1 3.1 3.9 1.6 11.5 5.7 4.9 4.2 5.9 7.5 10.5 4.5 5.3 7.3 7.4 8.1 3.0 2.4 4.0 0.9 1.1 1.4 2.4 0.8 2.8 3.5 0.8 0.6 1.3 0.2 0.3 1.6 1.4 0.3 0.7 0.8 0.8 .. .. 0.5 0.4 0.1 .. 0.4 2 Arts and Humanities 34.1 40.6 44.2 27.7 37.1 36.0 39.5 38.1 34.0 33.5 9.4 12.4 14.0 10.2 9.1 11.9 13.8 16.9 9.4 10.5 15.1 15.6 15.4 12.3 21.6 15.0 13.5 14.2 14.5 16.7 6.3 6.5 9.4 2.5 3.6 5.4 8.8 2.6 4.5 2.2 3.1 4.5 2.5 2.1 0.7 2.4 2.9 3.5 4.0 3.2 0.3 1.6 2.9 0.8 2.0 1.3 0.7 0.9 1.6 0.8 3 Social sciences, business training and law 122.6 107.9 99.2 95.5 109.8 90.8 89.0 83.9 77.0 70.3 38.7 30.9 33.8 39.8 34.6 29.8 32.3 33.7 31.4 24.4 55.1 46.6 36.1 37.3 45.1 42.7 33.8 34.7 29.2 30.9 19.6 17.5 21.0 11.1 21.3 12.4 14.6 6.2 7.4 8.6 6.5 9.4 7.2 5.9 7.0 4.7 5.1 7.1 5.6 5.3 2.7 3.4 1.1 1.4 1.9 1.2 3.2 2.2 3.4 1.1 4 Sciences 75.1 94.7 74.9 72.6 81.7 66.6 71.2 63.6 74.2 75.0 23.2 31.9 26.4 29.5 27.8 22.4 25.7 27.3 22.4 32.3 37.1 40.3 34.5 29.8 45.1 36.9 33.6 29.8 38.0 37.8 10.5 15.5 10.7 9.1 6.9 5.3 10.5 5.2 10.8 1.7 1.5 5.3 3.3 4.0 1.6 2.0 0.9 1.1 2.2 2.9 2.8 1.6 .. 0.2 0.2 .. 0.6 0.1 0.8 0.2 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 137.8 158.5 147.0 138.7 135.0 118.9 88.3 104.0 92.6 92.6 50.7 62.4 63.5 63.4 53.3 54.9 35.4 49.6 40.9 41.8 48.6 56.8 57.1 51.7 61.9 45.8 43.1 46.2 42.0 40.1 26.7 26.7 17.6 15.4 11.2 14.6 7.6 6.4 6.5 7.3 7.9 10.8 6.8 7.0 3.9 2.0 1.6 1.5 2.5 1.4 3.8 1.8 2.0 1.2 4.7 1.6 0.6 0.2 0.6 2.0 6 Agriculture 12.4 12.0 14.7 10.3 11.4 9.9 7.5 14.2 12.5 7.1 5.7 3.3 3.0 6.3 1.9 4.9 1.6 6.3 1.9 2.7 3.4 3.9 2.9 2.7 3.4 3.6 4.1 6.2 7.6 4.4 1.7 1.1 7.2 1.0 4.3 1.3 1.7 1.5 .. .. 1.7 2.0 1.6 0.3 1.8 0.1 .. 0.2 3.1 .. .. 1.7 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 Health and social services 37.1 37.1 29.1 43.6 31.6 24.8 33.7 21.2 21.1 19.9 11.5 15.5 8.8 17.4 8.8 10.1 9.0 6.1 4.0 4.5 14.1 14.0 13.2 18.4 15.0 9.8 16.3 10.8 11.2 10.7 6.7 3.4 5.4 4.0 4.5 1.9 4.8 3.2 3.4 3.0 1.6 3.7 1.1 3.3 2.9 3.0 3.3 0.7 1.8 1.6 3.2 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.3 .. 0.3 0.3 0.6 .. 8 Services 26.5 43.7 45.3 20.9 19.3 19.2 17.9 12.8 15.0 12.4 16.2 17.8 22.9 9.3 9.3 7.4 8.3 6.7 8.8 4.5 6.8 21.6 18.4 7.1 8.2 9.2 6.0 4.7 4.8 5.8 2.5 2.2 2.4 1.9 0.4 2.1 3.1 0.9 1.0 1.5 0.5 1.7 1.3 2.6 1.4 0.3 0.4 0.6 .. 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.3 .. .. 0.3 0.2 .. 0.5 0.3 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 6.1 4.2 4.6 7.1 6.6 6.5 4.3 6.4 4.6 15.2 4.4 1.2 1.6 3.7 3.4 2.2 1.5 3.8 3.2 6.6 1.4 0.8 1.3 2.1 0.8 3.3 2.3 2.6 1.2 6.3 .. 1.1 1.1 0.9 1.9 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.2 1.2 0.3 1.1 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.2 .. .. 0.2 .. .. .. .. .. 0.1 .. .. .. 0.9 Females Total 1,936.8 2,013.2 1,753.7 1,797.1 1,742.1 1,675.5 1,645.7 1,624.5 1,627.0 1,619.6 1,339.4 1,376.3 1,290.0 1,312.7 1,268.1 1,253.5 1,248.3 1,241.8 1,221.0 1,216.9 331.6 356.6 299.5 315.5 307.3 270.7 251.7 239.7 254.4 267.1 157.2 175.1 102.1 104.7 94.4 85.7 89.2 69.8 75.8 73.8 67.6 66.3 41.1 41.8 39.8 33.4 30.4 28.0 36.9 25.3 41.0 38.9 21.0 22.4 32.5 32.2 26.1 45.3 38.8 36.4 0 Basic training and personal development programmes 1,300.9 1,345.0 1,243.9 1,260.1 1,213.0 1,234.7 1,201.2 1,204.8 1,213.4 1,200.3 1,145.3 1,179.0 1,088.2 1,091.8 1,047.9 1,066.3 1,059.9 1,044.3 1,047.6 1,050.2 85.4 86.6 91.1 98.5 95.7 92.9 77.4 78.2 91.2 83.3 27.7 38.4 30.6 35.8 30.2 33.9 32.6 31.7 27.9 25.0 21.1 19.3 22.0 19.9 17.8 18.8 12.6 14.5 14.6 12.3 21.4 21.7 12.1 14.1 21.4 22.7 18.7 36.1 32.1 29.5 1 EDUCATION 83.4 97.4 55.4 48.8 51.3 43.1 43.8 57.2 56.3 46.8 26.5 30.3 22.2 24.7 21.9 17.6 16.7 28.4 19.1 16.3 32.0 37.1 21.5 18.5 19.4 16.0 20.7 19.9 22.1 19.8 15.4 22.1 10.2 3.3 5.0 7.8 4.8 6.4 9.5 5.7 6.8 5.1 0.9 1.0 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.3 3.7 4.8 2.7 2.8 0.7 1.3 3.5 0.4 0.4 1.2 1.8 0.3 2 Arts and Humanities 67.2 66.9 52.2 53.8 50.9 51.8 54.1 42.8 49.1 55.9 12.8 18.4 18.7 15.2 23.5 19.4 22.9 18.1 19.3 19.1 26.1 27.6 23.0 24.6 18.3 21.9 17.6 15.5 17.9 26.5 17.9 12.8 5.2 8.6 6.9 7.3 7.6 4.9 6.0 7.2 7.2 6.0 3.4 4.8 0.9 1.4 3.6 3.4 5.3 1.7 3.2 2.1 1.9 0.7 1.2 1.9 2.5 0.9 0.6 1.5 3 Social sciences, business training and law 220.4 205.9 182.3 186.4 179.5 149.0 151.8 125.9 124.4 128.2 53.5 64.2 67.6 70.5 79.6 67.5 66.6 59.6 55.1 48.2 91.7 71.3 74.8 75.1 60.0 58.5 55.9 47.5 49.4 55.6 49.3 49.2 28.9 32.0 31.9 14.9 23.1 13.4 15.7 19.9 19.9 16.3 6.9 6.6 6.5 6.9 4.9 3.3 4.0 2.3 6.0 5.0 4.1 2.2 1.5 1.2 1.2 2.1 0.2 2.2 4 Sciences 48.0 61.3 37.2 45.8 50.5 35.6 48.5 41.7 45.6 47.0 11.3 11.4 9.4 14.5 17.8 10.7 14.3 14.4 16.5 17.5 24.3 32.9 19.8 25.2 27.1 19.3 27.6 21.8 24.2 23.7 9.6 11.8 5.9 3.6 3.1 3.5 6.0 4.5 2.7 4.2 2.1 5.0 1.7 2.5 2.2 2.2 0.5 1.0 2.3 1.3 0.7 0.2 0.5 .. 0.3 .. .. .. .. 0.2 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 28.1 49.2 36.3 39.6 31.8 29.4 22.9 25.9 13.7 20.0 6.9 12.8 16.5 12.2 9.8 13.6 8.0 7.8 6.4 10.6 14.4 25.5 11.8 21.1 14.8 14.0 10.8 17.6 6.7 8.2 5.3 9.4 7.5 5.5 5.2 1.6 3.3 0.4 0.4 0.6 1.6 1.3 0.4 0.6 1.2 0.3 0.8 0.1 0.2 0.5 .. 0.1 .. 0.3 0.8 .. .. .. .. .. 6 Agriculture 10.4 5.0 6.3 4.2 7.0 5.2 6.2 5.6 8.5 10.8 1.8 1.4 2.3 2.1 1.0 1.1 2.3 1.2 2.9 2.2 3.8 2.2 2.6 1.5 5.5 3.4 2.6 2.9 5.6 7.5 4.2 1.3 1.3 .. 0.5 0.4 1.0 1.5 .. 0.8 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.6 .. 0.2 0.3 .. .. 0.3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 Health and social services 129.3 119.8 101.8 114.4 116.2 86.0 78.9 82.2 84.7 76.1 57.1 33.9 41.5 60.2 50.7 39.1 35.2 47.1 35.0 34.3 39.7 54.4 47.2 37.3 46.2 29.8 28.2 23.0 30.8 31.0 21.5 18.9 8.0 11.3 8.6 13.6 8.0 6.2 12.1 9.1 6.8 9.4 4.3 5.2 9.7 1.7 5.8 3.9 6.1 1.0 4.4 3.2 0.8 0.5 0.9 1.7 1.7 2.0 0.7 0.6 8 Services 43.3 57.2 31.0 31.0 31.1 31.7 30.2 28.0 18.9 16.0 22.6 23.3 21.1 17.1 13.4 15.2 18.2 16.4 13.4 10.1 13.0 18.6 5.8 9.2 14.2 13.2 9.8 10.8 4.2 5.5 5.6 11.2 2.5 4.5 2.5 2.6 1.9 0.7 1.1 0.4 1.5 3.0 1.4 0.2 .. 0.6 .. 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.5 1.2 0.2 .. 1.0 .. 0.3 .. .. .. 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 5.7 5.4 7.3 13.0 10.8 9.1 8.1 10.4 12.2 18.5 1.6 1.6 2.4 4.5 2.6 2.9 4.1 4.4 5.6 8.4 1.2 0.5 1.9 4.4 6.0 1.7 1.1 2.6 2.2 5.9 0.8 .. 2.1 0.2 0.6 .. 0.9 .. 0.5 0.9 .. 0.9 .. 0.3 .. 0.2 0.7 0.3 0.5 0.9 2.2 2.5 0.9 3.5 1.6 4.3 1.3 3.0 3.4 2.2 Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute