Economically Active Population Survey National results Population aged 16 years old and over currently enrolled in 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 2,328.9 2,462.5 3,441.5 3,258.2 3,265.0 3,396.7 3,335.1 3,306.9 3,446.8 3,242.2 406.7 425.3 625.5 532.6 552.5 609.1 605.7 620.6 702.3 705.6 534.3 596.4 856.5 877.9 896.0 939.5 986.5 1,017.5 1,053.9 1,006.3 604.3 658.6 852.9 794.3 792.2 818.9 775.3 745.0 774.9 736.7 459.0 446.6 566.8 530.2 526.3 526.5 505.6 482.9 500.8 421.2 324.6 335.7 539.8 523.2 498.1 502.7 462.1 440.9 414.9 372.5 0 Basic training and personal development programmes 878.8 951.7 1,402.9 1,452.6 1,366.8 1,617.8 1,503.0 1,468.2 1,568.4 1,486.9 286.7 312.0 433.9 385.7 395.2 432.8 425.2 437.6 513.9 509.9 134.0 156.6 212.8 267.5 235.0 309.8 280.5 289.2 306.3 275.4 144.6 163.3 229.1 267.9 234.1 315.9 291.9 254.9 281.8 274.7 162.7 143.7 201.2 198.8 201.7 231.9 221.5 205.8 202.9 178.5 150.8 176.3 325.9 332.7 300.9 327.4 283.9 280.7 263.5 248.4 1 EDUCATION 190.5 171.8 238.2 207.3 221.6 211.9 207.8 214.9 172.5 200.9 19.7 13.4 18.6 20.9 20.2 23.3 24.0 26.4 21.3 20.1 56.1 48.7 77.2 66.2 63.8 73.6 74.7 65.4 58.5 68.7 46.3 51.2 60.1 44.8 38.4 48.0 42.2 47.9 33.5 45.3 33.6 29.0 49.2 42.8 54.7 43.3 43.1 41.8 39.6 40.9 34.8 29.5 33.2 32.6 44.5 23.7 23.9 33.4 19.6 25.9 2 Arts and Humanities 112.0 109.0 192.3 144.4 158.8 154.4 158.5 137.8 182.9 163.8 9.6 5.6 14.0 9.2 10.2 8.4 12.3 11.3 19.6 12.8 32.3 26.0 64.6 48.6 52.7 51.0 54.8 59.8 68.2 70.8 27.8 29.7 50.7 35.0 45.8 42.1 40.2 35.2 48.2 43.5 25.0 31.1 39.9 31.6 28.8 32.1 28.2 18.8 28.4 23.9 17.4 16.6 23.1 20.0 21.3 20.9 23.1 12.8 18.5 12.7 3 Social sciences, business training and law 422.9 458.2 593.0 555.3 531.9 574.1 570.5 578.6 606.1 555.0 25.0 26.5 62.3 43.2 38.2 54.3 48.2 60.4 54.4 55.3 104.9 127.9 177.7 173.5 198.3 207.5 240.0 251.3 264.5 249.8 167.2 168.3 197.6 188.6 166.4 177.0 172.3 151.2 164.0 162.7 83.5 99.5 107.5 101.9 87.2 84.1 68.0 76.6 80.5 56.7 42.4 36.0 47.9 48.2 41.7 51.2 42.0 39.0 42.6 30.5 4 Sciences 140.4 156.8 195.0 176.2 210.0 148.3 154.2 177.8 190.1 148.8 8.4 12.9 14.5 10.6 13.0 11.0 14.2 11.6 13.7 15.3 44.9 51.5 72.7 69.4 81.9 65.8 67.5 81.9 98.9 75.7 52.8 52.0 69.0 58.9 79.3 46.9 41.7 60.3 43.1 38.1 20.0 28.8 25.3 25.4 21.8 14.4 20.0 15.1 21.9 15.0 14.3 11.7 13.6 11.8 14.0 10.1 10.8 8.8 12.6 4.7 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 242.3 240.2 350.7 304.0 326.1 280.2 297.3 307.1 287.9 273.2 16.9 18.2 30.5 19.4 24.4 29.0 34.8 26.2 28.0 33.9 71.4 71.8 108.7 114.3 106.5 92.7 113.0 120.9 107.6 110.5 71.1 83.6 114.3 93.3 115.9 91.4 74.6 88.4 85.5 78.6 65.4 45.4 59.8 47.7 50.8 44.5 41.3 42.4 43.8 31.3 17.4 21.3 37.4 29.3 28.5 22.6 33.6 29.2 23.0 18.8 6 Agriculture 16.1 24.3 35.9 29.4 35.1 29.4 35.5 32.4 33.4 27.5 0.7 1.6 2.5 1.5 2.4 1.0 4.8 1.9 1.1 1.9 4.1 6.9 11.2 10.5 14.3 10.5 15.9 11.8 19.9 11.7 7.3 6.0 10.6 6.2 12.2 12.5 12.4 10.5 7.0 9.6 2.6 7.3 8.5 8.6 5.7 3.8 2.0 5.8 3.9 3.5 1.4 2.5 3.1 2.6 0.5 1.5 0.5 2.4 1.5 0.7 7 Health and social services 234.6 236.2 302.8 261.1 287.1 255.2 289.4 266.8 272.4 258.9 24.8 20.4 32.1 25.8 32.2 27.0 26.3 25.9 32.5 29.8 57.0 69.6 84.0 78.9 80.9 85.1 95.1 92.1 73.7 92.2 63.1 67.9 85.3 66.1 73.5 52.6 70.5 63.6 84.8 56.7 50.3 45.7 59.6 55.5 64.4 58.4 67.8 61.5 57.1 58.0 39.5 32.5 41.8 34.8 36.1 32.1 29.6 23.8 24.4 22.1 8 Services 73.9 94.7 105.6 100.4 87.9 97.8 76.8 84.8 78.4 73.8 12.2 12.7 13.6 15.4 12.9 15.7 11.7 14.8 13.4 18.3 26.1 34.5 40.4 40.1 40.7 38.6 29.2 32.0 32.0 26.8 21.1 31.0 30.5 29.6 20.5 28.2 24.2 23.1 15.1 18.6 9.9 9.5 13.3 9.3 9.5 9.7 8.5 11.9 15.7 6.0 4.7 6.9 7.8 6.0 4.4 5.6 3.3 3.0 2.1 4.0 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 17.3 19.6 25.1 27.5 39.6 27.7 42.0 38.6 54.8 53.5 2.7 2.1 3.6 0.9 3.8 6.5 4.1 4.6 4.4 8.3 3.4 2.9 7.1 8.9 21.9 4.9 15.9 13.1 24.3 24.5 3.0 5.6 5.9 3.8 6.1 4.3 5.2 9.8 12.0 8.8 6.2 6.6 2.4 8.7 1.6 4.3 5.3 3.2 7.2 7.3 1.9 2.3 6.1 5.2 6.2 7.7 11.6 7.8 6.9 4.6 Males Total 1,076.0 1,152.1 1,529.2 1,459.2 1,447.5 1,468.7 1,461.4 1,486.5 1,555.5 1,397.2 178.6 211.5 297.4 248.9 268.2 266.7 273.8 281.5 322.6 316.8 258.3 291.8 378.6 406.3 393.8 444.0 442.8 473.1 512.5 443.1 282.9 299.6 396.3 371.8 394.6 373.9 358.6 364.9 359.3 339.8 222.4 214.3 262.1 253.5 227.9 225.6 223.7 213.9 222.2 184.6 133.7 134.9 194.8 178.7 163.0 158.5 162.6 153.1 138.9 112.9 0 Basic training and personal development programmes 443.8 486.0 650.6 680.8 639.6 743.7 706.8 690.5 739.5 656.3 129.8 161.0 218.0 191.6 211.7 208.6 201.6 215.9 252.3 242.5 91.1 91.1 105.6 147.2 135.9 186.4 160.1 171.6 182.6 137.1 72.1 87.9 127.9 139.1 124.9 160.4 155.3 128.8 142.3 137.9 88.0 78.2 101.5 111.0 90.6 103.2 108.8 98.1 92.8 80.5 62.9 67.9 97.5 91.9 76.5 85.1 81.0 76.1 69.5 58.2 1 EDUCATION 41.8 43.9 48.3 43.5 57.6 48.3 44.9 48.5 38.3 45.7 3.1 3.2 2.0 6.4 3.4 2.1 3.8 6.2 4.5 3.4 13.2 13.7 16.2 11.6 13.9 18.8 14.7 12.4 11.4 18.2 9.5 11.3 12.5 11.1 15.0 12.1 11.9 13.3 6.3 4.9 9.2 8.3 8.1 6.2 12.5 9.2 10.1 9.2 9.8 12.9 6.8 7.4 9.5 8.2 12.7 6.2 4.4 7.4 6.3 6.4 2 Arts and Humanities 43.0 38.9 67.9 51.1 51.1 45.2 45.5 56.1 67.4 67.1 2.3 2.1 5.5 4.7 2.0 3.7 1.8 5.0 8.9 5.1 20.7 9.0 19.3 14.9 16.7 11.1 13.3 25.2 23.4 33.0 7.1 11.2 22.7 9.0 14.5 11.5 13.5 14.2 23.4 14.4 8.3 13.5 13.2 13.3 8.7 11.9 7.4 5.6 6.9 10.8 4.5 3.2 7.2 9.3 9.2 6.9 9.5 6.1 4.9 3.8 3 Social sciences, business training and law 173.9 166.2 210.6 195.6 174.5 197.2 191.9 202.0 217.7 190.6 8.9 8.3 17.9 10.9 11.0 9.2 17.4 10.9 13.4 16.6 41.1 45.2 63.0 56.6 58.6 79.8 81.0 85.2 98.4 80.9 70.3 58.7 62.5 72.0 53.6 59.7 55.7 60.4 54.8 59.4 33.3 35.8 44.7 38.0 35.0 25.7 19.4 28.0 32.9 19.8 20.2 18.2 22.4 18.2 16.3 22.8 18.4 17.5 18.3 14.0 4 Sciences 78.1 90.1 100.2 105.2 121.2 80.6 92.7 103.8 103.9 80.5 4.9 8.4 12.0 6.2 8.3 6.9 8.1 7.3 7.4 8.0 18.9 33.2 36.6 45.9 38.0 32.3 35.7 47.2 51.4 42.1 34.9 25.6 34.2 31.7 53.4 26.9 28.8 37.1 23.0 19.7 10.1 18.2 12.4 14.3 13.0 9.8 13.2 9.0 14.8 7.7 9.3 4.6 5.0 7.1 8.5 4.8 6.9 3.2 7.2 3.0 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 199.3 206.0 288.0 267.8 273.2 239.5 252.3 271.8 257.4 237.8 14.6 14.0 25.0 17.5 22.0 25.6 31.3 24.3 26.7 27.6 52.6 59.5 86.7 97.4 84.2 74.9 92.3 99.6 91.5 91.7 59.0 69.7 92.8 82.0 93.1 79.8 65.0 79.4 78.4 71.5 56.3 42.7 50.2 42.2 48.1 39.9 36.0 40.0 40.9 30.0 16.9 20.1 33.3 28.7 25.9 19.3 27.8 28.4 20.0 17.0 6 Agriculture 9.8 13.2 23.3 17.2 21.7 13.5 22.5 21.4 24.5 17.0 0.3 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.2 1.0 1.9 1.1 1.0 1.8 3.9 8.1 3.8 9.3 4.1 10.2 6.2 13.7 5.5 5.2 3.4 7.3 3.6 6.6 6.0 9.8 6.7 4.8 7.4 1.1 4.1 5.1 6.4 4.7 2.9 1.3 4.2 3.7 2.3 1.4 0.7 2.0 2.6 0.5 0.4 0.2 2.4 1.2 0.7 7 Health and social services 54.2 54.4 83.0 49.7 59.7 53.2 56.6 53.1 60.0 57.9 8.7 4.7 6.9 4.8 4.7 2.6 3.1 3.7 5.2 3.6 9.7 13.9 24.0 9.6 17.3 20.9 15.5 12.3 18.2 18.6 13.7 17.7 21.9 10.3 19.5 8.8 6.3 15.1 16.2 14.3 10.6 8.4 17.4 14.2 8.3 12.8 22.4 13.1 11.2 15.1 11.4 9.6 12.8 10.8 10.0 8.2 9.3 8.9 9.1 6.4 8 Services 27.0 42.4 45.9 37.6 33.1 32.5 29.2 23.0 19.7 24.0 5.0 7.3 7.4 5.3 3.3 4.1 4.0 4.6 1.2 3.8 8.4 19.3 15.1 15.6 13.0 14.3 11.1 8.7 9.1 6.8 9.9 9.9 11.6 12.0 9.6 5.7 9.7 3.7 4.9 7.5 3.3 2.8 7.8 3.4 6.3 5.9 3.8 4.7 4.3 3.9 0.3 3.3 4.0 1.3 0.9 2.5 0.7 1.3 0.2 2.0 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 5.0 11.0 11.5 10.7 15.8 14.9 19.0 16.2 27.2 20.2 0.9 1.5 1.6 0.8 1.0 3.8 1.6 1.7 2.0 5.1 0.7 2.9 4.1 3.6 7.0 1.4 8.8 4.7 13.1 9.1 1.1 4.2 2.9 1.0 4.4 2.9 2.6 6.2 5.3 2.8 2.2 2.4 1.8 4.5 0.7 4.3 1.4 1.8 4.7 1.7 .. .. 1.1 0.8 2.6 2.4 4.5 1.7 2.1 1.4 Females Total 1,252.9 1,310.4 1,912.4 1,799.0 1,817.5 1,928.0 1,873.7 1,820.5 1,891.3 1,845.0 228.1 213.8 328.1 283.7 284.3 342.4 331.9 339.1 379.7 388.8 275.9 304.6 477.9 471.5 502.1 495.5 543.7 544.4 541.4 563.1 321.4 359.0 456.6 422.5 397.6 445.0 416.7 380.1 415.7 396.9 236.6 232.3 304.7 276.7 298.3 300.9 281.9 269.0 278.6 236.6 190.9 200.8 345.0 344.5 335.1 344.2 299.5 287.8 275.9 259.6 0 Basic training and personal development programmes 435.0 465.7 752.3 771.8 727.2 874.1 796.3 777.6 828.8 830.6 156.9 151.0 215.8 194.1 183.4 224.2 223.5 221.7 261.6 267.3 42.9 65.4 107.2 120.2 99.0 123.3 120.4 117.6 123.7 138.3 72.6 75.4 101.2 128.7 109.2 155.5 136.6 126.1 139.5 136.8 74.7 65.4 99.7 87.9 111.1 128.7 112.8 107.7 110.0 98.0 88.0 108.4 228.4 240.8 224.4 242.4 202.9 204.6 194.0 190.3 1 EDUCATION 148.7 127.8 190.0 163.8 164.1 163.6 163.0 166.4 134.2 155.2 16.6 10.2 16.5 14.5 16.8 21.2 20.2 20.3 16.9 16.7 43.0 34.9 61.0 54.6 49.8 54.8 60.0 53.0 47.1 50.6 36.8 39.9 47.6 33.8 23.4 35.9 30.3 34.6 27.2 40.4 24.4 20.7 41.1 36.5 42.2 34.1 33.0 32.6 29.7 28.0 28.0 22.1 23.7 24.4 31.8 17.5 19.5 25.9 13.4 19.5 2 Arts and Humanities 69.0 70.1 124.4 93.3 107.7 109.2 113.0 81.7 115.4 96.7 7.2 3.5 8.5 4.6 8.2 4.7 10.5 6.3 10.6 7.8 11.6 17.0 45.4 33.7 36.0 39.9 41.5 34.6 44.8 37.8 20.7 18.5 28.0 25.9 31.3 30.6 26.7 21.0 24.8 29.1 16.7 17.7 26.8 18.3 20.1 20.1 20.8 13.2 21.5 13.2 12.8 13.4 15.8 10.8 12.1 14.0 13.6 6.7 13.6 8.9 3 Social sciences, business training and law 249.0 292.0 382.4 359.7 357.3 376.9 378.7 376.6 388.4 364.4 16.1 18.1 44.4 32.3 27.2 45.2 30.8 49.5 41.1 38.7 63.8 82.7 114.7 116.9 139.8 127.7 159.0 166.2 166.2 168.9 96.8 109.6 135.0 116.6 112.8 117.3 116.6 90.8 109.2 103.3 50.1 63.7 62.8 63.9 52.2 58.4 48.6 48.6 47.6 36.9 22.1 17.8 25.5 30.0 25.4 28.4 23.6 21.6 24.3 16.5 4 Sciences 62.3 66.8 94.8 70.9 88.8 67.6 61.4 73.9 86.2 68.2 3.5 4.5 2.5 4.5 4.7 4.2 6.1 4.2 6.2 7.3 26.0 18.2 36.0 23.5 44.0 33.5 31.8 34.7 47.5 33.6 17.9 26.3 34.8 27.2 25.9 20.0 12.8 23.3 20.0 18.4 9.8 10.6 12.9 11.1 8.8 4.6 6.8 6.1 7.1 7.3 5.1 7.1 8.6 4.7 5.5 5.3 3.9 5.7 5.4 1.7 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 43.0 34.3 62.7 36.2 52.9 40.7 45.0 35.2 30.5 35.4 2.3 4.2 5.4 1.9 2.4 3.4 3.5 1.8 1.3 6.3 18.8 12.3 22.1 16.9 22.3 17.8 20.6 21.3 16.1 18.8 12.2 13.9 21.5 11.3 22.9 11.6 9.6 9.0 7.2 7.1 9.1 2.7 9.6 5.5 2.7 4.6 5.3 2.3 2.9 1.3 0.5 1.2 4.1 0.6 2.6 3.3 5.8 0.8 3.0 1.8 6 Agriculture 6.3 11.1 12.6 12.2 13.4 15.8 13.0 11.1 8.9 10.5 0.4 0.5 1.6 0.7 1.8 0.8 3.8 .. .. 0.8 2.3 3.1 3.1 6.7 5.0 6.5 5.7 5.6 6.3 6.2 2.1 2.6 3.3 2.7 5.6 6.5 2.6 3.8 2.2 2.2 1.5 3.2 3.4 2.2 1.0 0.9 0.7 1.6 0.2 1.2 .. 1.8 1.1 .. .. 1.1 0.3 .. 0.3 .. 7 Health and social services 180.4 181.8 219.8 211.4 227.4 202.0 232.8 213.8 212.4 201.0 16.1 15.6 25.2 20.9 27.5 24.5 23.3 22.2 27.3 26.2 47.3 55.6 60.0 69.3 63.6 64.2 79.6 79.8 55.5 73.6 49.4 50.2 63.3 55.9 54.0 43.8 64.3 48.5 68.6 42.5 39.6 37.3 42.3 41.3 56.1 45.6 45.4 48.4 45.8 43.0 28.0 23.0 29.0 24.0 26.1 23.9 20.3 14.9 15.2 15.7 8 Services 46.9 52.3 59.8 62.9 54.8 65.3 47.6 61.8 58.7 49.7 7.2 5.5 6.2 10.1 9.6 11.6 7.7 10.2 12.3 14.5 17.7 15.3 25.3 24.5 27.7 24.3 18.1 23.3 23.0 20.0 11.1 21.1 19.0 17.6 10.9 22.5 14.6 19.4 10.2 11.0 6.5 6.8 5.5 5.9 3.2 3.8 4.7 7.2 11.3 2.1 4.3 3.7 3.8 4.7 3.4 3.1 2.6 1.7 1.9 2.1 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 12.3 8.5 13.6 16.8 23.9 12.8 23.0 22.3 27.6 33.3 1.8 0.6 2.0 0.1 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.9 2.4 3.2 2.6 .. 3.0 5.3 14.9 3.5 7.1 8.4 11.2 15.4 1.9 1.4 2.9 2.8 1.7 1.3 2.5 3.6 6.7 6.0 4.0 4.3 0.6 4.2 1.0 .. 3.9 1.4 2.5 5.6 1.9 2.3 5.0 4.4 3.6 5.3 7.0 6.1 4.8 3.1 Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute