Economically Active Population Survey National results Population aged 16 years old and over currently enrolled in regulated studies by sector of regulated studies in progress, 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 1,070.9 1,122.4 1,110.8 1,139.1 1,123.1 1,129.8 1,086.8 1,035.3 1,071.2 1,029.1 1,003.6 1,025.6 1,023.1 1,057.1 1,021.3 1,052.4 1,007.9 946.4 985.3 952.5 34.1 45.7 40.2 33.7 46.9 29.3 27.3 22.8 29.0 21.7 13.4 19.6 20.4 19.6 22.3 11.3 18.1 16.0 9.1 12.5 4.5 13.4 15.2 10.4 6.0 10.9 11.5 7.0 12.9 9.9 15.2 18.1 11.8 18.4 26.5 26.0 22.0 43.1 34.8 32.5 1 EDUCATION 209.5 217.4 199.9 208.8 183.1 189.0 184.4 172.1 159.7 144.1 136.4 138.9 128.9 134.3 120.0 109.9 124.2 126.1 105.1 91.2 53.4 53.5 48.5 57.3 49.2 57.2 44.0 34.0 31.9 41.2 14.5 21.5 18.2 11.1 9.7 16.0 13.0 9.4 15.6 7.3 4.8 3.3 3.1 6.0 1.9 5.9 3.0 2.0 6.4 3.7 0.3 0.3 1.1 0.1 2.2 .. 0.2 0.7 0.8 0.7 2 Arts and Humanities 432.5 469.6 204.3 227.7 233.8 206.6 174.1 193.5 192.9 208.8 152.4 167.4 124.8 138.6 122.3 114.4 101.0 108.0 95.9 117.2 106.7 142.6 45.2 47.0 69.1 59.6 40.9 54.3 62.7 64.5 91.8 94.7 17.7 23.6 27.1 16.0 17.2 11.5 17.5 15.6 49.1 41.6 8.4 11.2 8.0 8.6 9.1 14.0 13.0 7.7 32.5 23.2 8.2 7.3 7.4 8.0 5.9 5.7 3.8 3.8 3 Social sciences, business training and law 637.4 669.2 688.6 679.3 630.9 603.5 596.8 563.8 577.6 545.9 398.2 442.2 411.2 430.3 408.5 389.3 381.4 385.6 392.0 354.0 159.2 137.5 178.7 169.0 152.5 151.3 141.7 116.3 124.9 138.2 56.7 55.4 69.7 54.9 48.7 46.0 53.6 42.9 40.9 39.1 18.9 27.2 25.1 19.7 17.0 14.1 14.8 14.8 14.1 11.3 4.3 6.8 4.0 5.4 4.2 2.8 5.4 4.1 5.8 3.3 4 Sciences 299.3 283.9 254.4 258.0 291.9 245.7 258.0 256.3 265.1 296.7 194.2 180.8 169.1 168.8 177.8 164.1 178.4 169.8 162.9 191.3 81.3 72.4 61.7 71.3 95.3 72.2 57.7 75.7 85.0 83.5 19.0 19.4 16.7 14.0 9.7 6.7 19.4 8.9 12.7 14.3 3.3 8.9 5.4 3.9 8.6 2.7 2.4 2.0 3.9 6.5 1.5 2.5 1.4 .. 0.5 .. .. .. 0.6 1.2 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 377.7 426.0 402.2 426.1 408.9 421.7 354.6 392.7 351.2 372.0 269.3 309.1 284.7 306.1 297.9 312.6 259.4 293.5 264.1 287.7 77.8 83.8 86.6 92.3 90.2 92.3 85.4 87.8 79.5 72.9 25.5 26.9 22.3 19.6 15.2 13.5 9.0 9.6 5.3 8.7 3.9 5.3 7.4 7.6 3.4 2.7 0.9 1.8 2.0 1.2 1.1 0.9 1.2 0.5 2.1 0.6 .. .. 0.2 1.5 6 Agriculture 47.5 43.9 33.8 30.4 28.5 30.1 30.9 36.6 41.8 40.2 31.5 31.5 23.0 23.9 15.9 20.8 18.2 25.5 26.5 26.1 9.6 7.8 6.1 4.6 9.5 7.4 11.2 10.6 13.7 13.5 4.4 1.6 3.5 1.5 3.1 1.8 1.3 0.6 .. 0.6 2.1 2.3 1.2 0.5 .. .. 0.3 .. 0.4 .. .. 0.5 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.2 .. 7 Health and social services 410.5 365.3 337.6 337.1 330.3 275.5 274.9 249.3 255.6 227.6 275.7 231.7 213.1 213.5 200.6 172.7 174.0 180.9 166.8 155.6 84.6 93.5 80.1 80.9 78.0 60.9 73.2 48.0 59.9 53.5 33.7 26.3 29.0 27.7 34.9 32.1 17.5 12.1 19.8 15.4 11.8 12.3 13.4 13.5 16.2 8.8 9.2 7.0 8.6 2.7 4.6 1.5 2.0 1.5 0.5 1.0 0.9 1.3 0.5 0.5 8 Services 187.8 210.0 165.3 166.9 139.7 137.8 130.2 110.4 101.0 103.0 137.1 131.0 123.2 122.7 101.2 98.8 103.5 86.7 80.4 82.9 35.3 44.9 28.8 30.9 28.6 29.5 19.0 20.6 17.2 15.4 10.8 20.4 10.7 7.6 6.0 5.5 7.1 2.5 3.0 4.0 4.3 11.9 1.5 5.5 3.9 3.8 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.2 1.8 1.2 0.2 .. 0.2 .. 0.2 0.2 0.2 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 30.2 15.6 29.7 26.7 30.6 19.8 26.7 28.7 38.2 71.1 24.1 11.4 20.6 19.5 19.5 12.4 19.8 18.5 23.3 47.9 2.7 2.1 7.4 3.2 6.0 5.8 5.9 8.4 9.5 18.8 2.3 2.0 1.2 2.7 2.9 0.4 0.6 1.3 3.2 3.8 1.0 0.1 0.5 1.1 1.2 0.7 .. 0.5 1.1 0.3 .. .. .. 0.2 0.9 0.5 0.4 .. 1.0 0.4 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 537.2 545.3 542.5 567.5 554.3 556.6 518.7 458.8 501.6 471.2 508.6 501.0 501.3 531.9 516.9 529.8 496.1 438.0 489.0 454.8 19.6 27.6 22.4 19.8 22.8 18.1 15.7 9.8 7.8 9.7 6.1 9.6 9.0 7.7 11.2 3.9 2.5 3.7 2.3 2.4 1.4 6.6 8.5 4.7 1.6 3.1 2.6 1.5 1.5 1.7 1.4 0.6 1.3 3.3 1.7 1.7 1.8 5.8 1.1 2.6 1 EDUCATION 49.8 51.4 51.3 57.0 47.7 48.3 45.2 35.3 47.5 33.1 31.4 33.2 35.5 38.6 28.8 29.2 26.8 24.6 26.9 16.8 14.2 13.9 9.4 14.4 16.0 14.6 12.4 9.4 12.8 12.7 3.6 3.6 5.5 3.1 2.9 2.0 4.8 .. 3.6 2.5 0.5 0.6 0.2 1.0 .. 2.5 1.3 1.2 4.0 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.6 .. .. .. .. .. 0.2 0.7 2 Arts and Humanities 144.1 174.9 84.8 90.6 107.6 76.9 67.0 87.5 69.7 78.5 50.5 61.8 48.9 52.4 48.4 36.6 31.4 49.5 33.6 38.6 38.1 55.5 21.6 22.5 38.2 25.5 19.3 22.5 21.7 28.8 29.1 29.6 7.5 7.9 14.1 8.5 8.1 5.4 8.6 4.7 14.0 18.8 3.9 4.5 2.0 4.4 5.0 8.0 4.3 4.6 12.3 9.2 2.9 3.3 4.9 2.0 3.2 2.0 1.5 1.7 3 Social sciences, business training and law 287.7 277.0 294.6 280.6 258.9 260.9 229.9 222.0 227.1 204.2 178.6 178.2 170.9 179.6 156.7 148.9 130.8 144.4 143.2 123.9 76.4 63.0 75.2 66.0 69.5 76.6 63.7 53.1 56.3 58.9 23.6 17.0 35.5 20.9 21.7 25.0 24.1 16.5 15.3 16.2 8.3 14.9 11.1 10.8 8.8 8.1 8.2 6.3 7.8 4.6 0.8 3.9 1.8 3.3 2.1 2.3 3.1 1.7 4.3 0.7 4 Sciences 210.9 184.2 170.6 169.3 186.6 157.6 172.1 163.3 172.9 194.3 138.8 121.5 111.4 108.5 112.9 103.7 118.5 108.2 101.6 124.2 54.9 39.8 42.1 45.9 61.2 49.7 37.0 49.2 58.4 55.6 13.5 17.1 11.6 11.9 7.5 2.8 15.2 4.2 9.4 9.3 2.6 5.0 4.3 3.0 4.8 1.5 1.4 1.7 3.1 4.9 1.2 0.9 1.0 .. 0.3 .. .. .. 0.3 0.3 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 305.2 339.9 326.6 345.8 325.5 326.0 290.5 326.0 273.4 293.8 218.8 250.7 231.7 256.1 238.5 248.0 216.8 250.0 200.8 232.0 60.9 63.0 69.7 66.1 68.3 66.9 67.3 65.4 65.4 52.9 21.8 20.5 17.2 15.9 13.8 9.4 5.5 8.8 5.3 6.4 2.5 4.8 7.0 7.3 2.7 1.1 0.9 1.8 1.8 0.9 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.5 2.1 0.6 .. .. 0.2 1.5 6 Agriculture 24.5 29.2 20.3 15.2 18.1 19.6 15.4 20.4 25.2 18.7 16.5 19.1 13.4 12.2 10.8 13.1 10.7 13.9 14.0 11.3 5.1 6.5 2.8 2.2 4.6 5.1 4.4 6.2 9.5 7.3 1.8 0.7 3.0 0.3 2.8 1.4 0.3 0.3 .. 0.1 1.1 2.3 1.1 0.5 .. .. .. .. 0.4 .. .. 0.5 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.2 .. 7 Health and social services 102.9 99.3 87.6 94.3 75.6 70.9 75.7 50.6 53.4 46.5 63.6 60.2 52.5 52.9 42.1 42.5 43.9 33.9 31.3 28.5 24.1 28.0 20.2 29.6 23.3 18.2 24.5 11.7 16.7 13.4 10.6 8.8 10.9 6.4 6.7 8.9 5.5 4.2 3.3 3.6 3.0 2.1 3.1 4.7 3.2 1.4 1.5 0.8 1.9 1.0 1.7 0.2 0.9 0.6 0.2 .. 0.3 .. 0.2 .. 8 Services 90.7 98.3 78.3 68.0 66.0 55.5 42.1 35.8 38.2 37.1 66.1 60.5 56.1 58.3 50.0 34.9 32.1 26.5 29.2 29.2 18.4 28.1 15.5 6.0 11.8 16.7 8.2 7.7 6.8 7.4 4.3 4.4 5.6 2.6 1.9 1.7 1.3 1.1 1.9 .. 1.7 5.0 0.8 0.8 2.4 1.9 0.6 0.3 .. 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 .. 0.2 .. 0.2 0.2 0.2 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 13.4 10.3 16.3 14.9 18.4 11.6 15.1 14.5 18.2 41.7 10.4 7.2 10.0 11.8 11.7 7.3 12.3 10.2 11.5 30.0 1.5 1.9 4.9 1.9 2.4 3.5 2.1 3.6 3.7 9.2 0.5 1.3 1.2 0.9 2.7 .. 0.4 0.7 1.5 2.3 1.0 .. 0.2 0.4 0.9 0.7 .. .. 0.8 0.1 .. .. .. .. 0.7 0.1 0.4 .. 0.7 .. 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 533.7 577.1 568.3 571.7 568.8 573.2 568.1 576.5 569.6 557.9 495.0 524.7 521.8 525.2 504.4 522.6 511.7 508.4 496.4 497.7 14.5 18.1 17.9 13.9 24.1 11.2 11.6 13.0 21.2 12.0 7.2 10.0 11.4 11.8 11.1 7.3 15.6 12.3 6.8 10.2 3.1 6.8 6.8 5.7 4.4 7.9 8.9 5.5 11.4 8.2 13.8 17.5 10.5 15.1 24.8 24.3 20.3 37.3 33.7 30.0 1 EDUCATION 159.7 166.0 148.6 151.8 135.4 140.7 139.2 136.8 112.2 111.1 105.0 105.7 93.4 95.7 91.2 80.7 97.4 101.5 78.2 74.4 39.3 39.6 39.1 42.9 33.3 42.7 31.6 24.6 19.1 28.5 10.9 17.9 12.7 8.0 6.8 14.0 8.3 9.4 11.9 4.8 4.3 2.6 2.9 5.0 1.9 3.4 1.7 0.8 2.5 3.4 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.1 2.2 .. 0.2 0.7 0.5 .. 2 Arts and Humanities 288.4 294.7 119.5 137.2 126.2 129.7 107.2 106.0 123.2 130.3 101.9 105.6 75.9 86.2 73.9 77.8 69.6 58.5 62.3 78.6 68.6 87.1 23.6 24.5 30.8 34.1 21.6 31.8 41.0 35.7 62.7 65.1 10.2 15.7 13.0 7.5 9.1 6.1 8.9 10.9 35.0 22.9 4.6 6.7 6.0 4.2 4.1 6.0 8.7 3.1 20.2 14.0 5.2 4.0 2.5 6.0 2.7 3.7 2.3 2.1 3 Social sciences, business training and law 349.7 392.2 394.0 398.7 372.1 342.6 366.9 341.8 350.5 341.7 219.6 264.0 240.3 250.7 251.8 240.4 250.6 241.2 248.7 230.1 82.8 74.5 103.5 102.9 83.0 74.7 78.0 63.2 68.6 79.3 33.1 38.4 34.1 34.0 27.0 21.0 29.5 26.4 25.5 23.0 10.6 12.4 13.9 8.9 8.2 6.0 6.6 8.6 6.2 6.7 3.6 2.9 2.1 2.1 2.0 0.6 2.3 2.4 1.5 2.7 4 Sciences 88.4 99.7 83.8 88.7 105.3 88.0 85.9 93.0 92.3 102.4 55.5 59.3 57.6 60.2 64.9 60.4 59.9 61.6 61.3 67.0 26.4 32.6 19.6 25.4 34.0 22.5 20.8 26.5 26.6 27.9 5.4 2.2 5.1 2.1 2.3 3.9 4.3 4.7 3.3 5.0 0.7 3.9 1.1 0.9 3.8 1.2 1.0 0.2 0.8 1.6 0.3 1.7 0.4 .. 0.3 .. .. .. 0.3 0.8 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 72.5 86.1 75.5 80.2 83.4 95.8 64.2 66.7 77.7 78.2 50.5 58.3 53.0 50.0 59.3 64.7 42.6 43.5 63.3 55.7 16.9 20.9 16.9 26.2 21.9 25.4 18.1 22.3 14.1 19.9 3.7 6.4 5.0 3.7 1.5 4.1 3.5 0.8 .. 2.3 1.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.7 1.6 .. .. 0.2 0.3 .. .. 0.3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6 Agriculture 23.0 14.7 13.5 15.2 10.4 10.5 15.5 16.2 16.6 21.5 15.0 12.4 9.6 11.7 5.1 7.7 7.5 11.6 12.4 14.8 4.5 1.4 3.3 2.4 5.0 2.3 6.7 4.4 4.2 6.2 2.5 0.9 0.5 1.2 0.4 0.4 1.0 0.2 .. 0.5 1.0 .. 0.1 .. .. .. 0.3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 Health and social services 307.6 266.0 250.0 242.8 254.7 204.5 199.2 198.7 202.2 181.2 212.1 171.6 160.7 160.6 158.5 130.2 130.0 147.0 135.5 127.1 60.5 65.4 59.9 51.2 54.7 42.7 48.7 36.3 43.2 40.1 23.2 17.5 18.0 21.3 28.2 23.2 12.0 7.9 16.5 11.8 8.8 10.2 10.3 8.8 13.0 7.4 7.8 6.2 6.7 1.7 3.0 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.4 1.0 0.6 1.3 0.3 0.5 8 Services 97.1 111.7 87.0 98.9 73.7 82.3 88.0 74.6 62.8 65.9 71.1 70.5 67.1 64.4 51.2 63.9 71.4 60.2 51.2 53.8 16.9 16.8 13.2 24.9 16.9 12.8 10.8 12.8 10.4 7.9 6.6 16.0 5.1 4.9 4.1 3.8 5.8 1.4 1.1 4.0 2.6 6.9 0.8 4.7 1.5 1.8 .. 0.2 0.1 0.2 .. 1.5 0.8 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 16.7 5.2 13.4 11.8 12.1 8.2 11.5 14.2 19.9 29.4 13.7 4.2 10.6 7.8 7.8 5.1 7.5 8.3 11.8 17.9 1.2 0.2 2.5 1.2 3.7 2.3 3.9 4.8 5.9 9.6 1.9 0.7 .. 1.9 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.6 1.8 1.4 .. 0.1 0.3 0.7 0.3 .. .. 0.5 0.3 0.1 .. .. .. 0.2 0.2 0.3 .. .. 0.2 0.4 Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute