Economically Active Population Survey National results Population aged 16 years old and over currently enrolled in unregulated studies by sector of unregulated 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 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 178.3 163.7 283.3 286.3 345.0 326.7 280.3 283.9 273.1 314.8 35.2 27.8 50.5 47.0 57.5 48.7 40.8 49.7 65.1 76.5 36.4 30.3 38.1 41.0 61.4 54.2 52.9 57.8 41.2 50.4 33.6 30.9 42.0 37.5 52.0 55.3 38.1 31.0 42.9 46.5 22.4 24.8 27.8 26.0 31.8 24.8 22.7 31.0 28.3 32.7 50.6 49.9 124.9 134.9 142.3 143.8 125.7 114.4 95.7 108.8 1 EDUCATION 142.2 104.6 143.2 127.8 163.6 186.7 181.5 172.1 181.2 168.8 13.9 5.6 9.9 13.9 18.0 20.2 23.6 29.2 21.8 24.3 40.9 20.5 50.9 43.2 59.4 78.3 69.7 64.1 70.7 73.4 40.0 35.2 37.1 27.7 36.5 49.5 33.5 43.1 43.6 36.8 31.7 32.2 34.1 28.2 38.8 23.7 42.8 28.4 36.3 27.8 15.7 11.1 11.2 14.7 10.9 15.0 11.8 7.3 8.8 6.6 2 Arts and Humanities 684.5 818.5 1,272.2 1,104.5 956.0 917.4 898.8 836.0 845.1 843.9 199.9 222.8 340.2 273.3 229.9 256.5 240.9 222.6 219.4 233.1 127.5 212.3 330.4 305.2 271.9 253.6 250.2 229.9 233.5 243.4 147.9 180.0 269.0 219.8 196.9 172.6 150.6 145.9 152.3 171.5 104.6 95.4 159.0 142.8 122.4 111.2 112.0 106.3 116.9 91.3 104.6 108.0 173.5 163.3 134.9 123.6 145.0 131.4 123.0 104.6 3 Social sciences, business training and law 308.3 311.7 376.5 339.9 336.0 398.5 391.3 453.8 443.7 336.9 14.7 17.5 20.4 24.8 26.1 41.1 36.6 45.8 54.8 47.7 71.5 73.7 95.7 102.8 113.3 133.5 149.9 187.0 187.7 133.6 116.5 108.8 145.3 131.4 115.4 129.1 129.5 132.7 128.3 101.2 76.5 86.4 81.7 63.4 66.7 70.7 58.8 67.0 55.0 42.9 29.0 25.3 33.4 17.5 14.5 24.0 16.5 21.4 17.9 11.5 4 Sciences 205.2 260.5 311.6 320.0 380.7 377.6 395.6 386.8 425.7 407.4 11.9 24.2 31.4 19.3 42.1 32.2 45.7 41.5 60.4 55.8 41.4 47.9 69.1 67.1 77.4 75.6 90.6 91.0 94.9 96.2 55.3 70.7 66.8 81.5 97.1 93.8 94.7 102.9 122.4 118.7 46.0 50.5 64.4 77.0 76.6 96.9 90.0 74.9 80.0 78.2 50.7 67.3 79.8 75.0 87.5 79.1 74.6 76.5 68.1 58.5 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 134.7 139.4 190.4 198.0 203.1 211.6 203.5 188.4 190.4 169.5 12.5 21.2 25.5 22.1 34.4 32.8 41.4 36.4 38.1 36.3 39.0 40.8 49.0 73.2 57.9 64.8 61.2 66.5 71.6 71.7 29.5 43.2 70.4 52.6 69.3 73.1 65.1 48.8 45.3 30.3 42.0 27.1 31.1 35.5 28.7 33.2 26.8 27.7 23.0 24.7 11.8 7.1 14.2 14.6 12.8 7.8 8.9 9.1 12.5 6.5 6 Agriculture 23.1 32.3 38.0 30.3 29.2 31.0 33.2 27.4 33.3 27.5 2.1 4.3 5.0 7.6 5.4 3.4 4.6 5.6 7.6 3.8 5.9 9.4 11.7 7.3 10.1 7.2 13.5 6.6 9.9 6.8 4.3 10.9 7.5 7.3 6.5 10.9 7.8 7.6 7.5 7.4 8.4 5.5 9.2 3.1 4.9 6.0 4.6 3.8 3.1 4.8 2.4 2.1 4.7 5.0 2.2 3.5 2.7 3.8 5.2 4.8 7 Health and social services 243.4 239.0 298.7 304.9 312.2 315.5 314.7 303.9 332.1 267.7 21.3 23.0 23.6 25.1 26.4 30.2 29.3 30.6 37.2 38.3 59.0 65.1 77.3 84.8 81.5 85.5 104.7 100.5 95.8 87.7 68.4 73.4 94.8 88.6 97.3 84.1 96.0 83.7 98.5 69.2 59.0 52.1 64.1 61.4 72.4 76.2 61.9 62.7 67.3 51.3 35.6 25.3 38.9 44.9 34.5 39.5 22.8 26.4 33.2 21.3 8 Services 332.4 308.3 422.3 413.9 394.1 481.6 475.8 451.7 463.2 390.6 81.4 63.7 93.2 73.8 87.6 115.0 109.6 112.8 129.5 112.6 92.5 79.6 113.9 118.1 124.2 148.6 145.5 148.6 167.7 143.5 86.4 84.4 105.2 114.9 84.0 117.4 127.9 104.9 83.6 77.4 52.9 57.6 73.7 72.0 61.0 59.0 61.5 57.6 63.2 37.8 19.3 23.0 36.3 35.1 37.3 41.7 31.3 27.9 19.3 19.2 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 76.7 84.5 105.4 132.6 145.0 150.0 160.5 202.8 258.9 315.1 13.8 15.2 25.8 25.6 24.9 29.1 33.2 46.5 68.5 77.3 20.0 16.7 20.4 35.2 38.9 38.2 48.2 65.5 80.8 99.7 22.5 21.0 14.8 32.9 37.1 33.1 32.0 44.6 50.7 77.7 15.5 14.9 21.6 20.7 22.9 24.9 24.4 23.5 27.9 29.9 4.9 16.6 22.8 18.2 21.2 24.7 22.7 22.8 31.1 30.6 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 69.5 70.6 100.2 87.3 128.7 107.9 93.5 92.7 94.6 101.9 18.2 15.4 29.7 23.9 31.0 25.2 21.9 22.3 31.4 41.2 21.4 17.2 21.8 13.7 33.2 28.7 25.1 26.4 19.7 19.2 11.6 10.0 16.3 15.3 23.3 21.2 18.4 16.3 21.5 16.5 8.2 10.2 7.9 9.0 11.8 8.5 7.7 10.7 8.7 9.3 10.1 17.8 24.5 25.5 29.3 24.3 20.4 17.0 13.4 15.7 1 EDUCATION 38.7 36.1 42.3 41.7 49.1 50.0 41.8 49.6 51.7 56.0 2.2 1.1 1.7 3.9 5.4 3.3 3.4 5.0 5.7 5.7 11.4 7.0 14.8 11.5 15.7 24.5 15.0 21.3 17.6 30.0 10.8 13.0 13.0 10.8 12.2 12.1 8.2 12.7 13.5 10.1 9.7 12.9 9.0 9.4 11.7 3.8 10.6 8.9 11.5 7.8 4.6 2.0 3.8 6.0 4.2 6.4 4.6 1.8 3.3 2.5 2 Arts and Humanities 286.0 328.9 513.5 453.3 367.2 355.4 332.6 320.0 335.0 320.2 79.1 99.6 139.2 116.5 95.7 102.1 85.5 89.2 93.7 89.7 57.3 83.1 118.2 129.6 101.7 105.3 93.8 95.1 100.0 92.2 62.7 69.2 122.7 95.5 80.0 67.9 57.3 54.2 65.8 75.9 47.0 40.1 60.5 59.3 50.4 43.6 41.0 33.6 41.9 36.2 39.8 36.8 72.8 52.4 39.5 36.5 54.9 47.9 33.6 26.3 3 Social sciences, business training and law 142.7 138.7 157.6 134.7 141.3 161.3 152.9 189.5 204.2 137.8 2.2 10.1 5.7 8.4 10.8 10.0 12.2 13.4 14.9 17.0 27.2 31.3 38.7 35.0 42.5 48.8 56.1 68.1 83.0 45.2 53.6 40.9 55.2 53.0 46.6 50.3 48.8 61.1 63.3 47.7 38.3 40.7 46.2 27.7 34.5 35.4 25.7 32.9 29.1 21.4 21.5 15.7 11.8 10.6 6.9 16.8 10.1 13.9 13.8 6.5 4 Sciences 113.8 134.4 159.4 179.5 185.4 159.2 187.2 188.9 187.0 183.2 8.7 11.5 22.1 10.2 20.2 17.1 22.7 19.2 21.5 25.7 23.9 33.4 41.2 46.2 43.5 33.3 42.8 48.7 51.3 48.1 30.8 38.8 33.3 43.3 57.2 39.6 43.4 53.0 51.2 51.9 27.3 24.1 26.3 38.6 25.0 34.4 42.8 33.2 32.9 30.9 23.0 26.7 36.5 41.1 39.6 34.9 35.4 34.8 30.1 26.6 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 98.5 111.0 150.7 164.7 177.5 173.4 166.5 159.9 166.8 144.0 11.2 14.3 20.0 19.6 32.3 25.2 36.1 29.9 34.4 32.7 26.6 32.1 36.9 61.0 47.9 54.5 47.5 56.3 61.6 60.2 22.2 36.1 54.9 46.0 61.4 58.2 53.5 43.9 38.7 24.8 29.3 21.6 26.8 28.8 25.0 29.0 21.4 22.9 21.3 22.0 9.2 6.9 12.2 9.3 10.9 6.5 8.0 6.9 10.9 4.3 6 Agriculture 15.0 22.9 25.2 18.4 18.1 24.9 25.1 16.1 18.8 20.4 1.4 1.9 3.0 4.0 3.4 2.8 3.3 4.3 2.6 2.7 4.4 6.9 4.7 4.4 4.7 6.5 9.8 3.1 5.9 2.0 3.0 8.7 6.4 5.1 4.3 8.8 7.2 3.6 3.9 7.3 4.2 3.4 6.5 2.1 4.1 3.9 3.2 2.1 2.5 3.5 2.0 2.1 4.6 3.0 1.7 2.9 1.6 3.0 4.0 4.8 7 Health and social services 62.7 76.0 84.1 77.2 78.4 88.3 88.5 80.4 100.9 74.8 4.3 7.0 5.0 7.2 4.7 7.7 9.0 9.6 8.2 8.6 17.4 17.3 23.7 15.5 13.8 23.8 30.3 22.5 31.4 21.2 17.4 28.8 25.8 20.1 39.4 24.8 20.8 24.4 28.1 23.8 12.2 14.1 17.3 18.5 11.8 20.7 21.0 14.0 21.0 13.9 11.4 8.7 12.3 15.8 8.7 11.4 7.4 9.9 12.3 7.1 8 Services 212.6 190.7 243.1 241.0 226.2 275.7 293.0 282.4 282.3 216.6 43.5 39.8 54.9 40.7 49.2 57.3 61.8 63.7 74.7 57.1 62.7 54.7 65.3 71.2 69.2 96.4 97.8 90.1 106.1 79.0 59.2 44.5 61.2 68.6 52.2 74.3 83.1 70.7 55.4 45.2 36.9 37.8 48.7 50.6 39.9 34.9 37.1 43.2 38.7 24.4 10.3 13.9 13.1 10.0 15.7 12.8 13.3 14.6 7.4 11.0 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 36.4 43.0 53.0 61.3 75.6 72.5 80.4 106.9 114.3 142.2 7.7 10.9 16.1 14.6 15.4 16.1 18.0 24.8 35.5 36.3 5.9 8.8 13.2 18.2 21.9 22.4 24.5 41.5 36.1 46.0 11.7 9.6 7.6 14.0 18.1 16.6 17.9 25.0 17.9 36.5 9.2 9.4 12.9 9.4 13.6 11.3 13.1 12.4 14.7 15.2 1.9 4.3 3.2 5.1 6.5 6.2 7.0 3.1 10.2 8.1 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 108.8 93.2 183.1 198.9 216.3 218.8 186.8 191.2 178.5 212.8 17.0 12.4 20.9 23.2 26.5 23.5 19.0 27.4 33.6 35.3 15.0 13.1 16.2 27.2 28.3 25.5 27.8 31.5 21.6 31.2 22.0 20.9 25.7 22.2 28.6 34.1 19.7 14.7 21.4 30.0 14.2 14.7 19.9 17.0 20.0 16.2 14.9 20.3 19.6 23.4 40.6 32.1 100.5 109.4 113.0 119.5 105.3 97.4 82.3 93.0 1 EDUCATION 103.5 68.5 100.9 86.0 114.5 136.7 139.8 122.4 129.6 112.8 11.7 4.5 8.2 10.0 12.6 16.9 20.2 24.2 16.1 18.6 29.5 13.5 36.1 31.7 43.7 53.8 54.7 42.8 53.2 43.4 29.2 22.2 24.1 16.9 24.3 37.4 25.3 30.4 30.1 26.7 22.0 19.4 25.1 18.8 27.1 19.9 32.3 19.6 24.8 19.9 11.1 9.0 7.4 8.7 6.7 8.6 7.2 5.5 5.5 4.1 2 Arts and Humanities 398.5 489.7 758.7 651.2 588.8 562.0 566.2 516.0 510.1 523.6 120.9 123.2 201.0 156.8 134.2 154.4 155.4 133.3 125.8 143.4 70.2 129.2 212.1 175.7 170.2 148.3 156.4 134.8 133.5 151.3 85.1 110.8 146.3 124.3 117.0 104.6 93.3 91.7 86.4 95.6 57.6 55.2 98.5 83.4 72.1 67.6 71.0 72.8 75.0 55.1 64.7 71.1 100.7 110.9 95.4 87.1 90.1 83.5 89.4 78.3 3 Social sciences, business training and law 165.5 173.1 218.8 205.3 194.7 237.2 238.4 264.3 239.5 199.1 12.5 7.4 14.7 16.5 15.3 31.1 24.4 32.4 39.8 30.7 44.3 42.4 57.0 67.8 70.8 84.8 93.8 118.9 104.7 88.4 63.0 67.9 90.1 78.4 68.9 78.8 80.8 71.6 64.9 53.5 38.2 45.7 35.5 35.7 32.2 35.2 33.0 34.0 25.9 21.5 7.6 9.6 21.6 6.9 7.6 7.3 6.5 7.4 4.1 5.0 4 Sciences 91.5 126.1 152.1 140.5 195.3 218.4 208.4 197.9 238.7 224.2 3.2 12.7 9.3 9.1 22.0 15.2 23.0 22.3 38.9 30.2 17.5 14.5 28.0 20.9 33.9 42.3 47.7 42.3 43.6 48.0 24.5 31.9 33.5 38.2 40.0 54.2 51.2 49.8 71.1 66.8 18.7 26.4 38.1 38.4 51.6 62.5 47.2 41.8 47.1 47.3 27.7 40.6 43.3 33.9 47.9 44.2 39.2 41.7 38.0 31.9 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 36.2 28.3 39.7 33.3 25.6 38.2 37.0 28.6 23.7 25.5 1.2 6.9 5.6 2.5 2.1 7.6 5.3 6.5 3.7 3.6 12.4 8.7 12.1 12.2 10.0 10.3 13.7 10.2 10.0 11.4 7.3 7.1 15.6 6.5 7.9 14.8 11.6 4.9 6.6 5.6 12.7 5.5 4.3 6.7 3.7 4.2 5.5 4.8 1.7 2.6 2.6 0.2 2.1 5.3 1.9 1.3 0.9 2.2 1.6 2.3 6 Agriculture 8.0 9.5 12.8 11.9 11.1 6.1 8.1 11.3 14.5 7.1 0.7 2.5 2.0 3.7 2.0 0.5 1.3 1.3 5.0 1.0 1.5 2.6 6.9 2.9 5.5 0.8 3.7 3.5 4.0 4.7 1.3 2.2 1.0 2.3 2.3 2.1 0.6 4.0 3.6 0.1 4.2 2.2 2.7 1.0 0.8 2.1 1.4 1.6 0.6 1.2 0.3 .. 0.2 2.0 0.5 0.6 1.1 0.8 1.2 .. 7 Health and social services 180.7 163.0 214.6 227.7 233.8 227.1 226.2 223.5 231.2 192.9 17.1 16.0 18.5 17.9 21.7 22.5 20.3 21.0 29.0 29.6 41.6 47.9 53.6 69.3 67.8 61.7 74.4 78.0 64.5 66.4 51.0 44.6 69.0 68.5 57.9 59.3 75.2 59.3 70.4 45.4 46.8 38.0 46.9 42.9 60.6 55.5 40.9 48.7 46.3 37.4 24.3 16.6 26.6 29.1 25.8 28.2 15.5 16.5 21.0 14.2 8 Services 119.8 117.6 179.2 172.9 168.0 206.0 182.7 169.4 181.0 173.9 37.8 24.0 38.3 33.1 38.4 57.7 47.8 49.1 54.8 55.5 29.8 24.8 48.6 46.9 55.0 52.2 47.7 58.5 61.6 64.6 27.2 39.9 44.0 46.3 31.9 43.1 44.9 34.2 28.2 32.2 15.9 19.8 25.1 21.4 21.1 24.1 24.4 14.4 24.5 13.4 9.0 9.1 23.2 25.1 21.6 29.0 18.0 13.3 11.9 8.2 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 40.3 41.5 52.4 71.3 69.4 77.5 80.1 95.9 144.7 172.9 6.1 4.4 9.7 11.0 9.5 13.0 15.2 21.7 32.9 40.9 14.0 7.8 7.2 17.0 17.0 15.9 23.7 23.9 44.7 53.7 10.8 11.5 7.2 18.9 18.9 16.5 14.2 19.6 32.8 41.1 6.4 5.5 8.7 11.3 9.3 13.6 11.3 11.1 13.2 14.6 3.1 12.4 19.6 13.1 14.7 18.5 15.7 19.7 21.0 22.6 Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute