Economically Active Population Survey National results Active population 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 1,226.8 1,355.4 1,144.2 1,123.2 1,096.8 1,027.4 974.2 982.6 1,008.2 973.5 436.9 495.9 467.2 489.0 450.0 460.2 449.2 509.9 503.3 495.7 441.1 486.4 407.8 398.7 421.2 381.9 347.1 322.3 340.2 339.2 233.8 243.4 187.2 151.9 158.8 131.2 133.1 101.8 103.1 94.4 90.8 110.2 69.8 73.8 53.8 43.0 40.7 39.1 49.7 35.7 24.2 19.6 12.3 9.9 13.0 11.2 4.0 9.5 11.8 8.4 0 Basic training and personal development programmes 497.7 567.7 530.5 554.4 502.6 527.1 490.1 530.6 558.0 535.6 297.3 336.0 316.4 342.1 307.2 329.6 336.2 374.7 389.5 388.0 117.6 141.7 128.7 127.6 130.5 128.8 107.9 97.2 118.8 101.7 51.4 51.4 53.1 52.0 46.7 42.2 33.8 41.5 32.7 33.4 24.9 31.5 28.9 27.3 14.8 20.2 11.6 12.6 12.3 9.6 6.5 7.2 3.4 5.5 3.5 6.4 0.5 4.6 4.7 3.0 1 EDUCATION 79.9 92.7 47.6 43.9 47.2 41.6 46.4 45.1 42.0 42.4 20.2 20.9 12.2 17.8 14.0 13.4 11.9 15.7 7.0 8.9 30.1 35.9 21.1 18.6 18.5 20.2 26.6 19.9 19.3 23.6 18.8 26.0 11.3 5.1 9.0 6.9 5.9 6.6 10.8 4.6 9.0 8.1 1.8 1.5 2.4 0.7 1.5 2.5 3.6 5.1 1.7 1.8 1.3 0.9 3.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 1.3 0.1 2 Arts and Humanities 68.4 60.4 56.8 51.8 50.3 49.1 53.2 49.9 46.1 50.7 8.4 9.9 11.5 5.9 11.1 10.9 11.5 14.9 10.3 7.7 28.0 24.8 25.1 28.0 27.3 22.3 21.8 19.8 18.4 30.4 20.2 16.4 12.8 10.7 10.5 11.6 13.0 7.1 6.9 7.3 9.9 8.2 5.9 6.9 1.3 3.6 5.5 7.0 8.9 4.2 2.0 1.2 1.4 0.3 0.2 0.7 1.4 1.1 1.6 1.1 3 Social sciences, business training and law 238.2 213.0 182.6 168.8 179.2 150.3 139.1 128.1 129.2 119.1 34.8 44.8 37.1 42.0 46.9 36.4 34.1 38.6 38.4 27.8 116.1 84.1 81.5 76.7 73.0 79.9 60.7 60.9 57.6 59.5 60.0 58.5 47.1 35.9 47.6 24.3 34.9 17.2 22.5 22.3 22.7 21.6 13.5 12.0 10.7 8.6 8.7 9.7 8.7 7.4 4.6 4.1 3.4 2.1 1.0 1.1 0.7 1.7 2.0 2.1 4 Sciences 80.2 102.9 73.9 68.8 73.0 57.1 74.3 63.9 69.4 65.5 11.3 16.2 12.9 14.3 14.0 10.1 14.3 15.6 12.0 17.8 47.1 53.6 41.7 35.8 45.6 36.2 42.6 37.3 41.9 39.8 17.1 23.1 14.3 12.3 9.5 8.3 16.0 9.5 12.0 3.3 2.8 9.6 5.0 6.3 3.7 2.5 1.4 1.4 3.4 4.2 1.9 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.3 .. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 101.6 126.1 102.0 94.9 93.3 81.5 59.0 72.0 57.7 55.9 21.8 25.7 29.4 22.4 19.9 28.3 12.0 19.7 17.9 17.5 40.5 55.8 41.9 49.4 50.1 35.0 34.6 44.0 30.7 27.7 29.3 32.5 23.3 15.5 14.9 16.0 10.0 6.8 6.1 7.3 9.3 10.9 6.4 7.2 5.0 1.6 2.4 1.7 2.5 2.0 0.8 1.3 1.0 0.3 3.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.5 6 Agriculture 15.5 9.5 13.5 7.7 11.8 6.9 8.0 9.9 13.8 9.0 2.8 1.6 1.1 2.4 0.2 2.0 1.1 2.0 0.5 0.9 6.1 3.5 3.4 3.5 5.0 3.5 4.9 4.7 10.3 7.0 4.3 1.8 8.2 1.0 4.9 1.2 1.7 3.0 .. 0.8 2.2 2.1 0.9 0.9 1.8 0.2 0.3 0.2 3.1 0.3 .. 0.5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 Health and social services 111.3 108.9 86.1 97.8 102.8 74.9 73.5 56.8 65.3 60.1 29.6 21.4 21.2 32.7 26.7 19.7 17.1 18.2 12.7 16.8 43.0 53.1 45.9 44.2 51.1 33.8 35.3 24.2 35.3 29.3 26.2 19.6 12.5 12.3 11.6 15.4 11.7 8.7 9.7 11.6 7.6 12.7 5.3 8.1 12.7 4.3 8.7 4.0 7.0 2.2 4.8 2.1 1.3 0.5 0.7 1.7 0.6 1.7 0.6 0.2 8 Services 29.5 69.5 48.0 26.9 28.6 31.2 25.0 21.3 21.4 17.5 10.2 18.2 25.4 7.9 8.7 7.4 9.8 10.2 13.6 5.9 10.6 32.7 16.2 10.1 15.4 17.9 10.4 9.8 5.4 9.4 5.7 13.1 3.8 6.1 2.3 4.7 4.8 1.3 1.8 1.8 2.1 4.5 2.3 2.8 1.4 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 1.0 1.0 0.4 .. 0.8 0.3 0.0 .. 0.5 0.0 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 4.7 4.7 3.1 8.3 8.0 7.8 5.6 5.0 5.2 17.7 0.3 1.2 0.0 1.4 1.3 2.5 1.2 0.3 1.3 4.5 2.2 1.3 2.3 4.8 4.8 4.3 2.3 4.6 2.6 10.8 0.8 1.1 0.8 1.1 1.9 0.5 1.3 0.1 0.7 2.0 0.3 1.1 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.6 0.0 Males Total 544.3 607.3 558.7 538.5 504.7 501.5 452.2 452.6 478.3 466.8 196.6 219.0 222.0 240.9 195.0 228.1 197.3 232.8 232.0 243.1 203.1 230.4 196.8 184.3 204.5 191.5 170.3 156.3 170.5 161.4 101.7 96.3 99.6 69.8 77.8 57.5 64.9 41.5 44.8 42.3 34.8 55.2 35.6 37.1 22.7 21.7 19.4 19.6 24.5 16.4 8.1 6.3 4.7 6.4 4.6 2.6 0.3 2.4 6.5 3.5 0 Basic training and personal development programmes 243.1 278.3 261.4 288.9 247.7 262.1 236.3 241.5 274.7 266.0 135.8 155.2 154.6 176.5 147.8 169.0 157.1 175.2 189.3 192.8 66.8 85.9 67.1 69.4 72.7 69.7 59.4 46.9 65.5 54.2 29.4 20.5 26.4 27.1 23.5 14.4 13.7 15.0 13.5 17.0 9.5 15.7 13.0 10.9 3.6 8.1 6.1 4.0 4.9 1.7 1.6 1.0 0.3 5.0 0.2 1.0 0.0 0.3 1.5 0.3 1 EDUCATION 20.8 16.6 10.6 12.3 12.3 12.3 12.3 8.4 9.2 8.6 4.1 2.0 1.7 6.1 3.3 4.4 1.8 2.2 1.3 0.9 8.4 3.7 4.3 3.4 3.8 6.6 8.8 3.1 4.0 6.6 5.5 7.2 3.0 2.1 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 0.0 0.2 0.8 .. .. 0.3 0.2 0.1 .. 0.0 2 Arts and Humanities 20.3 20.1 29.5 17.4 21.3 20.3 23.0 23.4 18.6 21.2 2.8 2.4 5.3 2.8 3.4 3.9 3.3 7.5 2.4 3.3 8.4 9.1 11.6 9.9 13.7 8.5 8.0 9.4 8.1 12.5 5.9 4.2 8.9 2.5 3.6 5.4 8.8 2.6 2.5 1.8 3.1 3.7 2.5 2.1 0.3 2.4 2.9 3.5 4.0 3.2 0.0 0.7 1.2 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.6 0.4 3 Social sciences, business training and law 81.1 73.3 64.2 51.2 58.3 61.9 49.3 56.2 45.1 44.0 16.0 12.7 10.1 11.5 9.1 11.8 10.2 15.7 9.6 11.7 39.7 33.6 25.8 23.4 24.7 33.4 20.8 26.9 20.6 17.4 17.7 16.8 20.5 10.1 17.5 12.4 13.6 5.5 7.4 8.6 6.3 8.4 7.2 5.9 5.9 3.9 4.4 6.9 5.6 5.3 1.5 1.8 0.6 0.3 1.0 0.4 0.2 1.1 1.9 1.1 4 Sciences 47.5 59.8 50.3 43.2 44.2 41.4 43.4 39.7 43.0 42.3 6.5 11.0 9.6 9.8 7.8 8.3 10.6 11.6 6.1 12.3 30.1 29.4 28.5 20.6 27.9 26.3 21.4 21.8 26.1 25.5 8.2 13.8 8.9 8.7 6.9 4.9 10.5 5.2 9.6 1.4 1.1 5.2 3.3 4.0 1.6 2.0 0.9 1.1 1.2 2.9 1.5 0.4 .. 0.0 0.0 .. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 83.4 97.2 81.8 73.7 78.8 65.8 46.0 55.0 51.2 49.1 19.8 21.1 22.0 19.9 16.2 21.8 9.8 16.0 15.4 15.9 30.5 38.3 36.0 35.0 44.2 27.7 27.3 31.1 27.2 23.2 24.5 26.4 16.8 11.6 11.2 14.3 7.3 6.4 5.6 7.1 7.9 10.2 6.0 7.0 3.9 1.4 1.6 1.5 2.5 1.4 0.8 1.1 1.0 0.3 3.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.5 6 Agriculture 7.7 6.3 11.3 5.0 8.1 4.4 5.3 6.3 9.5 3.2 2.1 1.4 1.1 1.0 0.2 1.7 0.1 1.4 0.5 0.3 2.7 1.5 2.5 2.7 1.8 1.9 3.5 3.2 5.9 2.9 1.3 0.9 6.9 1.0 4.3 0.8 1.7 1.5 .. .. 1.7 2.0 0.8 0.3 1.8 0.0 .. 0.2 3.1 .. .. 0.5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 Health and social services 27.5 24.2 19.9 32.4 21.4 17.8 23.8 13.0 14.6 13.2 4.5 5.4 4.2 10.3 3.1 4.2 2.1 1.3 0.5 1.6 12.3 11.4 8.7 14.3 10.9 8.6 13.9 7.5 9.1 7.5 6.7 3.4 5.4 4.0 4.5 1.9 4.8 3.2 2.6 3.0 1.6 3.7 1.1 3.3 2.9 3.0 3.0 0.7 1.8 1.1 2.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.0 .. 0.0 0.3 0.6 .. 8 Services 11.4 28.5 28.6 11.3 9.7 10.9 10.4 6.7 9.9 9.9 4.6 7.8 13.4 1.7 3.7 2.3 2.2 1.9 5.4 2.3 3.3 16.6 11.9 5.1 4.2 5.9 5.2 4.2 3.1 5.8 2.5 2.0 2.2 1.9 0.4 2.1 3.1 0.6 1.0 1.5 0.5 1.7 0.8 2.6 1.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 .. 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 .. .. 0.3 0.0 .. 0.5 0.0 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 1.5 3.0 0.9 3.2 2.8 4.5 2.4 2.4 2.5 9.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.5 0.7 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.0 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.7 0.5 2.8 1.9 2.2 1.0 5.9 .. 1.1 0.5 0.9 1.9 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.2 1.2 0.3 1.1 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.2 .. .. 0.1 .. .. .. .. .. 0.1 .. .. .. 0.0 Females Total 682.5 748.1 585.5 584.8 592.1 525.9 521.9 530.0 529.9 506.7 240.3 276.8 245.2 248.1 255.0 232.0 251.9 277.1 271.4 252.6 238.0 256.1 211.0 214.3 216.7 190.4 176.8 166.0 169.7 177.8 132.0 147.1 87.6 82.1 81.0 73.7 68.2 60.3 58.3 52.1 56.0 54.9 34.2 36.8 31.0 21.2 21.3 19.5 25.2 19.3 16.1 13.3 7.5 3.5 8.4 8.5 3.7 7.1 5.3 4.8 0 Basic training and personal development programmes 254.6 289.4 269.0 265.5 254.9 265.0 253.7 289.1 283.3 269.7 161.5 180.8 161.8 165.6 159.4 160.6 179.1 199.5 200.2 195.1 50.8 55.8 61.7 58.2 57.7 59.1 48.5 50.3 53.3 47.5 22.0 30.8 26.7 24.9 23.2 27.8 20.1 26.5 19.2 16.4 15.4 15.8 15.9 16.4 11.2 12.1 5.5 8.6 7.4 7.9 4.9 6.2 3.0 0.5 3.3 5.4 0.5 4.3 3.2 2.7 1 EDUCATION 59.1 76.2 37.0 31.7 34.9 29.3 34.1 36.7 32.8 33.7 16.1 19.0 10.5 11.6 10.8 9.0 10.1 13.5 5.7 8.1 21.7 32.2 16.7 15.2 14.7 13.7 17.8 16.8 15.3 17.0 13.3 18.8 8.3 2.9 5.0 6.1 4.8 5.2 8.3 3.8 6.2 4.6 0.9 1.0 1.1 0.5 1.2 0.9 2.2 4.8 1.7 1.6 0.5 0.9 3.3 0.0 0.2 0.3 1.3 0.1 2 Arts and Humanities 48.1 40.3 27.3 34.4 29.1 28.8 30.2 26.4 27.5 29.5 5.5 7.4 6.2 3.2 7.7 6.9 8.3 7.4 7.9 4.4 19.6 15.7 13.6 18.2 13.5 13.8 13.8 10.4 10.4 18.0 14.2 12.2 3.9 8.2 6.9 6.2 4.2 4.5 4.4 5.5 6.8 4.5 3.4 4.8 0.9 1.1 2.6 3.4 4.9 0.9 2.0 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.4 0.7 0.0 0.7 3 Social sciences, business training and law 157.1 139.7 118.5 117.6 120.9 88.3 89.8 71.8 84.1 75.0 18.8 32.1 27.0 30.5 37.8 24.6 23.9 22.9 28.8 16.1 76.4 50.5 55.7 53.4 48.3 46.5 39.9 33.9 37.0 42.2 42.4 41.7 26.5 25.8 30.1 11.9 21.3 11.7 15.1 13.7 16.4 13.2 6.3 6.1 4.8 4.7 4.2 2.7 3.1 2.1 3.1 2.3 2.8 1.8 0.0 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.2 1.0 4 Sciences 32.7 43.2 23.6 25.6 28.8 15.7 30.9 24.2 26.4 23.2 4.8 5.2 3.3 4.5 6.2 1.8 3.6 4.0 5.9 5.4 16.9 24.3 13.2 15.2 17.7 9.9 21.2 15.6 15.8 14.3 8.9 9.3 5.4 3.6 2.6 3.5 5.5 4.3 2.4 1.9 1.7 4.4 1.7 2.3 2.0 0.5 0.5 0.3 2.3 1.3 0.4 0.0 0.0 .. 0.3 .. .. .. .. 0.2 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 18.2 28.9 20.2 21.1 14.5 15.6 13.0 17.0 6.5 6.8 2.1 4.6 7.4 2.5 3.7 6.4 2.2 3.7 2.5 1.6 10.0 17.4 5.9 14.4 6.0 7.3 7.2 12.8 3.5 4.5 4.8 6.0 6.5 3.9 3.6 1.6 2.7 0.4 0.4 0.2 1.4 0.7 0.4 0.3 1.2 0.3 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.5 .. 0.1 .. 0.0 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. 6 Agriculture 7.7 3.2 2.2 2.7 3.7 2.5 2.7 3.6 4.3 5.8 0.7 0.2 0.0 1.3 0.0 0.3 0.9 0.6 0.0 0.5 3.4 2.0 0.9 0.8 3.1 1.6 1.4 1.5 4.3 4.2 3.0 0.9 1.3 .. 0.5 0.4 0.0 1.5 .. 0.8 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.6 .. 0.2 0.3 .. .. 0.3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 Health and social services 83.7 84.6 66.2 65.5 81.3 57.1 49.7 43.9 50.7 46.9 25.1 16.0 17.1 22.4 23.6 15.4 15.0 16.9 12.2 15.2 30.7 41.7 37.2 30.0 40.3 25.2 21.3 16.8 26.2 21.9 19.5 16.1 7.0 8.3 7.1 13.4 6.9 5.5 7.0 8.6 6.0 9.0 4.1 4.9 9.7 1.3 5.7 3.4 5.2 1.0 2.4 1.8 0.8 0.0 0.7 1.7 0.6 1.3 0.0 0.2 8 Services 18.1 41.0 19.4 15.6 18.9 20.3 14.6 14.6 11.5 7.6 5.7 10.3 12.0 6.2 5.0 5.2 7.6 8.3 8.2 3.7 7.2 16.1 4.2 5.0 11.2 12.0 5.3 5.6 2.3 3.6 3.1 11.2 1.6 4.2 1.9 2.6 1.7 0.7 0.8 0.4 1.5 2.7 1.4 0.2 .. 0.6 .. 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.8 0.2 .. 0.8 .. 0.0 .. .. .. 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 3.1 1.7 2.2 5.1 5.1 3.2 3.2 2.7 2.7 8.4 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.2 0.9 1.8 1.2 0.3 0.0 2.5 1.2 0.5 1.9 4.1 4.3 1.5 0.4 2.4 1.6 4.8 0.8 .. 0.3 0.2 0.0 .. 0.9 .. 0.5 0.8 .. 0.0 .. 0.3 .. 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.6 0.0 Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute