Economically Active Population Survey National results Active population 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 1,751.8 1,881.6 2,507.8 2,392.3 2,376.3 2,468.2 2,426.2 2,411.2 2,482.9 2,256.0 154.6 153.2 246.0 216.0 237.0 269.1 270.3 299.5 337.3 308.8 461.6 530.3 762.2 773.3 803.3 823.3 863.0 887.6 895.9 842.6 554.7 618.7 795.2 741.9 712.9 748.3 709.6 676.8 681.5 654.9 424.7 415.7 523.2 480.2 472.2 474.5 442.7 412.0 429.4 350.3 156.2 163.7 181.3 180.9 151.0 152.9 140.6 135.3 138.9 99.3 0 Basic training and personal development programmes 513.7 564.2 753.6 835.2 761.9 959.4 886.2 855.2 882.8 784.6 80.1 83.3 116.2 116.4 128.2 149.6 146.4 171.9 209.3 179.8 114.7 134.4 181.3 229.7 205.4 266.5 242.5 239.8 241.8 207.7 123.7 146.8 207.8 241.3 202.3 280.0 255.9 220.1 227.4 228.2 142.6 131.5 181.6 169.9 168.8 197.3 186.5 163.1 153.3 127.7 52.6 68.2 66.6 77.8 57.2 66.1 55.0 60.3 51.0 41.3 1 EDUCATION 152.7 142.3 203.1 174.7 179.5 180.1 173.1 179.6 143.3 166.9 12.4 7.7 14.5 15.8 14.7 15.8 14.1 19.8 14.8 11.9 46.1 42.0 70.2 62.1 57.7 64.8 64.7 57.5 49.6 61.1 41.7 47.5 56.3 42.8 36.5 44.8 40.3 47.5 29.4 44.2 32.5 27.8 47.7 38.6 50.2 42.4 42.4 38.2 37.8 39.0 20.0 17.2 14.4 15.4 20.5 12.4 11.6 16.5 11.8 10.7 2 Arts and Humanities 92.0 91.0 162.9 117.0 129.8 122.1 127.9 109.8 150.8 130.8 5.7 3.4 6.7 4.4 6.0 3.6 6.3 5.5 11.4 7.2 27.8 21.7 59.7 42.4 43.3 40.2 45.9 48.1 55.9 58.2 25.2 29.1 48.3 31.3 41.2 39.9 36.1 33.7 45.6 37.1 24.1 28.9 36.3 27.8 27.8 31.0 24.4 16.2 27.1 21.7 9.1 8.0 11.9 11.0 11.4 7.4 15.2 6.3 10.8 6.7 3 Social sciences, business training and law 362.0 400.8 508.2 478.2 448.8 484.9 468.3 486.7 510.5 463.5 14.5 17.3 41.4 29.0 23.6 37.5 30.1 41.5 36.6 37.6 90.7 109.4 156.8 150.8 182.2 182.1 209.5 225.3 233.8 217.3 155.2 158.7 184.4 180.3 147.3 163.2 157.8 141.7 149.2 149.7 76.6 94.1 99.4 95.1 81.7 77.5 60.6 65.0 71.7 47.6 25.0 21.4 26.3 22.9 14.0 24.6 10.3 13.2 19.2 11.4 4 Sciences 124.4 142.1 175.2 158.3 190.3 128.8 132.7 159.1 165.0 127.0 3.8 6.7 10.0 4.9 7.2 5.7 7.4 7.1 7.3 8.1 39.5 49.1 66.3 62.6 77.3 59.6 58.7 74.2 89.3 66.0 51.8 50.0 65.9 56.8 75.9 44.1 40.5 58.4 40.5 35.9 19.6 28.5 24.9 24.8 21.1 14.1 19.5 14.1 20.1 14.2 9.7 7.8 8.0 9.2 8.8 5.2 6.6 5.3 7.8 2.9 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 216.5 215.5 302.3 266.0 286.6 240.8 258.4 270.1 252.5 235.3 11.8 11.3 19.4 11.2 18.6 17.4 29.7 21.8 21.6 22.7 64.4 67.4 101.4 107.2 101.4 84.9 104.8 110.9 93.0 98.5 68.1 81.8 108.2 88.0 107.4 87.4 72.0 84.2 80.3 74.6 63.4 42.0 57.6 47.7 47.5 42.4 37.3 40.4 41.9 29.3 8.7 13.0 15.6 12.0 11.7 8.7 14.6 12.8 15.7 10.2 6 Agriculture 13.7 21.7 31.6 27.2 33.4 26.3 31.8 29.9 31.3 25.2 0.6 1.0 1.7 1.5 2.4 0.7 3.6 1.1 0.8 0.7 3.5 6.7 10.0 9.6 13.4 8.6 13.5 11.3 18.9 11.2 5.7 4.7 10.4 6.2 11.9 12.3 12.4 10.5 7.0 9.5 2.6 6.9 7.9 8.6 5.7 3.8 2.0 5.8 3.9 3.5 1.3 2.4 1.6 1.3 0.0 0.8 0.3 1.2 0.7 0.2 7 Health and social services 205.3 210.3 266.2 232.4 249.9 233.8 263.2 235.7 243.4 228.4 16.4 14.7 23.6 20.4 24.7 23.0 22.4 18.5 23.9 23.6 51.1 63.6 75.2 68.0 73.9 80.7 90.4 83.7 66.5 81.7 60.8 64.7 82.6 64.6 67.7 50.7 69.8 57.4 79.7 53.4 49.6 43.9 53.5 53.2 60.0 54.9 59.3 58.8 54.5 56.7 27.5 23.5 31.3 26.2 23.5 24.4 21.3 17.3 18.9 13.0 8 Services 62.1 81.4 90.8 89.8 72.6 81.9 64.8 67.9 65.5 58.9 8.8 7.1 10.3 12.5 9.1 12.7 9.9 10.8 10.0 13.8 21.9 33.1 37.1 35.2 32.8 34.6 23.8 31.1 26.5 22.6 20.7 30.3 27.2 29.2 18.8 23.6 21.7 16.1 13.5 15.3 8.4 8.8 13.1 8.5 8.8 7.8 7.9 8.0 14.3 5.3 2.2 2.2 3.0 4.5 3.1 3.2 1.5 1.8 1.2 1.8 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 9.4 12.2 13.9 13.5 23.5 10.1 19.8 17.2 37.7 35.4 0.5 0.7 2.1 0.0 2.3 3.0 0.4 1.5 1.6 3.4 1.8 2.9 4.2 5.7 16.0 1.4 9.1 5.7 20.6 18.5 1.9 5.2 3.9 1.3 3.8 2.3 3.2 7.3 8.9 7.1 5.3 3.4 1.2 6.0 0.5 3.3 2.9 2.2 4.9 5.3 0.0 0.0 2.6 0.6 0.8 0.2 4.1 0.5 1.7 1.1 Males Total 860.2 919.7 1,169.5 1,163.0 1,131.2 1,157.7 1,140.1 1,185.1 1,213.9 1,061.3 68.3 78.3 115.9 101.5 109.5 115.1 128.7 142.2 152.0 141.4 229.9 262.5 337.1 371.3 357.1 399.3 391.2 417.9 445.1 373.9 269.0 292.3 376.7 356.2 373.5 354.6 340.2 348.4 336.8 322.8 214.4 205.7 255.0 242.5 220.5 217.1 207.4 201.1 206.2 174.5 78.6 80.9 84.7 91.4 70.5 71.5 72.6 75.6 73.8 48.8 0 Basic training and personal development programmes 298.4 327.1 406.0 475.3 425.4 530.3 485.5 487.1 497.1 425.8 37.2 49.8 61.6 66.3 72.1 82.2 74.8 93.3 102.0 92.8 81.8 81.0 94.1 131.8 122.0 169.1 139.3 149.2 154.8 109.7 66.3 83.8 120.9 132.0 116.8 150.3 143.9 119.3 130.3 128.4 83.6 75.9 98.3 104.5 87.9 98.7 101.5 90.3 83.4 73.4 29.5 36.6 31.1 40.7 26.7 29.9 26.0 35.1 26.6 21.6 1 EDUCATION 37.1 37.8 40.3 34.8 48.2 41.1 38.7 43.8 32.6 38.3 1.6 1.3 1.4 3.8 2.0 2.1 2.4 5.1 2.4 1.5 10.8 12.6 13.1 9.9 13.2 14.2 13.3 10.9 9.5 16.3 9.5 10.8 12.5 11.1 14.6 11.6 11.9 13.3 6.3 4.9 9.2 8.1 8.1 5.8 12.5 9.2 10.1 9.2 9.8 12.9 6.0 5.0 5.2 4.2 6.0 4.0 1.0 5.3 4.6 2.8 2 Arts and Humanities 35.9 33.7 60.4 43.2 43.7 37.6 39.1 45.3 56.9 55.0 1.0 0.7 3.2 2.4 1.6 1.4 1.0 3.1 7.2 3.8 18.9 7.1 18.8 14.6 12.9 9.3 10.4 20.1 18.0 24.5 6.4 10.7 22.1 8.2 14.5 11.3 13.5 13.3 22.3 14.4 7.7 13.2 12.8 11.6 8.7 11.9 7.1 5.5 6.9 10.8 1.9 2.1 3.5 6.4 6.0 3.7 7.1 3.3 2.5 1.5 3 Social sciences, business training and law 159.4 145.7 181.8 173.8 151.4 171.8 161.6 178.3 186.6 162.8 5.4 3.8 13.3 7.2 7.5 4.7 11.8 8.0 8.5 11.4 36.4 37.9 50.8 50.0 53.6 70.5 71.7 76.3 84.2 69.4 68.9 58.5 60.3 69.6 49.2 58.2 52.5 59.7 50.9 58.1 32.6 33.4 43.7 36.8 34.2 25.3 18.4 27.0 31.8 18.7 16.2 12.2 13.7 10.2 6.8 13.1 7.3 7.3 11.2 5.2 4 Sciences 67.4 80.5 88.7 97.1 112.6 72.3 84.2 95.7 92.0 68.7 2.3 4.2 8.8 2.5 3.6 3.0 5.5 5.3 5.1 4.3 15.6 30.9 31.9 42.8 35.9 29.7 32.0 42.9 46.5 35.9 33.9 24.4 32.1 31.7 53.4 25.9 28.3 37.1 21.6 19.3 9.9 18.2 12.3 14.0 13.0 9.8 13.0 9.0 13.2 7.7 5.8 2.9 3.7 6.1 6.6 3.9 5.5 1.5 5.6 1.5 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 177.5 185.8 248.5 234.0 239.7 207.1 225.1 239.1 228.6 206.8 10.8 9.8 15.9 9.4 17.2 15.5 27.4 20.5 21.2 18.4 47.6 55.1 82.2 93.1 80.6 70.4 86.5 91.3 80.1 81.8 56.0 69.4 87.3 77.5 86.8 76.0 62.7 75.9 74.6 67.9 55.0 39.3 48.6 42.2 44.8 38.2 34.8 38.7 39.5 28.8 8.2 12.2 14.5 11.8 10.4 7.0 13.6 12.8 13.2 9.9 6 Agriculture 7.4 12.5 20.3 15.9 21.2 13.0 21.1 19.2 23.2 15.6 0.2 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.2 0.3 1.1 0.8 0.2 1.2 3.7 6.9 3.8 9.3 3.5 9.7 6.0 13.4 5.5 3.6 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 1.3 0.6 0.5 1.3 0.0 0.4 0.0 1.2 0.4 0.2 7 Health and social services 50.3 51.1 77.7 46.7 51.9 49.1 48.2 47.7 56.6 53.1 7.6 3.2 4.7 4.7 3.4 1.3 2.3 2.1 3.0 3.1 9.2 13.0 23.4 8.4 14.7 19.4 15.1 9.2 17.7 17.5 13.4 17.7 21.1 10.3 18.9 8.6 6.3 15.1 16.2 13.4 10.6 8.4 17.4 14.2 8.3 11.8 16.2 13.1 11.2 15.1 9.5 8.7 11.2 9.1 6.7 8.0 8.4 8.2 8.4 4.0 8 Services 24.4 36.0 40.1 35.8 30.0 28.2 26.3 20.0 18.6 20.2 2.3 4.3 6.0 4.4 1.5 3.2 3.0 3.5 0.9 3.5 8.4 18.4 14.0 15.0 11.9 12.0 9.7 8.7 8.8 5.9 9.9 9.9 11.6 12.0 9.6 5.7 9.4 3.7 4.9 6.3 3.3 2.8 7.8 3.4 6.1 5.9 3.6 3.0 3.8 3.4 0.3 0.6 0.7 1.0 0.9 1.4 0.5 1.1 0.2 1.2 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 2.5 9.5 5.7 6.4 6.9 7.1 10.3 9.0 21.7 15.0 0.0 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.2 0.2 0.9 2.4 0.0 2.9 1.9 2.0 3.0 1.1 3.5 3.3 12.1 7.5 1.1 3.8 1.8 0.3 3.2 0.9 2.0 4.4 4.9 2.8 1.4 2.4 0.9 3.5 0.3 3.3 1.4 1.1 2.8 1.5 .. .. 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.2 3.1 0.0 1.1 0.8 Females Total 891.6 961.9 1,338.3 1,229.4 1,245.2 1,310.5 1,286.1 1,226.0 1,269.0 1,194.7 86.2 74.9 130.0 114.5 127.4 154.0 141.6 157.3 185.2 167.4 231.7 267.8 425.1 402.0 446.2 424.0 471.8 469.7 450.8 468.8 285.6 326.4 418.5 385.7 339.3 393.7 369.4 328.4 344.7 332.2 210.4 210.0 268.2 237.7 251.7 257.4 235.3 210.9 223.1 175.8 77.6 82.8 96.6 89.4 80.5 81.4 68.0 59.7 65.1 50.5 0 Basic training and personal development programmes 215.3 237.1 347.6 359.8 336.5 429.1 400.7 368.0 385.7 358.8 42.9 33.5 54.6 50.1 56.0 67.4 71.6 78.5 107.3 87.0 32.9 53.5 87.2 97.9 83.4 97.3 103.2 90.6 86.9 98.0 57.4 63.0 87.0 109.4 85.5 129.6 112.0 100.8 97.1 99.8 59.0 55.6 83.3 65.5 80.9 98.5 85.0 72.8 69.9 54.3 23.1 31.6 35.5 37.1 30.6 36.2 29.0 25.2 24.4 19.7 1 EDUCATION 115.6 104.5 162.9 139.9 131.3 139.0 134.5 135.8 110.7 128.6 10.8 6.4 13.2 12.0 12.8 13.7 11.7 14.7 12.4 10.4 35.3 29.4 57.1 52.2 44.5 50.5 51.5 46.6 40.1 44.8 32.1 36.7 43.9 31.8 22.0 33.2 28.3 34.2 23.1 39.3 23.3 19.7 39.6 32.8 37.6 33.1 32.3 29.0 27.9 26.2 14.0 12.2 9.2 11.2 14.5 8.4 10.6 11.3 7.2 7.9 2 Arts and Humanities 56.2 57.3 102.5 73.8 86.0 84.5 88.8 64.5 94.0 75.7 4.7 2.7 3.5 2.0 4.4 2.2 5.3 2.3 4.3 3.4 8.9 14.6 40.9 27.8 30.4 30.9 35.5 28.0 37.9 33.6 18.8 18.4 26.3 23.2 26.6 28.6 22.6 20.3 23.3 22.6 16.4 15.7 23.5 16.2 19.2 19.0 17.2 10.7 20.2 10.9 7.3 5.9 8.4 4.6 5.4 3.7 8.1 3.1 8.2 5.2 3 Social sciences, business training and law 202.5 255.2 326.4 304.4 297.4 313.1 306.7 308.4 323.8 300.7 9.1 13.5 28.1 21.8 16.1 32.8 18.3 33.5 28.1 26.2 54.3 71.5 106.0 100.9 128.6 111.6 137.8 149.0 149.7 147.9 86.3 100.3 124.1 110.7 98.0 105.0 105.3 82.0 98.2 91.6 44.1 60.7 55.6 58.3 47.5 52.2 42.3 38.0 39.9 28.8 8.8 9.2 12.6 12.7 7.2 11.5 3.0 5.9 7.9 6.2 4 Sciences 57.1 61.6 86.5 61.2 77.8 56.5 48.5 63.4 73.0 58.3 1.5 2.6 1.2 2.4 3.7 2.7 1.9 1.8 2.2 3.7 24.0 18.2 34.4 19.8 41.3 29.9 26.7 31.3 42.8 30.1 17.9 25.6 33.8 25.0 22.5 18.2 12.2 21.3 18.9 16.6 9.7 10.3 12.6 10.8 8.1 4.4 6.6 5.1 6.8 6.5 4.0 4.9 4.4 3.1 2.1 1.3 1.1 3.8 2.3 1.4 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 39.0 29.7 53.8 32.0 46.9 33.7 33.3 31.0 24.0 28.5 1.0 1.5 3.5 1.8 1.4 1.9 2.3 1.3 0.3 4.3 16.9 12.3 19.3 14.1 20.8 14.5 18.3 19.6 12.9 16.7 12.2 12.4 21.0 10.5 20.7 11.4 9.3 8.4 5.7 6.7 8.4 2.7 9.0 5.5 2.7 4.2 2.5 1.7 2.4 0.5 0.5 0.8 1.0 0.1 1.3 1.7 1.0 0.0 2.6 0.3 6 Agriculture 6.3 9.1 11.3 11.3 12.1 13.2 10.8 10.7 8.1 9.6 0.4 0.3 1.1 0.7 1.8 0.5 3.4 .. .. 0.5 2.3 3.1 3.1 5.8 4.0 5.0 3.8 5.3 5.5 5.7 2.1 1.2 3.2 2.7 5.3 6.3 2.6 3.8 2.2 2.1 1.5 2.8 2.8 2.2 1.0 0.9 0.7 1.6 0.2 1.2 .. 1.8 1.1 .. .. 0.4 0.3 .. 0.3 .. 7 Health and social services 155.1 159.2 188.5 185.7 198.0 184.8 214.9 188.1 186.9 175.3 8.8 11.5 18.9 15.7 21.4 21.7 20.1 16.5 20.9 20.5 41.9 50.5 51.8 59.7 59.2 61.3 75.3 74.5 48.8 64.3 47.4 47.0 61.6 54.3 48.8 42.1 63.5 42.3 63.5 40.0 39.0 35.4 36.2 38.9 51.8 43.2 43.1 45.6 43.2 41.6 18.0 14.8 20.1 17.2 16.8 16.4 12.9 9.1 10.5 8.9 8 Services 37.7 45.5 50.7 54.0 42.6 53.6 38.5 47.9 46.8 38.7 6.5 2.8 4.4 8.1 7.5 9.4 6.8 7.3 9.1 10.3 13.5 14.7 23.1 20.2 21.0 22.7 14.1 22.5 17.7 16.7 10.8 20.5 15.7 17.2 9.2 17.9 12.3 12.3 8.6 9.0 5.1 6.0 5.3 5.1 2.6 1.8 4.2 5.0 10.4 2.0 1.9 1.6 2.2 3.4 2.2 1.8 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.6 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 6.9 2.7 8.2 7.2 16.6 3.1 9.5 8.2 16.0 20.4 0.5 0.2 1.6 0.0 2.3 1.5 0.2 1.2 0.7 1.0 1.8 .. 2.2 3.7 13.0 0.2 5.6 2.4 8.5 10.9 0.7 1.4 2.1 0.9 0.6 1.3 1.2 2.9 4.0 4.4 3.9 1.1 0.3 2.5 0.2 .. 1.5 1.1 2.1 3.8 0.0 0.0 2.1 0.0 0.4 0.0 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.3 Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute