Economically Active Population Survey National results Active population who are enrolled in regulated studies by sector of the 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 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 119.3 160.6 178.3 170.0 174.3 177.2 160.5 165.2 190.4 169.8 74.3 94.9 115.4 117.8 107.2 135.1 118.7 131.6 149.3 139.4 27.1 38.3 33.6 24.8 38.4 22.7 23.7 15.8 24.3 16.5 10.7 13.7 15.9 15.4 20.8 10.3 11.0 11.9 6.0 6.3 3.5 10.6 11.4 8.8 3.9 5.3 6.3 3.2 6.9 4.6 3.7 3.2 1.9 3.2 4.0 3.8 0.9 2.7 3.9 3.0 1 EDUCATION 86.2 103.8 87.9 99.3 69.9 98.2 85.6 76.5 74.9 73.0 39.5 42.4 32.6 40.9 29.7 35.6 37.4 42.7 31.6 29.7 32.2 42.2 35.1 43.1 29.0 45.9 32.7 24.6 23.2 33.0 10.6 15.8 16.0 9.8 8.3 12.6 12.5 7.0 13.2 6.3 3.8 3.1 3.1 5.4 1.7 4.1 2.8 2.0 6.1 3.4 0.1 0.3 1.1 0.1 1.1 .. 0.2 0.3 0.8 0.5 2 Arts and Humanities 267.4 296.7 79.1 99.1 109.2 96.7 83.1 98.2 87.8 98.4 48.5 57.5 25.2 32.3 36.8 29.7 30.8 36.2 25.5 34.6 82.6 112.6 28.6 35.4 44.7 42.5 27.9 37.7 37.2 42.8 80.0 85.1 13.8 19.7 21.4 14.0 15.6 10.4 14.1 12.8 43.3 34.5 8.4 10.8 5.2 5.8 7.6 12.2 9.9 6.8 12.9 7.0 3.1 0.9 1.2 4.7 1.2 1.6 1.1 1.5 3 Social sciences, business training and law 276.9 296.6 327.7 296.1 276.9 261.9 271.2 239.1 245.7 245.7 85.2 122.1 107.3 106.2 105.9 92.0 108.3 100.7 105.5 101.8 119.6 96.5 130.5 117.2 108.5 114.1 104.2 81.7 86.9 100.0 52.2 48.2 65.8 49.3 46.2 42.7 44.5 40.3 35.8 31.9 16.6 25.7 21.9 19.4 13.1 12.5 13.3 12.5 13.9 10.8 3.3 4.0 2.2 3.9 3.2 0.7 0.9 3.7 3.6 1.2 4 Sciences 105.7 100.4 95.2 91.5 111.5 85.0 94.3 107.3 112.4 121.2 31.2 29.7 37.2 28.9 31.6 34.9 37.0 46.8 43.5 53.9 55.1 45.5 36.6 45.3 62.6 41.3 35.5 49.8 54.7 50.0 15.7 15.2 16.1 13.3 8.5 6.1 19.4 8.7 11.3 10.9 3.3 8.5 5.0 3.9 8.2 2.7 2.3 2.0 2.9 6.2 0.3 1.5 0.4 .. 0.5 .. .. .. 0.0 0.2 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 122.0 132.1 135.9 139.5 131.8 126.3 101.9 136.7 121.4 102.9 51.8 58.2 55.1 63.3 62.3 64.5 44.5 69.0 71.3 58.4 43.2 47.1 53.5 55.7 50.3 48.8 49.0 57.6 43.9 35.9 22.6 22.2 19.6 12.8 14.4 11.4 8.0 8.3 4.2 5.8 3.9 4.4 6.6 7.3 3.1 1.1 0.5 1.8 1.8 1.2 0.5 0.2 1.0 0.3 1.8 0.6 .. .. 0.2 1.5 6 Agriculture 14.2 16.1 10.4 7.3 9.4 9.4 10.3 10.1 14.8 13.6 7.1 6.9 4.4 3.1 1.3 4.3 4.3 4.7 3.7 6.0 4.2 5.9 2.4 3.4 5.0 3.8 5.4 4.8 9.5 6.9 1.6 0.8 3.2 0.3 3.1 1.3 0.3 0.6 .. 0.6 1.4 2.0 0.4 0.5 .. .. 0.3 .. 0.4 .. .. 0.5 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.2 .. 7 Health and social services 158.5 144.7 145.3 144.4 155.6 103.7 110.8 92.0 97.8 76.2 61.6 43.1 45.2 56.3 49.9 28.5 34.9 43.4 33.5 29.0 52.7 65.0 59.4 53.9 61.9 38.7 52.3 31.8 43.1 31.3 30.5 24.2 27.4 21.1 29.3 28.0 15.8 11.0 14.2 13.7 10.6 10.9 11.5 11.6 14.0 7.4 7.1 4.6 6.6 2.0 3.1 1.5 1.7 1.4 0.5 1.0 0.6 1.3 0.4 0.2 8 Services 65.7 96.9 72.9 67.2 48.9 61.2 49.0 45.8 46.2 41.4 31.3 37.5 41.3 37.2 22.5 33.8 30.3 30.9 30.7 27.8 22.7 31.5 21.6 17.2 18.5 18.9 12.6 12.1 12.9 10.6 7.5 16.2 8.1 7.3 4.0 4.8 5.5 2.5 2.6 2.3 4.0 10.4 1.0 5.5 3.9 3.5 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.5 0.2 1.4 0.9 0.0 .. 0.2 .. 0.0 0.0 0.2 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 10.9 7.5 11.6 8.8 9.4 7.8 7.5 11.7 17.0 31.2 6.4 3.7 3.5 3.0 2.8 1.7 3.1 3.8 8.8 15.0 1.8 1.7 6.4 2.4 2.2 5.3 3.7 6.3 4.6 12.2 2.3 2.0 1.2 2.7 2.9 0.0 0.6 1.1 1.7 3.8 0.4 0.1 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 .. 0.5 1.1 0.2 .. .. .. 0.0 0.7 0.1 0.2 .. 0.7 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 69.1 86.8 92.0 97.2 84.2 98.4 81.9 80.7 89.8 81.3 43.6 51.3 59.2 68.8 53.3 78.1 62.9 68.1 80.8 71.8 17.8 23.8 19.2 14.7 18.5 14.1 14.9 8.1 5.8 8.3 5.7 6.1 7.4 7.1 11.2 3.7 1.8 3.3 1.5 0.2 1.2 5.3 6.2 4.1 1.2 1.8 2.2 0.9 1.4 0.7 0.7 0.2 0.0 2.5 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.3 1 EDUCATION 15.2 24.9 17.9 25.5 16.5 26.1 20.5 14.0 24.1 18.4 6.2 10.0 5.5 14.2 5.4 12.0 6.3 6.9 7.6 4.4 6.0 10.9 6.4 7.2 8.2 10.4 8.3 5.9 9.4 11.1 2.9 3.2 5.2 3.1 2.9 2.0 4.8 .. 2.8 2.3 0.1 0.6 0.2 1.0 .. 1.7 1.1 1.2 4.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.6 .. .. .. .. .. 0.2 0.5 2 Arts and Humanities 88.8 112.8 33.4 41.4 50.5 38.4 31.3 45.6 28.8 41.0 12.9 18.5 8.1 10.1 14.4 8.3 8.0 17.4 6.7 11.9 28.7 46.8 14.9 18.1 24.8 17.9 11.1 14.8 9.6 19.4 28.2 27.7 5.4 7.9 9.2 7.6 7.7 5.0 7.0 4.3 13.8 17.3 3.9 4.5 2.0 4.1 4.5 7.6 4.3 4.6 5.2 2.6 1.2 0.9 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.8 1.1 0.7 3 Social sciences, business training and law 117.8 116.7 143.9 115.8 108.5 123.6 109.4 95.9 99.5 94.9 37.3 43.2 40.2 38.6 33.1 34.0 32.1 35.7 35.2 35.0 50.7 42.0 56.3 44.0 45.7 56.9 46.4 38.4 39.3 39.0 21.1 15.5 35.4 20.3 21.2 24.5 23.0 15.3 14.6 16.2 8.3 14.0 10.7 10.8 6.6 7.8 7.8 5.2 7.8 4.5 0.3 2.1 1.3 2.1 2.0 0.4 0.2 1.3 2.5 0.2 4 Sciences 71.3 60.1 66.7 63.3 71.5 55.9 69.9 65.1 73.9 87.7 20.4 17.6 25.7 18.0 20.2 22.0 29.1 29.8 23.7 39.8 38.1 24.6 25.2 30.8 39.0 30.0 24.3 29.3 40.1 34.3 10.3 13.0 11.4 11.5 7.5 2.4 15.2 4.2 8.0 8.9 2.6 5.0 4.3 3.0 4.6 1.5 1.3 1.7 2.1 4.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 .. 0.3 .. .. .. 0.0 0.0 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 97.8 101.7 114.6 114.7 102.0 91.3 80.5 108.5 96.1 81.5 42.4 45.5 46.7 55.3 45.6 50.6 36.8 55.7 50.4 49.5 33.1 34.5 45.5 41.2 39.3 31.9 38.3 43.6 39.6 25.0 19.2 17.3 15.5 10.6 12.9 7.3 5.0 7.4 4.2 4.6 2.5 4.2 6.2 7.3 2.4 0.8 0.5 1.8 1.8 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.7 0.3 1.8 0.6 .. .. 0.2 1.5 6 Agriculture 5.9 12.8 7.5 4.2 7.2 6.3 4.4 4.9 10.6 6.4 2.2 5.3 3.4 1.6 1.0 2.6 2.0 2.0 2.6 2.4 2.3 4.5 1.0 1.9 3.5 2.8 2.2 2.6 6.3 3.9 0.3 0.5 2.8 0.3 2.8 0.9 0.3 0.3 .. 0.1 1.1 2.0 0.3 0.5 .. .. .. .. 0.4 .. .. 0.5 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.2 .. 7 Health and social services 41.0 39.7 38.5 46.1 37.4 29.7 36.0 19.8 23.4 19.1 10.5 8.7 11.6 14.2 9.6 8.6 11.1 8.1 6.0 7.1 16.1 20.4 12.9 21.0 18.4 11.5 17.9 6.7 12.1 8.1 10.3 8.3 10.3 5.8 5.9 8.2 5.5 4.2 3.3 3.4 3.0 2.1 3.1 4.7 3.2 1.3 1.5 0.8 1.9 0.5 1.2 0.2 0.6 0.5 0.2 .. 0.0 .. 0.2 .. 8 Services 32.7 46.2 36.8 26.0 21.4 26.4 13.7 14.3 20.7 18.2 17.8 16.5 19.4 19.1 11.1 10.4 6.7 7.5 13.6 12.0 9.6 21.1 11.4 3.6 6.4 12.9 5.2 5.4 5.2 5.6 3.3 3.6 5.0 2.4 1.5 1.0 1.3 1.1 1.9 .. 1.7 4.7 0.6 0.8 2.4 1.9 0.6 0.3 .. 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.0 .. 0.2 .. 0.0 0.0 0.2 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 4.7 5.5 7.3 4.3 5.6 5.3 4.7 3.9 11.4 18.4 3.1 2.5 2.0 1.1 1.3 1.4 2.5 1.7 5.3 9.3 0.7 1.7 3.9 1.9 0.5 3.1 1.7 1.5 3.2 6.7 0.5 1.3 1.2 0.9 2.7 .. 0.4 0.7 1.5 2.3 0.4 .. 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.7 .. .. 0.8 0.1 .. .. .. .. 0.5 0.1 0.2 .. 0.7 .. 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 50.2 73.8 86.2 72.9 90.1 78.8 78.6 84.5 100.6 88.5 30.7 43.6 56.2 49.0 54.0 57.0 55.8 63.5 68.5 67.6 9.2 14.5 14.4 10.2 19.9 8.6 8.8 7.7 18.5 8.2 5.0 7.6 8.5 8.3 9.6 6.6 9.1 8.6 4.5 6.2 2.3 5.2 5.2 4.7 2.7 3.6 4.1 2.3 5.5 3.9 3.0 2.9 1.9 0.7 4.0 3.0 0.9 2.3 3.6 2.7 1 EDUCATION 71.0 78.9 70.0 73.9 53.4 72.1 65.1 62.5 50.7 54.6 33.2 32.4 27.1 26.7 24.4 23.6 31.0 35.8 24.0 25.3 26.2 31.3 28.7 35.9 20.8 35.5 24.4 18.7 13.8 21.9 7.7 12.7 10.8 6.8 5.4 10.6 7.7 7.0 10.4 4.0 3.7 2.4 2.9 4.4 1.7 2.4 1.7 0.8 2.1 3.4 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.1 1.1 .. 0.2 0.3 0.5 .. 2 Arts and Humanities 178.6 183.9 45.7 57.7 58.7 58.2 51.8 52.6 59.0 57.5 35.6 38.9 17.1 22.2 22.3 21.4 22.8 18.8 18.8 22.7 53.9 65.8 13.8 17.3 19.8 24.6 16.7 22.9 27.6 23.4 51.8 57.4 8.4 11.8 12.2 6.4 7.9 5.4 7.1 8.5 29.5 17.2 4.6 6.3 3.2 1.6 3.2 4.6 5.6 2.2 7.8 4.5 1.9 0.0 1.2 4.2 1.2 0.8 0.0 0.7 3 Social sciences, business training and law 159.1 179.9 183.8 180.3 168.3 138.3 161.8 143.2 146.2 150.8 47.9 78.9 67.1 67.7 72.8 58.0 76.2 65.0 70.3 66.8 68.8 54.6 74.1 73.2 62.8 57.2 57.9 43.3 47.6 61.0 31.1 32.8 30.5 29.0 25.0 18.2 21.6 25.1 21.2 15.7 8.3 11.7 11.3 8.6 6.5 4.7 5.5 7.3 6.1 6.2 3.0 1.9 0.9 1.8 1.2 0.3 0.7 2.4 1.0 1.0 4 Sciences 34.4 40.3 28.5 28.3 40.0 29.1 24.4 42.2 38.5 33.6 10.8 12.1 11.5 10.9 11.5 12.8 7.9 17.0 19.8 14.1 17.0 20.9 11.3 14.6 23.6 11.3 11.2 20.4 14.6 15.7 5.4 2.2 4.7 1.8 1.0 3.7 4.3 4.5 3.3 1.9 0.7 3.6 0.6 0.9 3.6 1.2 1.0 0.2 0.8 1.6 0.3 1.5 0.4 .. 0.3 .. .. .. 0.0 0.2 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 24.2 30.4 21.2 24.7 29.8 35.1 21.4 28.2 25.3 21.4 9.4 12.6 8.4 8.1 16.7 13.9 7.7 13.3 20.9 8.9 10.0 12.7 8.0 14.5 11.0 16.8 10.7 14.1 4.3 10.9 3.4 4.9 4.2 2.2 1.5 4.1 3.0 0.8 .. 1.3 1.4 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.7 0.3 .. .. 0.0 0.3 .. .. 0.3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6 Agriculture 8.4 3.3 2.9 3.1 2.2 3.1 5.9 5.1 4.2 7.2 4.8 1.6 0.9 1.5 0.3 1.6 2.4 2.6 1.0 3.7 1.9 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.0 3.2 2.3 3.1 3.1 1.3 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.2 .. 0.5 0.3 .. 0.1 .. .. .. 0.3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 Health and social services 117.5 105.0 106.7 98.3 118.2 73.9 74.8 72.3 74.4 57.1 51.1 34.4 33.6 42.1 40.2 19.9 23.8 35.4 27.5 21.9 36.6 44.6 46.5 32.9 43.5 27.1 34.4 25.1 31.1 23.2 20.3 15.9 17.1 15.4 23.4 19.8 10.3 6.8 10.9 10.2 7.6 8.8 8.4 6.9 10.8 6.0 5.6 3.7 4.7 1.5 1.9 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.4 1.0 0.6 1.3 0.2 0.2 8 Services 33.0 50.6 36.1 41.2 27.5 34.8 35.3 31.5 25.5 23.2 13.4 21.0 21.9 18.0 11.4 23.4 23.6 23.5 17.1 15.8 13.2 10.4 10.1 13.6 12.1 6.0 7.4 6.7 7.7 4.9 4.2 12.6 3.0 4.9 2.5 3.8 4.2 1.4 0.7 2.3 2.2 5.7 0.5 4.7 1.5 1.5 .. 0.0 0.1 0.2 .. 1.0 0.6 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 6.2 2.1 4.3 4.5 3.8 2.5 2.8 7.9 5.6 12.7 3.3 1.3 1.5 1.8 1.4 0.3 0.6 2.1 3.6 5.8 1.1 0.0 2.5 0.5 1.7 2.2 2.0 4.8 1.4 5.5 1.9 0.7 .. 1.9 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.3 1.4 .. 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 .. .. 0.5 0.3 0.1 .. .. .. 0.0 0.2 0.0 .. .. 0.0 0.0 Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute