Economically Active Population Survey National results Active population enrolled in unregulated studies by sector of the 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 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 97.2 96.0 118.0 110.2 151.3 141.9 112.5 118.3 116.7 129.4 10.8 13.3 22.3 22.0 19.4 24.6 14.7 25.0 34.2 32.8 28.8 25.4 29.5 33.1 52.8 44.7 41.0 40.5 32.3 35.2 30.3 25.6 34.3 27.0 42.2 46.9 31.3 25.0 29.3 35.6 17.6 20.3 25.2 16.9 23.2 19.8 16.2 20.4 14.5 15.1 9.6 11.5 6.6 11.2 13.7 5.8 9.3 7.4 6.4 10.7 1 EDUCATION 120.6 96.8 130.7 114.1 146.5 155.0 154.9 151.5 150.5 139.6 5.1 3.5 5.6 8.8 12.9 12.7 15.2 20.3 10.8 11.9 33.4 18.1 44.2 37.1 52.1 58.9 57.0 56.2 55.2 58.6 35.5 33.0 35.9 25.8 33.5 45.9 32.0 40.0 39.3 36.5 30.9 31.2 33.9 28.0 38.3 22.6 39.5 27.9 36.3 27.5 15.7 11.1 11.1 14.4 9.8 15.0 11.2 7.1 8.8 5.0 2 Arts and Humanities 414.5 527.8 812.3 721.7 617.3 571.2 543.7 515.0 529.8 516.5 56.1 49.3 93.1 74.6 63.5 68.4 65.0 72.2 67.9 71.6 104.7 187.3 289.9 271.3 244.1 226.4 224.8 204.9 200.0 207.5 134.4 168.3 251.3 200.9 172.8 152.5 133.5 130.1 138.2 153.3 90.5 84.2 136.4 124.9 106.2 95.0 88.4 78.0 94.1 69.7 28.9 38.6 41.6 50.0 30.7 29.0 32.0 29.9 29.6 14.4 3 Social sciences, business training and law 278.7 285.7 349.7 307.8 299.0 350.3 329.7 400.6 385.6 276.4 7.9 12.2 13.8 14.3 16.0 25.9 17.5 30.7 39.8 27.6 59.8 62.3 88.5 89.4 101.0 116.2 120.5 166.3 162.1 109.0 108.2 105.2 138.2 126.3 105.7 119.0 121.7 124.0 120.0 92.2 75.3 84.4 79.5 61.4 64.2 69.2 56.4 64.5 49.7 38.8 27.6 21.5 29.8 16.4 12.1 20.0 13.5 15.0 14.0 8.8 4 Sciences 152.3 187.6 224.2 238.2 276.0 277.2 291.2 284.1 303.3 296.7 3.4 5.6 15.0 7.5 20.3 15.4 20.3 15.6 26.3 23.5 37.8 43.9 64.2 63.4 68.3 69.0 84.8 81.0 81.3 83.5 53.9 67.7 63.2 76.6 94.0 83.4 83.2 94.2 97.1 103.3 40.5 45.3 57.2 65.9 67.1 83.6 78.4 64.2 69.6 62.2 16.8 25.0 24.6 24.9 26.3 25.8 24.6 29.2 29.0 24.3 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 121.7 121.9 172.4 174.7 180.2 185.8 177.7 158.5 159.7 130.7 8.4 12.4 18.4 13.9 21.3 18.8 28.6 23.6 23.5 14.2 37.5 38.8 45.6 66.8 55.3 60.5 56.5 62.2 61.1 63.0 27.4 41.6 66.2 49.3 65.3 69.3 60.7 42.4 42.8 25.9 40.3 23.4 30.8 35.1 28.1 30.6 24.4 24.6 21.8 24.1 8.2 5.8 11.4 9.5 10.3 6.5 7.5 5.7 10.6 3.6 6 Agriculture 19.1 28.4 32.8 22.7 24.0 26.4 26.7 18.9 26.9 20.7 0.8 2.9 2.6 2.5 2.5 1.6 1.0 1.8 6.7 1.3 5.3 8.5 10.6 5.1 9.1 5.7 11.8 6.1 8.8 5.6 4.0 10.9 7.3 7.3 6.0 10.7 7.5 7.1 6.6 5.8 8.4 4.9 9.0 3.1 4.9 5.8 4.6 3.3 1.6 4.8 0.6 1.3 3.4 4.7 1.6 2.6 1.7 0.7 3.1 3.3 7 Health and social services 214.0 223.7 266.6 268.3 272.5 281.9 286.0 271.2 292.7 224.0 12.0 16.8 13.9 18.9 20.7 22.8 23.2 21.6 28.8 25.7 52.9 60.5 72.6 71.4 74.8 80.6 93.6 94.0 88.3 74.2 60.4 72.1 89.4 86.3 87.2 78.3 92.7 77.1 93.0 64.0 56.3 51.6 61.0 58.6 65.0 70.0 59.4 59.8 62.8 47.2 32.4 22.7 29.7 33.3 24.9 30.1 17.1 18.6 19.8 13.0 8 Services 269.5 255.7 332.5 336.8 312.2 367.1 386.0 358.8 350.8 305.4 41.6 32.3 49.9 42.2 48.6 62.1 68.0 67.7 69.6 63.5 83.8 71.2 99.1 104.8 111.5 126.8 129.0 124.5 143.7 124.6 79.9 77.3 95.7 111.1 77.4 112.1 118.9 96.6 73.4 71.1 49.8 56.3 69.6 66.5 57.5 55.5 52.8 53.2 54.8 35.7 14.4 18.6 18.2 12.2 17.1 10.6 17.4 16.8 9.4 10.4 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 64.0 58.0 68.5 97.9 97.3 111.4 117.8 134.2 167.0 216.5 8.4 4.9 11.3 11.3 11.8 16.8 16.7 20.9 29.7 36.7 17.7 14.4 18.0 31.1 34.4 34.5 44.0 52.0 63.2 81.5 20.8 16.9 13.7 31.3 28.8 30.0 28.2 40.2 41.7 67.2 15.1 14.1 20.6 19.8 17.6 22.4 22.6 16.1 24.2 25.3 2.0 7.7 5.0 4.3 4.6 7.6 6.3 5.0 8.2 5.8 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 41.1 48.5 51.0 45.9 72.5 64.2 52.4 60.1 60.6 52.2 5.8 7.6 10.9 11.8 11.8 11.5 7.7 12.6 17.0 16.1 15.9 15.1 16.4 11.0 27.7 26.7 19.4 22.4 17.5 12.0 10.7 8.3 14.2 12.8 18.2 17.1 15.6 14.1 18.7 14.9 6.5 9.9 7.0 7.2 11.8 7.4 7.1 8.7 6.0 7.0 2.2 7.6 2.5 3.1 3.0 1.4 2.6 2.3 1.4 2.1 1 EDUCATION 33.2 32.8 38.8 38.5 46.0 41.6 37.5 44.6 41.8 43.1 0.3 0.4 0.6 2.1 4.2 2.2 2.4 4.1 2.1 2.5 8.4 5.6 12.4 10.7 14.0 17.8 11.7 18.3 12.3 20.6 10.3 11.9 13.0 10.2 11.9 11.4 8.2 11.8 12.6 10.1 9.5 12.9 9.0 9.4 11.7 3.8 10.6 8.6 11.5 7.8 4.6 2.0 3.8 6.0 4.2 6.4 4.6 1.8 3.3 2.1 2 Arts and Humanities 188.1 217.2 333.8 311.8 252.3 238.0 208.8 220.9 225.8 223.3 20.7 19.8 30.8 27.3 21.3 21.8 21.5 35.9 29.9 30.3 49.1 73.4 105.9 117.9 93.0 99.7 84.7 85.0 82.4 80.6 59.5 68.5 118.2 89.7 75.5 62.9 55.3 51.9 64.8 74.0 45.3 37.3 57.3 56.0 49.3 43.0 33.3 32.1 37.9 33.9 13.4 18.1 21.6 21.0 13.2 10.6 14.0 16.0 10.7 4.4 3 Social sciences, business training and law 135.5 126.9 151.6 125.4 129.6 144.7 134.7 170.0 177.3 119.0 0.8 6.7 4.7 5.7 5.1 4.9 4.5 8.4 10.0 9.9 24.6 26.6 35.5 30.9 38.9 42.3 47.7 59.0 68.2 38.6 51.5 40.5 54.5 51.5 45.2 47.7 47.6 59.8 59.8 46.0 37.9 39.2 45.6 27.0 34.0 35.4 25.0 32.9 27.9 19.9 20.6 13.9 11.3 10.3 6.5 14.4 9.9 9.8 11.4 4.7 4 Sciences 88.2 105.5 117.9 142.4 138.7 120.3 142.6 152.4 145.2 144.1 2.8 4.2 11.4 4.5 6.6 9.9 10.7 8.6 8.2 10.2 20.6 30.9 38.2 45.6 36.6 29.0 40.1 43.3 47.5 42.6 29.7 37.3 32.7 40.5 57.0 38.8 39.3 52.7 45.9 50.3 25.7 23.8 24.8 36.0 23.9 31.4 39.5 31.4 30.2 28.7 9.3 9.4 10.7 15.8 14.7 11.4 13.0 16.4 13.4 12.2 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 90.8 98.4 137.3 148.7 157.5 156.3 147.0 136.3 145.0 112.2 8.0 8.1 15.0 12.0 20.6 15.4 24.6 19.5 22.0 12.3 26.4 30.4 34.8 56.6 45.6 51.1 43.7 53.0 54.7 52.9 20.6 34.8 51.1 44.5 58.0 55.5 51.8 38.3 37.5 22.6 28.9 19.5 26.4 28.4 24.4 28.1 19.8 20.1 20.9 21.5 6.9 5.6 10.0 7.2 8.9 6.1 7.2 5.4 9.9 3.0 6 Agriculture 12.3 19.8 21.1 13.2 16.4 21.2 20.7 10.8 14.3 15.6 0.4 1.3 1.1 1.2 2.3 1.2 0.6 1.8 2.2 1.1 4.4 5.9 4.1 2.1 4.3 4.9 8.7 3.1 5.1 2.0 2.8 8.7 6.4 5.1 4.3 8.8 7.2 3.1 3.7 5.7 4.2 2.7 6.3 2.1 4.1 3.9 3.2 2.1 1.5 3.5 0.6 1.3 3.2 2.7 1.3 2.3 1.0 0.7 1.9 3.3 7 Health and social services 57.1 73.2 76.6 71.7 71.2 80.9 80.6 70.5 93.0 66.1 2.0 5.5 3.3 4.8 3.7 6.4 7.9 5.1 4.5 6.0 16.0 17.0 21.8 14.7 13.1 21.4 25.6 20.4 30.9 19.1 16.1 28.8 24.6 19.8 36.8 24.8 20.0 23.3 27.2 21.9 12.2 14.0 17.3 18.0 11.4 19.5 20.5 13.7 20.4 13.4 10.6 7.9 9.7 14.5 6.2 8.8 6.6 8.0 10.0 5.7 8 Services 183.4 164.6 201.9 215.4 189.6 227.4 253.6 237.8 227.2 178.2 22.6 20.1 31.8 25.4 27.0 29.8 40.2 36.9 40.8 34.9 59.6 49.6 55.9 65.1 65.0 86.2 88.2 78.6 94.8 68.3 57.2 44.1 55.4 68.0 49.5 72.2 79.1 69.0 50.7 43.3 34.9 37.3 48.4 49.3 37.8 33.5 35.4 40.2 35.5 23.6 9.1 13.5 10.4 7.6 10.3 5.8 10.6 13.1 5.4 8.1 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 30.4 32.9 39.5 50.0 57.3 63.1 62.3 81.7 83.7 107.5 4.8 4.6 6.4 6.8 6.9 12.2 8.7 9.3 15.3 18.0 4.7 8.0 12.1 16.7 18.9 20.3 21.4 34.7 31.8 37.1 10.6 9.4 6.6 14.0 17.2 15.3 16.0 24.3 15.9 34.0 9.2 9.2 12.9 9.1 12.0 11.0 13.1 11.3 14.4 15.1 1.1 1.6 1.5 3.3 2.3 4.3 3.2 2.0 6.3 3.2 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 56.1 47.5 67.0 64.3 78.7 77.8 60.1 58.2 56.1 77.2 5.1 5.6 11.4 10.1 7.6 13.1 7.1 12.4 17.2 16.7 12.9 10.3 13.1 22.1 25.1 18.0 21.6 18.1 14.8 23.1 19.6 17.3 20.1 14.2 23.9 29.8 15.6 10.9 10.6 20.7 11.1 10.5 18.3 9.7 11.3 12.4 9.1 11.7 8.5 8.1 7.4 3.9 4.1 8.1 10.7 4.4 6.7 5.0 5.0 8.6 1 EDUCATION 87.4 64.0 92.0 75.5 100.6 113.5 117.4 106.9 108.6 96.4 4.8 3.1 5.0 6.7 8.7 10.5 12.8 16.2 8.8 9.4 24.9 12.4 31.8 26.3 38.1 41.0 45.2 37.9 42.9 38.0 25.2 21.1 22.9 15.6 21.6 34.5 23.8 28.2 26.7 26.4 21.4 18.3 24.8 18.6 26.6 18.8 29.0 19.3 24.8 19.6 11.1 9.0 7.3 8.4 5.6 8.6 6.6 5.3 5.5 3.0 2 Arts and Humanities 226.4 310.6 478.5 409.9 365.0 333.2 334.9 294.1 304.0 293.3 35.4 29.5 62.2 47.4 42.1 46.6 43.6 36.2 37.9 41.3 55.6 113.9 184.0 153.4 151.1 126.7 140.0 119.9 117.6 126.9 74.9 99.8 133.1 111.2 97.3 89.6 78.2 78.2 73.4 79.3 45.1 46.9 79.1 68.9 56.9 51.9 55.1 45.9 56.2 35.8 15.5 20.5 20.0 29.0 17.5 18.3 18.0 13.9 18.9 10.0 3 Social sciences, business training and law 143.3 158.8 198.1 182.4 169.4 205.7 195.0 230.6 208.3 157.4 7.1 5.5 9.1 8.6 10.9 21.0 13.0 22.3 29.7 17.7 35.1 35.7 53.0 58.5 62.0 73.9 72.9 107.3 93.9 70.4 56.7 64.8 83.7 74.7 60.6 71.3 74.1 64.2 60.2 46.3 37.4 45.2 33.9 34.4 30.2 33.8 31.4 31.6 21.9 18.9 7.0 7.6 18.4 6.1 5.6 5.6 3.7 5.1 2.6 4.1 4 Sciences 64.1 82.0 106.3 95.8 137.3 156.9 148.6 131.7 158.1 152.6 0.5 1.5 3.7 3.0 13.7 5.5 9.6 6.9 18.1 13.3 17.2 13.0 25.9 17.8 31.7 40.0 44.6 37.7 33.8 40.8 24.1 30.4 30.5 36.1 37.0 44.6 43.9 41.5 51.2 53.0 14.8 21.6 32.4 29.8 43.2 52.3 38.9 32.8 39.4 33.4 7.5 15.6 13.9 9.1 11.7 14.4 11.6 12.8 15.6 12.1 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 30.9 23.6 35.1 25.9 22.7 29.5 30.7 22.2 14.7 18.5 0.4 4.3 3.4 1.9 0.7 3.4 4.0 4.2 1.5 1.9 11.0 8.4 10.9 10.2 9.7 9.4 12.8 9.2 6.4 10.1 6.8 6.8 15.1 4.8 7.2 13.8 8.9 4.1 5.3 3.3 11.5 3.9 4.3 6.7 3.7 2.5 4.7 4.4 0.9 2.6 1.3 0.2 1.4 2.3 1.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.5 6 Agriculture 6.7 8.6 11.7 9.5 7.7 5.3 6.0 8.1 12.6 5.1 0.4 1.6 1.5 1.3 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.0 4.6 0.2 0.9 2.6 6.5 2.9 4.8 0.8 3.2 2.9 3.7 3.6 1.3 2.2 0.8 2.3 1.7 2.0 0.3 4.0 3.0 0.1 4.2 2.2 2.7 1.0 0.8 1.9 1.4 1.2 0.2 1.2 0.0 .. 0.2 2.0 0.2 0.3 0.7 0.0 1.2 .. 7 Health and social services 156.9 150.5 190.0 196.6 201.3 201.0 205.4 200.7 199.7 157.9 10.0 11.3 10.6 14.1 17.0 16.4 15.3 16.6 24.3 19.7 36.9 43.5 50.8 56.7 61.7 59.2 68.0 73.6 57.4 55.1 44.3 43.3 64.8 66.5 50.4 53.6 72.7 53.8 65.8 42.1 44.1 37.6 43.8 40.5 53.6 50.5 38.8 46.2 42.4 33.8 21.7 14.8 20.0 18.8 18.6 21.2 10.5 10.6 9.8 7.3 8 Services 86.1 91.1 130.7 121.4 122.6 139.6 132.5 121.0 123.6 127.2 19.0 12.2 18.1 16.8 21.7 32.3 27.8 30.8 28.8 28.7 24.2 21.6 43.2 39.8 46.4 40.6 40.8 45.9 48.9 56.3 22.7 33.2 40.4 43.0 28.0 39.9 39.8 27.6 22.7 27.8 14.9 19.0 21.2 17.2 19.7 22.0 17.4 13.0 19.2 12.1 5.3 5.1 7.8 4.6 6.8 4.8 6.7 3.7 4.0 2.3 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 33.6 25.1 29.0 47.9 40.0 48.2 55.4 52.5 83.2 109.0 3.7 0.3 4.9 4.6 4.8 4.7 8.0 11.6 14.3 18.7 12.9 6.4 5.9 14.3 15.5 14.3 22.7 17.2 31.4 44.4 10.1 7.5 7.1 17.3 11.6 14.7 12.2 15.9 25.9 33.2 6.0 4.9 7.7 10.7 5.6 11.3 9.5 4.8 9.8 10.2 0.9 6.1 3.4 1.0 2.4 3.3 3.1 3.0 1.8 2.6 Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute