Economically Active Population Survey National results Employed population enrolled in studies (regulated or unregulated) 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 2,072.2 2,164.4 2,326.7 2,299.0 2,407.1 2,525.8 2,587.4 2,795.3 2,931.2 2,675.6 260.8 266.5 257.1 284.1 325.4 400.7 417.4 562.6 583.2 559.7 620.8 673.0 731.7 763.4 817.1 865.9 940.2 1,003.5 1,055.4 986.1 617.7 659.7 722.2 654.1 681.0 692.1 690.3 689.2 711.8 674.0 414.8 419.5 456.8 435.8 442.1 425.1 410.5 403.0 443.3 355.9 158.1 145.7 159.0 161.5 141.4 142.0 129.1 137.1 137.5 99.9 0 Basic training and personal development programmes 558.5 588.4 653.3 750.4 742.8 937.3 931.2 1,062.9 1,111.3 1,035.8 145.3 151.2 132.7 171.9 185.2 244.5 260.5 361.9 392.9 387.7 136.2 144.7 176.6 206.5 199.6 254.8 254.1 269.5 303.2 248.0 112.7 131.7 159.6 183.9 168.9 223.0 215.4 223.1 222.1 238.6 119.9 113.6 135.8 124.6 141.0 158.5 152.9 148.4 146.1 121.3 44.3 47.2 48.6 63.5 48.1 56.5 48.4 59.9 47.0 40.2 1 EDUCATION 184.6 191.1 190.2 174.2 194.9 192.5 190.0 202.9 173.0 183.9 19.7 17.0 10.2 19.8 14.9 22.5 18.1 31.4 17.2 14.3 57.9 61.2 62.9 65.7 64.4 69.4 80.0 67.0 64.3 70.7 47.1 62.4 58.5 37.6 41.5 47.7 38.3 49.5 39.1 47.6 39.1 32.4 43.3 36.5 50.4 40.5 43.0 39.2 39.4 41.6 20.9 18.1 15.2 14.5 23.5 12.4 10.7 15.9 13.1 9.7 2 Arts and Humanities 115.3 110.5 161.9 111.3 133.3 128.5 143.3 129.8 173.7 158.0 5.7 6.9 11.2 2.7 8.4 6.9 9.8 16.4 16.6 10.2 37.7 28.4 52.0 36.4 48.1 42.0 48.0 50.5 61.3 74.7 35.2 32.9 49.0 31.2 43.7 40.1 44.5 34.4 48.8 41.3 25.7 33.1 36.6 31.7 23.1 31.4 26.0 21.5 34.5 24.2 11.1 9.2 13.1 9.3 9.9 8.1 15.0 6.9 12.4 7.6 3 Social sciences, business training and law 462.7 454.3 473.9 455.8 467.4 482.9 487.5 513.0 556.9 491.0 25.5 29.2 33.6 27.2 41.7 41.7 42.0 55.2 58.7 48.3 147.5 138.3 143.7 150.6 177.4 190.6 210.5 239.2 246.3 232.1 180.3 171.8 181.0 167.9 156.0 153.3 166.4 140.9 157.6 147.1 82.7 92.2 92.0 88.6 78.6 74.4 59.3 63.5 75.6 50.7 26.8 23.0 23.6 21.6 13.7 22.9 9.3 14.3 18.6 12.9 4 Sciences 162.6 192.8 181.0 165.7 195.0 152.9 171.7 195.7 205.6 155.9 11.2 13.4 9.2 8.7 12.5 9.0 16.9 18.8 14.9 18.9 65.0 78.5 79.7 67.2 84.6 77.5 80.4 94.1 113.0 83.8 56.0 63.9 59.7 52.2 68.5 47.9 49.5 62.4 49.1 33.0 19.5 29.7 24.9 29.0 22.5 14.2 18.5 15.3 21.6 16.8 10.9 7.3 7.4 8.6 7.0 4.3 6.3 5.3 7.0 3.3 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 248.1 237.4 277.1 261.9 268.1 243.9 253.1 299.8 290.5 258.1 18.1 18.3 20.6 15.8 16.9 26.5 27.9 31.4 34.1 31.2 76.7 76.2 93.6 109.2 97.2 84.4 109.0 127.5 113.4 109.8 79.4 84.0 97.9 81.7 99.4 85.4 69.0 86.2 84.0 77.8 64.9 47.3 50.5 43.5 42.7 39.2 34.2 41.8 42.7 29.2 9.1 11.6 14.4 11.6 11.8 8.4 13.0 12.8 16.3 10.1 6 Agriculture 20.5 22.7 28.1 23.3 27.5 25.0 31.1 30.8 36.9 28.8 1.8 2.1 1.6 1.5 2.0 2.1 3.8 2.7 1.0 0.6 7.1 5.3 6.8 7.3 8.6 8.5 14.0 11.3 21.3 14.5 6.8 5.6 12.5 4.4 9.6 9.5 11.0 9.6 7.0 9.6 3.9 8.6 6.0 8.8 7.2 4.0 2.1 6.0 7.0 3.9 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.3 0.0 0.8 0.3 1.2 0.7 0.2 7 Health and social services 252.9 259.3 272.6 269.8 285.6 268.7 294.2 264.0 275.7 259.2 26.2 16.1 20.7 28.2 28.0 33.2 29.2 26.3 29.1 30.7 70.1 96.1 85.2 89.4 95.0 94.0 106.0 99.3 88.2 102.4 76.4 71.4 80.9 67.3 71.9 61.6 72.7 61.3 81.5 55.8 49.4 50.3 54.5 58.9 66.9 54.6 65.1 58.6 58.3 57.1 30.8 25.3 31.2 26.0 23.8 25.2 21.1 18.5 18.7 13.2 8 Services 61.5 101.5 80.5 76.2 71.5 82.1 65.1 77.6 71.3 58.5 7.1 11.9 16.2 7.5 13.0 10.8 7.8 17.1 16.8 11.8 21.6 44.2 29.8 28.4 29.9 41.5 28.7 37.8 25.7 24.2 21.6 32.0 20.2 25.8 16.7 21.9 19.8 14.5 13.6 15.0 8.7 10.4 12.2 10.1 9.1 4.9 7.3 6.4 13.6 5.7 2.5 3.0 2.0 4.5 2.8 3.1 1.5 1.8 1.7 1.8 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 5.5 6.2 8.3 10.4 21.1 12.0 20.4 18.8 36.4 46.6 0.3 0.5 0.9 0.8 2.9 3.5 1.4 1.5 2.0 6.2 1.1 0.0 1.2 2.8 12.3 3.2 9.5 7.3 18.8 25.8 2.3 4.0 2.9 2.1 4.6 1.7 3.8 7.3 9.0 8.4 1.0 1.8 1.1 4.1 0.5 3.3 2.2 2.2 4.5 5.4 0.7 0.0 2.3 0.6 0.8 0.3 3.5 0.5 2.1 0.8 Males Total 1,000.5 1,032.4 1,107.7 1,100.9 1,134.1 1,201.2 1,219.8 1,381.0 1,472.5 1,301.3 114.7 122.5 118.9 130.0 135.6 187.1 190.4 266.3 284.2 281.3 295.5 321.4 329.0 348.3 370.2 423.6 434.1 479.6 538.9 459.7 303.3 310.4 364.4 317.7 359.4 326.0 331.9 357.3 358.6 331.2 210.5 210.2 221.1 222.5 208.3 198.4 197.5 200.4 215.8 180.2 76.5 67.9 74.2 82.4 60.6 66.1 65.9 77.4 75.0 48.9 0 Basic training and personal development programmes 313.7 328.5 347.4 402.4 406.8 517.6 502.8 592.9 635.6 572.6 69.0 77.2 70.0 83.4 89.5 134.6 128.2 189.0 206.6 208.6 90.3 91.1 89.1 107.4 126.5 161.9 145.9 164.3 191.0 138.2 62.8 74.5 97.5 101.1 98.4 113.5 116.8 121.3 131.0 135.0 67.9 63.5 69.8 75.9 73.4 82.7 88.7 83.5 81.9 70.2 23.6 22.2 21.2 34.6 19.0 24.9 23.2 34.8 25.0 20.8 1 EDUCATION 46.6 44.3 41.0 37.2 53.5 45.2 41.4 48.6 39.0 42.3 4.0 1.4 1.3 6.3 3.9 5.3 1.9 7.2 2.7 2.4 11.1 12.1 11.0 10.9 13.8 16.4 18.1 11.3 12.8 18.9 13.6 14.6 14.8 10.6 17.0 11.0 9.8 13.9 8.7 5.3 12.0 11.0 7.9 5.6 12.8 8.6 10.4 10.8 10.2 12.9 6.0 5.3 6.0 3.9 6.0 4.0 1.2 5.4 4.6 2.8 2 Arts and Humanities 42.4 40.0 64.8 43.9 49.6 43.6 52.2 55.4 67.0 67.6 0.9 0.6 5.4 0.8 1.7 0.5 1.5 7.7 7.9 4.3 20.4 11.9 16.9 14.6 17.4 11.9 13.2 21.5 21.9 33.9 10.8 9.5 24.6 9.7 16.9 13.7 21.4 14.5 22.7 14.3 8.4 15.3 13.3 13.5 8.5 13.8 9.6 8.1 10.4 13.3 1.9 2.7 4.7 5.3 5.0 3.7 6.5 3.7 4.1 1.8 3 Social sciences, business training and law 193.8 172.1 185.2 174.4 168.3 181.5 175.8 192.8 209.1 178.0 9.8 8.1 7.5 6.8 12.7 8.5 14.9 12.9 15.6 16.7 52.9 52.3 48.8 51.9 57.2 74.9 72.6 85.1 91.1 75.1 76.6 63.4 73.7 68.2 54.8 60.4 60.8 59.8 56.5 57.6 37.8 35.5 43.4 38.4 36.5 25.1 21.8 26.7 34.2 22.8 16.8 12.8 11.8 9.1 7.2 12.6 5.7 8.4 11.6 5.8 4 Sciences 93.1 110.5 101.0 104.3 117.4 94.0 106.8 117.8 118.7 89.7 5.5 8.3 7.1 6.4 7.4 6.3 12.6 13.8 9.3 12.8 35.3 46.9 46.6 43.8 42.9 46.1 44.6 53.7 63.4 50.2 36.5 34.1 31.5 30.3 49.1 27.9 32.9 38.8 28.5 15.9 9.0 17.9 12.1 17.7 13.5 9.8 11.4 10.1 12.7 9.0 6.8 3.3 3.7 6.1 4.5 3.9 5.2 1.5 4.8 1.7 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 203.9 202.5 227.8 226.1 231.2 205.9 218.0 262.6 264.9 227.9 16.6 13.3 14.8 14.1 15.2 20.4 25.0 27.4 32.0 26.4 55.0 58.0 74.5 90.1 81.4 67.8 90.3 103.5 100.6 90.4 66.8 76.0 78.9 70.3 83.1 75.7 59.8 78.9 78.0 73.2 56.9 44.5 46.2 39.9 39.9 35.4 30.9 40.0 40.7 28.1 8.5 10.6 13.4 11.6 11.6 6.7 12.0 12.8 13.7 9.8 6 Agriculture 11.0 16.1 18.3 13.8 17.4 16.1 18.9 20.1 26.1 16.1 0.6 1.7 0.9 1.2 0.7 1.9 0.4 2.3 1.0 0.3 2.8 3.7 4.2 2.5 4.7 4.3 8.9 7.3 13.1 6.3 4.0 3.9 8.7 2.3 5.5 6.6 8.5 4.9 4.8 7.1 2.6 5.7 4.0 6.4 6.4 2.9 1.1 4.4 6.8 2.3 1.0 1.1 0.5 1.3 0.0 0.4 0.0 1.2 0.4 0.2 7 Health and social services 64.6 65.4 79.8 61.7 54.2 59.2 66.5 57.0 65.9 60.5 4.9 4.5 2.8 7.9 1.1 4.4 4.3 2.3 3.5 3.2 17.3 20.8 24.8 15.0 15.8 23.7 24.5 15.9 22.7 24.4 19.4 19.8 23.1 12.8 21.7 9.6 10.1 17.6 18.5 12.7 11.7 11.2 17.4 17.1 9.2 13.4 19.2 12.7 12.2 16.2 11.2 9.1 11.8 8.9 6.4 8.0 8.4 8.5 9.1 4.0 8 Services 28.6 47.0 39.0 30.5 28.8 28.3 26.6 22.5 24.8 24.7 3.0 7.0 9.0 2.7 3.4 3.1 1.4 3.5 4.2 4.0 9.7 24.7 12.3 10.2 8.7 13.4 11.6 11.5 10.9 9.6 11.6 10.7 10.5 11.1 8.5 6.7 9.4 3.4 5.2 6.3 3.6 3.9 6.2 5.5 7.6 3.5 3.6 3.0 3.8 3.7 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.6 1.7 0.5 1.1 0.7 1.2 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 2.8 6.0 3.3 6.7 6.9 9.8 10.9 11.3 21.3 21.8 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.6 0.0 2.0 0.2 0.2 1.4 2.7 0.7 0.0 1.0 1.9 1.8 3.2 4.5 5.5 11.4 13.0 1.1 4.0 1.1 1.2 4.4 0.9 2.3 4.4 4.6 3.8 0.6 1.5 0.9 2.5 0.3 3.3 0.8 1.1 2.8 1.6 .. .. 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.3 3.1 0.0 1.1 0.8 Females Total 1,071.7 1,132.0 1,219.0 1,198.1 1,273.0 1,324.6 1,367.6 1,414.3 1,458.7 1,374.3 146.1 144.0 138.1 154.1 189.8 213.6 226.9 296.3 299.0 278.4 325.3 351.6 402.6 415.2 446.9 442.4 506.1 523.8 516.5 526.4 314.5 349.3 357.8 336.4 321.6 366.1 358.4 332.0 353.2 342.8 204.3 209.3 235.7 213.4 233.9 226.7 213.0 202.5 227.5 175.7 81.6 77.8 84.8 79.1 80.8 75.9 63.2 59.7 62.5 51.0 0 Basic training and personal development programmes 244.8 260.0 305.8 348.0 336.1 419.7 428.4 470.0 475.8 463.1 76.3 74.0 62.7 88.5 95.7 110.0 132.3 172.9 186.3 179.2 45.9 53.7 87.6 99.1 73.1 92.9 108.2 105.2 112.2 109.8 49.9 57.2 62.1 82.8 70.6 109.5 98.6 101.9 91.1 103.6 51.9 50.0 66.0 48.7 67.6 75.8 64.2 64.9 64.3 51.2 20.7 25.0 27.4 29.0 29.1 31.5 25.1 25.1 22.0 19.4 1 EDUCATION 138.0 146.8 149.1 137.0 141.3 147.3 148.6 154.4 134.0 141.6 15.7 15.6 8.9 13.6 11.0 17.2 16.2 24.2 14.5 11.9 46.8 49.1 51.9 54.8 50.6 53.0 61.9 55.7 51.5 51.8 33.4 47.8 43.7 27.0 24.5 36.7 28.5 35.7 30.3 42.2 27.1 21.5 35.4 30.9 37.6 32.0 32.5 28.4 29.2 28.8 14.9 12.8 9.2 10.7 17.6 8.4 9.5 10.4 8.5 7.0 2 Arts and Humanities 72.9 70.5 97.1 67.4 83.7 84.9 91.1 74.4 106.6 90.4 4.7 6.3 5.8 1.9 6.7 6.3 8.3 8.7 8.8 5.8 17.3 16.6 35.2 21.8 30.7 30.1 34.8 29.1 39.5 40.9 24.4 23.3 24.4 21.5 26.9 26.4 23.1 20.0 26.1 27.0 17.3 17.8 23.3 18.2 14.6 17.5 16.4 13.4 24.0 10.9 9.2 6.5 8.4 4.0 4.9 4.5 8.5 3.2 8.2 5.8 3 Social sciences, business training and law 268.8 282.2 288.6 281.4 299.0 301.4 311.7 320.2 347.8 313.0 15.7 21.0 26.1 20.4 29.0 33.2 27.1 42.3 43.0 31.6 94.5 85.9 94.9 98.7 120.2 115.6 137.9 154.1 155.2 157.0 103.7 108.4 107.3 99.6 101.2 92.9 105.6 81.1 101.1 89.4 44.9 56.6 48.5 50.2 42.1 49.4 37.5 36.7 41.4 27.8 10.0 10.2 11.8 12.5 6.6 10.4 3.5 5.9 7.0 7.1 4 Sciences 69.5 82.3 80.0 61.4 77.7 58.9 64.9 77.9 86.9 66.2 5.7 5.1 2.1 2.3 5.1 2.7 4.3 5.0 5.5 6.1 29.7 31.6 33.2 23.4 41.7 31.4 35.8 40.4 49.6 33.7 19.5 29.8 28.2 21.9 19.5 20.0 16.5 23.6 20.6 17.1 10.5 11.8 12.8 11.3 9.0 4.4 7.1 5.1 8.9 7.8 4.1 4.0 3.8 2.4 2.5 0.4 1.1 3.8 2.3 1.6 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 44.2 34.9 49.3 35.8 36.9 38.0 35.1 37.1 25.5 30.1 1.4 4.9 5.9 1.8 1.7 6.1 2.9 4.0 2.1 4.8 21.7 18.2 19.2 19.0 15.8 16.6 18.8 24.0 12.8 19.4 12.6 8.0 19.0 11.4 16.3 9.7 9.2 7.3 6.0 4.6 8.0 2.9 4.3 3.6 2.8 3.9 3.3 1.8 2.0 1.1 0.5 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.2 1.7 1.0 0.0 2.6 0.3 6 Agriculture 9.5 6.6 9.8 9.6 10.1 8.9 12.2 10.7 10.8 12.6 1.1 0.4 0.7 0.3 1.4 0.2 3.4 0.4 0.0 0.3 4.3 1.6 2.6 4.8 3.9 4.3 5.1 3.9 8.2 8.3 2.8 1.7 3.8 2.1 4.1 2.9 2.5 4.7 2.2 2.4 1.4 2.9 2.0 2.4 0.7 1.1 1.0 1.6 0.2 1.6 .. 0.0 0.7 .. .. 0.4 0.3 .. 0.3 .. 7 Health and social services 188.4 193.9 192.7 208.1 231.4 209.5 227.7 207.0 209.7 198.6 21.3 11.6 17.9 20.3 26.9 28.8 24.9 24.0 25.6 27.4 52.8 75.3 60.5 74.4 79.3 70.3 81.5 83.4 65.5 78.1 57.0 51.7 57.8 54.5 50.2 52.0 62.6 43.7 63.0 43.1 37.7 39.1 37.1 41.9 57.7 41.2 45.9 45.9 46.1 40.9 19.6 16.2 19.4 17.1 17.3 17.2 12.8 10.0 9.6 9.2 8 Services 32.9 54.4 41.5 45.8 42.7 53.7 38.5 55.1 46.5 33.8 4.1 4.9 7.2 4.8 9.6 7.6 6.4 13.6 12.5 7.8 11.9 19.6 17.5 18.2 21.1 28.1 17.0 26.3 14.7 14.7 10.0 21.3 9.8 14.7 8.2 15.2 10.4 11.1 8.4 8.7 5.1 6.5 6.0 4.6 1.5 1.3 3.6 3.4 9.8 2.0 1.8 2.1 1.0 3.4 2.3 1.5 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.6 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 2.7 0.2 4.9 3.7 14.2 2.2 9.5 7.5 15.1 24.8 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.2 2.9 1.5 1.2 1.2 0.7 3.5 0.4 .. 0.2 0.9 10.5 0.0 5.0 1.7 7.3 12.9 1.2 0.0 1.8 0.9 0.2 0.7 1.4 2.9 4.4 4.6 0.4 0.2 0.1 1.6 0.2 0.0 1.5 1.1 1.8 3.8 0.7 0.0 2.1 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.5 1.0 0.0 Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute