Economically Active Population Survey National results Employed 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 1,367.5 1,448.1 1,791.4 1,734.6 1,792.4 1,893.2 1,956.7 2,108.1 2,208.3 1,977.7 68.4 66.9 92.8 94.2 108.3 155.2 172.4 227.2 250.5 227.8 336.8 390.7 524.4 537.4 574.1 618.6 694.4 764.8 797.9 729.8 463.3 509.2 608.0 558.2 578.7 594.1 582.4 610.8 630.5 601.0 357.9 349.8 415.3 387.4 400.3 391.4 381.0 375.1 401.0 326.5 141.0 131.4 150.9 157.4 131.0 133.8 126.5 130.2 128.3 92.7 0 Basic training and personal development programmes 328.0 357.3 451.6 510.6 494.9 643.4 644.6 702.3 730.1 661.8 27.3 32.0 35.8 45.8 46.7 77.2 83.9 121.4 141.4 129.8 66.5 76.1 114.9 139.2 129.8 177.8 179.2 194.8 209.7 171.9 87.8 105.3 129.4 152.8 140.2 192.7 188.3 188.8 199.3 208.9 104.7 100.9 123.8 111.2 131.6 143.5 145.3 140.2 136.2 112.9 41.8 43.1 47.7 61.6 46.5 52.2 47.9 57.0 43.5 38.2 1 EDUCATION 129.9 128.5 164.0 145.8 161.1 163.1 153.3 167.2 138.0 152.4 7.8 3.8 6.7 9.1 6.7 11.6 9.7 17.2 12.8 7.9 37.4 36.0 51.0 52.3 50.7 57.5 58.6 52.2 47.5 53.8 33.7 45.3 49.2 34.1 34.5 42.1 33.2 45.4 28.9 43.3 31.0 27.0 42.6 35.8 49.0 39.8 41.4 36.7 37.1 37.6 20.0 16.4 14.4 14.5 20.2 12.0 10.5 15.7 11.8 9.7 2 Arts and Humanities 72.9 76.6 126.6 88.1 102.2 97.7 105.7 91.5 138.6 116.9 2.2 1.5 2.5 1.3 1.9 1.9 4.8 4.4 9.2 5.5 20.1 15.9 40.6 26.6 33.2 29.6 32.8 36.8 49.5 48.7 22.2 24.0 39.2 25.3 35.5 30.7 32.0 28.4 42.8 35.2 19.3 27.3 32.5 25.6 21.9 28.0 21.7 16.1 26.4 20.9 9.1 8.0 11.9 9.3 9.8 7.4 14.4 5.8 10.8 6.5 3 Social sciences, business training and law 305.7 327.8 370.5 361.6 353.9 389.0 388.2 426.7 464.4 411.8 6.8 8.6 19.1 12.6 12.8 23.6 18.4 33.1 30.6 30.8 67.6 87.6 97.6 105.7 134.7 138.1 169.5 194.6 207.6 192.3 137.2 133.6 152.2 143.0 123.5 137.8 138.9 127.8 140.5 133.5 71.0 78.2 80.9 80.1 69.9 67.0 52.9 58.0 67.8 44.3 23.2 19.8 20.8 20.3 13.1 22.5 8.5 13.2 17.8 10.8 4 Sciences 106.9 121.0 140.8 128.3 150.0 112.4 114.1 145.0 151.8 108.7 3.8 4.8 3.6 2.3 4.6 4.2 6.6 6.4 6.1 5.7 32.4 41.4 54.2 48.2 55.2 50.4 46.8 65.1 81.1 55.2 43.1 46.3 53.6 45.9 64.0 41.1 36.8 54.2 39.4 30.8 18.0 21.6 22.0 23.3 19.5 12.5 17.6 14.1 18.2 14.2 9.6 6.9 7.4 8.6 6.6 4.3 6.3 5.3 7.0 2.9 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 184.4 164.1 223.3 206.6 221.6 189.2 213.1 250.8 242.1 215.6 5.8 4.2 6.4 5.6 10.4 8.7 22.3 16.8 19.7 18.3 52.8 48.2 74.8 78.5 72.2 62.6 83.6 100.1 87.2 89.0 58.6 61.9 82.5 71.1 91.6 72.5 62.0 80.9 78.6 72.1 58.9 38.4 46.1 40.1 38.6 37.6 32.2 40.2 40.9 27.6 8.3 11.4 13.4 11.3 8.8 7.8 13.0 12.8 15.7 8.6 6 Agriculture 10.7 16.5 20.7 18.9 22.7 19.5 27.0 24.4 26.7 21.5 0.4 1.0 1.2 0.8 1.9 0.4 3.6 1.1 0.8 0.0 2.9 3.6 5.5 4.6 6.3 6.2 10.9 8.0 14.3 8.9 4.1 4.4 7.6 4.3 9.1 8.3 10.4 8.3 7.0 8.8 2.3 6.9 5.1 7.9 5.4 3.8 1.8 5.8 3.9 3.5 1.0 0.6 1.1 1.3 0.0 0.8 0.3 1.2 0.7 0.2 7 Health and social services 177.8 187.4 228.0 207.4 217.4 209.2 244.5 223.2 226.6 209.0 10.4 7.1 12.7 13.7 13.6 17.6 18.9 16.7 19.6 18.8 40.9 56.5 60.7 58.2 62.4 67.3 83.5 78.3 62.8 74.8 56.1 59.9 73.9 58.4 62.1 49.5 62.3 56.0 73.5 47.2 43.8 40.7 50.6 51.6 56.2 51.2 58.8 55.4 52.6 55.1 26.5 23.2 30.1 25.5 23.1 23.7 21.0 16.9 18.0 13.0 8 Services 48.9 63.2 58.7 59.7 53.1 60.6 49.9 60.5 57.4 48.4 4.0 3.3 4.0 3.0 7.4 7.3 4.0 8.6 8.6 8.9 16.1 25.4 24.1 22.5 20.5 28.0 21.7 29.9 22.0 17.8 19.0 25.1 18.3 22.2 15.4 17.8 15.3 13.8 12.2 14.6 8.2 7.2 10.6 7.5 7.7 4.6 7.3 6.4 13.4 5.3 1.6 2.2 1.7 4.5 2.1 2.9 1.5 1.8 1.2 1.8 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 2.3 5.7 7.2 7.6 15.4 9.1 16.3 16.5 32.5 31.7 0.0 0.5 0.9 0.0 2.3 2.8 0.2 1.5 1.6 2.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.6 9.0 1.1 7.7 5.0 16.4 17.4 1.6 3.5 2.0 1.3 2.7 1.7 3.2 7.3 8.3 6.6 0.7 1.8 1.1 4.1 0.5 3.3 2.1 2.2 4.5 5.0 0.0 0.0 2.3 0.6 0.8 0.2 3.1 0.5 1.7 0.8 Males Total 677.8 708.6 847.8 836.0 852.7 885.4 921.3 1,062.6 1,114.5 951.6 29.7 36.5 45.8 42.6 46.1 65.5 84.3 112.5 124.4 106.0 162.0 190.3 232.9 247.2 251.9 292.3 313.1 363.8 403.8 335.0 231.5 243.8 297.6 269.7 308.7 282.1 276.9 324.9 322.3 299.1 184.2 173.7 201.6 196.7 189.2 182.1 181.5 186.4 194.0 166.0 70.3 64.3 69.8 79.7 56.7 63.5 65.5 75.0 70.0 45.4 0 Basic training and personal development programmes 195.5 212.7 252.7 282.4 277.3 368.0 360.9 424.5 438.5 374.4 11.7 22.4 24.1 24.6 23.1 48.1 46.0 73.6 80.2 69.6 48.7 46.5 59.1 72.6 83.1 115.0 103.1 127.2 136.7 96.6 49.3 63.7 82.4 82.6 82.1 104.0 104.4 108.7 120.8 119.3 62.3 58.0 66.1 69.9 70.2 76.9 84.0 80.5 77.0 68.4 23.4 22.2 21.2 32.7 18.8 24.0 23.2 34.5 23.8 20.5 1 EDUCATION 31.1 33.5 34.9 28.8 45.1 35.5 32.3 41.0 31.9 36.8 1.0 0.6 1.3 2.4 1.6 0.9 0.6 5.1 2.0 1.5 6.5 9.9 8.8 7.8 11.3 12.0 11.9 8.9 9.5 15.4 8.5 9.9 11.8 9.2 13.8 10.6 8.7 12.5 6.3 4.5 9.2 8.1 7.7 5.6 12.5 8.4 10.1 9.2 9.5 12.6 6.0 5.0 5.2 3.9 6.0 3.6 1.0 5.3 4.6 2.8 2 Arts and Humanities 30.0 27.9 44.8 34.8 37.1 29.6 35.0 38.4 51.5 50.0 0.0 0.3 1.0 0.6 0.8 0.0 0.8 2.1 5.7 3.0 15.6 6.3 12.5 10.2 10.1 6.0 7.9 15.4 16.6 22.2 6.1 6.4 17.1 7.3 13.2 8.6 12.9 12.1 20.2 13.0 6.5 12.8 10.7 11.4 8.2 11.4 6.9 5.5 6.4 10.4 1.9 2.1 3.5 5.3 4.9 3.7 6.5 3.3 2.5 1.4 3 Social sciences, business training and law 141.4 126.1 143.1 143.9 125.4 139.6 139.3 158.3 174.6 143.6 2.9 1.8 4.5 2.1 5.9 2.4 8.1 5.5 7.6 8.4 27.0 32.2 32.7 37.1 39.2 51.2 58.3 66.0 76.2 61.0 64.1 51.7 56.8 61.9 42.2 51.5 49.2 56.4 50.6 51.9 32.0 28.8 37.9 33.7 31.5 22.4 18.1 23.1 29.2 17.6 15.3 11.6 11.2 9.1 6.5 12.1 5.5 7.3 11.0 4.7 4 Sciences 57.8 67.5 72.5 79.8 89.2 64.0 75.8 86.8 84.7 60.5 2.3 2.8 3.4 2.0 2.4 2.3 4.7 5.0 4.6 3.4 12.4 25.5 27.5 33.7 24.1 25.8 29.2 37.8 42.5 32.9 29.0 22.7 27.4 24.4 46.4 23.4 25.6 33.5 21.2 14.9 8.5 13.5 10.5 13.7 11.9 8.6 11.0 9.0 11.5 7.7 5.6 2.9 3.7 6.1 4.5 3.9 5.2 1.5 4.8 1.5 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 148.5 147.6 188.7 184.2 192.4 163.4 187.5 223.8 221.2 190.2 5.0 3.6 6.2 4.5 10.3 7.7 21.1 16.0 19.4 14.6 36.3 40.3 60.1 68.9 60.4 51.4 70.4 82.7 76.7 72.8 48.4 57.2 67.8 62.9 76.5 64.2 54.3 73.9 73.0 67.5 51.1 35.9 42.2 36.5 36.5 34.0 29.7 38.5 38.9 27.1 7.8 10.6 12.4 11.3 8.6 6.1 12.0 12.8 13.2 8.3 6 Agriculture 5.5 12.1 12.3 10.8 15.2 12.3 16.5 16.2 18.9 14.4 0.0 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.3 1.1 0.8 0.0 1.0 3.2 3.4 0.4 4.6 3.0 7.3 4.9 9.1 4.8 2.7 3.4 4.6 2.2 5.4 5.8 7.8 4.9 4.8 7.1 0.9 4.1 3.2 6.1 4.7 2.9 1.1 4.2 3.7 2.3 1.0 0.6 0.5 1.3 0.0 0.4 0.0 1.2 0.4 0.2 7 Health and social services 44.3 46.8 67.7 43.5 43.9 45.5 45.5 46.5 55.9 51.0 4.9 1.4 1.7 3.8 0.4 0.7 2.3 2.1 3.0 2.4 7.3 11.9 19.0 7.3 11.8 17.2 13.4 8.9 17.0 17.3 13.0 16.6 19.3 9.7 18.0 8.6 5.3 15.1 16.2 12.1 10.1 8.2 16.6 14.2 7.3 11.1 16.2 12.2 11.2 15.1 9.1 8.7 11.2 8.4 6.4 8.0 8.4 8.2 8.4 4.0 8 Services 22.1 29.0 28.3 22.8 22.5 20.6 19.7 18.1 17.6 17.7 1.9 2.5 3.0 1.8 1.2 1.8 0.2 2.0 0.1 2.0 7.2 14.5 8.8 7.6 6.1 9.6 8.7 8.7 8.8 4.8 9.4 8.7 9.8 9.2 8.5 4.6 6.6 3.4 4.6 6.3 3.3 2.8 5.9 3.1 6.1 3.2 3.6 3.0 3.8 3.4 0.3 0.6 0.7 1.0 0.6 1.4 0.5 1.1 0.2 1.2 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 1.5 5.5 2.8 5.0 4.5 6.9 8.9 9.0 19.8 12.9 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.2 0.2 0.9 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.6 1.3 1.1 2.9 3.3 10.6 7.0 1.1 3.5 0.5 0.3 2.6 0.9 2.0 4.4 4.5 2.5 0.3 1.5 0.9 2.5 0.3 3.3 0.6 1.1 2.8 1.5 .. .. 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.2 3.1 0.0 1.1 0.8 Females Total 689.7 739.5 943.6 898.5 939.7 1,007.8 1,035.3 1,045.5 1,093.8 1,026.2 38.7 30.3 47.0 51.6 62.2 89.7 88.1 114.7 126.2 121.8 174.8 200.4 291.5 290.1 322.2 326.3 381.3 401.1 394.2 394.8 231.9 265.4 310.4 288.5 270.0 312.0 305.5 285.8 308.2 301.9 173.7 176.2 213.7 190.6 211.1 209.4 199.5 188.8 207.0 160.5 70.7 67.1 81.1 77.7 74.3 70.4 61.0 55.2 58.3 47.2 0 Basic training and personal development programmes 132.5 144.6 198.9 228.1 217.6 275.4 283.7 277.8 291.6 287.4 15.5 9.6 11.7 21.2 23.6 29.1 37.9 47.9 61.2 60.3 17.8 29.5 55.8 66.6 46.7 62.8 76.1 67.6 73.0 75.2 38.5 41.7 47.0 70.2 58.1 88.7 83.9 80.1 78.5 89.7 42.4 42.9 57.7 41.3 61.4 66.6 61.2 59.7 59.3 44.5 18.3 20.9 26.5 28.9 27.7 28.2 24.6 22.5 19.7 17.7 1 EDUCATION 98.8 95.0 129.1 117.0 116.0 127.5 121.0 126.2 106.1 115.6 6.8 3.3 5.4 6.7 5.1 10.7 9.1 12.1 10.8 6.4 30.9 26.1 42.1 44.6 39.5 45.5 46.7 43.3 38.0 38.4 25.2 35.4 37.4 24.9 20.7 31.5 24.5 33.0 22.6 38.8 21.8 18.9 34.9 30.2 36.5 31.5 31.3 27.4 27.5 25.0 14.0 11.3 9.2 10.7 14.3 8.4 9.5 10.4 7.2 7.0 2 Arts and Humanities 42.9 48.7 81.8 53.4 65.1 68.1 70.7 53.2 87.2 66.9 2.2 1.2 1.5 0.7 1.1 1.9 4.0 2.3 3.5 2.5 4.5 9.6 28.1 16.4 23.1 23.6 24.9 21.4 32.9 26.5 16.1 17.5 22.0 18.0 22.3 22.1 19.1 16.3 22.5 22.2 12.8 14.5 21.8 14.2 13.6 16.6 14.8 10.6 20.0 10.5 7.3 5.9 8.4 4.0 4.9 3.7 7.8 2.5 8.2 5.2 3 Social sciences, business training and law 164.4 201.8 227.4 217.8 228.5 249.4 248.9 268.4 289.8 268.2 3.8 6.8 14.6 10.4 6.9 21.2 10.3 27.7 23.0 22.4 40.6 55.4 64.9 68.6 95.5 86.9 111.2 128.6 131.4 131.3 73.1 81.9 95.3 81.1 81.2 86.3 89.7 71.4 89.9 81.6 39.0 49.5 43.0 46.4 38.4 44.7 34.7 34.9 38.7 26.8 7.9 8.1 9.6 11.2 6.6 10.4 3.0 5.9 6.8 6.2 4 Sciences 49.0 53.5 68.3 48.5 60.8 48.4 38.3 58.3 67.1 48.1 1.5 2.0 0.2 0.4 2.3 1.9 1.9 1.4 1.5 2.2 20.0 15.9 26.7 14.5 31.2 24.5 17.6 27.2 38.6 22.2 14.1 23.6 26.1 21.5 17.6 17.7 11.1 20.7 18.2 15.8 9.5 8.0 11.5 9.7 7.7 3.9 6.6 5.1 6.6 6.5 4.0 4.0 3.8 2.4 2.1 0.4 1.1 3.8 2.3 1.4 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 35.8 16.4 34.7 22.3 29.2 25.9 25.6 26.9 21.0 25.3 0.8 0.6 0.2 1.1 0.1 1.0 1.2 0.8 0.3 3.7 16.5 7.9 14.7 9.5 11.7 11.2 13.3 17.4 10.5 16.2 10.2 4.7 14.8 8.1 15.1 8.4 7.7 7.0 5.6 4.6 7.8 2.4 3.9 3.6 2.1 3.6 2.5 1.7 2.0 0.5 0.5 0.8 1.0 0.0 0.2 1.7 1.0 0.0 2.6 0.3 6 Agriculture 5.2 4.4 8.4 8.1 7.5 7.2 10.5 8.1 7.8 7.0 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.0 1.4 0.2 3.4 .. .. 0.0 1.9 0.3 2.1 4.2 1.7 3.2 3.6 3.1 5.2 4.1 1.4 1.0 3.0 2.1 3.8 2.5 2.5 3.4 2.2 1.7 1.4 2.8 1.9 1.8 0.7 0.9 0.7 1.6 0.2 1.2 .. 0.0 0.7 .. .. 0.4 0.3 .. 0.3 .. 7 Health and social services 133.5 140.6 160.2 163.9 173.5 163.7 199.0 176.7 170.7 158.0 5.5 5.7 11.0 9.9 13.2 16.9 16.6 14.6 16.6 16.4 33.6 44.6 41.7 50.8 50.6 50.1 70.1 69.4 45.8 57.5 43.2 43.3 54.6 48.7 44.1 40.9 57.0 40.9 57.3 35.1 33.7 32.5 34.0 37.4 48.9 40.1 42.6 43.1 41.4 40.1 17.5 14.4 18.9 17.1 16.7 15.7 12.6 8.7 9.6 8.9 8 Services 26.8 34.3 30.5 36.9 30.6 40.0 30.2 42.4 39.8 30.7 2.1 0.8 0.9 1.2 6.2 5.5 3.8 6.6 8.5 6.9 8.9 11.0 15.2 14.9 14.4 18.4 13.1 21.2 13.2 12.9 9.6 16.4 8.6 12.9 6.9 13.3 8.7 10.4 7.6 8.3 4.9 4.4 4.8 4.4 1.5 1.3 3.6 3.4 9.5 2.0 1.2 1.6 1.0 3.4 1.5 1.5 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.6 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 0.8 0.2 4.4 2.6 10.9 2.2 7.4 7.5 12.7 18.9 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.0 2.3 1.5 0.0 1.2 0.7 1.0 0.0 .. 0.0 0.0 7.7 0.0 4.8 1.7 5.7 10.4 0.4 0.0 1.5 0.9 0.2 0.7 1.2 2.9 3.9 4.1 0.4 0.2 0.1 1.6 0.2 .. 1.5 1.1 1.8 3.5 0.0 0.0 2.1 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.6 0.0 Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute