Economically Active Population Survey National results Employed population 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 766.9 788.1 618.5 640.0 695.9 704.6 724.6 782.3 828.0 786.2 205.6 210.8 187.4 212.2 234.8 270.0 280.9 372.3 373.1 367.2 310.2 311.9 245.7 258.8 284.2 276.4 288.2 276.8 301.1 288.9 166.6 174.0 130.1 107.8 121.7 111.5 118.3 92.9 95.5 89.0 66.0 76.9 47.1 56.4 44.5 37.2 33.7 31.5 47.8 33.8 18.6 14.4 8.2 4.8 10.8 9.5 3.6 8.8 10.4 7.3 0 Basic training and personal development programmes 48.6 49.0 52.4 58.7 77.3 85.1 92.3 108.7 132.2 121.3 31.4 25.9 29.9 39.7 42.9 60.4 61.5 83.9 99.1 96.3 12.0 16.2 10.7 10.6 18.2 11.8 18.9 11.1 19.3 13.5 3.4 1.8 6.3 3.4 13.1 7.0 8.5 10.5 5.1 5.9 1.0 2.8 5.4 4.9 1.0 3.5 2.5 1.3 5.9 3.7 0.7 2.2 0.0 0.0 2.1 2.5 0.9 1.9 2.8 1.9 1 EDUCATION 55.7 67.7 53.8 65.5 46.6 74.1 70.6 62.9 65.6 61.5 21.3 20.5 16.4 24.2 18.9 25.8 28.4 33.2 23.8 23.3 21.9 31.2 21.6 30.4 18.9 34.9 28.2 21.1 22.4 28.5 9.0 13.8 12.9 6.2 5.9 9.6 11.0 6.3 12.6 5.7 3.6 2.1 2.3 4.5 1.7 3.8 2.8 2.0 6.1 3.4 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.1 1.1 .. 0.2 0.3 0.8 0.5 2 Arts and Humanities 184.5 193.8 54.8 59.5 69.5 65.8 66.1 81.8 74.5 87.0 23.8 31.5 17.2 16.8 20.2 17.5 19.2 28.5 16.7 28.7 55.8 68.5 14.8 18.5 27.6 25.7 23.4 33.6 33.3 37.6 58.9 60.5 12.9 13.8 15.6 12.7 14.7 9.5 13.6 12.5 34.0 27.3 6.9 10.1 4.9 5.2 7.6 8.6 9.9 6.8 12.1 6.0 2.8 0.3 1.2 4.7 1.2 1.6 1.1 1.5 3 Social sciences, business training and law 189.8 188.7 210.2 195.0 192.9 192.6 214.0 202.4 212.7 195.2 42.5 59.3 47.7 49.8 59.9 54.7 69.3 75.6 87.5 71.2 91.8 67.9 92.0 83.9 81.6 89.2 90.3 72.6 74.3 83.7 39.1 39.4 51.3 41.1 36.7 36.5 41.5 38.2 33.8 29.1 13.0 19.3 17.4 16.5 11.5 11.5 12.4 12.2 13.6 10.0 3.3 2.8 1.9 3.6 3.2 0.6 0.4 3.7 3.6 1.2 4 Sciences 77.8 65.1 50.0 52.1 79.3 65.4 74.4 87.9 95.1 102.0 19.5 13.2 14.5 12.4 16.0 23.2 24.4 34.8 31.0 43.2 42.5 34.1 24.1 28.3 48.7 34.6 30.6 42.8 49.9 41.4 13.2 10.5 8.7 7.6 5.9 4.9 17.7 8.7 11.3 10.9 2.3 6.0 2.3 3.7 8.2 2.7 1.7 1.6 2.9 6.2 0.3 1.2 0.4 .. 0.5 .. .. .. 0.0 0.2 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 65.2 66.9 64.2 78.2 82.7 87.7 68.8 107.8 102.2 85.2 23.7 22.4 21.2 28.2 38.1 44.8 28.3 51.0 57.2 46.0 26.0 25.0 26.2 34.6 28.1 31.8 34.7 46.8 40.2 31.1 13.9 16.7 12.7 11.1 12.4 9.3 5.3 8.3 2.9 5.4 1.6 2.8 3.5 4.0 2.7 1.1 0.5 1.8 1.8 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.3 1.4 0.6 .. .. 0.2 1.5 6 Agriculture 7.5 8.5 5.5 5.2 6.8 7.7 8.8 8.3 9.5 11.8 3.1 3.0 2.0 1.6 0.7 3.8 3.3 4.1 1.9 5.3 2.9 3.1 1.8 3.0 3.4 2.5 5.0 3.6 6.0 6.2 0.5 0.8 1.5 0.1 2.7 1.3 0.3 0.6 .. 0.4 1.1 1.1 0.4 0.5 .. .. 0.3 .. 0.4 .. .. 0.5 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.2 .. 7 Health and social services 99.1 92.0 89.8 94.8 106.7 80.6 89.2 78.6 86.4 66.0 25.4 17.5 20.9 29.6 26.1 17.2 24.1 34.9 26.4 21.7 41.3 46.8 41.0 38.9 44.4 31.0 44.3 31.3 41.0 28.6 23.5 17.5 18.8 16.2 24.2 25.4 14.8 7.9 12.3 13.6 6.9 9.0 7.4 9.6 11.4 6.2 5.3 3.2 6.4 1.8 1.9 1.3 1.7 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.6 1.3 0.4 0.2 8 Services 34.5 53.0 31.4 27.2 27.4 40.9 35.1 35.7 35.0 31.5 12.1 16.7 16.2 9.6 10.6 21.0 21.1 23.3 22.2 20.3 15.2 18.5 10.3 9.2 12.1 11.9 9.5 10.3 10.6 8.6 4.5 11.3 3.7 5.8 2.2 4.8 3.8 1.9 2.2 1.9 2.5 6.4 1.0 2.6 2.4 2.9 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 .. 0.2 .. 0.0 0.0 0.2 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 4.2 3.3 6.4 3.8 6.6 4.7 5.4 8.3 14.8 24.6 2.8 0.9 1.4 0.2 1.2 1.4 1.4 3.1 7.5 11.3 0.8 0.6 3.3 1.4 1.0 2.9 3.2 3.5 4.3 9.6 0.5 1.8 1.2 2.2 2.9 0.0 0.6 1.1 1.7 3.5 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.7 0.3 .. 0.5 0.8 0.2 .. .. .. 0.0 0.7 0.1 0.2 .. 0.5 0.0 Males Total 341.5 351.7 296.9 297.0 320.6 344.7 335.2 368.5 399.8 386.4 89.0 90.5 83.3 96.6 97.9 132.9 117.8 177.0 174.9 187.9 143.4 143.4 113.7 113.5 137.8 139.4 138.6 134.9 152.3 138.3 75.2 74.5 72.4 52.9 61.3 50.8 61.0 39.1 41.8 40.3 27.5 39.6 23.1 31.0 19.4 19.0 17.5 15.1 24.5 16.4 6.4 3.6 4.4 2.9 4.3 2.6 0.3 2.4 6.2 3.5 0 Basic training and personal development programmes 26.1 25.9 26.2 35.5 38.5 44.6 47.8 57.7 65.6 59.1 17.4 14.1 15.5 24.6 21.7 33.7 31.9 47.3 56.8 52.6 8.3 10.6 6.6 6.3 8.8 7.1 13.2 7.0 5.6 5.3 0.4 0.5 1.7 2.0 7.1 1.5 1.4 2.6 1.5 0.2 0.0 0.7 2.3 2.5 0.9 1.6 1.3 0.4 1.4 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.3 1 EDUCATION 10.8 16.4 10.0 14.1 8.1 20.2 16.1 10.6 22.9 15.9 4.5 3.8 1.4 8.0 2.8 10.5 4.9 4.7 6.8 4.0 3.7 9.3 2.6 3.7 4.1 7.0 5.4 4.7 9.1 9.5 2.5 2.7 5.2 1.5 1.1 1.3 4.8 .. 2.8 1.7 0.1 0.6 0.2 1.0 .. 1.4 1.1 1.2 4.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.6 .. .. .. .. .. 0.2 0.5 2 Arts and Humanities 64.7 76.1 24.3 24.5 31.2 29.2 25.3 37.1 24.0 37.8 4.9 9.9 6.1 2.1 7.1 4.0 4.4 14.7 4.0 9.1 18.3 27.3 8.6 9.8 15.9 14.0 9.0 12.6 7.5 18.9 24.4 21.5 5.4 7.9 6.2 6.8 7.4 5.0 7.0 4.3 11.9 15.7 3.0 4.5 2.0 3.8 4.5 4.0 4.3 4.6 5.2 1.7 1.2 0.3 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.8 1.1 0.7 3 Social sciences, business training and law 78.2 81.2 101.7 80.5 81.5 95.8 90.6 83.9 87.7 81.1 16.1 23.0 19.0 18.7 18.7 22.5 21.4 28.2 30.2 26.1 39.8 31.2 41.9 31.0 35.6 43.5 38.8 35.1 33.5 35.1 15.2 13.9 30.5 18.2 19.5 22.6 23.0 14.1 13.6 15.2 6.8 12.1 8.9 10.8 5.7 6.9 7.3 5.2 7.8 4.5 0.3 1.1 1.3 1.8 2.0 0.4 0.2 1.3 2.5 0.2 4 Sciences 53.1 37.4 35.6 33.3 50.3 41.9 53.7 54.5 64.4 72.5 12.4 6.8 9.9 5.4 9.9 12.5 17.9 24.0 17.9 32.1 30.9 18.4 17.1 18.9 30.7 25.6 21.1 24.9 36.4 26.8 7.9 9.5 6.7 6.3 4.9 2.2 13.4 4.2 8.0 8.9 1.9 2.6 2.0 2.8 4.6 1.5 1.3 1.4 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 51.2 52.2 50.7 62.6 61.9 62.6 53.4 87.2 81.5 68.0 18.5 17.0 16.2 24.0 26.4 33.5 21.4 42.5 40.0 38.5 18.8 18.6 20.3 25.0 21.2 21.3 27.9 35.6 36.8 23.0 12.2 14.0 10.4 9.2 10.9 6.4 3.6 7.4 2.9 4.1 1.6 2.6 3.1 4.0 2.0 0.8 0.5 1.8 1.8 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.3 1.4 0.6 .. .. 0.2 1.5 6 Agriculture 4.9 7.2 4.4 3.1 5.3 5.0 2.9 4.1 7.3 5.3 1.2 2.9 2.0 0.6 0.4 2.2 0.9 1.7 1.4 2.1 2.3 2.3 0.7 1.9 2.5 1.9 1.7 2.1 4.2 3.1 0.3 0.5 1.5 0.1 2.4 0.9 0.3 0.3 .. 0.1 1.1 1.1 0.3 0.5 .. .. .. .. 0.4 .. .. 0.5 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.2 .. 7 Health and social services 30.1 25.2 27.4 31.3 26.5 25.8 32.7 18.3 20.6 17.0 4.2 3.3 6.6 8.0 4.4 7.2 9.6 6.6 4.1 6.0 13.2 13.3 10.1 14.2 14.3 9.7 16.6 6.7 11.4 7.1 9.6 7.3 7.6 4.5 5.2 8.2 5.5 4.2 3.0 3.4 2.4 1.0 2.5 4.2 2.5 0.7 1.0 0.8 1.9 0.5 0.7 0.2 0.6 0.5 0.2 .. 0.0 .. 0.2 .. 8 Services 20.6 27.7 13.2 9.7 12.8 15.6 9.4 11.9 15.4 14.8 8.7 9.2 5.6 5.1 5.9 5.5 4.1 6.4 9.3 9.6 7.5 11.7 4.9 1.4 4.4 7.0 3.5 4.8 4.6 4.7 2.5 3.6 2.2 2.4 1.1 1.0 1.3 0.5 1.5 .. 1.7 3.2 0.6 0.8 1.4 1.9 0.6 0.3 .. 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 .. 0.2 .. 0.0 0.0 0.2 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 2.0 2.2 3.3 2.3 4.6 4.0 3.2 3.2 10.4 14.8 1.1 0.6 0.9 0.0 0.6 1.4 1.3 1.0 4.5 7.7 0.6 0.6 1.0 1.4 0.3 2.2 1.3 1.5 3.2 4.7 0.3 1.1 1.2 0.9 2.7 .. 0.4 0.7 1.5 2.3 0.0 .. 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.3 .. .. 0.8 0.1 .. .. .. .. 0.5 0.1 0.2 .. 0.5 .. Females Total 425.4 436.4 321.6 343.0 375.3 359.9 389.5 413.8 428.3 399.8 116.6 120.3 104.1 115.6 136.9 137.1 163.1 195.2 198.2 179.3 166.8 168.5 132.0 145.3 146.4 137.0 149.6 142.0 148.8 150.6 91.3 99.5 57.7 54.8 60.4 60.7 57.3 53.8 53.7 48.6 38.5 37.3 24.0 25.4 25.1 18.3 16.3 16.4 23.3 17.4 12.1 10.8 3.8 1.9 6.5 6.9 3.2 6.4 4.2 3.8 0 Basic training and personal development programmes 22.5 23.1 26.2 23.2 38.8 40.4 44.5 51.1 66.6 62.2 14.0 11.8 14.4 15.0 21.2 26.7 29.6 36.6 42.4 43.7 3.7 5.7 4.1 4.3 9.4 4.7 5.7 4.0 13.7 8.2 3.0 1.3 4.6 1.4 6.0 5.4 7.1 7.9 3.6 5.7 1.0 2.2 3.1 2.4 0.1 1.9 1.2 0.9 4.5 3.0 0.7 2.2 0.0 0.0 2.1 1.7 0.9 1.6 2.4 1.6 1 EDUCATION 45.0 51.3 43.8 51.4 38.5 54.0 54.4 52.2 42.7 45.7 16.8 16.7 15.0 16.3 16.1 15.4 23.5 28.4 17.0 19.3 18.2 21.9 19.0 26.7 14.8 27.9 22.8 16.4 13.3 19.0 6.5 11.1 7.7 4.7 4.8 8.4 6.2 6.3 9.8 4.0 3.5 1.4 2.1 3.5 1.7 2.4 1.7 0.8 2.1 3.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 1.1 .. 0.2 0.3 0.5 .. 2 Arts and Humanities 119.8 117.7 30.5 35.0 38.3 36.6 40.9 44.7 50.5 49.3 18.9 21.6 11.2 14.7 13.1 13.5 14.8 13.8 12.6 19.5 37.5 41.2 6.2 8.7 11.8 11.7 14.3 21.0 25.7 18.7 34.5 39.0 7.5 5.9 9.3 5.9 7.4 4.4 6.5 8.2 22.0 11.6 3.9 5.6 2.9 1.4 3.2 4.6 5.6 2.2 6.9 4.3 1.6 0.0 1.2 4.2 1.2 0.8 0.0 0.7 3 Social sciences, business training and law 111.5 107.5 108.5 114.4 111.5 96.8 123.4 118.5 125.0 114.1 26.4 36.4 28.6 31.1 41.2 32.3 47.9 47.3 57.3 45.1 51.9 36.7 50.1 52.9 46.0 45.7 51.5 37.5 40.8 48.6 24.0 25.4 20.8 22.9 17.1 13.9 18.6 24.1 20.2 13.9 6.2 7.2 8.5 5.8 5.8 4.7 5.2 7.0 5.7 5.4 3.0 1.7 0.6 1.8 1.2 0.2 0.3 2.4 1.0 1.0 4 Sciences 24.8 27.7 14.3 18.8 29.0 23.5 20.7 33.4 30.7 29.5 7.2 6.4 4.6 7.0 6.1 10.7 6.5 10.8 13.1 11.1 11.6 15.7 7.0 9.4 18.0 9.0 9.6 17.9 13.4 14.6 5.3 1.0 2.0 1.4 1.0 2.7 4.3 4.5 3.3 1.9 0.4 3.4 0.3 0.9 3.6 1.2 0.4 0.2 0.8 1.6 0.3 1.2 0.4 .. 0.3 .. .. .. 0.0 0.2 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 14.0 14.7 13.5 15.6 20.8 25.1 15.4 20.6 20.7 17.2 5.1 5.4 4.9 4.2 11.7 11.3 6.9 8.5 17.2 7.5 7.2 6.3 5.9 9.6 6.9 10.5 6.8 11.2 3.5 8.1 1.7 2.8 2.3 1.9 1.5 3.0 1.7 0.8 .. 1.3 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.7 0.3 .. .. 0.0 0.3 .. .. 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6 Agriculture 2.6 1.2 1.1 2.1 1.6 2.7 5.9 4.2 2.3 6.5 1.9 0.2 0.0 1.0 0.3 1.6 2.4 2.5 0.5 3.2 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.1 0.9 0.6 3.2 1.6 1.8 3.1 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.2 .. 0.3 0.0 .. 0.1 .. .. .. 0.3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 Health and social services 69.1 66.8 62.4 63.5 80.2 54.8 56.5 60.2 65.8 49.0 21.2 14.1 14.3 21.6 21.8 10.1 14.5 28.3 22.2 15.7 28.2 33.4 30.9 24.8 30.2 21.3 27.8 24.7 29.6 21.5 14.0 10.2 11.2 11.7 19.0 17.2 9.3 3.7 9.3 10.2 4.6 8.0 4.9 5.4 8.9 5.5 4.3 2.3 4.4 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.1 0.0 0.4 0.8 0.6 1.3 0.2 0.2 8 Services 13.9 25.3 18.2 17.4 14.5 25.2 25.6 23.8 19.6 16.7 3.4 7.6 10.6 4.4 4.7 15.5 17.0 16.9 12.9 10.7 7.7 6.8 5.4 7.8 7.7 4.9 6.0 5.5 5.9 3.9 2.0 7.7 1.5 3.5 1.1 3.8 2.6 1.4 0.7 1.9 0.8 3.2 0.5 1.7 1.0 1.0 .. 0.0 0.1 0.2 .. 0.0 0.1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 2.2 1.1 3.1 1.6 2.0 0.7 2.2 5.1 4.4 9.7 1.7 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.1 2.1 3.0 3.6 0.2 0.0 2.3 0.0 0.7 0.7 1.9 2.1 1.1 4.9 0.2 0.7 .. 1.3 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.3 1.2 .. 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.3 .. .. 0.5 0.0 0.1 .. .. .. 0.0 0.2 0.0 .. .. 0.0 0.0 Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute