Economically Active Population Survey National results Employed 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 1,367.5 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 61.4 65.2 69.6 72.5 109.9 99.0 84.9 94.6 97.0 106.2 6.2 5.0 6.4 7.8 8.7 12.8 7.7 15.7 21.9 21.2 12.3 18.4 19.9 19.9 37.0 30.1 29.8 33.4 28.6 29.2 23.7 15.7 22.1 22.4 33.7 34.8 25.8 19.7 27.7 31.7 12.1 15.8 16.7 13.3 17.3 17.2 14.2 18.9 14.0 14.0 7.1 10.3 4.5 9.2 13.1 4.0 7.4 6.9 4.8 10.3 1 EDUCATION 106.5 84.0 113.2 95.2 122.8 134.8 144.2 136.9 142.3 129.5 2.3 1.1 2.4 4.3 7.0 9.1 13.3 15.9 8.4 8.5 28.9 12.9 34.3 28.4 38.5 47.8 51.9 48.7 51.1 53.7 29.1 29.8 34.0 22.9 29.5 43.0 29.5 37.5 38.5 35.3 30.6 29.0 32.5 25.9 38.1 20.5 38.4 27.7 35.4 26.9 15.7 11.1 10.0 13.7 9.8 14.3 11.2 7.1 8.8 5.0 2 Arts and Humanities 309.2 387.9 536.6 516.8 465.5 449.1 442.4 449.8 465.4 456.8 21.0 19.9 36.8 35.7 30.0 43.6 42.5 52.5 43.9 55.2 77.9 134.3 188.8 197.4 179.0 174.4 186.8 175.9 177.9 178.9 116.1 137.6 177.2 143.6 144.4 123.1 111.4 120.4 129.0 144.7 69.2 70.6 102.5 97.3 87.4 81.6 74.7 71.7 89.3 64.1 24.9 25.5 31.4 42.8 24.7 26.3 27.0 29.4 25.4 14.0 3 Social sciences, business training and law 243.3 239.6 286.9 245.6 233.1 275.7 262.1 353.3 348.8 244.7 2.2 6.8 5.9 9.3 7.8 13.3 8.8 23.7 31.4 21.2 47.9 50.3 60.9 66.6 71.6 86.7 90.6 142.7 143.1 93.4 96.6 88.7 118.9 101.2 85.9 95.6 100.3 113.9 114.5 85.8 70.1 73.5 71.8 53.5 56.6 60.5 49.5 58.1 46.5 35.9 26.5 20.3 29.4 15.1 11.2 19.7 12.8 15.0 13.2 8.4 4 Sciences 113.0 138.5 153.4 163.4 205.3 198.3 214.4 241.4 266.7 255.1 2.1 3.1 5.0 4.6 5.9 8.6 10.8 11.3 16.8 17.1 25.2 32.9 45.8 38.8 48.2 53.2 59.7 68.8 72.3 69.7 40.6 53.9 45.4 52.7 78.8 61.4 56.8 80.0 86.7 90.7 31.9 32.8 40.5 46.6 53.0 58.5 66.5 55.4 63.8 55.1 13.1 15.7 16.7 20.6 19.5 16.6 20.6 25.8 27.1 22.5 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 103.4 84.2 123.5 112.8 112.4 129.0 135.2 138.8 151.3 119.5 6.2 3.9 6.3 4.6 9.1 13.1 19.2 17.9 20.0 10.4 30.4 23.3 33.1 41.2 29.7 40.6 45.2 54.0 60.3 58.6 23.0 31.6 48.8 30.6 42.4 45.5 47.3 39.8 39.5 24.9 35.7 19.9 25.3 27.7 22.4 24.3 16.1 21.4 21.6 22.3 8.2 5.5 10.1 8.7 8.8 5.5 7.3 5.7 9.9 3.4 6 Agriculture 14.2 19.1 22.6 15.0 13.9 22.1 24.0 14.6 25.1 17.3 0.8 1.1 1.7 0.7 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.8 6.7 1.0 2.8 6.0 8.5 2.6 6.3 5.1 11.0 4.3 7.3 4.0 3.3 6.7 4.4 6.9 3.5 9.4 7.1 4.6 6.6 5.0 6.8 4.4 5.7 1.7 1.6 4.3 3.2 3.3 1.3 4.4 0.4 0.9 2.3 3.1 1.3 2.3 1.7 0.7 3.1 2.9 7 Health and social services 182.4 194.5 220.4 219.7 231.2 238.5 251.9 251.7 267.9 204.0 8.3 9.8 7.5 8.5 11.3 15.6 16.3 19.4 24.9 19.8 43.1 50.0 55.9 55.5 60.0 65.8 83.1 86.0 79.5 67.6 51.5 65.7 75.1 71.4 77.3 65.9 81.3 72.6 86.2 59.4 49.6 47.2 55.0 54.2 59.3 62.6 54.5 55.8 58.7 45.3 29.9 21.8 26.9 30.1 23.3 28.6 16.7 17.9 18.6 11.8 8 Services 187.3 190.4 221.6 229.1 228.4 263.3 303.9 315.1 303.4 265.7 14.5 14.1 15.6 14.5 20.7 32.3 37.6 54.4 52.5 50.5 54.2 53.1 64.1 70.3 83.9 88.7 103.3 106.4 123.2 106.1 63.9 64.3 74.3 82.8 58.6 89.5 100.9 87.5 69.1 64.0 40.7 43.6 52.5 50.8 49.8 43.5 46.4 50.0 49.2 34.7 14.0 15.2 15.0 10.6 15.3 9.3 15.7 16.8 9.4 10.4 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 46.8 44.7 43.6 64.5 69.9 83.4 93.9 111.9 140.4 178.9 4.9 1.9 5.1 4.2 6.7 5.8 15.1 14.6 24.0 23.0 14.1 9.4 13.2 16.8 19.8 26.3 33.0 44.6 54.7 68.5 15.6 15.2 7.7 23.7 24.6 25.8 22.1 34.8 32.6 59.7 11.2 13.0 12.9 16.4 14.9 18.5 17.5 12.8 21.1 23.8 1.1 5.1 4.7 3.4 3.9 7.1 6.1 5.0 8.0 3.9 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 26.1 34.1 29.6 31.5 51.1 46.9 40.4 47.9 52.6 41.9 3.7 3.8 4.1 4.5 4.7 6.9 3.6 8.4 10.1 9.1 6.6 11.3 9.7 8.4 20.6 20.0 16.1 18.0 16.4 10.4 9.7 4.0 9.8 11.6 14.4 13.4 12.6 11.4 18.7 13.6 5.2 7.3 4.8 5.1 8.4 5.7 5.8 7.9 6.0 6.6 0.9 7.6 1.2 1.9 3.0 0.9 2.2 2.3 1.4 2.1 1 EDUCATION 30.1 29.0 34.7 33.0 38.6 34.2 35.3 37.9 40.3 40.8 0.0 0.1 0.6 1.1 2.0 1.3 2.3 3.0 1.7 2.5 6.2 4.0 9.7 8.0 10.5 12.4 11.0 13.7 12.3 18.9 9.8 10.9 12.1 9.0 10.2 11.0 8.0 10.9 12.2 9.5 9.5 12.0 8.4 8.9 11.7 3.8 9.5 8.5 10.8 7.8 4.6 2.0 3.8 6.0 4.2 5.7 4.6 1.8 3.3 2.1 2 Arts and Humanities 146.7 162.8 234.7 224.4 196.6 192.2 179.8 199.2 208.7 202.6 7.1 6.9 13.5 12.2 10.2 14.8 16.9 29.3 25.3 23.2 37.6 53.8 72.2 85.5 67.0 77.5 72.0 73.3 74.3 73.1 53.4 58.5 88.7 64.6 68.8 50.4 49.5 51.9 64.8 70.3 37.2 32.3 44.1 43.7 41.3 40.1 30.0 28.8 35.7 31.8 11.4 11.2 16.2 18.4 9.4 9.4 11.4 16.0 8.6 4.2 3 Social sciences, business training and law 124.6 109.3 133.0 106.8 111.1 119.0 108.7 156.9 167.1 112.2 0.0 3.8 2.8 4.7 4.0 2.9 1.9 5.6 9.3 8.1 20.4 21.6 27.3 23.1 30.9 30.6 34.4 51.6 62.3 36.3 48.6 37.1 50.7 44.7 38.6 39.8 39.9 57.7 58.3 44.2 35.7 33.9 41.2 24.8 31.8 31.7 22.6 32.2 26.0 19.2 19.9 12.8 11.0 9.4 5.8 14.1 9.9 9.8 11.2 4.4 4 Sciences 67.8 75.2 78.0 94.5 106.4 85.8 111.8 137.6 131.4 126.6 2.1 1.6 2.6 2.3 1.2 5.8 7.8 7.0 5.1 9.0 13.4 22.8 28.0 28.4 25.7 21.8 30.8 38.7 42.6 36.3 22.9 28.9 24.2 26.4 50.8 29.2 25.8 47.1 41.7 44.3 21.9 17.7 16.9 24.3 19.1 21.4 36.8 28.8 29.3 25.3 7.5 4.1 6.4 13.1 9.7 7.7 10.6 15.8 12.8 11.6 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 75.6 66.8 99.7 94.9 95.3 108.0 110.1 119.7 137.7 103.7 5.8 3.1 5.6 4.1 8.5 11.0 15.6 14.5 19.0 8.9 20.3 16.1 25.2 34.5 23.0 33.5 35.5 46.1 53.9 49.7 18.4 26.1 38.4 26.8 37.3 36.7 38.6 36.8 34.6 21.6 24.2 16.0 21.8 23.1 19.0 21.8 13.3 17.0 20.7 20.7 6.9 5.4 8.7 6.4 7.5 5.1 7.1 5.4 9.5 2.9 6 Agriculture 7.8 13.6 13.2 9.1 8.1 18.2 18.6 10.2 13.1 13.3 0.4 0.8 0.9 0.5 1.0 1.0 0.6 1.8 2.2 0.8 1.9 4.3 2.5 0.8 2.1 4.4 7.9 3.1 4.3 1.5 2.3 5.2 3.8 5.1 2.8 7.6 6.7 2.5 3.7 4.9 2.7 2.4 3.8 0.7 1.0 2.9 2.4 2.1 1.1 3.2 0.4 0.9 2.2 2.0 1.3 2.3 1.0 0.7 1.9 2.9 7 Health and social services 49.3 63.5 61.8 60.6 60.7 70.2 70.4 66.9 86.2 61.3 1.2 3.3 1.9 2.5 1.1 3.7 4.8 4.6 4.1 4.0 13.7 14.3 12.4 10.1 10.2 17.5 21.0 18.4 26.9 18.6 13.9 26.7 21.5 18.0 32.4 22.0 17.9 22.4 25.5 19.7 11.5 12.2 16.3 17.1 11.3 18.5 20.2 13.5 19.9 13.4 9.1 7.0 9.7 12.9 5.7 8.4 6.6 8.0 9.8 5.5 8 Services 127.2 127.1 141.8 145.6 142.8 167.5 197.0 217.9 202.4 157.1 6.1 11.0 10.5 8.1 9.8 14.9 23.4 30.7 35.0 29.2 37.8 36.3 38.7 39.5 50.5 59.8 70.4 71.3 82.3 57.8 45.1 37.4 45.3 50.9 39.1 59.7 63.8 64.0 48.4 38.6 29.1 30.9 38.2 40.2 34.6 27.6 30.4 38.7 31.3 23.3 9.1 11.6 9.1 6.9 8.7 5.6 9.0 13.1 5.4 8.1 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 22.6 27.2 21.3 35.5 41.9 43.4 49.1 68.5 75.0 92.0 3.3 1.9 3.4 2.5 3.6 3.1 7.3 7.7 12.7 11.0 4.1 5.7 7.3 8.8 11.4 14.9 14.0 29.6 28.6 32.3 7.4 9.0 3.0 12.6 14.3 12.5 14.1 20.2 14.5 32.5 7.4 8.9 6.1 8.9 11.2 8.7 10.5 9.0 13.2 14.7 0.4 1.6 1.5 2.7 1.5 4.3 3.2 2.0 6.1 1.6 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 35.3 31.1 39.9 41.0 58.8 52.1 44.5 46.7 44.5 64.3 2.5 1.2 2.2 3.3 4.1 5.9 4.1 7.3 11.8 12.0 5.7 7.0 10.3 11.5 16.3 10.0 13.6 15.5 12.3 18.7 14.0 11.7 12.3 10.8 19.3 21.5 13.2 8.3 9.0 18.0 6.9 8.5 11.9 8.2 8.9 11.6 8.4 11.0 8.0 7.3 6.2 2.7 3.2 7.3 10.2 3.1 5.2 4.5 3.4 8.1 1 EDUCATION 76.4 54.9 78.6 62.2 84.2 100.5 108.9 99.0 102.0 88.8 2.3 1.0 1.8 3.2 4.9 7.8 11.0 12.9 6.7 6.0 22.7 8.9 24.6 20.5 28.0 35.5 40.9 35.0 38.8 34.8 19.2 18.9 21.8 13.9 19.3 32.1 21.6 26.5 26.4 25.8 21.1 17.1 24.0 17.0 26.4 16.7 28.8 19.3 24.6 19.1 11.1 9.0 6.2 7.7 5.6 8.6 6.6 5.3 5.5 3.0 2 Arts and Humanities 162.4 225.1 302.0 292.3 268.9 256.9 262.5 250.6 256.7 254.3 13.8 12.9 23.4 23.5 19.8 28.8 25.6 23.2 18.5 32.0 40.3 80.5 116.6 111.8 112.0 96.9 114.7 102.7 103.6 105.8 62.8 79.1 88.5 79.0 75.6 72.8 61.8 68.5 64.1 74.4 32.0 38.3 58.4 53.6 46.1 41.5 44.8 42.9 53.6 32.3 13.5 14.3 15.2 24.4 15.4 16.9 15.6 13.4 16.8 9.7 3 Social sciences, business training and law 118.8 130.4 153.9 138.8 122.0 156.7 153.4 196.4 181.7 132.5 2.2 3.1 3.2 4.5 3.8 10.4 6.8 18.1 22.1 13.1 27.5 28.7 33.5 43.4 40.7 56.1 56.3 91.1 80.8 57.1 48.0 51.6 68.2 56.5 47.3 55.8 60.4 56.2 56.2 41.5 34.4 39.6 30.6 28.6 24.8 28.8 27.0 25.9 20.5 16.7 6.7 7.4 18.4 5.8 5.4 5.6 2.9 5.1 2.0 4.1 4 Sciences 45.2 63.3 75.4 68.8 98.9 112.5 102.5 103.8 135.3 128.5 0.0 1.5 2.5 2.3 4.7 2.8 3.0 4.3 11.8 8.0 11.9 10.2 17.8 10.3 22.5 31.4 28.8 30.0 29.7 33.5 17.7 25.0 21.2 26.3 28.0 32.3 31.0 32.9 45.0 46.3 10.1 15.0 23.6 22.3 33.9 37.1 29.7 26.6 34.5 29.9 5.6 11.6 10.3 7.5 9.8 9.0 10.0 10.0 14.3 10.9 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 27.7 17.5 23.8 17.9 17.1 21.0 25.1 19.1 13.6 15.8 0.4 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.5 2.1 3.6 3.4 1.0 1.4 10.1 7.2 7.9 6.6 6.7 7.1 9.8 7.9 6.4 8.9 4.6 5.5 10.3 3.8 5.1 8.9 8.7 3.1 4.8 3.3 11.5 3.9 3.5 4.7 3.4 2.5 2.8 4.4 0.9 1.6 1.3 0.1 1.4 2.3 1.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 6 Agriculture 6.4 5.5 9.4 5.9 5.8 3.9 5.4 4.4 11.9 4.0 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.0 4.6 0.2 0.9 1.7 6.0 1.8 4.3 0.8 3.2 1.1 3.0 2.4 0.9 1.5 0.6 1.9 0.7 1.7 0.3 2.1 3.0 0.1 4.2 2.0 1.9 1.0 0.6 1.4 0.8 1.2 0.2 1.2 0.0 .. 0.2 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 1.2 .. 7 Health and social services 133.1 131.0 158.6 159.0 170.5 168.4 181.4 184.8 181.7 142.7 7.1 6.5 5.6 6.0 10.2 11.9 11.6 14.9 20.8 15.8 29.4 35.7 43.6 45.4 49.8 48.3 62.1 67.6 52.6 49.0 37.7 39.0 53.6 53.4 44.9 43.9 63.4 50.1 60.8 39.7 38.2 34.9 38.7 37.1 48.0 44.1 34.3 42.3 38.8 31.8 20.8 14.8 17.3 17.2 17.6 20.3 10.1 9.9 8.8 6.3 8 Services 60.1 63.3 79.8 83.4 85.6 95.9 107.0 97.3 101.0 108.5 8.4 3.1 5.2 6.4 10.8 17.4 14.1 23.6 17.5 21.3 16.4 16.8 25.4 30.8 33.4 28.9 32.9 35.1 40.9 48.3 18.8 27.0 29.1 31.9 19.5 29.9 37.2 23.6 20.7 25.3 11.6 12.8 14.4 10.6 15.2 15.9 16.0 11.3 17.9 11.4 4.9 3.6 5.8 3.8 6.6 3.7 6.7 3.7 4.0 2.3 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 24.3 17.4 22.3 29.0 28.0 39.9 44.7 43.4 65.4 86.8 1.6 0.0 1.7 1.7 3.1 2.7 7.8 7.0 11.3 12.0 10.0 3.8 5.9 8.0 8.4 11.4 19.0 15.0 26.1 36.2 8.2 6.1 4.8 11.1 10.3 13.3 8.0 14.6 18.1 27.2 3.9 4.1 6.8 7.5 3.8 9.8 7.1 3.8 8.0 9.1 0.6 3.4 3.2 0.7 2.4 2.8 2.9 3.0 1.8 2.3 Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute