Economically Active Population Survey National results Unemployed population 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 5,056.0 5,610.4 6,051.1 5,811.0 5,012.7 4,640.1 4,153.5 2,595.9 1,846.1 1,840.9 750.9 850.9 951.1 956.1 894.2 858.0 846.5 594.5 444.7 444.9 1,254.8 1,434.9 1,645.8 1,652.0 1,465.5 1,403.9 1,276.5 791.6 544.1 586.9 1,291.6 1,478.5 1,590.1 1,527.7 1,308.1 1,198.0 1,047.0 622.2 426.6 419.4 1,159.6 1,241.1 1,280.3 1,165.4 937.2 813.6 679.2 406.7 293.1 261.8 599.1 605.1 583.8 509.7 407.6 366.6 304.3 180.9 137.6 127.9 0 Basic training and personal development programmes 3,264.8 3,646.6 3,973.1 3,906.2 3,412.6 3,251.7 3,009.7 1,851.1 1,275.2 1,208.1 498.1 584.9 651.8 669.7 640.3 644.1 650.5 462.0 342.6 335.1 703.8 807.3 952.3 966.6 840.6 860.2 816.5 485.4 299.3 306.1 766.7 890.6 995.9 977.5 879.1 821.5 751.9 428.7 288.8 267.2 824.0 877.0 911.7 889.6 718.9 628.5 541.5 318.7 235.9 196.1 472.2 486.8 461.5 402.9 333.7 297.4 249.3 156.2 108.6 103.6 1 EDUCATION 125.8 123.0 129.9 119.9 77.4 63.4 61.1 45.9 34.7 41.3 20.2 18.0 23.8 25.1 19.1 12.8 10.6 5.8 8.3 8.0 44.4 46.0 55.3 44.1 27.1 26.4 27.1 18.7 14.5 19.0 34.3 27.8 28.8 27.8 18.0 12.0 15.4 12.3 7.8 8.6 16.7 22.5 17.4 18.3 11.4 11.5 5.3 7.0 3.5 4.5 10.2 8.8 4.6 4.6 1.7 0.7 2.8 2.0 0.7 1.2 2 Arts and Humanities 137.4 143.7 135.3 132.5 97.1 105.8 83.7 59.4 49.4 60.4 15.3 13.1 12.6 11.1 12.8 15.6 9.8 3.1 7.0 6.0 46.6 56.0 55.8 55.4 39.7 44.1 38.0 35.9 22.7 29.7 47.0 42.2 36.7 44.3 25.9 32.5 26.3 14.3 12.7 17.0 17.9 25.2 22.5 16.9 14.3 13.4 7.0 5.4 4.9 5.6 10.7 7.2 7.7 4.8 4.5 0.2 2.6 0.7 2.2 2.1 3 Social sciences, business training and law 543.6 601.2 631.2 577.4 491.7 462.3 367.6 245.9 198.8 202.4 63.0 62.2 76.7 78.2 69.4 54.0 48.8 41.9 33.6 30.9 161.0 179.7 208.2 215.3 194.1 185.9 160.9 103.1 87.4 87.0 181.0 214.1 198.7 170.2 138.5 145.0 104.9 63.4 50.7 56.1 107.3 113.7 111.5 88.8 71.9 59.1 38.7 31.7 18.2 22.5 31.3 31.5 36.0 24.8 17.8 18.4 14.3 5.8 9.0 5.9 4 Sciences 134.0 149.8 136.8 156.8 138.3 95.1 84.6 53.0 56.3 63.9 16.9 19.4 24.5 19.8 17.4 10.5 12.5 8.5 7.1 12.5 41.8 62.9 48.0 65.6 62.5 54.1 46.4 25.3 28.4 38.0 50.7 45.9 37.6 58.9 42.1 21.8 15.1 13.7 13.1 11.3 18.6 18.0 23.0 6.8 11.9 7.0 9.2 4.5 4.0 1.4 6.0 3.6 3.7 5.7 4.4 1.7 1.4 1.0 3.8 0.8 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 385.2 459.5 488.7 427.3 415.7 317.2 281.9 149.9 90.8 96.3 54.5 60.4 67.3 56.9 61.0 54.7 61.4 31.7 19.9 14.3 119.5 134.0 155.2 151.0 158.2 109.3 102.4 58.6 35.5 37.5 97.4 130.5 142.7 122.9 108.6 82.2 70.2 36.7 19.7 22.2 80.9 92.3 95.5 68.8 63.4 49.7 34.8 19.5 10.5 12.3 32.9 42.3 27.9 27.7 24.4 21.4 13.1 3.5 5.2 10.0 6 Agriculture 36.2 31.8 45.8 40.7 34.9 25.3 22.2 15.7 16.3 8.5 5.6 4.0 4.1 5.7 4.4 2.6 2.9 2.6 1.8 1.7 6.7 8.1 11.5 17.5 14.4 9.2 11.4 7.3 12.3 4.8 13.0 8.7 18.3 10.0 11.9 9.0 5.8 4.9 0.3 1.7 8.6 8.8 7.4 7.3 3.6 3.2 0.7 1.0 1.8 0.3 2.3 2.2 4.6 0.3 0.7 1.4 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 7 Health and social services 179.9 189.6 230.3 198.3 154.4 121.7 101.3 70.5 48.2 70.0 43.5 40.1 42.8 51.0 38.4 27.2 18.8 16.5 10.4 14.7 58.9 56.4 75.2 54.9 51.4 49.7 33.3 24.6 17.1 26.8 39.7 51.3 62.1 50.6 38.8 23.8 25.6 16.4 11.9 18.6 28.6 33.0 38.6 28.7 18.7 15.8 19.3 9.2 6.2 9.3 9.2 8.8 11.6 13.0 7.1 5.1 4.3 3.8 2.7 0.6 8 Services 173.2 196.3 180.1 161.6 123.2 121.6 81.7 57.6 45.4 44.8 28.8 43.9 42.9 35.8 25.6 26.9 22.7 18.5 11.8 14.7 58.8 69.7 60.6 63.4 53.7 49.8 27.2 15.1 20.1 20.3 48.3 54.4 43.5 38.3 29.1 30.0 22.0 19.0 8.0 6.4 28.0 23.3 26.5 15.8 11.0 10.7 6.3 4.0 3.9 3.4 9.2 5.1 6.6 8.3 3.7 4.2 3.6 1.1 1.5 0.0 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 76.0 68.9 99.9 90.4 67.3 75.9 59.7 46.8 31.1 45.3 4.9 4.9 4.6 2.9 5.9 9.7 8.5 3.9 2.3 6.9 13.4 15.1 23.6 18.1 23.7 15.2 13.4 17.6 6.9 17.7 13.6 13.0 25.9 27.2 16.1 20.2 9.8 12.8 13.6 10.4 28.9 27.3 26.2 24.5 12.1 14.6 16.4 5.6 4.3 6.6 15.1 8.7 19.6 17.7 9.6 16.2 11.5 6.9 4.0 3.6 Males Total 2,559.3 2,916.5 3,205.6 3,131.4 2,705.9 2,535.7 2,299.6 1,319.6 826.4 800.6 404.2 456.7 515.3 517.1 493.4 480.7 479.7 316.7 209.0 206.7 632.4 731.7 864.6 905.2 785.7 765.2 712.0 404.0 239.4 247.4 613.1 733.3 809.2 788.4 682.2 629.1 567.3 292.3 176.1 168.2 574.4 644.8 678.2 623.6 499.4 432.4 362.9 205.6 127.5 105.7 335.2 350.1 338.3 297.1 245.3 228.3 177.6 101.1 74.5 72.6 0 Basic training and personal development programmes 1,761.7 2,011.3 2,238.0 2,257.8 1,950.3 1,891.8 1,761.5 988.2 590.0 555.6 275.3 329.6 370.2 394.3 382.8 378.1 382.9 252.4 168.6 167.1 389.4 443.4 552.9 590.6 488.5 525.1 502.4 264.3 142.4 137.2 412.0 489.8 549.9 536.2 479.5 466.9 429.8 218.9 123.7 115.2 424.3 467.9 493.3 493.0 399.1 334.4 299.7 163.0 98.7 81.4 260.7 280.7 271.8 243.7 200.4 187.3 146.8 89.5 56.6 54.6 1 EDUCATION 28.3 24.0 26.8 24.7 14.5 15.8 13.7 10.9 8.1 5.3 3.7 2.6 3.4 4.8 2.5 4.2 3.0 0.2 1.9 0.3 12.4 12.1 9.7 8.1 6.3 4.9 6.6 7.8 3.1 3.9 3.7 4.3 6.9 6.5 4.8 2.3 3.5 0.8 1.9 0.4 3.3 1.4 4.2 4.3 1.0 3.8 0.3 1.7 0.7 0.5 5.1 3.8 2.5 1.0 0.0 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2 2 Arts and Humanities 52.1 57.5 55.1 55.8 39.9 35.8 31.8 24.5 20.5 18.1 5.3 5.5 6.4 5.3 6.3 6.6 4.2 1.4 2.6 1.1 16.8 21.2 19.9 24.3 15.8 14.2 15.7 16.2 8.4 11.9 18.2 17.2 14.5 17.2 11.4 11.6 9.9 5.5 4.0 3.7 6.5 11.2 9.9 7.1 3.6 3.4 0.7 1.3 4.5 0.8 5.3 2.4 4.3 1.8 2.8 0.0 1.3 0.1 1.1 0.6 3 Social sciences, business training and law 168.1 184.0 180.4 172.7 141.2 133.2 114.7 78.2 58.6 52.6 26.4 16.2 25.2 22.7 13.2 13.2 13.0 15.2 10.3 8.0 53.5 54.2 58.2 65.8 61.1 57.9 56.0 35.1 23.3 19.6 44.5 65.7 48.3 48.3 36.1 38.5 29.3 13.6 13.7 14.4 29.7 34.6 36.2 27.5 23.2 18.0 9.1 12.5 7.2 6.4 14.1 13.3 12.4 8.4 7.7 5.6 7.3 1.8 4.1 4.1 4 Sciences 71.4 98.2 85.0 96.0 81.4 60.0 48.2 29.8 29.3 37.1 12.5 14.9 19.7 14.6 11.3 8.6 7.0 4.6 2.6 8.6 24.2 42.2 30.4 36.2 34.1 32.8 25.3 13.4 15.6 19.7 24.5 26.2 18.9 37.8 28.4 13.1 11.7 7.7 4.3 8.0 6.4 12.6 14.8 3.5 3.3 5.1 3.8 3.3 3.2 0.5 3.7 2.3 1.3 3.9 4.3 0.4 0.4 0.7 3.5 0.3 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 329.9 397.7 421.8 372.8 358.8 285.0 247.8 131.8 81.3 85.0 48.9 56.1 58.2 51.8 56.7 48.1 57.1 29.4 17.6 12.5 96.6 113.2 131.1 128.0 132.9 96.6 83.8 50.7 30.7 34.0 80.5 104.7 120.6 104.9 93.7 73.0 62.5 29.8 18.1 17.0 72.5 84.8 86.2 61.4 54.9 46.6 31.6 18.4 10.1 11.5 31.5 39.0 25.8 26.7 20.6 20.6 12.7 3.5 4.9 10.0 6 Agriculture 22.5 17.6 35.7 25.1 22.7 14.8 16.9 8.3 10.7 4.2 4.4 2.9 3.8 2.5 2.3 2.1 1.9 2.2 1.0 0.3 3.9 2.4 6.5 12.9 9.0 5.0 7.5 2.8 7.5 2.4 7.1 4.0 14.8 4.5 8.9 3.5 5.7 3.3 0.3 1.3 4.8 7.9 6.5 4.9 1.8 2.9 0.4 0.0 1.8 0.3 2.3 0.3 4.1 0.3 0.7 1.4 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 7 Health and social services 33.1 32.1 39.5 32.0 26.4 23.6 16.4 9.5 6.9 8.2 12.7 10.9 9.6 8.2 8.2 4.7 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.5 9.9 11.3 15.3 11.9 11.0 9.8 5.7 4.5 3.8 3.7 6.0 5.6 10.3 6.9 4.3 5.8 3.5 0.4 1.2 1.8 2.4 2.3 3.1 3.6 2.2 2.3 6.2 0.9 0.0 0.8 2.1 1.9 1.2 1.3 0.8 1.0 0.0 2.8 0.8 0.3 8 Services 55.7 54.2 68.8 51.3 37.7 37.4 19.3 15.0 7.3 9.5 12.3 15.5 18.0 11.1 7.1 8.9 6.5 7.9 2.2 3.3 22.0 23.0 29.4 23.3 19.6 13.8 4.7 2.6 1.7 4.9 12.7 9.9 9.6 11.1 7.7 7.9 5.7 4.6 1.9 0.2 5.6 4.4 10.5 2.8 1.1 5.8 2.0 0.0 0.4 1.0 3.1 1.4 1.2 3.0 2.2 0.9 0.4 0.0 1.1 0.0 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 36.4 39.8 54.5 43.2 33.0 38.5 29.2 23.3 13.8 24.9 2.8 2.4 0.9 1.7 3.1 6.3 3.1 2.4 0.9 4.0 3.6 8.6 11.1 4.1 7.5 5.1 4.2 6.4 2.9 9.9 3.8 6.0 15.3 15.1 7.3 6.5 5.8 7.6 6.9 6.2 19.1 17.7 13.5 15.3 9.3 10.2 9.0 4.5 1.0 2.5 7.2 5.0 13.7 7.0 5.9 10.4 7.0 2.4 2.2 2.4 Females Total 2,496.7 2,693.9 2,845.5 2,679.6 2,306.8 2,104.4 1,854.0 1,276.3 1,019.7 1,040.3 346.7 394.2 435.8 439.0 400.8 377.3 366.8 277.8 235.8 238.1 622.4 703.2 781.2 746.8 679.9 638.7 564.6 387.7 304.7 339.5 678.5 745.2 780.9 739.3 625.9 568.9 479.7 329.9 250.5 251.2 585.1 596.3 602.1 541.9 437.8 381.2 316.3 201.1 165.6 156.1 263.9 254.9 245.6 212.6 162.3 138.3 126.6 79.8 63.1 55.4 0 Basic training and personal development programmes 1,503.1 1,635.3 1,735.1 1,648.4 1,462.3 1,359.9 1,248.1 862.9 685.2 652.5 222.8 255.3 281.6 275.3 257.5 266.1 267.6 209.6 174.0 168.0 314.4 363.8 399.4 376.1 352.1 335.0 314.1 221.1 156.9 168.8 354.8 400.9 446.0 441.3 399.7 354.6 322.2 209.8 165.1 151.9 399.7 409.1 418.3 396.6 319.7 294.1 241.8 155.7 137.2 114.7 211.5 206.2 189.7 159.2 133.3 110.1 102.5 66.7 52.1 49.0 1 EDUCATION 97.5 99.0 103.2 95.2 63.0 47.6 47.5 35.0 26.6 36.0 16.4 15.4 20.4 20.3 16.7 8.6 7.5 5.6 6.3 7.8 32.0 33.9 45.6 36.0 20.9 21.5 20.6 10.9 11.4 15.1 30.5 23.5 21.9 21.3 13.2 9.8 11.9 11.5 5.9 8.2 13.5 21.2 13.2 14.0 10.5 7.8 5.0 5.3 2.7 4.0 5.1 5.0 2.1 3.6 1.7 0.0 2.5 1.8 0.2 1.0 2 Arts and Humanities 85.3 86.2 80.2 76.7 57.2 70.0 51.9 34.9 28.9 42.2 10.0 7.6 6.2 5.8 6.5 9.0 5.7 1.8 4.4 4.9 29.8 34.8 35.8 31.1 23.9 29.9 22.3 19.7 14.3 17.8 28.8 25.0 22.2 27.1 14.4 20.9 16.3 8.8 8.7 13.3 11.4 14.0 12.5 9.8 10.6 10.0 6.4 4.1 0.4 4.8 5.4 4.8 3.4 3.0 1.7 0.2 1.3 0.5 1.1 1.5 3 Social sciences, business training and law 375.5 417.2 450.9 404.6 350.6 329.2 252.9 167.7 140.2 149.8 36.6 45.9 51.5 55.5 56.2 40.8 35.8 26.7 23.2 22.9 107.5 125.4 150.1 149.5 133.1 128.0 104.8 68.0 64.1 67.4 136.5 148.4 150.4 122.0 102.4 106.5 75.6 49.8 37.0 41.6 77.6 79.2 75.3 61.3 48.7 41.2 29.6 19.3 11.0 16.1 17.2 18.2 23.6 16.4 10.1 12.7 7.0 3.9 4.9 1.9 4 Sciences 62.6 51.6 51.8 60.8 56.8 35.1 36.4 23.2 27.0 26.9 4.4 4.5 4.8 5.2 6.0 1.9 5.5 3.9 4.5 3.9 17.5 20.7 17.6 29.4 28.3 21.4 21.1 11.9 12.7 18.3 26.1 19.7 18.7 21.1 13.7 8.6 3.5 6.0 8.8 3.4 12.2 5.4 8.2 3.3 8.7 1.8 5.3 1.2 0.8 0.8 2.3 1.3 2.4 1.8 0.1 1.3 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.5 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 55.2 61.7 66.9 54.5 56.9 32.2 34.1 18.1 9.5 11.3 5.6 4.3 9.2 5.1 4.4 6.6 4.3 2.3 2.3 1.8 22.9 20.8 24.1 23.0 25.4 12.6 18.6 7.8 4.8 3.5 16.9 25.8 22.1 18.0 14.8 9.2 7.7 6.8 1.6 5.2 8.4 7.5 9.4 7.4 8.5 3.0 3.1 1.1 0.4 0.8 1.4 3.4 2.1 1.0 3.8 0.9 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.0 6 Agriculture 13.7 14.2 10.1 15.6 12.2 10.5 5.3 7.4 5.6 4.2 1.2 1.2 0.4 3.2 2.1 0.5 1.0 0.4 0.8 1.4 2.8 5.6 5.0 4.6 5.4 4.2 3.9 4.4 4.8 2.3 5.9 4.7 3.4 5.5 2.9 5.5 0.1 1.6 0.0 0.5 3.8 0.9 0.9 2.3 1.8 0.4 0.3 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .. 0.0 0.0 7 Health and social services 146.8 157.5 190.7 166.3 127.9 98.1 84.9 61.0 41.3 61.8 30.9 29.2 33.2 42.8 30.2 22.5 17.8 15.5 9.2 13.1 49.0 45.0 60.0 43.0 40.5 39.9 27.6 20.1 13.2 23.1 33.6 45.7 51.7 43.7 34.5 18.1 22.2 16.0 10.8 16.7 26.2 30.7 35.5 25.1 16.5 13.6 13.1 8.3 6.2 8.5 7.1 6.9 10.4 11.7 6.2 4.1 4.3 1.0 1.9 0.3 8 Services 117.5 142.1 111.3 110.3 85.5 84.2 62.4 42.6 38.1 35.3 16.6 28.3 24.9 24.7 18.5 18.0 16.3 10.6 9.6 11.4 36.8 46.7 31.2 40.1 34.2 36.0 22.5 12.5 18.4 15.4 35.6 44.5 33.8 27.2 21.4 22.1 16.2 14.4 6.1 6.2 22.4 18.9 16.0 13.0 9.9 4.9 4.3 4.0 3.5 2.3 6.1 3.7 5.4 5.3 1.6 3.3 3.2 1.1 0.5 0.0 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 39.5 29.1 45.4 47.2 34.3 37.5 30.4 23.4 17.3 20.3 2.2 2.5 3.7 1.2 2.8 3.4 5.4 1.6 1.4 3.0 9.8 6.4 12.5 14.0 16.2 10.1 9.1 11.2 4.0 7.8 9.8 7.0 10.6 12.2 8.8 13.7 4.0 5.1 6.6 4.3 9.9 9.6 12.7 9.2 2.8 4.4 7.4 1.1 3.4 4.1 7.9 3.6 5.9 10.7 3.7 5.8 4.4 4.5 1.8 1.2 Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute