Economically Active Population Survey National results Inactive 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 2,476.4 2,467.7 2,282.3 2,376.9 2,303.9 2,232.1 2,143.2 2,056.2 2,046.0 2,065.1 2,185.8 2,173.7 2,054.5 2,126.0 2,034.9 1,987.1 1,918.5 1,831.0 1,798.9 1,810.7 203.6 197.4 175.6 191.4 204.2 183.7 159.1 156.2 173.2 183.8 38.4 44.4 22.2 30.2 20.9 18.1 23.7 12.9 24.0 27.0 13.1 16.2 11.4 5.6 12.4 15.2 11.1 10.5 12.9 8.0 35.6 36.0 18.5 23.7 31.4 28.0 30.9 45.5 36.9 35.7 0 Basic training and personal development programmes 951.5 961.8 932.5 969.1 948.8 952.6 926.2 870.1 880.8 859.3 929.3 930.8 907.7 939.3 914.0 917.2 889.1 814.8 836.0 813.1 7.0 7.3 6.6 8.8 8.5 6.6 3.6 7.0 4.7 5.2 2.7 5.9 4.5 4.2 1.5 0.9 7.1 4.0 3.2 6.2 1.1 2.8 3.9 1.6 2.2 5.6 5.3 3.8 6.1 5.3 11.5 15.0 9.9 15.2 22.6 22.2 21.1 40.4 30.8 29.6 1 EDUCATION 123.3 113.6 112.0 109.5 113.2 90.8 98.8 95.6 84.8 71.1 96.9 96.5 96.3 93.5 90.3 74.3 86.8 83.4 73.5 61.5 21.2 11.3 13.5 14.1 20.2 11.3 11.2 9.4 8.6 8.2 4.0 5.7 2.2 1.3 1.5 3.4 0.5 2.4 2.3 1.0 1.0 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.1 1.8 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 .. 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.2 2 Arts and Humanities 165.1 172.9 125.2 128.6 124.7 109.9 91.1 95.3 105.2 110.4 103.9 109.9 99.7 106.4 85.5 84.6 70.2 71.8 70.4 82.6 24.1 30.1 16.5 11.6 24.4 17.1 13.0 16.6 25.6 21.8 11.8 9.6 3.9 3.9 5.7 2.0 1.6 1.1 3.4 2.8 5.7 7.1 0.0 0.4 2.9 2.9 1.5 1.8 3.1 0.9 19.6 16.2 5.1 6.4 6.2 3.3 4.7 4.1 2.7 2.3 3 Social sciences, business training and law 360.6 372.6 360.8 383.2 354.0 341.6 325.6 324.8 331.9 300.2 313.0 320.1 303.9 324.1 302.6 297.2 273.1 284.9 286.5 252.1 39.6 41.0 48.2 51.7 44.1 37.3 37.4 34.6 38.0 38.2 4.5 7.2 3.9 5.6 2.5 3.4 9.1 2.6 5.1 7.2 2.4 1.5 3.1 0.4 3.9 1.6 1.4 2.3 0.1 0.5 1.1 2.8 1.7 1.5 1.0 2.1 4.5 0.4 2.2 2.1 4 Sciences 193.6 183.5 159.2 166.5 180.4 160.7 163.7 149.0 152.7 175.4 163.0 151.1 131.9 139.8 146.2 129.2 141.4 123.0 119.5 137.4 26.2 26.9 25.2 26.0 32.6 30.9 22.2 25.9 30.3 33.4 3.2 4.1 0.7 0.7 1.2 0.6 0.0 0.2 1.4 3.5 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.0 0.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 .. 0.0 .. .. .. 0.6 0.9 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 255.6 293.9 266.3 286.6 277.0 295.4 252.7 256.0 229.8 269.1 217.5 250.9 229.6 242.7 235.6 248.1 214.9 224.5 192.8 229.3 34.6 36.7 33.1 36.6 39.9 43.5 36.4 30.1 35.6 37.0 2.9 4.8 2.6 6.7 0.9 2.1 1.0 1.4 1.1 2.9 0.0 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.3 1.7 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.0 .. .. 0.0 0.0 6 Agriculture 33.2 27.7 23.4 23.1 19.1 20.7 20.6 26.6 27.1 26.6 24.4 24.6 18.6 20.8 14.6 16.5 13.9 20.8 22.8 20.1 5.4 1.9 3.7 1.1 4.5 3.6 5.7 5.7 4.3 6.5 2.7 0.8 0.2 1.2 0.0 0.5 1.0 0.0 .. 0.0 0.7 0.3 0.8 0.0 .. .. 0.0 .. 0.0 .. .. 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.0 .. 7 Health and social services 252.0 220.6 192.3 192.7 174.7 171.8 164.1 157.3 157.8 151.5 214.1 188.6 167.9 157.3 150.7 144.1 139.0 137.4 133.3 126.6 31.9 28.5 20.6 26.9 16.2 22.2 20.9 16.3 16.8 22.2 3.2 2.1 1.6 6.5 5.6 4.0 1.7 1.1 5.6 1.7 1.2 1.4 1.9 1.9 2.2 1.5 2.2 2.5 2.0 0.7 1.5 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.2 8 Services 122.1 113.1 92.4 99.7 90.7 76.5 81.2 64.7 54.7 61.6 105.9 93.5 81.9 85.6 78.7 65.0 73.2 55.8 49.7 55.1 12.6 13.4 7.2 13.7 10.1 10.6 6.4 8.5 4.4 4.8 3.3 4.2 2.6 0.3 2.0 0.7 1.6 0.0 0.4 1.7 0.3 1.6 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.2 .. 0.0 .. 0.2 0.2 0.0 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 19.3 8.0 18.1 17.9 21.2 12.0 19.2 16.9 21.1 39.9 17.8 7.6 17.1 16.5 16.7 10.7 16.7 14.7 14.5 32.9 0.9 0.4 1.0 0.7 3.8 0.5 2.3 2.1 4.9 6.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.2 1.5 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.0 .. 0.0 0.0 0.1 .. .. .. 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 .. 0.2 0.4 Males Total 1,222.1 1,202.6 1,114.2 1,164.6 1,153.9 1,082.4 1,019.5 961.6 948.8 952.2 1,086.7 1,074.2 1,009.8 1,061.3 1,021.8 965.6 922.1 866.3 849.3 846.3 110.0 96.8 87.1 90.3 113.7 103.4 84.2 82.5 88.5 94.5 13.2 16.4 7.7 7.7 7.4 6.0 2.7 3.4 6.5 5.2 1.5 4.8 4.5 0.6 3.7 3.1 2.1 2.0 1.2 2.0 10.7 10.3 5.1 4.8 7.3 4.3 8.4 7.4 3.4 4.2 0 Basic training and personal development programmes 468.1 458.5 450.4 470.3 470.1 458.2 436.8 378.2 411.8 389.9 465.0 449.6 442.0 463.1 463.6 451.6 433.2 369.9 408.2 383.0 1.8 3.7 3.2 5.2 4.3 4.1 0.8 1.8 2.0 1.4 0.4 3.5 1.6 0.6 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.8 2.2 0.2 1.3 2.3 0.6 0.5 1.3 0.4 0.5 0.1 1.0 0.7 0.4 1.3 0.8 1.7 1.0 1.8 5.5 0.7 2.3 1 EDUCATION 34.6 26.5 33.3 31.6 31.2 22.2 24.7 21.3 23.4 14.7 25.1 23.1 30.0 24.4 23.5 17.2 20.5 17.8 19.3 12.5 8.1 3.0 3.1 7.2 7.7 4.2 4.0 3.5 3.3 1.6 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .. 0.8 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 .. 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. 0.0 0.2 2 Arts and Humanities 55.3 62.1 51.4 49.1 57.1 38.5 35.7 41.8 40.9 37.5 37.6 43.3 40.9 42.3 34.0 28.3 23.4 32.1 26.9 26.7 9.4 8.8 6.7 4.5 13.4 7.6 8.2 7.7 12.1 9.4 0.9 2.0 2.1 0.0 4.9 0.9 0.4 0.4 1.5 0.4 0.2 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.0 7.2 6.6 1.7 2.4 4.9 1.5 3.2 1.3 0.4 0.9 3 Social sciences, business training and law 169.9 160.3 150.7 164.8 150.3 137.2 120.5 126.1 127.6 109.2 141.3 135.0 130.7 141.0 123.6 114.8 98.7 108.7 108.0 88.8 25.7 21.0 18.8 22.0 23.8 19.7 17.3 14.7 17.0 19.9 2.5 1.6 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.2 1.3 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.5 0.0 2.2 0.3 0.3 1.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 1.8 0.5 1.2 0.2 1.9 2.9 0.4 1.8 0.4 4 Sciences 139.6 124.1 103.8 106.0 115.1 101.7 102.2 98.3 98.9 106.6 118.4 103.9 85.7 90.5 92.7 81.6 89.5 78.4 78.0 84.5 16.8 15.2 16.9 15.1 22.2 19.7 12.6 19.8 18.3 21.2 3.2 4.1 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 1.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.0 0.2 1.2 0.9 1.0 .. 0.0 .. .. .. 0.3 0.3 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 207.4 238.1 212.0 231.1 223.5 234.7 210.0 217.5 177.3 212.3 176.4 205.2 185.0 200.8 192.9 197.4 180.0 194.3 150.4 182.5 27.8 28.5 24.2 24.9 29.0 34.9 29.0 21.8 25.8 27.9 2.6 3.3 1.8 5.2 0.9 2.1 0.5 1.4 1.1 1.9 0.0 0.6 0.8 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.0 .. .. 0.0 0.0 6 Agriculture 18.7 16.4 12.9 11.0 10.9 13.3 11.0 15.5 14.6 12.4 14.3 13.9 10.0 10.6 9.8 10.4 8.8 11.9 11.4 8.9 2.8 1.9 1.8 0.4 1.1 2.4 2.2 3.6 3.2 3.5 1.5 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 .. 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.8 0.0 .. .. .. .. 0.0 .. .. 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.0 .. 7 Health and social services 61.9 59.6 49.1 48.2 38.2 41.2 39.7 30.8 30.0 27.4 53.1 51.5 40.9 38.8 32.5 33.8 32.8 25.8 25.3 21.5 8.0 7.7 7.3 8.6 4.9 6.7 6.6 5.0 4.7 5.3 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 .. 0.3 .. 0.0 .. 8 Services 58.0 52.1 41.5 42.0 44.6 29.0 28.4 21.5 17.4 18.9 48.3 44.0 36.7 39.2 38.9 24.5 25.4 19.0 15.6 17.2 8.8 7.0 4.1 2.4 5.3 3.8 3.0 2.3 1.6 1.8 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 .. 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 .. 0.0 .. 0.2 0.2 0.0 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 8.7 4.9 9.0 10.6 12.9 6.3 10.4 10.6 6.8 23.2 7.4 4.7 8.0 10.6 10.4 5.9 9.8 8.6 6.3 20.7 0.7 0.2 1.0 0.0 1.8 0.4 0.4 2.1 0.5 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 .. 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 .. .. 0.0 0.0 .. .. .. .. 0.2 0.0 0.3 .. 0.0 .. Females Total 1,254.3 1,265.1 1,168.1 1,212.3 1,150.0 1,149.7 1,123.7 1,094.6 1,097.1 1,112.9 1,099.1 1,099.4 1,044.8 1,064.6 1,013.2 1,021.5 996.3 964.7 949.6 964.4 93.6 100.5 88.6 101.1 90.5 80.3 74.9 73.7 84.7 89.3 25.2 28.1 14.5 22.6 13.4 12.1 21.0 9.5 17.5 21.7 11.6 11.4 6.9 5.0 8.8 12.2 9.1 8.5 11.7 6.0 24.9 25.7 13.4 18.9 24.1 23.7 22.5 38.2 33.5 31.6 0 Basic training and personal development programmes 483.5 503.2 482.1 498.8 478.7 494.4 489.5 491.9 469.0 469.4 464.3 481.1 465.6 476.2 450.4 465.6 456.0 444.9 427.9 430.1 5.2 3.6 3.4 3.7 4.2 2.6 2.8 5.3 2.7 3.8 2.2 2.4 2.8 3.5 1.5 0.7 6.5 3.6 2.3 4.0 0.8 1.6 1.6 1.0 1.7 4.3 4.9 3.2 5.9 4.3 10.8 14.6 8.6 14.4 20.8 21.3 19.4 34.9 30.1 27.3 1 EDUCATION 88.8 87.1 78.6 77.9 82.0 68.6 74.0 74.3 61.4 56.4 71.8 73.3 66.3 69.1 66.8 57.1 66.4 65.6 54.2 49.1 13.1 8.3 10.4 7.0 12.4 7.1 7.2 5.9 5.3 6.6 3.2 5.3 1.9 1.3 1.5 3.4 0.5 2.4 1.5 0.8 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 .. 0.0 0.4 0.0 .. 2 Arts and Humanities 109.8 110.8 73.8 79.5 67.5 71.4 55.4 53.4 64.2 72.9 66.3 66.7 58.8 64.1 51.6 56.3 46.8 39.7 43.5 55.8 14.7 21.3 9.8 7.2 11.0 9.5 4.9 8.8 13.5 12.4 10.9 7.7 1.8 3.9 0.8 1.1 1.3 0.7 1.9 2.4 5.5 5.6 0.0 0.4 2.9 2.6 0.9 1.3 3.1 0.9 12.4 9.6 3.4 4.0 1.3 1.8 1.5 2.9 2.3 1.3 3 Social sciences, business training and law 190.7 212.3 210.1 218.5 203.7 204.3 205.1 198.7 204.3 190.9 171.7 185.1 173.2 183.1 179.0 182.4 174.4 176.2 178.4 163.3 14.0 20.0 29.4 29.7 20.2 17.6 20.1 19.9 21.0 18.3 2.0 5.7 3.7 5.0 2.0 2.8 7.9 1.3 4.3 7.2 2.4 0.6 2.7 0.4 1.7 1.3 1.1 1.3 0.1 0.5 0.6 1.0 1.2 0.3 0.8 0.2 1.6 0.0 0.5 1.7 4 Sciences 54.0 59.4 55.3 60.5 65.3 59.0 61.5 50.8 53.8 68.8 44.6 47.2 46.2 49.3 53.5 47.6 52.0 44.6 41.5 52.9 9.4 11.7 8.3 10.9 10.4 11.2 9.6 6.0 12.0 12.2 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.3 1.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 3.1 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 .. 0.0 .. .. .. 0.3 0.6 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 48.3 55.7 54.3 55.5 53.5 60.7 42.8 38.5 52.5 56.8 41.1 45.7 44.6 41.9 42.7 50.8 34.9 30.2 42.4 46.8 6.9 8.2 8.8 11.7 10.8 8.6 7.4 8.3 9.8 9.1 0.3 1.5 0.8 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 .. 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.0 1.3 .. .. 0.2 0.0 .. .. 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6 Agriculture 14.6 11.3 10.6 12.1 8.2 7.4 9.6 11.1 12.5 14.3 10.1 10.8 8.6 10.2 4.8 6.1 5.1 9.0 11.4 11.2 2.6 0.0 2.0 0.8 3.4 1.3 3.5 2.1 1.1 3.1 1.2 0.6 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 .. 0.0 0.7 .. 0.0 .. .. .. 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 Health and social services 190.1 161.0 143.2 144.6 136.5 130.6 124.4 126.4 127.8 124.1 161.0 137.1 127.0 118.5 118.3 110.3 106.2 111.6 108.0 105.2 23.9 20.9 13.4 18.3 11.3 15.5 14.3 11.2 12.1 16.9 2.9 1.6 0.9 5.9 4.8 3.4 1.7 1.1 5.6 1.5 1.2 1.4 1.9 1.9 2.2 1.4 2.2 2.5 2.0 0.2 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 8 Services 64.1 61.0 50.9 57.7 46.1 47.5 52.7 43.1 37.3 42.6 57.6 49.5 45.2 46.4 39.8 40.4 47.8 36.8 34.1 38.0 3.7 6.4 3.1 11.3 4.7 6.8 3.3 6.2 2.8 3.0 2.4 3.4 2.1 0.0 1.6 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.4 1.7 0.3 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 .. 0.2 0.0 0.0 .. 0.4 0.2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 10.6 3.2 9.1 7.3 8.3 5.7 8.8 6.3 14.4 16.7 10.4 2.9 9.1 5.9 6.3 4.8 6.9 6.1 8.2 12.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.7 2.0 0.2 1.9 0.0 4.4 4.1 0.0 0.0 .. 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.2 1.5 0.0 .. 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 .. .. 0.0 0.0 0.1 .. .. .. 0.2 0.0 0.3 .. .. 0.2 0.4 Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute