Economically Active Population Survey National results Inactive 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 577.1 581.0 933.7 865.9 888.7 928.6 908.9 895.7 963.9 986.2 252.1 272.2 379.5 316.6 315.5 340.0 335.4 321.1 365.0 396.8 72.7 66.1 94.3 104.6 92.7 116.2 123.4 129.8 158.0 163.6 49.6 39.8 57.8 52.4 79.3 70.6 65.7 68.2 93.4 81.7 34.2 30.9 43.6 50.0 54.0 52.0 62.9 70.9 71.4 70.9 168.4 172.0 358.5 342.3 347.1 349.8 321.6 305.6 276.0 273.2 0 Basic training and personal development programmes 81.0 67.7 165.3 176.1 193.7 184.8 167.8 165.6 156.4 185.3 24.4 14.5 28.2 25.0 38.1 24.1 26.1 24.6 30.8 43.7 7.6 4.9 8.6 7.9 8.7 9.5 11.9 17.3 8.9 15.2 3.3 5.3 7.6 10.4 9.8 8.3 6.8 6.0 13.6 10.9 4.8 4.5 2.6 9.0 8.6 5.0 6.4 10.6 13.7 17.5 41.0 38.4 118.3 123.7 128.6 137.9 116.5 107.0 89.3 98.0 1 EDUCATION 21.6 7.8 12.4 13.7 17.1 31.6 26.6 20.6 30.8 29.3 8.8 2.2 4.3 5.2 5.2 7.5 8.4 8.9 11.0 12.4 7.5 2.5 6.7 6.1 7.3 19.4 12.7 7.9 15.5 14.8 4.5 2.1 1.2 1.9 3.0 3.6 1.5 3.1 4.3 0.3 0.8 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.5 1.2 3.3 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 1.1 0.0 0.6 0.2 0.0 1.6 2 Arts and Humanities 270.0 290.7 459.9 382.8 338.7 346.2 355.1 321.0 315.3 327.3 143.8 173.5 247.1 198.7 166.4 188.1 175.8 150.4 151.6 161.5 22.8 25.0 40.5 33.9 27.8 27.2 25.4 25.0 33.6 35.9 13.5 11.7 17.7 18.9 24.1 20.1 17.1 15.7 14.1 18.1 14.2 11.2 22.6 17.9 16.2 16.2 23.7 28.4 22.8 21.6 75.6 69.3 131.9 113.3 104.2 94.6 113.0 101.5 93.4 90.2 3 Social sciences, business training and law 29.5 26.1 26.7 32.2 37.0 48.2 61.6 53.2 58.1 60.6 6.8 5.2 6.5 10.6 10.2 15.2 19.0 15.1 15.0 20.1 11.8 11.4 7.2 13.4 12.3 17.4 29.4 20.7 25.6 24.6 8.3 3.5 7.2 5.1 9.7 10.1 7.8 8.7 8.3 9.0 1.2 2.0 2.2 2.0 2.5 1.4 2.4 2.4 5.3 4.1 1.5 3.8 3.6 1.1 2.4 4.0 3.0 6.4 3.9 2.7 4 Sciences 52.9 72.9 87.4 81.8 104.7 100.5 104.4 102.7 122.4 110.7 8.5 18.5 16.4 11.8 21.8 16.8 25.4 25.9 34.1 32.3 3.7 4.0 5.0 3.7 9.1 6.6 5.8 10.0 13.5 12.7 1.4 3.0 3.6 5.0 3.1 10.4 11.5 8.6 25.3 15.5 5.5 5.2 7.3 11.2 9.5 13.2 11.6 10.8 10.5 16.0 33.9 42.3 55.2 50.1 61.2 53.3 50.1 47.3 39.1 34.2 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 13.0 17.4 17.9 23.4 22.9 25.9 25.8 29.9 30.7 38.8 4.1 8.8 7.1 8.2 13.1 14.0 12.9 12.8 14.6 22.1 1.6 2.0 3.4 6.4 2.6 4.2 4.7 4.3 10.5 8.7 2.1 1.6 4.3 3.3 4.0 3.7 4.4 6.4 2.5 4.4 1.6 3.7 0.3 0.4 0.6 2.6 2.4 3.1 1.2 0.6 3.6 1.3 2.8 5.1 2.5 1.3 1.5 3.4 2.0 3.0 6 Agriculture 4.0 4.0 5.2 7.6 5.2 4.5 6.5 8.5 6.5 6.7 1.3 1.5 2.4 5.1 2.9 1.8 3.6 3.8 0.9 2.4 0.6 1.0 1.1 2.3 1.0 1.5 1.7 0.6 1.2 1.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.9 1.6 0.0 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.5 1.4 0.0 1.8 0.9 1.4 0.3 0.7 0.8 1.0 3.1 2.1 1.6 7 Health and social services 29.4 15.3 32.1 36.5 39.7 33.6 28.7 32.7 39.3 43.7 9.3 6.3 9.7 6.3 5.7 7.4 6.1 9.0 8.4 12.6 6.1 4.6 4.7 13.4 6.8 4.9 11.1 6.5 7.6 13.5 8.0 1.3 5.4 2.4 10.2 5.8 3.2 6.6 5.5 5.2 2.7 0.5 3.1 2.8 7.4 6.2 2.6 2.8 4.5 4.1 3.3 2.6 9.2 11.6 9.6 9.5 5.7 7.8 13.4 8.3 8 Services 63.0 52.7 89.8 77.1 81.9 114.6 89.7 92.9 112.5 85.2 39.8 31.4 43.3 31.6 39.0 52.9 41.6 45.1 59.9 49.1 8.7 8.4 14.7 13.3 12.7 21.8 16.5 24.1 24.0 18.9 6.5 7.2 9.4 3.9 6.6 5.3 9.0 8.3 10.2 6.3 3.1 1.3 4.1 5.5 3.5 3.4 8.7 4.4 8.4 2.1 4.9 4.4 18.2 22.9 20.2 31.2 13.9 11.1 9.9 8.8 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 12.7 26.5 36.9 34.7 47.8 38.7 42.7 68.6 92.0 98.6 5.3 10.3 14.5 14.2 13.2 12.2 16.5 25.6 38.8 40.6 2.3 2.3 2.4 4.1 4.5 3.7 4.2 13.5 17.5 18.2 1.8 4.1 1.2 1.6 8.2 3.1 3.9 4.4 9.0 10.4 0.4 0.8 1.0 0.9 5.3 2.5 1.8 7.4 3.7 4.6 2.9 8.9 17.8 13.9 16.6 17.1 16.4 17.8 22.9 24.8 Males Total 215.8 232.4 359.7 296.2 316.4 311.0 321.3 301.3 341.6 335.9 110.3 133.2 181.4 147.4 158.6 151.6 145.1 139.3 170.6 175.5 28.5 29.3 41.5 35.0 36.8 44.7 51.5 55.2 67.5 69.2 13.9 7.3 19.6 15.6 21.0 19.3 18.4 16.5 22.5 17.0 8.0 8.6 7.1 11.0 7.4 8.5 16.3 12.8 15.9 10.1 55.2 54.0 110.1 87.2 92.5 87.0 90.1 77.5 65.1 64.1 0 Basic training and personal development programmes 28.4 22.1 49.1 41.5 56.1 43.7 41.1 32.6 34.0 49.7 12.4 7.7 18.7 12.0 19.2 13.7 14.2 9.7 14.4 25.1 5.5 2.1 5.4 2.8 5.5 2.0 5.7 4.0 2.1 7.2 0.8 1.7 2.1 2.4 5.1 4.1 2.8 2.2 2.8 1.5 1.7 0.3 0.9 1.8 0.0 1.1 0.6 2.1 2.7 2.2 7.9 10.1 22.0 22.5 26.4 22.8 17.8 14.7 12.0 13.6 1 EDUCATION 5.5 3.3 3.5 3.2 3.2 8.4 4.3 5.1 9.9 12.9 1.9 0.8 1.1 1.9 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 3.7 3.1 2.9 1.4 2.4 0.8 1.7 6.6 3.2 3.0 5.3 9.3 0.5 1.1 0.0 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.0 0.9 0.9 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 2 Arts and Humanities 97.9 111.7 179.7 141.5 114.9 117.4 123.8 99.2 109.2 96.9 58.3 79.8 108.4 89.2 74.4 80.3 64.0 53.3 63.7 59.4 8.2 9.7 12.3 11.6 8.7 5.6 9.1 10.1 17.6 11.5 3.3 0.7 4.5 5.8 4.4 5.1 2.0 2.3 1.0 1.9 1.7 2.8 3.3 3.4 1.1 0.6 7.8 1.5 4.0 2.3 26.4 18.7 51.3 31.4 26.3 25.8 40.9 31.9 22.9 21.9 3 Social sciences, business training and law 7.3 11.8 6.1 9.3 11.7 16.6 18.2 19.5 26.9 18.8 1.4 3.3 1.0 2.7 5.7 5.1 7.7 4.9 4.9 7.2 2.6 4.7 3.2 4.1 3.6 6.5 8.5 9.1 14.9 6.7 2.1 0.4 0.7 1.5 1.4 2.6 1.2 1.3 3.5 1.8 0.4 1.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.0 0.7 0.0 1.2 1.5 0.9 1.8 0.5 0.3 0.4 2.4 0.2 4.1 2.4 1.8 4 Sciences 25.6 28.8 41.5 37.0 46.7 38.9 44.6 36.5 41.8 39.1 5.9 7.3 10.7 5.7 13.6 7.2 11.9 10.6 13.3 15.4 3.4 2.5 2.9 0.6 6.9 4.3 2.7 5.4 3.8 5.5 1.1 1.4 0.6 2.8 0.2 0.8 4.1 0.3 5.4 1.7 1.6 0.3 1.5 2.6 1.1 3.0 3.3 1.8 2.7 2.1 13.6 17.3 25.8 25.3 24.9 23.6 22.5 18.4 16.7 14.4 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 7.7 12.7 13.4 16.0 20.0 17.1 19.5 23.5 21.8 31.8 3.2 6.2 5.0 7.6 11.7 9.8 11.5 10.4 12.4 20.4 0.2 1.7 2.2 4.4 2.3 3.3 3.9 3.3 6.9 7.3 1.6 1.4 3.7 1.5 3.4 2.7 1.7 5.5 1.2 2.2 0.4 2.1 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.6 2.8 0.4 0.6 2.2 1.3 2.1 2.1 2.0 0.4 0.8 1.5 1.0 1.2 6 Agriculture 2.7 3.1 4.1 5.3 1.8 3.7 4.5 5.3 4.6 4.8 1.0 0.6 1.9 2.8 1.1 1.6 2.7 2.5 0.4 1.6 0.0 1.0 0.7 2.3 0.3 1.5 1.1 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.2 1.6 0.0 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.4 0.9 1.4 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.6 2.3 2.1 1.6 7 Health and social services 5.6 2.8 7.5 5.5 7.2 7.5 7.9 9.9 7.9 8.6 2.2 1.6 1.7 2.5 1.0 1.3 1.2 4.5 3.7 2.6 1.4 0.2 1.9 0.9 0.7 2.4 4.7 2.1 0.5 2.2 1.3 0.0 1.2 0.4 2.7 0.0 0.8 1.1 0.9 1.9 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.4 1.2 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.9 2.7 1.3 2.4 2.5 0.8 1.9 2.2 1.4 8 Services 29.2 26.1 41.3 25.7 36.5 48.2 39.5 44.5 55.1 38.5 21.0 19.7 23.2 15.3 22.3 27.5 21.6 26.8 33.9 22.2 3.1 5.1 9.3 6.1 4.1 10.2 9.5 11.5 11.3 10.6 2.0 0.4 5.8 0.6 2.7 2.1 3.9 1.7 4.7 1.9 2.0 0.5 0.2 1.3 2.1 1.4 1.7 3.0 3.1 0.8 1.2 0.4 2.8 2.3 5.4 7.0 2.7 1.5 2.0 2.9 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 6.0 10.1 13.5 11.3 18.3 9.4 18.0 25.2 30.5 34.7 2.9 6.2 9.7 7.8 8.5 3.9 9.3 15.5 20.2 18.4 1.2 0.9 1.1 1.4 3.0 2.1 3.1 6.8 4.3 8.9 1.1 0.2 1.0 0.0 0.9 1.3 1.9 0.7 2.0 2.5 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.3 1.7 0.3 0.0 1.1 0.3 0.1 0.8 2.6 1.7 1.8 4.3 1.8 3.8 1.1 3.8 4.8 Females Total 361.3 348.5 574.0 569.6 572.3 617.5 587.6 594.4 622.3 650.3 141.9 139.0 198.1 169.2 156.9 188.4 190.3 181.8 194.5 221.4 44.2 36.8 52.8 69.6 55.9 71.5 71.9 74.6 90.6 94.4 35.7 32.5 38.1 36.9 58.3 51.3 47.3 51.7 70.9 64.7 26.2 22.3 36.5 39.0 46.6 43.5 46.6 58.1 55.5 60.7 113.3 118.0 248.4 255.1 254.6 262.9 231.5 228.1 210.8 209.1 0 Basic training and personal development programmes 52.6 45.6 116.1 134.7 137.6 141.0 126.7 132.9 122.3 135.6 11.9 6.7 9.5 13.0 18.8 10.4 11.9 14.9 16.4 18.6 2.1 2.8 3.1 5.1 3.2 7.5 6.3 13.4 6.8 8.0 2.4 3.6 5.6 8.0 4.7 4.3 4.1 3.8 10.8 9.3 3.1 4.2 1.6 7.3 8.6 3.8 5.8 8.6 11.1 15.3 33.1 28.3 96.4 101.3 102.2 115.1 98.6 92.4 77.3 84.4 1 EDUCATION 16.1 4.5 9.0 10.5 13.9 23.2 22.3 15.5 20.9 16.4 6.9 1.4 3.2 3.3 4.0 6.4 7.4 7.9 7.3 9.2 4.6 1.1 4.3 5.3 5.6 12.8 9.5 4.9 10.2 5.4 4.0 1.0 1.2 1.3 2.7 2.9 1.5 2.2 3.4 0.3 0.6 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.5 1.2 3.3 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 1.1 0.0 0.6 0.2 0.0 1.1 2 Arts and Humanities 172.1 179.0 280.2 241.3 223.9 228.9 231.3 221.8 206.2 230.4 85.5 93.7 138.8 109.5 92.1 107.8 111.8 97.1 87.8 102.1 14.6 15.4 28.2 22.3 19.1 21.6 16.3 14.9 16.0 24.4 10.3 11.0 13.2 13.1 19.7 15.0 15.2 13.4 13.0 16.3 12.5 8.3 19.4 14.5 15.1 15.6 15.9 26.9 18.8 19.3 49.3 50.6 80.7 81.9 77.9 68.8 72.1 69.6 70.5 68.3 3 Social sciences, business training and law 22.3 14.3 20.7 22.9 25.3 31.5 43.4 33.8 31.1 41.7 5.4 1.9 5.5 7.9 4.4 10.1 11.4 10.1 10.1 12.9 9.2 6.7 4.0 9.3 8.7 10.9 20.9 11.6 10.8 18.0 6.3 3.1 6.5 3.6 8.3 7.4 6.7 7.3 4.8 7.2 0.8 0.5 1.6 1.3 1.9 1.4 1.6 2.4 4.1 2.6 0.6 2.0 3.1 0.8 2.0 1.6 2.8 2.3 1.4 1.0 4 Sciences 27.3 44.1 45.9 44.7 58.0 61.6 59.8 66.2 80.6 71.6 2.6 11.2 5.6 6.1 8.2 9.6 13.4 15.3 20.8 16.9 0.3 1.5 2.0 3.1 2.2 2.3 3.1 4.6 9.8 7.2 0.3 1.5 3.0 2.2 2.9 9.6 7.4 8.3 19.9 13.8 3.9 4.9 5.8 8.6 8.4 10.2 8.3 9.0 7.7 13.9 20.2 25.0 29.4 24.8 36.2 29.8 27.6 28.9 22.4 19.8 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction 5.3 4.8 4.6 7.4 2.9 8.7 6.3 6.4 8.9 7.0 0.8 2.6 2.1 0.6 1.4 4.2 1.4 2.4 2.2 1.7 1.4 0.3 1.3 2.0 0.3 0.9 0.8 1.0 3.6 1.4 0.5 0.2 0.5 1.8 0.7 1.0 2.7 0.8 1.3 2.2 1.2 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7 0.8 0.3 0.8 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.7 3.0 0.5 0.9 0.6 1.9 1.0 1.7 6 Agriculture 1.3 0.9 1.1 2.3 3.4 0.8 2.1 3.2 1.9 2.0 0.3 0.9 0.5 2.3 1.8 0.2 0.9 1.3 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.3 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.3 .. 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.8 0.0 .. 7 Health and social services 23.8 12.5 24.6 31.0 32.5 26.1 20.8 22.8 31.5 35.0 7.1 4.7 7.9 3.8 4.7 6.0 4.9 4.5 4.7 9.9 4.7 4.4 2.8 12.6 6.0 2.4 6.4 4.4 7.1 11.3 6.7 1.3 4.2 2.0 7.5 5.8 2.5 5.5 4.6 3.3 2.7 0.4 3.1 2.4 7.0 5.0 2.1 2.5 3.8 3.6 2.5 1.7 6.5 10.3 7.2 6.9 4.9 5.9 11.2 6.9 8 Services 33.7 26.5 48.5 51.4 45.4 66.4 50.3 48.4 57.4 46.7 18.8 11.7 20.2 16.3 16.7 25.4 20.0 18.3 26.0 26.8 5.6 3.2 5.4 7.2 8.6 11.6 6.9 12.6 12.7 8.3 4.5 6.8 3.7 3.3 3.9 3.2 5.1 6.6 5.5 4.4 1.0 0.8 3.9 4.2 1.4 2.0 7.0 1.4 5.3 1.3 3.7 4.0 15.4 20.5 14.8 24.2 11.2 9.6 7.9 5.9 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable 6.7 16.4 23.4 23.4 29.5 29.3 24.7 43.4 61.4 63.9 2.4 4.1 4.8 6.4 4.7 8.3 7.3 10.1 18.6 22.2 1.1 1.4 1.3 2.7 1.5 1.6 1.1 6.7 13.3 9.3 0.7 4.0 0.1 1.6 7.3 1.8 2.0 3.7 7.0 7.9 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.6 3.7 2.2 1.8 6.3 3.5 4.4 2.1 6.3 16.2 12.1 12.3 15.3 12.6 16.6 19.1 20.0 Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute