Economically Active Population Survey National results Unemployed population by situation prior to looking for job, sex and age group. Percentages with regards the total in each age group Units: % 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 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 Both sexes Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Working (employed) person 63.5 64.9 64.7 67.7 68.0 69.7 70.3 70.2 71.6 70.3 69.6 67.4 59.9 54.5 49.9 34.0 29.5 28.3 24.5 26.1 24.7 27.6 31.4 35.5 39.5 41.9 47.5 41.0 34.5 31.2 59.3 61.8 60.1 64.0 62.2 67.0 72.3 71.1 75.5 72.3 74.6 71.6 63.8 59.7 53.3 69.2 71.5 73.3 77.6 78.4 79.9 80.5 79.3 80.1 78.9 77.6 72.0 65.9 59.7 59.4 75.3 75.5 75.7 77.8 80.6 82.5 80.3 80.9 80.8 80.1 74.6 74.2 66.9 59.2 55.7 75.6 79.3 77.0 84.9 83.0 85.1 80.4 82.8 80.7 80.8 77.6 73.9 69.2 73.0 55.6 Student 13.6 15.0 14.8 15.3 14.7 15.4 14.1 13.4 12.6 13.0 11.6 10.6 14.4 17.8 20.2 55.0 59.7 60.7 66.6 65.0 64.9 64.1 57.9 54.1 49.3 43.0 36.8 41.8 47.3 50.7 16.2 20.0 20.0 19.3 18.4 19.3 14.4 13.5 10.9 12.1 9.6 8.0 12.6 15.6 20.2 3.7 3.4 3.2 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.0 1.9 1.5 1.9 1.7 1.8 3.5 5.6 4.3 0.9 1.5 1.4 1.4 0.7 1.4 0.8 0.5 1.0 0.6 1.6 0.7 1.2 3.1 3.2 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.1 .. 0.6 .. 0.2 1.5 Housework 8.6 8.9 9.9 8.6 8.3 7.6 7.9 8.5 8.3 9.2 10.3 10.4 13.0 16.0 17.0 2.9 1.9 3.4 4.0 2.6 3.8 2.2 3.8 3.7 4.2 5.1 4.9 6.7 7.9 6.5 6.9 7.2 7.2 7.8 9.2 6.5 6.3 6.0 6.3 8.5 7.4 8.7 10.5 13.6 14.0 11.1 12.2 11.7 10.8 8.9 8.9 8.9 11.1 10.5 10.9 12.9 13.4 17.7 20.9 23.8 10.9 11.7 13.1 11.2 9.6 9.6 11.2 11.2 10.1 11.8 15.2 14.4 18.4 24.2 27.6 9.9 9.3 12.5 6.8 9.8 7.7 10.8 10.0 12.5 11.6 14.5 14.0 16.4 18.6 23.6 Other family responsibilities 2.2 3.2 3.1 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.8 2.1 1.8 1.6 1.7 2.5 3.5 3.6 3.8 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.7 1.1 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.8 1.1 1.3 3.5 3.4 3.9 3.6 2.0 1.8 1.9 1.7 2.9 1.7 1.4 1.5 2.4 4.2 3.3 3.4 2.7 4.6 3.9 2.9 2.9 2.6 2.7 2.4 2.3 2.1 2.2 3.3 4.4 6.1 4.6 1.4 3.2 3.3 2.1 2.2 1.2 1.8 1.6 2.0 2.1 1.9 3.1 4.5 4.6 3.8 1.6 2.6 2.6 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.9 2.0 1.5 2.2 2.9 3.7 3.0 3.5 Other situation 12.1 7.9 7.5 6.4 7.0 5.6 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.9 6.9 9.1 9.1 8.0 9.2 7.1 8.0 6.5 4.2 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.8 5.9 6.4 9.3 10.1 9.5 8.9 8.2 14.2 7.1 9.0 6.8 8.5 5.3 5.3 6.6 5.7 5.6 6.8 9.2 9.0 7.9 9.2 13.3 8.3 8.0 6.6 7.5 6.3 5.9 5.3 5.7 6.2 5.6 9.5 8.5 7.6 7.8 11.6 8.1 6.5 7.4 6.8 5.4 5.9 5.8 6.1 5.4 6.6 7.6 8.9 8.9 9.8 12.6 8.4 7.2 5.9 5.5 5.6 7.2 5.2 4.5 6.0 5.7 8.6 10.7 5.3 15.7 Males Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Working (employed) person 68.8 70.2 70.5 73.1 74.0 75.2 77.0 77.8 78.5 78.1 78.4 75.7 69.8 64.6 59.6 37.8 30.2 33.9 26.6 28.8 26.1 30.7 36.4 39.0 44.5 46.0 51.9 49.2 38.1 37.4 63.6 65.8 61.9 68.4 66.7 71.6 77.9 77.8 81.2 78.0 81.4 79.9 70.8 68.2 60.1 77.8 78.8 83.8 87.5 86.3 88.6 88.1 88.5 88.2 90.0 88.1 81.9 79.0 75.9 73.5 81.2 83.9 85.0 86.2 89.6 90.0 89.6 89.7 88.8 89.2 88.2 85.2 81.9 73.1 71.9 83.7 88.5 83.8 90.9 91.2 91.6 88.8 90.9 92.0 90.0 90.5 84.6 79.3 86.3 70.8 Student 13.9 16.5 15.9 16.8 14.6 15.9 13.6 12.6 12.1 12.5 10.6 9.8 14.1 17.4 20.3 51.0 59.7 55.8 67.9 61.8 64.7 61.4 53.7 53.3 46.8 39.4 33.5 37.4 43.9 46.2 16.5 23.0 23.9 19.8 18.7 20.0 13.8 13.1 9.6 12.0 9.0 7.8 13.9 15.2 19.9 2.7 3.4 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.7 1.3 1.7 1.5 1.4 0.9 1.3 3.1 6.7 6.8 0.9 0.9 0.5 1.3 0.2 1.3 0.7 0.2 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.4 1.3 3.3 5.0 0.5 0.1 0.7 0.6 0.2 .. .. .. 0.1 .. .. 0.7 .. 0.3 1.3 Housework 2.8 2.3 2.9 1.7 1.6 1.3 1.7 2.0 2.0 2.1 1.7 2.0 2.2 3.8 3.6 3.0 0.5 1.9 1.4 1.7 1.5 1.1 2.5 1.1 2.2 1.9 1.3 2.3 3.6 2.9 2.2 2.0 2.3 2.7 2.1 2.4 1.7 2.1 1.9 2.2 1.5 1.9 2.3 3.9 3.1 3.0 3.6 2.7 1.3 1.2 1.1 2.0 1.7 2.7 1.2 2.0 3.0 3.7 3.8 5.5 3.6 3.1 3.6 1.9 1.6 0.7 1.5 2.1 1.9 3.0 1.7 1.8 0.4 3.9 3.4 2.4 2.1 4.0 0.9 1.3 0.6 1.7 1.7 2.3 1.5 1.4 1.6 0.8 4.4 3.3 Other family responsibilities 0.8 1.3 0.7 1.0 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.9 2.3 2.5 0.3 0.2 .. 0.9 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.5 1.5 2.6 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.1 1.2 0.6 0.1 0.7 0.3 0.4 1.3 1.1 3.2 0.8 2.4 0.6 1.8 0.6 1.0 0.5 0.9 0.2 0.4 1.0 0.9 2.6 3.0 1.1 0.6 1.9 0.7 1.0 1.0 0.1 0.6 0.4 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.8 3.7 5.5 2.1 1.4 0.4 1.5 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.8 1.1 0.5 0.8 1.1 1.1 2.9 1.6 3.9 Other situation 13.6 9.7 10.1 7.4 9.0 7.2 7.1 6.9 7.0 6.7 8.7 11.6 11.9 11.8 14.0 7.9 9.4 8.4 3.3 7.1 7.6 6.5 6.9 6.3 6.3 12.4 13.0 10.5 13.0 10.9 16.6 8.2 10.9 8.4 11.6 5.9 5.5 6.4 7.2 7.0 7.8 10.1 11.7 11.7 13.7 15.7 11.7 10.4 7.5 10.4 7.7 7.9 7.2 7.5 6.9 7.9 12.9 11.6 10.6 13.1 13.8 10.2 10.2 9.6 7.7 7.8 7.6 7.6 7.4 6.1 8.2 10.7 12.6 14.3 17.7 12.0 8.9 10.0 6.9 6.8 7.5 8.7 6.3 5.0 7.6 7.1 12.0 17.0 7.4 20.6 Females Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Working (employed) person 58.8 60.2 59.3 62.5 62.1 64.0 63.1 61.7 63.6 61.2 59.0 57.1 49.7 46.4 42.4 29.6 28.7 21.3 21.9 22.9 23.1 24.1 25.5 31.3 33.4 36.8 41.7 31.5 31.4 25.8 55.3 58.2 58.4 59.9 57.9 62.3 66.6 63.8 68.5 65.7 66.4 61.3 56.4 53.0 48.4 62.6 65.8 65.0 70.0 71.6 72.0 72.9 69.7 71.5 66.7 66.0 60.4 54.3 48.3 50.0 70.4 68.8 67.8 70.4 72.4 75.0 70.1 70.9 71.7 69.8 59.2 61.6 51.5 48.6 44.7 67.6 69.9 69.9 78.0 73.2 76.8 68.9 71.5 64.8 66.9 56.4 58.8 56.5 57.2 35.7 Student 13.4 13.6 13.9 13.8 14.7 14.9 14.7 14.2 13.2 13.5 12.8 11.6 14.7 18.1 20.2 59.7 59.7 67.0 65.0 68.7 65.2 67.3 63.0 55.1 52.4 47.4 41.3 46.7 50.4 54.5 15.8 17.1 16.5 18.9 18.0 18.6 14.9 13.9 12.4 12.3 10.3 8.4 11.2 15.9 20.4 4.4 3.5 3.8 2.2 3.0 3.0 2.6 2.1 1.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 3.9 4.9 2.7 0.9 1.9 2.2 1.5 1.2 1.5 0.9 0.9 1.3 0.8 2.7 1.0 1.0 2.9 2.0 0.1 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.2 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.3 .. 0.3 .. .. 1.8 Housework 13.8 14.8 16.4 15.2 14.9 13.9 14.8 15.7 15.6 17.6 20.7 20.8 24.2 25.8 27.3 2.8 3.4 5.4 7.2 3.6 6.4 3.4 5.4 6.8 6.7 9.0 9.5 11.6 11.7 9.5 11.3 12.0 11.7 12.6 16.0 10.7 11.1 10.2 11.7 15.7 14.6 17.3 19.1 21.2 21.9 17.4 18.8 18.8 18.1 15.6 15.9 15.7 20.9 18.9 21.5 24.9 25.6 30.1 32.9 36.0 16.9 18.6 21.2 19.4 17.1 18.3 21.7 21.4 19.5 21.7 30.5 28.9 36.9 39.9 43.9 17.3 16.7 21.5 13.7 20.2 16.7 23.3 21.3 26.7 26.8 36.2 31.4 36.1 35.3 50.1 Other family responsibilities 3.4 5.0 5.3 2.9 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.7 3.4 2.7 2.9 4.5 5.2 4.7 4.7 1.8 1.7 2.2 0.7 0.9 2.3 1.3 1.6 1.4 0.9 1.5 1.3 1.7 1.2 4.2 5.6 6.6 6.0 3.1 2.6 3.7 2.2 5.4 3.6 2.2 3.0 5.0 7.2 5.0 3.5 4.2 6.3 6.4 3.8 4.9 4.1 4.9 4.0 4.5 4.0 3.4 6.1 5.9 8.3 7.0 2.1 4.2 5.6 3.1 3.3 2.2 3.1 3.1 2.9 3.2 2.7 4.6 5.4 3.9 4.9 1.9 4.9 3.9 2.8 2.5 2.7 2.0 3.0 4.1 2.5 4.0 5.6 4.7 4.6 3.1 Other situation 10.7 6.4 5.2 5.5 5.1 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.2 4.9 4.6 6.0 6.2 5.0 5.5 6.2 6.4 4.1 5.3 3.9 2.9 4.0 4.6 5.4 6.6 5.3 6.2 8.4 5.3 5.9 12.0 6.0 7.4 5.4 5.5 4.7 5.2 6.7 3.8 4.0 5.7 8.0 6.1 4.9 5.9 11.5 5.6 6.0 6.0 4.9 5.0 3.9 3.3 3.7 5.5 3.2 5.4 5.9 5.5 4.3 9.7 6.5 3.3 5.5 6.0 3.0 4.2 3.7 4.6 4.6 4.8 3.9 5.2 4.7 4.4 13.2 7.9 4.3 4.7 3.9 3.0 5.3 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.3 4.0 2.7 2.8 9.3 Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute