Economically Active Population Survey National results Population aged 16 years old and over currently enrolled in regulated studies by sector of 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,3,703.2,3,823.1,3,426.5,3,500.2,3,400.6,3,259.5,3,117.4,3,038.7,3,054.2,3,038.6,2,622.6,2,669.5,2,521.7,2,614.9,2,484.9,2,447.3,2,367.7,2,340.9,2,302.2,2,306.3,644.7,683.8,583.4,590.0,625.4,565.6,506.2,478.5,513.4,523.0,272.2,287.8,209.4,182.2,179.7,149.3,156.8,114.7,127.1,121.4,103.8,126.3,81.2,79.5,66.2,58.2,51.9,49.6,62.6,43.7,59.9,55.6,30.8,33.6,44.4,39.1,34.9,55.1,48.8,44.1, 0 Basic training and personal development programmes,1,070.9,1,122.4,1,110.8,1,139.1,1,123.1,1,129.8,1,086.8,1,035.3,1,071.2,1,029.1,1,003.6,1,025.6,1,023.1,1,057.1,1,021.3,1,052.4,1,007.9,946.4,985.3,952.5,34.1,45.7,40.2,33.7,46.9,29.3,27.3,22.8,29.0,21.7,13.4,19.6,20.4,19.6,22.3,11.3,18.1,16.0,9.1,12.5,4.5,13.4,15.2,10.4,6.0,10.9,11.5,7.0,12.9,9.9,15.2,18.1,11.8,18.4,26.5,26.0,22.0,43.1,34.8,32.5, 1 EDUCATION,209.5,217.4,199.9,208.8,183.1,189.0,184.4,172.1,159.7,144.1,136.4,138.9,128.9,134.3,120.0,109.9,124.2,126.1,105.1,91.2,53.4,53.5,48.5,57.3,49.2,57.2,44.0,34.0,31.9,41.2,14.5,21.5,18.2,11.1,9.7,16.0,13.0,9.4,15.6,7.3,4.8,3.3,3.1,6.0,1.9,5.9,3.0,2.0,6.4,3.7,0.3,0.3,1.1,0.1,2.2,..,0.2,0.7,0.8,0.7, 2 Arts and Humanities,432.5,469.6,204.3,227.7,233.8,206.6,174.1,193.5,192.9,208.8,152.4,167.4,124.8,138.6,122.3,114.4,101.0,108.0,95.9,117.2,106.7,142.6,45.2,47.0,69.1,59.6,40.9,54.3,62.7,64.5,91.8,94.7,17.7,23.6,27.1,16.0,17.2,11.5,17.5,15.6,49.1,41.6,8.4,11.2,8.0,8.6,9.1,14.0,13.0,7.7,32.5,23.2,8.2,7.3,7.4,8.0,5.9,5.7,3.8,3.8, 3 Social sciences, business training and law,637.4,669.2,688.6,679.3,630.9,603.5,596.8,563.8,577.6,545.9,398.2,442.2,411.2,430.3,408.5,389.3,381.4,385.6,392.0,354.0,159.2,137.5,178.7,169.0,152.5,151.3,141.7,116.3,124.9,138.2,56.7,55.4,69.7,54.9,48.7,46.0,53.6,42.9,40.9,39.1,18.9,27.2,25.1,19.7,17.0,14.1,14.8,14.8,14.1,11.3,4.3,6.8,4.0,5.4,4.2,2.8,5.4,4.1,5.8,3.3, 4 Sciences,299.3,283.9,254.4,258.0,291.9,245.7,258.0,256.3,265.1,296.7,194.2,180.8,169.1,168.8,177.8,164.1,178.4,169.8,162.9,191.3,81.3,72.4,61.7,71.3,95.3,72.2,57.7,75.7,85.0,83.5,19.0,19.4,16.7,14.0,9.7,6.7,19.4,8.9,12.7,14.3,3.3,8.9,5.4,3.9,8.6,2.7,2.4,2.0,3.9,6.5,1.5,2.5,1.4,..,0.5,..,..,..,0.6,1.2, 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction,377.7,426.0,402.2,426.1,408.9,421.7,354.6,392.7,351.2,372.0,269.3,309.1,284.7,306.1,297.9,312.6,259.4,293.5,264.1,287.7,77.8,83.8,86.6,92.3,90.2,92.3,85.4,87.8,79.5,72.9,25.5,26.9,22.3,19.6,15.2,13.5,9.0,9.6,5.3,8.7,3.9,5.3,7.4,7.6,3.4,2.7,0.9,1.8,2.0,1.2,1.1,0.9,1.2,0.5,2.1,0.6,..,..,0.2,1.5, 6 Agriculture,47.5,43.9,33.8,30.4,28.5,30.1,30.9,36.6,41.8,40.2,31.5,31.5,23.0,23.9,15.9,20.8,18.2,25.5,26.5,26.1,9.6,7.8,6.1,4.6,9.5,7.4,11.2,10.6,13.7,13.5,4.4,1.6,3.5,1.5,3.1,1.8,1.3,0.6,..,0.6,2.1,2.3,1.2,0.5,..,..,0.3,..,0.4,..,..,0.5,..,..,..,..,..,..,1.2,.., 7 Health and social services,410.5,365.3,337.6,337.1,330.3,275.5,274.9,249.3,255.6,227.6,275.7,231.7,213.1,213.5,200.6,172.7,174.0,180.9,166.8,155.6,84.6,93.5,80.1,80.9,78.0,60.9,73.2,48.0,59.9,53.5,33.7,26.3,29.0,27.7,34.9,32.1,17.5,12.1,19.8,15.4,11.8,12.3,13.4,13.5,16.2,8.8,9.2,7.0,8.6,2.7,4.6,1.5,2.0,1.5,0.5,1.0,0.9,1.3,0.5,0.5, 8 Services,187.8,210.0,165.3,166.9,139.7,137.8,130.2,110.4,101.0,103.0,137.1,131.0,123.2,122.7,101.2,98.8,103.5,86.7,80.4,82.9,35.3,44.9,28.8,30.9,28.6,29.5,19.0,20.6,17.2,15.4,10.8,20.4,10.7,7.6,6.0,5.5,7.1,2.5,3.0,4.0,4.3,11.9,1.5,5.5,3.9,3.8,0.6,0.5,0.1,0.5,0.2,1.8,1.2,0.2,..,0.2,..,0.2,0.2,0.2, 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable,30.2,15.6,29.7,26.7,30.6,19.8,26.7,28.7,38.2,71.1,24.1,11.4,20.6,19.5,19.5,12.4,19.8,18.5,23.3,47.9,2.7,2.1,7.4,3.2,6.0,5.8,5.9,8.4,9.5,18.8,2.3,2.0,1.2,2.7,2.9,0.4,0.6,1.3,3.2,3.8,1.0,0.1,0.5,1.1,1.2,0.7,..,0.5,1.1,0.3,..,..,..,0.2,0.9,0.5,0.4,..,1.0,0.4, Males, Total,1,766.5,1,809.9,1,672.8,1,703.1,1,658.6,1,583.9,1,471.7,1,414.2,1,427.2,1,419.0,1,283.3,1,293.3,1,231.7,1,302.2,1,216.8,1,193.8,1,119.4,1,099.1,1,081.2,1,089.4,313.2,327.2,283.8,274.6,318.1,294.9,254.5,238.8,259.0,255.9,114.9,112.7,107.3,77.5,85.3,63.5,67.6,44.9,51.3,47.6,36.2,60.0,40.2,37.7,26.4,24.8,21.5,21.6,25.7,18.4,18.9,16.7,9.8,11.2,12.0,6.9,8.7,9.8,9.9,7.7, 0 Basic training and personal development programmes,537.2,545.3,542.5,567.5,554.3,556.6,518.7,458.8,501.6,471.2,508.6,501.0,501.3,531.9,516.9,529.8,496.1,438.0,489.0,454.8,19.6,27.6,22.4,19.8,22.8,18.1,15.7,9.8,7.8,9.7,6.1,9.6,9.0,7.7,11.2,3.9,2.5,3.7,2.3,2.4,1.4,6.6,8.5,4.7,1.6,3.1,2.6,1.5,1.5,1.7,1.4,0.6,1.3,3.3,1.7,1.7,1.8,5.8,1.1,2.6, 1 EDUCATION,49.8,51.4,51.3,57.0,47.7,48.3,45.2,35.3,47.5,33.1,31.4,33.2,35.5,38.6,28.8,29.2,26.8,24.6,26.9,16.8,14.2,13.9,9.4,14.4,16.0,14.6,12.4,9.4,12.8,12.7,3.6,3.6,5.5,3.1,2.9,2.0,4.8,..,3.6,2.5,0.5,0.6,0.2,1.0,..,2.5,1.3,1.2,4.0,0.3,0.2,0.1,0.6,..,..,..,..,..,0.2,0.7, 2 Arts and Humanities,144.1,174.9,84.8,90.6,107.6,76.9,67.0,87.5,69.7,78.5,50.5,61.8,48.9,52.4,48.4,36.6,31.4,49.5,33.6,38.6,38.1,55.5,21.6,22.5,38.2,25.5,19.3,22.5,21.7,28.8,29.1,29.6,7.5,7.9,14.1,8.5,8.1,5.4,8.6,4.7,14.0,18.8,3.9,4.5,2.0,4.4,5.0,8.0,4.3,4.6,12.3,9.2,2.9,3.3,4.9,2.0,3.2,2.0,1.5,1.7, 3 Social sciences, business training and law,287.7,277.0,294.6,280.6,258.9,260.9,229.9,222.0,227.1,204.2,178.6,178.2,170.9,179.6,156.7,148.9,130.8,144.4,143.2,123.9,76.4,63.0,75.2,66.0,69.5,76.6,63.7,53.1,56.3,58.9,23.6,17.0,35.5,20.9,21.7,25.0,24.1,16.5,15.3,16.2,8.3,14.9,11.1,10.8,8.8,8.1,8.2,6.3,7.8,4.6,0.8,3.9,1.8,3.3,2.1,2.3,3.1,1.7,4.3,0.7, 4 Sciences,210.9,184.2,170.6,169.3,186.6,157.6,172.1,163.3,172.9,194.3,138.8,121.5,111.4,108.5,112.9,103.7,118.5,108.2,101.6,124.2,54.9,39.8,42.1,45.9,61.2,49.7,37.0,49.2,58.4,55.6,13.5,17.1,11.6,11.9,7.5,2.8,15.2,4.2,9.4,9.3,2.6,5.0,4.3,3.0,4.8,1.5,1.4,1.7,3.1,4.9,1.2,0.9,1.0,..,0.3,..,..,..,0.3,0.3, 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction,305.2,339.9,326.6,345.8,325.5,326.0,290.5,326.0,273.4,293.8,218.8,250.7,231.7,256.1,238.5,248.0,216.8,250.0,200.8,232.0,60.9,63.0,69.7,66.1,68.3,66.9,67.3,65.4,65.4,52.9,21.8,20.5,17.2,15.9,13.8,9.4,5.5,8.8,5.3,6.4,2.5,4.8,7.0,7.3,2.7,1.1,0.9,1.8,1.8,0.9,1.1,0.9,0.9,0.5,2.1,0.6,..,..,0.2,1.5, 6 Agriculture,24.5,29.2,20.3,15.2,18.1,19.6,15.4,20.4,25.2,18.7,16.5,19.1,13.4,12.2,10.8,13.1,10.7,13.9,14.0,11.3,5.1,6.5,2.8,2.2,4.6,5.1,4.4,6.2,9.5,7.3,1.8,0.7,3.0,0.3,2.8,1.4,0.3,0.3,..,0.1,1.1,2.3,1.1,0.5,..,..,..,..,0.4,..,..,0.5,..,..,..,..,..,..,1.2,.., 7 Health and social services,102.9,99.3,87.6,94.3,75.6,70.9,75.7,50.6,53.4,46.5,63.6,60.2,52.5,52.9,42.1,42.5,43.9,33.9,31.3,28.5,24.1,28.0,20.2,29.6,23.3,18.2,24.5,11.7,16.7,13.4,10.6,8.8,10.9,6.4,6.7,8.9,5.5,4.2,3.3,3.6,3.0,2.1,3.1,4.7,3.2,1.4,1.5,0.8,1.9,1.0,1.7,0.2,0.9,0.6,0.2,..,0.3,..,0.2,.., 8 Services,90.7,98.3,78.3,68.0,66.0,55.5,42.1,35.8,38.2,37.1,66.1,60.5,56.1,58.3,50.0,34.9,32.1,26.5,29.2,29.2,18.4,28.1,15.5,6.0,11.8,16.7,8.2,7.7,6.8,7.4,4.3,4.4,5.6,2.6,1.9,1.7,1.3,1.1,1.9,..,1.7,5.0,0.8,0.8,2.4,1.9,0.6,0.3,..,0.3,0.2,0.3,0.3,0.2,..,0.2,..,0.2,0.2,0.2, 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable,13.4,10.3,16.3,14.9,18.4,11.6,15.1,14.5,18.2,41.7,10.4,7.2,10.0,11.8,11.7,7.3,12.3,10.2,11.5,30.0,1.5,1.9,4.9,1.9,2.4,3.5,2.1,3.6,3.7,9.2,0.5,1.3,1.2,0.9,2.7,..,0.4,0.7,1.5,2.3,1.0,..,0.2,0.4,0.9,0.7,..,..,0.8,0.1,..,..,..,..,0.7,0.1,0.4,..,0.7,.., Females, Total,1,936.8,2,013.2,1,753.7,1,797.1,1,742.1,1,675.5,1,645.7,1,624.5,1,627.0,1,619.6,1,339.4,1,376.3,1,290.0,1,312.7,1,268.1,1,253.5,1,248.3,1,241.8,1,221.0,1,216.9,331.6,356.6,299.5,315.5,307.3,270.7,251.7,239.7,254.4,267.1,157.2,175.1,102.1,104.7,94.4,85.7,89.2,69.8,75.8,73.8,67.6,66.3,41.1,41.8,39.8,33.4,30.4,28.0,36.9,25.3,41.0,38.9,21.0,22.4,32.5,32.2,26.1,45.3,38.8,36.4, 0 Basic training and personal development programmes,533.7,577.1,568.3,571.7,568.8,573.2,568.1,576.5,569.6,557.9,495.0,524.7,521.8,525.2,504.4,522.6,511.7,508.4,496.4,497.7,14.5,18.1,17.9,13.9,24.1,11.2,11.6,13.0,21.2,12.0,7.2,10.0,11.4,11.8,11.1,7.3,15.6,12.3,6.8,10.2,3.1,6.8,6.8,5.7,4.4,7.9,8.9,5.5,11.4,8.2,13.8,17.5,10.5,15.1,24.8,24.3,20.3,37.3,33.7,30.0, 1 EDUCATION,159.7,166.0,148.6,151.8,135.4,140.7,139.2,136.8,112.2,111.1,105.0,105.7,93.4,95.7,91.2,80.7,97.4,101.5,78.2,74.4,39.3,39.6,39.1,42.9,33.3,42.7,31.6,24.6,19.1,28.5,10.9,17.9,12.7,8.0,6.8,14.0,8.3,9.4,11.9,4.8,4.3,2.6,2.9,5.0,1.9,3.4,1.7,0.8,2.5,3.4,0.1,0.1,0.5,0.1,2.2,..,0.2,0.7,0.5,.., 2 Arts and Humanities,288.4,294.7,119.5,137.2,126.2,129.7,107.2,106.0,123.2,130.3,101.9,105.6,75.9,86.2,73.9,77.8,69.6,58.5,62.3,78.6,68.6,87.1,23.6,24.5,30.8,34.1,21.6,31.8,41.0,35.7,62.7,65.1,10.2,15.7,13.0,7.5,9.1,6.1,8.9,10.9,35.0,22.9,4.6,6.7,6.0,4.2,4.1,6.0,8.7,3.1,20.2,14.0,5.2,4.0,2.5,6.0,2.7,3.7,2.3,2.1, 3 Social sciences, business training and law,349.7,392.2,394.0,398.7,372.1,342.6,366.9,341.8,350.5,341.7,219.6,264.0,240.3,250.7,251.8,240.4,250.6,241.2,248.7,230.1,82.8,74.5,103.5,102.9,83.0,74.7,78.0,63.2,68.6,79.3,33.1,38.4,34.1,34.0,27.0,21.0,29.5,26.4,25.5,23.0,10.6,12.4,13.9,8.9,8.2,6.0,6.6,8.6,6.2,6.7,3.6,2.9,2.1,2.1,2.0,0.6,2.3,2.4,1.5,2.7, 4 Sciences,88.4,99.7,83.8,88.7,105.3,88.0,85.9,93.0,92.3,102.4,55.5,59.3,57.6,60.2,64.9,60.4,59.9,61.6,61.3,67.0,26.4,32.6,19.6,25.4,34.0,22.5,20.8,26.5,26.6,27.9,5.4,2.2,5.1,2.1,2.3,3.9,4.3,4.7,3.3,5.0,0.7,3.9,1.1,0.9,3.8,1.2,1.0,0.2,0.8,1.6,0.3,1.7,0.4,..,0.3,..,..,..,0.3,0.8, 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction,72.5,86.1,75.5,80.2,83.4,95.8,64.2,66.7,77.7,78.2,50.5,58.3,53.0,50.0,59.3,64.7,42.6,43.5,63.3,55.7,16.9,20.9,16.9,26.2,21.9,25.4,18.1,22.3,14.1,19.9,3.7,6.4,5.0,3.7,1.5,4.1,3.5,0.8,..,2.3,1.4,0.5,0.4,0.4,0.7,1.6,..,..,0.2,0.3,..,..,0.3,..,..,..,..,..,..,.., 6 Agriculture,23.0,14.7,13.5,15.2,10.4,10.5,15.5,16.2,16.6,21.5,15.0,12.4,9.6,11.7,5.1,7.7,7.5,11.6,12.4,14.8,4.5,1.4,3.3,2.4,5.0,2.3,6.7,4.4,4.2,6.2,2.5,0.9,0.5,1.2,0.4,0.4,1.0,0.2,..,0.5,1.0,..,0.1,..,..,..,0.3,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,.., 7 Health and social services,307.6,266.0,250.0,242.8,254.7,204.5,199.2,198.7,202.2,181.2,212.1,171.6,160.7,160.6,158.5,130.2,130.0,147.0,135.5,127.1,60.5,65.4,59.9,51.2,54.7,42.7,48.7,36.3,43.2,40.1,23.2,17.5,18.0,21.3,28.2,23.2,12.0,7.9,16.5,11.8,8.8,10.2,10.3,8.8,13.0,7.4,7.8,6.2,6.7,1.7,3.0,1.3,1.1,0.9,0.4,1.0,0.6,1.3,0.3,0.5, 8 Services,97.1,111.7,87.0,98.9,73.7,82.3,88.0,74.6,62.8,65.9,71.1,70.5,67.1,64.4,51.2,63.9,71.4,60.2,51.2,53.8,16.9,16.8,13.2,24.9,16.9,12.8,10.8,12.8,10.4,7.9,6.6,16.0,5.1,4.9,4.1,3.8,5.8,1.4,1.1,4.0,2.6,6.9,0.8,4.7,1.5,1.8,..,0.2,0.1,0.2,..,1.5,0.8,..,..,..,..,..,..,.., 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable,16.7,5.2,13.4,11.8,12.1,8.2,11.5,14.2,19.9,29.4,13.7,4.2,10.6,7.8,7.8,5.1,7.5,8.3,11.8,17.9,1.2,0.2,2.5,1.2,3.7,2.3,3.9,4.8,5.9,9.6,1.9,0.7,..,1.9,0.2,0.4,0.2,0.6,1.8,1.4,..,0.1,0.3,0.7,0.3,..,..,0.5,0.3,0.1,..,..,..,0.2,0.2,0.3,..,..,0.2,0.4, Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute