Economically Active Population Survey National results Active population enrolled in regulated studies 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,1,226.8,1,355.4,1,144.2,1,123.2,1,096.8,1,027.4,974.2,982.6,1,008.2,973.5,436.9,495.9,467.2,489.0,450.0,460.2,449.2,509.9,503.3,495.7,441.1,486.4,407.8,398.7,421.2,381.9,347.1,322.3,340.2,339.2,233.8,243.4,187.2,151.9,158.8,131.2,133.1,101.8,103.1,94.4,90.8,110.2,69.8,73.8,53.8,43.0,40.7,39.1,49.7,35.7,24.2,19.6,12.3,9.9,13.0,11.2,4.0,9.5,11.8,8.4, 0 Basic training and personal development programmes,497.7,567.7,530.5,554.4,502.6,527.1,490.1,530.6,558.0,535.6,297.3,336.0,316.4,342.1,307.2,329.6,336.2,374.7,389.5,388.0,117.6,141.7,128.7,127.6,130.5,128.8,107.9,97.2,118.8,101.7,51.4,51.4,53.1,52.0,46.7,42.2,33.8,41.5,32.7,33.4,24.9,31.5,28.9,27.3,14.8,20.2,11.6,12.6,12.3,9.6,6.5,7.2,3.4,5.5,3.5,6.4,0.5,4.6,4.7,3.0, 1 EDUCATION,79.9,92.7,47.6,43.9,47.2,41.6,46.4,45.1,42.0,42.4,20.2,20.9,12.2,17.8,14.0,13.4,11.9,15.7,7.0,8.9,30.1,35.9,21.1,18.6,18.5,20.2,26.6,19.9,19.3,23.6,18.8,26.0,11.3,5.1,9.0,6.9,5.9,6.6,10.8,4.6,9.0,8.1,1.8,1.5,2.4,0.7,1.5,2.5,3.6,5.1,1.7,1.8,1.3,0.9,3.3,0.3,0.4,0.4,1.3,0.1, 2 Arts and Humanities,68.4,60.4,56.8,51.8,50.3,49.1,53.2,49.9,46.1,50.7,8.4,9.9,11.5,5.9,11.1,10.9,11.5,14.9,10.3,7.7,28.0,24.8,25.1,28.0,27.3,22.3,21.8,19.8,18.4,30.4,20.2,16.4,12.8,10.7,10.5,11.6,13.0,7.1,6.9,7.3,9.9,8.2,5.9,6.9,1.3,3.6,5.5,7.0,8.9,4.2,2.0,1.2,1.4,0.3,0.2,0.7,1.4,1.1,1.6,1.1, 3 Social sciences, business training and law,238.2,213.0,182.6,168.8,179.2,150.3,139.1,128.1,129.2,119.1,34.8,44.8,37.1,42.0,46.9,36.4,34.1,38.6,38.4,27.8,116.1,84.1,81.5,76.7,73.0,79.9,60.7,60.9,57.6,59.5,60.0,58.5,47.1,35.9,47.6,24.3,34.9,17.2,22.5,22.3,22.7,21.6,13.5,12.0,10.7,8.6,8.7,9.7,8.7,7.4,4.6,4.1,3.4,2.1,1.0,1.1,0.7,1.7,2.0,2.1, 4 Sciences,80.2,102.9,73.9,68.8,73.0,57.1,74.3,63.9,69.4,65.5,11.3,16.2,12.9,14.3,14.0,10.1,14.3,15.6,12.0,17.8,47.1,53.6,41.7,35.8,45.6,36.2,42.6,37.3,41.9,39.8,17.1,23.1,14.3,12.3,9.5,8.3,16.0,9.5,12.0,3.3,2.8,9.6,5.0,6.3,3.7,2.5,1.4,1.4,3.4,4.2,1.9,0.4,0.0,0.0,0.3,..,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.4, 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction,101.6,126.1,102.0,94.9,93.3,81.5,59.0,72.0,57.7,55.9,21.8,25.7,29.4,22.4,19.9,28.3,12.0,19.7,17.9,17.5,40.5,55.8,41.9,49.4,50.1,35.0,34.6,44.0,30.7,27.7,29.3,32.5,23.3,15.5,14.9,16.0,10.0,6.8,6.1,7.3,9.3,10.9,6.4,7.2,5.0,1.6,2.4,1.7,2.5,2.0,0.8,1.3,1.0,0.3,3.3,0.5,0.0,0.0,0.5,1.5, 6 Agriculture,15.5,9.5,13.5,7.7,11.8,6.9,8.0,9.9,13.8,9.0,2.8,1.6,1.1,2.4,0.2,2.0,1.1,2.0,0.5,0.9,6.1,3.5,3.4,3.5,5.0,3.5,4.9,4.7,10.3,7.0,4.3,1.8,8.2,1.0,4.9,1.2,1.7,3.0,..,0.8,2.2,2.1,0.9,0.9,1.8,0.2,0.3,0.2,3.1,0.3,..,0.5,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,.., 7 Health and social services,111.3,108.9,86.1,97.8,102.8,74.9,73.5,56.8,65.3,60.1,29.6,21.4,21.2,32.7,26.7,19.7,17.1,18.2,12.7,16.8,43.0,53.1,45.9,44.2,51.1,33.8,35.3,24.2,35.3,29.3,26.2,19.6,12.5,12.3,11.6,15.4,11.7,8.7,9.7,11.6,7.6,12.7,5.3,8.1,12.7,4.3,8.7,4.0,7.0,2.2,4.8,2.1,1.3,0.5,0.7,1.7,0.6,1.7,0.6,0.2, 8 Services,29.5,69.5,48.0,26.9,28.6,31.2,25.0,21.3,21.4,17.5,10.2,18.2,25.4,7.9,8.7,7.4,9.8,10.2,13.6,5.9,10.6,32.7,16.2,10.1,15.4,17.9,10.4,9.8,5.4,9.4,5.7,13.1,3.8,6.1,2.3,4.7,4.8,1.3,1.8,1.8,2.1,4.5,2.3,2.8,1.4,0.8,0.0,0.0,0.2,0.4,1.0,1.0,0.4,..,0.8,0.3,0.0,..,0.5,0.0, 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable,4.7,4.7,3.1,8.3,8.0,7.8,5.6,5.0,5.2,17.7,0.3,1.2,0.0,1.4,1.3,2.5,1.2,0.3,1.3,4.5,2.2,1.3,2.3,4.8,4.8,4.3,2.3,4.6,2.6,10.8,0.8,1.1,0.8,1.1,1.9,0.5,1.3,0.1,0.7,2.0,0.3,1.1,0.0,0.7,0.0,0.4,0.5,0.0,0.0,0.4,1.1,0.0,0.0,0.3,0.0,0.1,0.4,0.0,0.6,0.0, Males, Total,544.3,607.3,558.7,538.5,504.7,501.5,452.2,452.6,478.3,466.8,196.6,219.0,222.0,240.9,195.0,228.1,197.3,232.8,232.0,243.1,203.1,230.4,196.8,184.3,204.5,191.5,170.3,156.3,170.5,161.4,101.7,96.3,99.6,69.8,77.8,57.5,64.9,41.5,44.8,42.3,34.8,55.2,35.6,37.1,22.7,21.7,19.4,19.6,24.5,16.4,8.1,6.3,4.7,6.4,4.6,2.6,0.3,2.4,6.5,3.5, 0 Basic training and personal development programmes,243.1,278.3,261.4,288.9,247.7,262.1,236.3,241.5,274.7,266.0,135.8,155.2,154.6,176.5,147.8,169.0,157.1,175.2,189.3,192.8,66.8,85.9,67.1,69.4,72.7,69.7,59.4,46.9,65.5,54.2,29.4,20.5,26.4,27.1,23.5,14.4,13.7,15.0,13.5,17.0,9.5,15.7,13.0,10.9,3.6,8.1,6.1,4.0,4.9,1.7,1.6,1.0,0.3,5.0,0.2,1.0,0.0,0.3,1.5,0.3, 1 EDUCATION,20.8,16.6,10.6,12.3,12.3,12.3,12.3,8.4,9.2,8.6,4.1,2.0,1.7,6.1,3.3,4.4,1.8,2.2,1.3,0.9,8.4,3.7,4.3,3.4,3.8,6.6,8.8,3.1,4.0,6.6,5.5,7.2,3.0,2.1,4.0,0.9,1.1,1.4,2.4,0.8,2.8,3.5,0.8,0.6,1.3,0.2,0.3,1.6,1.4,0.3,0.0,0.2,0.8,..,..,0.3,0.2,0.1,..,0.0, 2 Arts and Humanities,20.3,20.1,29.5,17.4,21.3,20.3,23.0,23.4,18.6,21.2,2.8,2.4,5.3,2.8,3.4,3.9,3.3,7.5,2.4,3.3,8.4,9.1,11.6,9.9,13.7,8.5,8.0,9.4,8.1,12.5,5.9,4.2,8.9,2.5,3.6,5.4,8.8,2.6,2.5,1.8,3.1,3.7,2.5,2.1,0.3,2.4,2.9,3.5,4.0,3.2,0.0,0.7,1.2,0.3,0.2,0.0,0.0,0.4,1.6,0.4, 3 Social sciences, business training and law,81.1,73.3,64.2,51.2,58.3,61.9,49.3,56.2,45.1,44.0,16.0,12.7,10.1,11.5,9.1,11.8,10.2,15.7,9.6,11.7,39.7,33.6,25.8,23.4,24.7,33.4,20.8,26.9,20.6,17.4,17.7,16.8,20.5,10.1,17.5,12.4,13.6,5.5,7.4,8.6,6.3,8.4,7.2,5.9,5.9,3.9,4.4,6.9,5.6,5.3,1.5,1.8,0.6,0.3,1.0,0.4,0.2,1.1,1.9,1.1, 4 Sciences,47.5,59.8,50.3,43.2,44.2,41.4,43.4,39.7,43.0,42.3,6.5,11.0,9.6,9.8,7.8,8.3,10.6,11.6,6.1,12.3,30.1,29.4,28.5,20.6,27.9,26.3,21.4,21.8,26.1,25.5,8.2,13.8,8.9,8.7,6.9,4.9,10.5,5.2,9.6,1.4,1.1,5.2,3.3,4.0,1.6,2.0,0.9,1.1,1.2,2.9,1.5,0.4,..,0.0,0.0,..,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.2, 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction,83.4,97.2,81.8,73.7,78.8,65.8,46.0,55.0,51.2,49.1,19.8,21.1,22.0,19.9,16.2,21.8,9.8,16.0,15.4,15.9,30.5,38.3,36.0,35.0,44.2,27.7,27.3,31.1,27.2,23.2,24.5,26.4,16.8,11.6,11.2,14.3,7.3,6.4,5.6,7.1,7.9,10.2,6.0,7.0,3.9,1.4,1.6,1.5,2.5,1.4,0.8,1.1,1.0,0.3,3.3,0.5,0.0,0.0,0.5,1.5, 6 Agriculture,7.7,6.3,11.3,5.0,8.1,4.4,5.3,6.3,9.5,3.2,2.1,1.4,1.1,1.0,0.2,1.7,0.1,1.4,0.5,0.3,2.7,1.5,2.5,2.7,1.8,1.9,3.5,3.2,5.9,2.9,1.3,0.9,6.9,1.0,4.3,0.8,1.7,1.5,..,..,1.7,2.0,0.8,0.3,1.8,0.0,..,0.2,3.1,..,..,0.5,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,.., 7 Health and social services,27.5,24.2,19.9,32.4,21.4,17.8,23.8,13.0,14.6,13.2,4.5,5.4,4.2,10.3,3.1,4.2,2.1,1.3,0.5,1.6,12.3,11.4,8.7,14.3,10.9,8.6,13.9,7.5,9.1,7.5,6.7,3.4,5.4,4.0,4.5,1.9,4.8,3.2,2.6,3.0,1.6,3.7,1.1,3.3,2.9,3.0,3.0,0.7,1.8,1.1,2.4,0.4,0.5,0.5,0.0,..,0.0,0.3,0.6,.., 8 Services,11.4,28.5,28.6,11.3,9.7,10.9,10.4,6.7,9.9,9.9,4.6,7.8,13.4,1.7,3.7,2.3,2.2,1.9,5.4,2.3,3.3,16.6,11.9,5.1,4.2,5.9,5.2,4.2,3.1,5.8,2.5,2.0,2.2,1.9,0.4,2.1,3.1,0.6,1.0,1.5,0.5,1.7,0.8,2.6,1.4,0.3,0.0,0.0,..,0.4,0.4,0.3,0.3,..,..,0.3,0.0,..,0.5,0.0, 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable,1.5,3.0,0.9,3.2,2.8,4.5,2.4,2.4,2.5,9.2,0.3,0.0,0.0,1.2,0.5,0.7,0.0,0.0,1.3,2.0,0.9,0.8,0.4,0.7,0.5,2.8,1.9,2.2,1.0,5.9,..,1.1,0.5,0.9,1.9,0.5,0.3,0.1,0.2,1.2,0.3,1.1,0.0,0.4,0.0,0.4,0.2,..,..,0.1,..,..,..,..,..,0.1,..,..,..,0.0, Females, Total,682.5,748.1,585.5,584.8,592.1,525.9,521.9,530.0,529.9,506.7,240.3,276.8,245.2,248.1,255.0,232.0,251.9,277.1,271.4,252.6,238.0,256.1,211.0,214.3,216.7,190.4,176.8,166.0,169.7,177.8,132.0,147.1,87.6,82.1,81.0,73.7,68.2,60.3,58.3,52.1,56.0,54.9,34.2,36.8,31.0,21.2,21.3,19.5,25.2,19.3,16.1,13.3,7.5,3.5,8.4,8.5,3.7,7.1,5.3,4.8, 0 Basic training and personal development programmes,254.6,289.4,269.0,265.5,254.9,265.0,253.7,289.1,283.3,269.7,161.5,180.8,161.8,165.6,159.4,160.6,179.1,199.5,200.2,195.1,50.8,55.8,61.7,58.2,57.7,59.1,48.5,50.3,53.3,47.5,22.0,30.8,26.7,24.9,23.2,27.8,20.1,26.5,19.2,16.4,15.4,15.8,15.9,16.4,11.2,12.1,5.5,8.6,7.4,7.9,4.9,6.2,3.0,0.5,3.3,5.4,0.5,4.3,3.2,2.7, 1 EDUCATION,59.1,76.2,37.0,31.7,34.9,29.3,34.1,36.7,32.8,33.7,16.1,19.0,10.5,11.6,10.8,9.0,10.1,13.5,5.7,8.1,21.7,32.2,16.7,15.2,14.7,13.7,17.8,16.8,15.3,17.0,13.3,18.8,8.3,2.9,5.0,6.1,4.8,5.2,8.3,3.8,6.2,4.6,0.9,1.0,1.1,0.5,1.2,0.9,2.2,4.8,1.7,1.6,0.5,0.9,3.3,0.0,0.2,0.3,1.3,0.1, 2 Arts and Humanities,48.1,40.3,27.3,34.4,29.1,28.8,30.2,26.4,27.5,29.5,5.5,7.4,6.2,3.2,7.7,6.9,8.3,7.4,7.9,4.4,19.6,15.7,13.6,18.2,13.5,13.8,13.8,10.4,10.4,18.0,14.2,12.2,3.9,8.2,6.9,6.2,4.2,4.5,4.4,5.5,6.8,4.5,3.4,4.8,0.9,1.1,2.6,3.4,4.9,0.9,2.0,0.5,0.3,0.0,0.0,0.7,1.4,0.7,0.0,0.7, 3 Social sciences, business training and law,157.1,139.7,118.5,117.6,120.9,88.3,89.8,71.8,84.1,75.0,18.8,32.1,27.0,30.5,37.8,24.6,23.9,22.9,28.8,16.1,76.4,50.5,55.7,53.4,48.3,46.5,39.9,33.9,37.0,42.2,42.4,41.7,26.5,25.8,30.1,11.9,21.3,11.7,15.1,13.7,16.4,13.2,6.3,6.1,4.8,4.7,4.2,2.7,3.1,2.1,3.1,2.3,2.8,1.8,0.0,0.7,0.5,0.6,0.2,1.0, 4 Sciences,32.7,43.2,23.6,25.6,28.8,15.7,30.9,24.2,26.4,23.2,4.8,5.2,3.3,4.5,6.2,1.8,3.6,4.0,5.9,5.4,16.9,24.3,13.2,15.2,17.7,9.9,21.2,15.6,15.8,14.3,8.9,9.3,5.4,3.6,2.6,3.5,5.5,4.3,2.4,1.9,1.7,4.4,1.7,2.3,2.0,0.5,0.5,0.3,2.3,1.3,0.4,0.0,0.0,..,0.3,..,..,..,..,0.2, 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction,18.2,28.9,20.2,21.1,14.5,15.6,13.0,17.0,6.5,6.8,2.1,4.6,7.4,2.5,3.7,6.4,2.2,3.7,2.5,1.6,10.0,17.4,5.9,14.4,6.0,7.3,7.2,12.8,3.5,4.5,4.8,6.0,6.5,3.9,3.6,1.6,2.7,0.4,0.4,0.2,1.4,0.7,0.4,0.3,1.2,0.3,0.8,0.1,0.0,0.5,..,0.1,..,0.0,0.0,..,..,..,..,.., 6 Agriculture,7.7,3.2,2.2,2.7,3.7,2.5,2.7,3.6,4.3,5.8,0.7,0.2,0.0,1.3,0.0,0.3,0.9,0.6,0.0,0.5,3.4,2.0,0.9,0.8,3.1,1.6,1.4,1.5,4.3,4.2,3.0,0.9,1.3,..,0.5,0.4,0.0,1.5,..,0.8,0.6,0.1,0.1,0.6,..,0.2,0.3,..,..,0.3,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,.., 7 Health and social services,83.7,84.6,66.2,65.5,81.3,57.1,49.7,43.9,50.7,46.9,25.1,16.0,17.1,22.4,23.6,15.4,15.0,16.9,12.2,15.2,30.7,41.7,37.2,30.0,40.3,25.2,21.3,16.8,26.2,21.9,19.5,16.1,7.0,8.3,7.1,13.4,6.9,5.5,7.0,8.6,6.0,9.0,4.1,4.9,9.7,1.3,5.7,3.4,5.2,1.0,2.4,1.8,0.8,0.0,0.7,1.7,0.6,1.3,0.0,0.2, 8 Services,18.1,41.0,19.4,15.6,18.9,20.3,14.6,14.6,11.5,7.6,5.7,10.3,12.0,6.2,5.0,5.2,7.6,8.3,8.2,3.7,7.2,16.1,4.2,5.0,11.2,12.0,5.3,5.6,2.3,3.6,3.1,11.2,1.6,4.2,1.9,2.6,1.7,0.7,0.8,0.4,1.5,2.7,1.4,0.2,..,0.6,..,0.0,0.2,0.0,0.5,0.8,0.2,..,0.8,..,0.0,..,..,.., 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable,3.1,1.7,2.2,5.1,5.1,3.2,3.2,2.7,2.7,8.4,0.0,1.2,0.0,0.2,0.9,1.8,1.2,0.3,0.0,2.5,1.2,0.5,1.9,4.1,4.3,1.5,0.4,2.4,1.6,4.8,0.8,..,0.3,0.2,0.0,..,0.9,..,0.5,0.8,..,0.0,..,0.3,..,0.0,0.3,0.0,0.0,0.3,1.1,0.0,0.0,0.3,0.0,0.0,0.4,0.0,0.6,0.0, Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute