Economically Active Population Survey National results Unemployment rates by sector of the level of education attained, sex and age group Units: Rates ,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,22.06,24.44,26.09,24.79,21.39,19.86,17.86,11.25,8.23,8.45,48.33,53.20,55.48,52.86,46.19,41.48,37.73,24.45,18.09,17.89,24.63,26.76,29.07,27.61,23.47,21.64,19.18,11.69,8.13,8.91,18.51,21.10,22.63,21.75,18.87,17.64,15.74,9.64,6.85,7.00,19.48,21.21,22.19,20.54,17.08,15.32,13.39,8.39,6.33,5.96,17.92,19.31,19.36,17.25,14.39,13.54,11.53,7.06,5.70,5.50, 0 Basic training and personal development programmes,28.18,30.89,32.48,30.82,26.55,24.46,22.64,13.99,9.91,9.79,52.81,59.44,59.60,56.91,50.22,46.04,42.08,27.29,20.03,19.64,31.10,34.14,36.51,34.62,29.50,27.50,25.93,15.37,9.56,10.38,25.25,28.61,30.73,28.86,25.40,22.83,21.23,12.45,8.57,8.31,25.30,26.65,27.27,26.53,21.47,18.87,16.78,10.11,7.89,6.94,22.63,23.70,23.71,20.51,17.38,16.17,13.64,8.75,6.52,6.32, 1 EDUCATION,14.30,13.94,14.88,14.18,9.30,7.92,8.27,6.02,4.80,5.65,37.64,35.14,53.18,40.46,37.53,28.29,23.56,10.17,15.35,19.66,17.96,17.92,22.16,18.04,10.89,10.61,10.83,8.28,6.29,7.76,14.03,11.66,11.50,12.07,8.49,5.95,8.70,6.46,4.41,4.79,7.98,10.40,8.19,9.16,5.35,5.57,2.98,3.67,2.02,2.43,8.19,7.34,3.97,4.20,1.62,0.67,3.09,2.07,0.73,1.44, 2 Arts and Humanities,17.13,19.74,17.22,17.41,13.63,15.11,12.67,8.66,7.29,8.26,52.18,42.31,39.84,56.23,42.09,41.98,32.74,9.64,20.98,18.74,24.12,30.10,26.92,24.79,18.30,20.94,17.16,14.80,10.40,11.21,16.84,17.59,14.71,18.82,12.47,15.18,12.71,6.26,5.68,6.51,9.56,12.26,11.45,8.12,8.35,7.56,4.99,4.78,3.65,4.98,9.43,10.94,7.65,6.48,5.18,0.39,4.28,0.96,3.10,3.44, 3 Social sciences, business training and law,15.48,17.63,18.73,17.52,15.26,14.54,11.85,8.12,6.67,7.03,44.10,43.16,46.43,48.10,40.06,30.04,26.77,21.75,15.57,14.95,19.45,21.46,23.44,22.36,19.50,17.43,14.65,8.81,7.59,7.38,13.70,15.96,15.51,13.56,11.38,12.60,9.49,6.46,5.25,6.04,11.91,14.28,14.81,13.12,11.48,10.34,7.42,6.48,3.95,5.35,9.79,10.79,12.77,10.46,8.50,8.76,7.29,2.94,4.83,4.16, 4 Sciences,13.41,14.19,14.70,15.57,13.95,11.06,9.00,5.93,6.49,7.85,35.39,32.13,48.16,37.97,36.06,23.97,21.91,15.13,13.03,16.93,15.27,18.40,15.40,19.65,16.26,13.85,11.47,6.38,7.08,10.21,12.12,11.55,11.12,15.30,11.93,8.42,5.25,4.71,4.92,5.28,10.15,9.49,13.86,4.05,8.14,6.28,7.21,4.54,4.09,1.36,7.87,5.45,5.85,8.30,7.42,3.14,2.26,1.91,7.81,1.46, 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction,15.61,18.88,19.82,18.25,17.45,14.15,12.38,6.43,4.18,4.60,39.43,45.19,47.67,45.00,40.10,33.87,32.51,16.31,9.89,7.35,21.02,21.17,23.59,21.66,21.93,15.54,13.23,7.17,4.57,4.99,11.12,15.14,16.13,15.51,13.51,11.24,9.75,4.91,2.99,3.44,13.12,16.26,16.77,13.44,12.68,10.99,8.51,5.01,2.92,3.70,12.30,17.81,13.14,13.00,11.91,11.05,7.07,1.87,2.94,5.80, 6 Agriculture,19.29,14.23,21.88,18.81,16.51,12.14,10.74,8.60,8.34,4.90,48.02,35.65,44.12,66.31,44.22,34.68,28.94,20.05,23.00,29.40,19.59,16.02,21.99,35.71,17.44,13.57,14.77,10.61,15.36,6.31,20.77,12.00,23.12,12.85,18.41,14.04,8.75,8.88,0.63,3.13,14.64,12.87,13.94,11.74,8.10,6.00,2.22,2.83,4.68,0.91,11.37,10.47,28.86,1.37,6.43,8.52,6.56,0.00,0.00,0.00, 7 Health and social services,11.90,13.18,16.25,14.06,11.50,9.98,8.28,6.24,4.28,6.27,40.31,43.48,51.59,43.85,35.27,26.01,19.42,17.55,12.93,15.21,15.53,15.19,18.92,14.05,13.00,13.08,8.90,6.97,4.40,7.02,9.28,12.02,15.06,13.35,10.54,8.12,8.08,5.84,3.80,6.53,8.25,9.74,11.97,8.68,6.16,5.63,6.12,3.22,2.49,3.53,3.66,4.21,5.73,6.75,4.25,3.19,3.57,3.28,2.72,0.70, 8 Services,22.59,24.53,26.20,23.45,19.22,19.57,14.76,10.63,10.27,10.00,41.27,52.52,50.32,46.37,35.35,39.25,32.75,22.47,16.49,16.60,23.18,24.06,26.12,25.75,20.02,20.36,11.88,6.27,10.95,10.36,18.24,20.88,19.48,17.44,16.10,15.26,14.05,12.51,7.87,6.15,21.87,17.97,24.38,14.62,12.51,14.36,9.05,8.37,6.32,7.45,18.45,13.70,17.39,21.77,11.97,11.31,11.98,5.57,6.74,0.00, 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable,36.11,39.25,45.59,44.06,27.55,31.62,22.46,17.25,8.37,9.86,54.14,60.34,47.67,39.41,39.32,44.71,45.61,23.76,7.89,16.77,24.90,48.04,41.48,41.94,29.05,32.54,17.08,18.04,5.01,10.59,27.91,22.58,38.21,44.35,24.92,24.01,13.57,15.21,14.53,9.75,44.76,56.33,57.47,44.03,26.04,29.41,30.74,13.37,6.43,8.21,44.37,28.70,49.98,46.95,25.96,42.84,26.97,22.00,9.16,5.72, Males, Total,20.77,23.60,25.60,24.58,21.04,19.57,17.64,10.05,6.41,6.35,48.65,53.43,56.22,54.12,48.15,43.08,39.06,23.59,15.22,14.99,23.97,26.38,29.39,28.75,23.77,22.14,19.85,10.95,6.50,6.81,16.39,19.48,21.36,20.70,17.91,16.70,15.35,8.01,4.95,4.89,17.78,20.24,21.55,20.03,16.39,14.57,12.57,7.34,4.70,4.03,17.83,19.67,19.59,17.34,14.67,13.82,10.87,6.15,4.76,4.72, 0 Basic training and personal development programmes,26.22,29.50,31.68,30.34,25.88,23.85,22.19,12.32,7.46,7.19,51.67,58.90,58.58,57.43,51.97,46.15,42.28,25.30,16.51,16.32,28.77,31.88,36.43,35.02,28.72,27.74,26.38,13.78,7.32,7.38,22.91,26.56,28.81,26.91,23.60,21.69,20.61,10.64,5.99,5.78,22.78,25.47,26.36,25.70,20.84,17.46,15.76,8.67,5.50,4.63,22.26,23.63,23.95,21.07,17.40,16.25,12.86,7.65,5.23,5.02, 1 EDUCATION,14.57,12.25,13.95,13.55,6.92,7.87,7.63,5.77,4.82,3.10,38.02,45.34,67.99,37.10,24.39,38.44,50.46,2.16,31.98,6.97,23.52,23.63,21.75,19.68,11.69,9.41,11.25,18.29,6.51,6.99,7.35,9.44,12.01,13.65,9.17,4.57,9.36,1.96,5.65,1.30,6.95,2.32,8.80,9.72,1.56,6.60,0.56,2.73,1.40,0.94,15.16,10.88,6.86,2.64,0.00,2.12,1.10,0.89,1.46,0.81, 2 Arts and Humanities,16.00,18.57,18.16,18.39,13.44,12.35,11.52,8.36,7.22,5.73,51.03,47.40,47.44,69.32,54.52,42.85,37.30,10.13,17.61,7.59,21.31,27.32,31.35,28.35,17.25,17.96,18.61,15.62,9.91,10.77,16.51,17.58,14.21,18.48,14.45,12.71,10.40,6.27,4.68,3.41,9.47,12.07,12.49,8.13,5.12,4.56,1.15,2.58,7.49,1.59,9.22,8.03,9.60,6.29,6.36,0.00,5.24,0.29,2.68,1.81, 3 Social sciences, business training and law,11.95,14.11,13.90,14.01,11.65,11.01,9.14,6.43,4.90,4.61,54.43,38.68,56.76,54.18,30.54,31.16,28.77,28.90,16.88,16.02,17.45,20.94,19.43,21.67,18.63,15.23,13.56,8.11,5.77,4.66,9.00,12.84,9.83,10.02,7.84,8.89,6.60,3.43,3.50,3.82,7.75,10.33,11.50,9.57,8.41,7.25,3.94,5.64,3.16,3.21,8.08,8.50,8.45,7.11,7.31,5.31,6.00,1.63,3.68,4.51, 4 Sciences,11.93,14.84,14.72,15.24,13.25,11.15,8.20,5.41,5.38,7.37,36.00,31.92,52.17,39.46,35.59,28.06,16.48,13.08,8.37,19.33,15.52,18.77,14.99,17.19,14.90,13.71,10.83,5.60,6.22,8.60,9.62,11.41,9.45,15.98,13.05,8.23,6.24,4.36,2.67,6.07,6.26,10.40,15.26,3.60,3.59,7.69,4.94,5.20,4.90,0.88,7.34,5.92,3.22,8.09,9.53,0.99,0.87,2.10,9.80,0.81, 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction,15.07,18.17,19.14,17.61,16.61,14.12,11.98,6.17,4.07,4.42,38.39,45.90,47.16,44.05,39.55,34.33,33.03,16.35,9.41,6.94,20.05,20.74,22.74,21.12,21.01,15.82,12.31,7.08,4.51,5.15,10.52,13.80,15.70,14.84,12.89,11.12,9.64,4.31,2.95,2.87,12.76,15.78,16.07,12.74,11.86,11.00,8.16,5.00,2.93,3.58,12.72,17.32,12.89,13.12,10.59,11.00,7.11,1.91,2.83,5.93, 6 Agriculture,17.07,11.59,22.31,17.40,15.38,9.88,11.65,6.77,6.93,3.26,51.43,32.25,48.40,55.67,38.46,31.90,36.54,20.94,16.40,7.87,20.30,8.10,21.12,42.11,17.75,13.68,16.81,7.23,13.69,5.03,17.61,8.82,23.77,9.88,19.38,7.29,10.93,9.45,0.73,2.74,10.78,15.64,14.37,10.57,5.07,6.20,1.66,0.00,5.43,1.03,12.01,2.03,29.67,1.54,6.79,10.67,8.14,0.00,0.00,0.00, 7 Health and social services,9.56,9.65,11.52,9.46,8.99,8.81,6.39,3.77,2.52,3.07,54.05,52.26,58.72,33.72,47.10,28.72,6.78,8.84,10.91,14.87,13.96,16.84,17.11,14.95,14.72,14.89,8.84,6.29,4.59,4.36,5.91,5.02,11.25,7.60,4.97,9.76,6.58,0.69,1.73,3.00,3.67,3.20,3.82,5.12,3.40,3.20,7.04,1.20,0.00,1.02,2.48,3.14,1.86,1.84,1.60,1.90,0.00,7.04,1.68,0.91, 8 Services,18.85,18.47,27.68,20.74,15.33,18.12,10.55,8.25,4.68,6.01,39.23,47.98,51.80,60.42,40.84,45.17,36.21,36.90,12.12,13.53,22.91,20.80,35.28,26.34,18.74,17.82,6.61,3.37,3.10,7.52,12.31,11.22,14.81,13.62,11.24,12.75,11.78,9.26,5.02,0.60,12.95,9.22,22.14,6.21,2.76,17.27,6.06,0.00,1.35,4.37,14.42,9.50,6.97,21.91,14.73,6.94,3.37,0.00,6.97,0.00, 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable,32.33,38.95,41.74,41.12,23.28,26.26,20.43,14.81,6.38,8.91,67.03,50.28,50.74,38.60,41.15,42.83,45.43,25.21,5.30,17.12,16.50,50.98,32.59,25.27,18.72,22.84,13.59,13.37,3.70,10.37,17.34,17.76,37.32,45.22,18.11,11.95,12.46,14.45,12.63,9.24,41.48,55.75,49.18,46.85,31.14,30.23,26.94,15.36,2.33,4.96,38.42,33.85,52.17,38.13,24.23,48.69,28.31,13.46,8.38,5.47, Females, Total,23.55,25.43,26.67,25.03,21.81,20.22,18.13,12.84,10.70,11.34,47.97,52.93,54.62,51.44,43.99,39.61,36.12,25.52,21.71,21.50,25.34,27.18,28.72,26.35,23.13,21.08,18.39,12.57,10.12,11.50,20.96,22.98,24.11,23.00,20.04,18.80,16.24,11.76,9.38,9.85,21.49,22.37,22.95,21.16,17.94,16.28,14.47,9.84,8.65,8.81,18.04,18.83,19.05,17.13,13.99,13.11,12.60,8.69,7.43,7.01, 0 Basic training and personal development programmes,30.88,32.79,33.58,31.50,27.50,25.36,23.32,16.56,13.81,14.15,54.29,60.15,61.00,56.19,47.82,45.89,41.79,30.15,25.22,24.61,34.57,37.37,36.63,34.03,30.67,27.15,25.24,17.81,13.25,15.49,28.66,31.59,33.47,31.63,27.96,24.53,22.12,15.13,12.63,12.43,28.67,28.14,28.43,27.64,22.33,20.77,18.24,12.25,11.47,10.75,23.11,23.81,23.38,19.71,17.34,16.05,14.93,10.83,8.89,8.90, 1 EDUCATION,14.23,14.43,15.14,14.35,10.10,7.94,8.47,6.10,4.79,6.43,37.55,33.87,51.33,41.36,40.76,25.06,19.38,12.10,13.24,21.12,16.46,16.49,22.25,17.71,10.68,10.93,10.71,5.93,6.23,8.00,15.78,12.18,11.35,11.66,8.27,6.40,8.53,7.75,4.12,5.48,8.28,13.49,8.01,9.00,6.88,5.17,3.89,4.12,2.28,3.06,5.59,5.91,2.62,4.98,2.31,0.00,4.05,2.60,0.37,1.76, 2 Arts and Humanities,17.91,20.60,16.64,16.77,13.76,17.05,13.50,8.89,7.33,10.19,52.81,39.25,34.18,47.87,34.51,41.36,30.04,9.29,23.66,28.50,26.06,32.08,24.95,22.58,19.07,22.73,16.26,14.18,10.71,11.53,17.05,17.60,15.06,19.04,11.25,17.02,14.69,6.25,6.31,8.70,9.61,12.42,10.75,8.11,10.63,9.69,7.79,6.61,0.58,7.78,9.65,13.35,6.11,6.61,3.97,0.78,3.59,1.72,3.64,5.25, 3 Social sciences, business training and law,17.83,19.80,21.75,19.62,17.44,16.71,13.68,9.24,7.86,8.62,38.80,45.01,42.63,45.99,43.21,29.69,26.11,19.07,15.04,14.61,20.62,21.69,25.47,22.68,19.93,18.64,15.32,9.22,8.58,8.90,16.51,17.89,19.06,15.76,13.53,14.84,11.44,8.53,6.44,7.57,14.98,17.15,17.18,15.74,13.89,12.69,10.19,7.19,4.71,7.28,11.86,13.46,17.44,13.78,9.71,12.27,9.39,4.66,6.51,3.56, 4 Sciences,15.63,13.09,14.67,16.11,15.09,10.92,10.33,6.76,8.36,8.62,33.76,32.84,36.65,34.33,36.97,14.52,37.79,18.60,19.40,13.29,14.94,17.68,16.16,23.84,18.26,14.08,12.34,7.59,8.51,12.78,16.01,11.75,13.52,14.22,10.13,8.72,3.42,5.26,8.29,4.04,15.05,7.88,11.89,4.69,15.59,4.16,10.76,3.38,2.42,2.08,8.91,4.77,10.40,8.81,0.89,10.20,6.40,1.50,1.94,2.93, 5 Mechanics, electronics and other technical training; Manufacturing industry and construction,19.91,25.20,25.53,24.29,25.55,14.48,16.39,9.28,5.39,6.49,51.57,37.59,51.17,57.70,48.93,30.82,26.91,15.83,15.85,12.42,26.36,23.88,29.55,25.32,28.44,13.72,19.93,7.80,5.06,3.82,15.22,24.90,18.96,21.09,19.40,12.30,10.81,12.59,3.50,9.86,17.23,24.80,27.88,24.88,22.70,10.87,15.09,5.10,2.57,6.82,7.13,26.49,17.27,10.47,35.98,12.21,5.92,0.00,6.35,0.00, 6 Agriculture,24.54,19.82,20.49,21.64,19.09,17.91,8.60,12.36,13.56,9.90,38.75,47.97,22.74,77.95,53.12,55.64,20.44,16.19,47.38,64.30,18.66,27.79,23.26,24.99,16.95,13.45,11.99,15.07,19.00,8.57,26.55,17.34,20.69,16.98,15.97,34.49,0.67,7.89,0.00,5.11,26.23,4.89,11.47,15.33,19.36,4.81,4.95,12.33,0.00,0.00,0.00,43.87,23.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,..,0.00,0.00, 7 Health and social services,12.59,14.24,17.77,15.51,12.20,10.30,8.78,6.95,4.84,7.27,36.50,40.90,49.84,46.52,33.03,25.51,21.69,18.75,13.24,15.25,15.89,14.82,19.45,13.82,12.60,12.70,8.91,7.15,4.35,7.79,10.35,14.48,16.16,15.18,12.24,7.71,8.38,7.14,4.36,7.51,9.32,11.53,14.67,9.64,6.90,6.45,5.76,3.93,3.44,4.58,4.26,4.64,7.60,9.66,5.43,3.88,5.12,1.35,3.61,0.58, 8 Services,24.94,28.03,25.36,24.96,21.65,20.29,16.85,11.83,13.30,12.18,42.91,55.39,49.29,41.99,33.61,36.86,31.55,17.42,18.02,17.79,23.35,26.06,20.97,25.42,20.83,21.53,14.26,7.64,14.24,11.77,22.04,25.80,21.41,19.69,19.09,16.43,15.08,14.08,9.56,9.11,26.39,23.07,26.12,20.72,20.93,11.97,11.75,17.08,10.88,10.98,21.55,16.51,26.50,21.69,9.51,13.75,18.37,11.22,6.27,0.00, 9 Unknown sectors, unspecified sectors, or sectors that are not applicable,40.47,39.68,51.26,47.15,33.43,39.99,24.84,20.65,11.18,11.35,43.46,74.56,46.97,40.67,37.48,48.67,45.71,21.85,11.09,16.31,30.72,44.57,54.74,51.97,39.01,41.31,19.41,22.57,6.77,10.90,36.54,29.51,39.58,43.33,36.05,46.09,15.57,16.51,17.25,10.60,52.84,57.43,70.00,40.01,16.90,27.70,37.09,8.75,12.82,13.68,51.60,23.73,45.59,55.39,29.31,35.23,25.07,33.79,10.31,6.31, Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute