Economically Active Population Survey
National results.    Unemployed
Unemployment rates by sex, age groups (years) and level of education attained.
Units: percentage

	total	Illiterates	Primary education	First stage of Secondary Education and the corresponding training and labour insertion	Second stage of Secondary Education and the corresponding training and labour insertion	Training and labour insertion with secondary education certificate (2nd stage)	Higher education, except doctorate	Doctorate	
both sexes	
    total	11.30	24.14	12.03	13.08	11.31	13.02	8.86	3.53	
    from 16 to 19	31.93	78.46	36.26	30.29	31.97	34.46	33.66	..	
    from 20 to 24	20.41	26.61	23.85	18.84	19.92	23.18	22.50	0.00	
    from 25 to 29	14.35	26.96	18.71	13.99	13.51	8.33	14.38	12.48	
    from 30 to 44	9.91	29.51	14.80	11.72	9.31	14.48	6.61	3.73	
    from 45 to 54	7.45	28.61	9.65	8.31	6.52	2.54	3.28	1.19	
    55 years of age and over	6.58	18.63	7.49	6.64	6.23	2.91	2.63	1.93	
males	
    total	8.17	21.80	9.05	9.17	7.74	6.02	6.28	4.38	
    from 16 to 19	27.25	71.51	32.22	25.56	25.40	22.43	31.76	..	
    from 20 to 24	17.10	31.83	20.77	15.17	18.12	14.84	18.45	0.00	
    from 25 to 29	10.80	14.36	12.43	9.89	10.06	4.60	11.83	11.62	
    from 30 to 44	6.58	22.36	10.55	7.35	5.37	4.08	4.50	5.61	
    from 45 to 54	4.91	22.56	6.61	5.16	3.68	3.69	2.26	1.78	
    55 years of age and over	5.57	20.94	6.23	5.32	5.53	0.00	2.65	2.46	
females	
    total	15.91	27.03	18.04	20.03	15.91	22.74	11.65	2.15	
    from 16 to 19	39.99	100.00	46.12	39.24	37.73	50.11	35.72	..	
    from 20 to 24	24.53	21.51	31.91	25.14	21.78	33.65	25.44	0.00	
    from 25 to 29	18.50	69.69	31.43	21.13	17.67	12.34	16.48	12.95	
    from 30 to 44	14.59	40.29	23.15	19.44	14.33	28.47	8.88	1.07	
    from 45 to 54	11.70	37.55	15.08	13.69	11.05	0.00	4.83	0.00	
    55 years of age and over	8.87	16.40	10.42	9.73	7.64	35.76	2.60	0.00	
Notes:
1) ~'level of education attained,Second stage of Secondary Education and the corresponding training and labour insertion'~Since the first quarter of 2003 this category includes the  Social Guarantee/Professional Initiation Programs.
Source: National Statistics Institute