Economically Active Population Survey Results by Autonomous Communities Employment rates by sex, Autonomous Communities and age groups (years). Units: percentage total Under 25 25 and over From 16 to 19 From 20 to 24 From 25 to 54 55 and over both sexes Total 48.81 36.76 50.74 16.78 49.64 71.35 16.37 Andalucía 43.11 32.99 45.05 17.03 43.82 61.60 13.54 Aragón 48.92 36.15 50.64 14.30 50.13 75.84 16.41 Asturias (Principado de) 41.64 27.83 43.52 6.98 40.41 65.30 12.46 Balears (Illes) 55.59 45.07 57.28 22.52 60.09 76.33 21.32 Canarias 51.59 36.11 54.36 15.71 49.44 69.76 19.14 Cantabria 47.04 34.89 48.91 15.65 46.71 70.63 13.86 Castilla y León 44.66 30.48 46.66 10.48 43.29 70.52 14.00 Castilla - La Mancha 46.15 39.91 47.17 21.81 52.36 68.76 14.08 Cataluña 53.83 43.92 55.26 20.22 58.73 78.07 19.21 Comunidad Valenciana 50.87 43.83 52.02 23.95 56.42 71.94 17.15 Extremadura 42.10 31.00 44.04 16.47 41.24 63.48 13.23 Galicia 46.43 31.79 48.65 14.21 42.47 70.89 16.91 Madrid (Comunidad de) 52.62 35.61 55.21 12.35 50.38 76.70 18.08 Murcia (Región de) 50.11 43.21 51.39 24.78 55.37 69.56 16.66 Navarra (Comunidad Foral de) 52.54 36.57 54.80 12.72 51.58 78.15 17.31 País Vasco 50.68 32.49 53.15 7.95 47.30 76.96 15.24 Rioja (La) 49.53 36.93 51.36 18.63 48.35 74.39 15.87 Ceuta and Melilla 44.40 28.82 47.51 9.07 42.20 61.99 17.25 males Total 61.92 42.77 65.17 22.13 56.14 86.02 25.81 Andalucía 57.84 40.17 61.45 23.18 51.71 79.43 22.54 Aragón 62.03 41.97 64.87 17.94 57.36 90.82 25.41 Asturias (Principado de) 53.81 32.85 56.91 7.09 48.55 79.66 19.44 Balears (Illes) 66.44 50.88 69.04 28.50 65.91 87.35 30.13 Canarias 63.61 41.33 67.71 21.27 54.53 82.62 29.32 Cantabria 61.13 42.87 64.14 24.30 54.36 87.39 21.13 Castilla y León 58.48 38.38 61.48 14.41 53.75 86.59 22.57 Castilla - La Mancha 62.02 48.88 64.28 29.35 62.29 88.18 23.22 Cataluña 65.55 48.00 68.25 25.36 62.19 90.24 29.11 Comunidad Valenciana 64.16 50.67 66.50 30.62 63.50 86.56 26.88 Extremadura 56.37 38.44 59.68 23.47 49.08 80.67 21.25 Galicia 58.10 39.72 61.10 19.32 52.20 84.00 23.51 Madrid (Comunidad de) 65.43 38.22 69.90 16.43 52.14 90.02 30.32 Murcia (Región de) 64.86 51.04 67.59 31.51 63.95 87.06 25.43 Navarra (Comunidad Foral de) 64.18 42.34 67.43 16.20 59.13 90.89 25.68 País Vasco 62.41 36.77 66.12 10.52 52.71 88.75 25.76 Rioja (La) 63.63 45.26 66.43 26.03 57.37 90.52 24.82 Ceuta and Melilla 60.41 39.26 64.82 15.01 55.29 78.48 31.24 females Total 36.43 30.47 37.33 11.15 42.86 56.46 8.82 Andalucía 29.15 25.48 29.81 10.61 35.58 43.59 6.39 Aragón 36.34 30.04 37.15 10.49 42.54 60.27 8.89 Asturias (Principado de) 30.65 22.63 31.67 6.86 32.04 51.11 7.18 Balears (Illes) 45.09 39.01 46.02 16.21 54.05 64.92 14.05 Canarias 39.71 30.67 41.27 9.89 44.18 56.25 10.64 Cantabria 33.86 26.47 34.92 6.46 38.70 53.64 8.17 Castilla y León 31.35 22.16 32.58 6.33 32.29 53.63 6.92 Castilla - La Mancha 30.62 30.42 30.66 13.83 41.84 48.30 6.36 Cataluña 42.77 39.65 43.20 14.80 55.11 65.74 11.20 Comunidad Valenciana 38.27 36.64 38.52 16.86 49.04 57.12 9.31 Extremadura 28.25 23.10 29.11 8.97 32.97 45.21 6.77 Galicia 35.79 23.64 37.51 8.90 32.52 57.83 11.86 Madrid (Comunidad de) 41.01 32.91 42.15 8.10 48.57 63.77 8.74 Murcia (Región de) 35.83 34.89 36.00 17.58 46.26 51.51 9.53 Navarra (Comunidad Foral de) 41.18 30.39 42.63 8.91 43.64 64.89 10.18 País Vasco 39.65 28.02 41.14 5.24 41.67 65.09 6.70 Rioja (La) 35.77 28.04 36.83 10.65 38.80 57.42 8.34 Ceuta and Melilla 27.05 16.58 29.04 2.32 26.51 42.45 5.28 Notes: 1) The estimates for Ceuta and Melilla are not published broken down because the sample size in each one of them does not permit this Source: National Statistics Institute