Economically Active Population Survey Chapter II. Results by Autonomous Communities Absolute values. Population 16 years of age and over by sex, Autonomous Communities and level of education attained. Units: thousands of persons total Illiterates Primary education Secondary education. First stage and the corresponding training and labour insertion Secondary education. Second stage 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 34,614.6 1,074.1 12,785.3 8,143.4 5,928.6 37.8 6,559.0 86.3 Andalucía 6,007.1 342.1 2,339.2 1,434.6 948.8 11.6 916.5 14.2 Aragón 1,033.0 22.1 427.1 211.9 168.8 0.5 200.5 2.0 Asturias (Principado de) 936.9 6.2 405.1 186.8 171.5 2.4 163.9 1.0 Balears (Illes) 736.6 15.0 251.3 207.3 152.9 0.6 108.0 1.5 Canarias 1,475.9 77.6 521.5 339.7 264.8 3.3 264.2 4.8 Cantabria 462.3 0.9 180.4 107.8 81.7 0.2 90.6 0.7 Castilla y León 2,111.8 27.1 967.0 389.8 344.2 3.3 375.3 5.1 Castilla - La Mancha 1,460.6 106.6 587.1 365.3 203.2 4.1 192.5 1.8 Cataluña 5,425.8 93.8 1,916.8 1,351.0 956.0 .. 1,091.6 16.6 Comunidad Valenciana 3,538.5 110.8 1,120.3 1,151.4 574.2 3.7 574.0 4.1 Extremadura 868.2 66.4 289.4 274.9 117.7 2.0 115.9 1.9 Galicia 2,337.9 53.1 1,013.9 536.3 359.9 0.6 369.1 5.1 Madrid (Comunidad de) 4,621.4 74.1 1,431.1 875.5 965.9 2.8 1,253.7 18.3 Murcia (Región de) 985.2 53.3 354.4 243.3 163.1 0.1 168.5 2.5 Navarra (Comunidad Foral de) 469.8 3.5 167.2 99.5 72.7 0.1 125.4 1.4 País Vasco 1,801.1 14.7 680.2 293.6 319.9 2.5 485.8 4.6 Rioja (La) 237.5 0.6 103.1 49.0 37.5 .. 46.8 0.6 Ceuta and Melilla 105.1 6.1 30.1 25.7 26.0 0.2 16.9 0.2 males Total 16,861.1 337.0 5,859.0 4,305.3 2,967.6 21.6 3,313.8 56.8 Andalucía 2,933.9 109.9 1,118.9 751.1 470.7 5.5 469.1 8.6 Aragón 509.2 7.9 194.0 111.3 89.6 0.1 104.5 1.8 Asturias (Principado de) 445.4 1.6 174.2 96.0 84.8 1.8 86.2 0.8 Balears (Illes) 364.8 3.9 118.0 112.1 75.5 0.4 54.2 0.9 Canarias 732.4 30.8 257.8 179.0 129.8 2.1 129.8 3.2 Cantabria 223.7 0.3 79.0 58.1 38.5 0.1 47.3 0.5 Castilla y León 1,038.7 9.4 454.9 216.3 175.1 2.1 177.6 3.3 Castilla - La Mancha 724.9 35.2 289.3 200.1 103.9 1.6 93.6 1.3 Cataluña 2,642.2 27.7 857.5 726.1 466.9 .. 551.7 12.2 Comunidad Valenciana 1,730.9 29.3 516.9 609.6 285.0 2.8 284.3 3.1 Extremadura 428.1 20.9 141.3 145.8 61.6 1.0 56.2 1.2 Galicia 1,113.5 14.2 449.9 292.1 175.5 0.4 177.7 3.7 Madrid (Comunidad de) 2,205.1 22.8 604.2 441.7 483.9 2.3 639.4 10.7 Murcia (Región de) 488.9 15.3 177.3 128.0 81.6 .. 85.5 1.2 Navarra (Comunidad Foral de) 233.0 1.2 75.6 52.5 39.4 .. 63.5 0.7 País Vasco 876.1 4.9 289.2 145.2 171.2 1.2 261.2 3.1 Rioja (La) 118.3 0.4 48.0 26.9 19.5 .. 23.0 0.5 Ceuta and Melilla 51.9 1.3 13.0 13.3 15.0 0.2 9.0 0.1 females Total 17,753.4 737.1 6,926.3 3,838.1 2,961.0 16.2 3,245.2 29.5 Andalucía 3,073.2 232.2 1,220.3 683.5 478.1 6.0 447.4 5.6 Aragón 523.8 14.1 233.1 100.6 79.1 0.5 96.0 0.3 Asturias (Principado de) 491.5 4.6 230.9 90.8 86.7 0.6 77.7 0.2 Balears (Illes) 371.7 11.0 133.4 95.3 77.4 0.2 53.8 0.7 Canarias 743.5 46.8 263.7 160.7 135.1 1.2 134.4 1.6 Cantabria 238.6 0.7 101.5 49.7 43.2 0.1 43.3 0.2 Castilla y León 1,073.0 17.7 512.0 173.5 169.1 1.2 197.7 1.8 Castilla - La Mancha 735.7 71.5 297.8 165.2 99.3 2.5 98.9 0.5 Cataluña 2,783.6 66.1 1,059.3 624.8 489.1 .. 539.9 4.4 Comunidad Valenciana 1,807.5 81.6 603.5 541.8 289.2 0.9 289.7 1.0 Extremadura 440.1 45.5 148.0 129.1 56.1 1.0 59.7 0.7 Galicia 1,224.4 38.9 564.1 244.2 184.3 0.1 191.4 1.4 Madrid (Comunidad de) 2,416.3 51.2 826.9 433.8 482.0 0.5 614.3 7.6 Murcia (Región de) 496.3 38.1 177.1 115.3 81.4 0.1 83.1 1.3 Navarra (Comunidad Foral de) 236.8 2.3 91.6 47.0 33.3 0.1 61.8 0.7 País Vasco 925.1 9.8 391.0 148.4 148.7 1.3 224.5 1.4 Rioja (La) 119.2 0.2 55.1 22.1 17.9 .. 23.8 0.1 Ceuta and Melilla 53.2 4.8 17.1 12.4 11.0 .. 7.8 0.1 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