Economically Active Population Survey Chapter II. 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 48.04 37.01 49.96 17.91 49.18 70.16 15.92 Andalucía 41.85 32.61 43.74 17.17 43.24 60.22 13.20 Aragón 48.06 37.00 49.68 16.73 49.65 74.15 15.45 Asturias (Principado de) 39.72 26.27 41.68 9.16 36.72 63.71 11.30 Balears (Illes) 56.40 48.70 57.73 23.65 64.50 76.83 19.51 Canarias 50.85 37.65 53.43 15.48 52.21 68.19 19.15 Cantabria 45.43 29.59 48.04 11.11 41.08 69.17 14.29 Castilla y León 43.64 30.47 45.64 13.14 41.79 69.93 13.63 Castilla - La Mancha 45.18 40.69 45.95 23.13 52.93 68.26 12.95 Cataluña 52.67 45.73 53.78 22.76 59.49 75.74 17.23 Comunidad Valenciana 50.06 42.06 51.47 24.12 53.21 71.71 16.91 Extremadura 40.02 29.06 42.03 15.71 38.88 62.30 12.00 Galicia 44.28 29.88 46.62 13.40 40.17 68.83 16.91 Madrid (Comunidad de) 53.93 37.29 56.80 16.33 49.89 75.84 19.73 Murcia (Región de) 49.24 43.44 50.45 23.61 55.95 68.06 15.95 Navarra (Comunidad Foral de) 52.63 41.03 54.42 16.08 56.21 77.53 16.04 País Vasco 49.51 32.00 52.09 8.50 45.96 74.55 15.53 Rioja (La) 48.72 36.14 50.69 19.26 46.37 72.98 16.17 Ceuta and Melilla 44.02 25.05 48.44 8.15 35.79 61.51 17.71 males Total 61.47 43.21 64.83 23.45 55.82 85.70 25.29 Andalucía 56.57 39.86 60.20 22.75 51.63 78.51 22.21 Aragón 62.17 43.82 64.99 23.58 56.47 90.62 24.80 Asturias (Principado de) 52.27 32.27 55.43 12.84 44.24 79.77 17.16 Balears (Illes) 68.13 55.21 70.44 32.23 69.79 89.28 28.50 Canarias 63.76 43.40 67.83 18.54 59.78 82.55 30.09 Cantabria 59.83 36.29 63.98 18.01 47.72 86.56 23.16 Castilla y León 57.48 38.25 60.54 18.96 50.87 86.64 21.85 Castilla - La Mancha 61.31 50.97 63.19 33.04 63.40 88.29 21.62 Cataluña 65.13 49.70 67.73 27.18 63.18 89.36 27.18 Comunidad Valenciana 63.12 48.86 65.79 31.44 59.69 86.55 26.13 Extremadura 54.87 37.48 58.22 24.34 47.24 81.37 19.06 Galicia 55.96 37.39 59.21 17.34 50.00 82.97 23.06 Madrid (Comunidad de) 66.92 41.24 71.69 20.86 53.60 89.35 32.82 Murcia (Región de) 64.36 51.65 67.17 31.29 64.28 86.53 24.19 Navarra (Comunidad Foral de) 65.84 46.03 69.05 21.53 61.08 92.89 24.72 País Vasco 62.02 35.23 66.22 11.15 49.56 88.18 26.08 Rioja (La) 63.51 45.42 66.47 24.08 58.31 88.98 27.40 Ceuta and Melilla 60.62 32.08 67.60 12.66 43.47 80.06 34.31 females Total 35.29 30.50 36.07 12.08 42.22 54.40 8.31 Andalucía 27.79 25.00 28.34 11.32 34.43 41.76 5.87 Aragón 34.34 29.75 34.98 9.45 42.42 56.81 7.57 Asturias (Principado de) 28.35 20.01 29.48 5.28 28.93 47.92 6.79 Balears (Illes) 44.89 41.90 45.39 14.61 59.01 63.89 11.92 Canarias 38.13 31.78 39.34 12.34 44.51 53.30 9.79 Cantabria 31.93 22.54 33.37 3.81 34.14 51.67 7.22 Castilla y León 30.25 22.24 31.40 7.00 32.19 52.31 6.74 Castilla - La Mancha 29.28 29.60 29.23 12.54 41.59 47.02 5.58 Cataluña 40.85 41.56 40.74 18.12 55.62 61.88 9.17 Comunidad Valenciana 37.56 34.89 38.00 16.38 46.38 56.59 9.33 Extremadura 25.59 20.13 26.54 6.42 30.08 42.07 6.20 Galicia 33.67 22.08 35.41 9.29 30.02 54.87 12.14 Madrid (Comunidad de) 42.07 33.22 43.50 11.61 46.09 62.81 9.68 Murcia (Región de) 34.34 34.51 34.31 15.44 46.78 48.73 9.18 Navarra (Comunidad Foral de) 39.63 35.71 40.20 10.21 51.07 61.32 8.69 País Vasco 37.66 28.61 38.91 5.70 42.18 60.73 6.96 Rioja (La) 34.04 26.19 35.21 14.12 33.53 55.85 6.55 Ceuta and Melilla 27.84 17.60 30.10 3.83 27.12 42.42 4.34 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