Economically Active Population Survey National results Persons between 15 and 74 years of age born abroad, depending on their current knowledge of official languages different from Spanish (1). Unidades: Absolute values in thousands and Percentage Absolute values Percentage Total Mother tongue Advanced (proficient user) Intermediate (independent user) Beginner (basic user) Hardly any or no language skills No answer/Don't know Total Mother tongue Advanced (proficient user) Intermediate (independent user) Beginner (basic user) Hardly any or no language skills No answer/Don't know Total 2.817 145,9 350,7 489,6 767 971,8 92,1 100 5,18 12,45 17,38 27,23 34,5 3,27 Catalan 1.534,3 61,6 248,2 327 442,5 400,1 55 100 4,01 16,17 21,31 28,84 26,07 3,58 Valencian 803,7 31,8 52,4 92,4 232,3 384,8 10,1 100 3,96 6,52 11,5 28,9 47,87 1,25 Galician 222,3 44,7 43,1 56,6 54,7 22 1,2 100 20,11 19,39 25,47 24,58 9,9 0,54 Basque 256,6 7,7 7 13,6 37,5 164,9 25,8 100 3,02 2,72 5,29 14,62 64,29 10,06 Notas: Each person has answered in relation to the language of the autonomous community in which he/she resides. That is, those who live in Catalonia and Illes Balears in relation to Catalan, those of the Valencian Community in relation to Valencian, those of Galicia in relation to Galician, and those of the communities of Navarra and the Basque Country in relation to Basque. Fuente: National Statistics Institute