Economically Active Population Survey National results Active population by sector of the level of education attained, sex and age group Units: Thousands Persons Total From 16 to 24 years From 25 to 34 years (current quarter) From 35 to 44 years From 45 to 54 years 55 and more years 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 Both sexes Total 24,119.7 23,626.7 23,309.9 22,733.3 23,027.1 22,806.8 22,741.7 22,822.7 1,696.6 1,611.4 1,513.5 1,431.6 1,539.4 1,506.7 1,499.3 1,476.4 4,685.5 4,549.6 4,518.6 4,447.5 4,561.7 4,593.3 4,668.6 4,844.7 6,021.4 6,106.2 6,259.7 6,282.6 6,546.0 6,675.2 6,804.8 6,932.0 6,812.3 6,692.6 6,543.9 6,352.8 6,361.5 6,219.0 6,111.3 6,039.4 4,903.8 4,666.8 4,474.2 4,218.8 4,018.5 3,812.6 3,657.7 3,530.3 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 10,496.0 10,545.8 10,362.9 10,311.0 10,868.6 10,959.5 11,111.2 11,347.2 912.9 874.5 813.9 791.2 922.0 901.5 854.0 854.7 1,513.6 1,582.1 1,607.0 1,596.9 1,682.7 1,809.0 1,949.7 2,028.6 2,513.6 2,493.8 2,533.4 2,564.4 2,820.5 2,787.7 2,932.2 3,028.2 2,971.6 3,073.7 3,004.6 3,031.7 3,129.8 3,164.3 3,181.3 3,264.0 2,584.3 2,521.8 2,404.0 2,326.7 2,313.6 2,297.1 2,193.9 2,171.7 01 Educación 1,225.9 1,146.2 1,103.3 1,043.7 1,098.0 946.0 977.1 946.9 69.5 60.1 54.0 46.8 56.4 52.8 60.6 62.2 364.8 329.4 328.1 295.2 295.4 262.6 268.0 258.6 324.1 305.3 312.1 284.3 306.8 297.4 296.7 278.0 262.0 252.2 227.5 228.3 243.8 196.5 209.3 201.0 205.4 199.2 181.6 189.1 195.7 136.8 142.4 147.1 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 885.0 777.5 824.0 813.4 822.3 788.5 785.4 762.0 52.4 30.4 37.9 40.3 34.3 31.3 30.3 28.3 189.9 187.5 185.9 174.0 183.7 195.8 164.4 157.3 213.2 218.0 209.9 241.5 243.7 238.1 253.0 266.1 258.4 204.5 221.7 211.9 218.0 195.7 229.6 212.8 171.1 137.1 168.5 145.8 142.5 127.7 108.2 97.4 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 574.4 581.0 545.3 524.1 513.3 503.7 506.1 518.4 28.8 29.7 23.0 14.9 16.8 19.5 19.5 28.6 110.3 127.6 123.6 116.7 117.8 122.2 122.4 143.2 169.0 161.1 168.5 175.7 177.7 159.7 182.4 168.4 185.0 167.8 148.1 125.8 139.5 137.5 126.3 123.4 81.4 94.7 82.0 90.9 61.5 64.8 55.6 54.7 04 Negocios, administración y derecho 3,602.0 3,358.4 3,387.2 3,189.3 3,033.9 3,102.7 3,086.4 2,911.7 134.8 141.1 143.5 124.2 103.4 119.0 122.5 118.2 761.9 628.1 687.7 645.1 633.2 661.2 652.4 623.3 884.1 906.4 973.9 971.9 980.9 1,092.2 1,123.4 1,099.1 1,175.9 1,113.7 1,047.0 1,009.4 933.0 898.0 860.4 783.0 645.3 569.0 535.0 438.7 383.6 332.3 327.7 288.2 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 616.5 607.6 622.3 608.0 593.1 611.9 573.9 563.7 28.5 27.9 31.2 31.0 25.5 19.6 21.3 22.1 159.2 136.4 142.8 109.4 120.7 138.9 112.6 137.9 142.0 173.1 186.7 197.9 221.4 222.8 223.2 218.6 180.7 167.7 173.3 156.6 146.2 154.4 134.9 129.9 106.2 102.5 88.3 113.0 79.3 76.2 81.9 55.3 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 920.5 850.1 768.3 740.1 726.8 694.9 640.9 634.4 85.5 78.7 71.4 53.8 54.3 55.6 45.9 42.7 282.4 245.8 196.9 211.1 230.3 208.0 202.5 220.0 298.6 268.8 276.9 254.0 244.9 281.4 251.2 243.4 187.8 192.7 171.9 173.1 160.0 122.1 114.9 108.9 66.3 64.1 51.3 48.1 37.3 27.9 26.4 19.4 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 2,446.6 2,513.1 2,468.6 2,438.1 2,388.3 2,372.9 2,349.1 2,347.8 130.9 130.4 115.0 112.4 118.1 117.1 126.9 116.5 438.9 481.8 461.6 523.2 497.7 506.4 508.8 526.0 621.8 710.4 709.5 711.1 730.5 747.4 764.7 807.0 791.9 764.6 743.1 699.0 684.6 683.1 634.8 612.1 463.1 426.0 439.3 392.4 357.4 318.9 313.9 286.1 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 246.6 244.0 230.9 232.7 211.4 213.6 186.9 193.1 18.9 14.6 13.4 12.3 10.1 12.1 11.6 11.3 48.5 58.2 36.3 40.1 51.7 34.6 36.5 39.1 55.7 60.2 61.5 70.7 62.9 68.1 60.9 64.9 68.7 64.9 75.7 73.6 55.6 66.1 55.7 53.9 54.8 46.1 44.1 35.8 31.1 32.6 22.0 23.9 09 Salud y servicios sociales 1,951.3 1,856.2 1,901.5 1,824.4 1,740.2 1,622.1 1,545.2 1,576.3 134.0 130.0 123.1 111.2 101.1 91.4 98.0 96.5 506.1 474.6 433.1 455.9 456.5 384.1 383.2 404.5 492.1 476.4 521.0 516.7 457.1 456.9 432.1 442.9 443.8 409.9 454.2 402.8 398.0 381.9 347.1 347.5 375.3 365.3 370.1 337.8 327.5 307.7 284.7 284.9 10 Servicios 959.5 945.2 927.5 861.7 877.1 798.9 795.7 784.0 86.6 86.8 78.2 84.2 86.1 74.4 100.8 81.8 273.8 271.7 286.5 252.7 268.9 230.3 229.7 252.6 258.6 275.6 262.8 253.8 253.0 272.1 234.2 241.5 229.1 214.9 227.4 198.6 209.8 169.7 166.8 147.9 111.4 96.1 72.5 72.4 59.4 52.3 64.1 60.1 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 195.5 201.5 168.2 146.8 154.1 192.1 183.8 237.3 13.8 7.0 9.0 9.3 11.4 12.3 7.9 13.5 36.2 26.4 29.0 27.1 23.2 40.3 38.5 53.7 48.7 57.1 43.5 40.4 46.7 51.5 50.7 73.8 57.4 65.8 49.4 42.0 43.3 49.7 50.0 54.9 39.2 45.1 37.3 28.1 29.5 38.3 36.8 41.4 Males Total 12,734.8 12,543.9 12,367.7 12,108.9 12,273.4 12,206.5 12,172.1 12,213.8 926.1 878.2 818.1 792.0 841.6 819.3 807.6 795.2 2,443.1 2,373.3 2,336.6 2,299.2 2,374.5 2,385.7 2,414.6 2,509.7 3,146.4 3,206.0 3,289.0 3,303.3 3,443.0 3,534.6 3,605.4 3,684.0 3,594.6 3,564.7 3,504.1 3,411.7 3,404.9 3,352.4 3,304.4 3,268.5 2,624.5 2,521.6 2,419.9 2,302.8 2,209.4 2,114.5 2,040.1 1,956.4 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 6,158.5 6,221.9 6,069.9 6,066.6 6,357.1 6,388.1 6,502.3 6,687.6 511.2 500.4 468.9 455.9 533.3 517.4 491.8 510.8 954.5 979.4 973.2 982.7 1,016.4 1,096.2 1,151.7 1,233.6 1,497.8 1,475.6 1,517.2 1,566.1 1,661.7 1,655.2 1,764.0 1,815.2 1,731.4 1,812.5 1,760.2 1,734.0 1,814.9 1,804.5 1,806.8 1,891.5 1,463.6 1,454.1 1,350.4 1,327.9 1,330.7 1,314.7 1,288.1 1,236.5 01 Educación 302.3 276.1 260.6 225.6 264.7 218.9 195.7 217.5 17.6 16.2 11.6 10.3 12.9 10.2 8.4 14.0 93.6 76.4 81.4 63.9 61.9 60.4 60.7 50.4 93.2 76.7 77.0 60.7 80.9 70.6 56.9 69.9 59.1 56.1 50.7 50.3 61.9 40.8 38.0 42.0 38.8 50.6 39.8 40.4 47.1 36.9 31.7 41.1 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 362.2 333.4 348.6 319.2 341.2 313.3 339.3 296.9 19.1 16.5 12.2 20.8 15.6 11.2 14.9 10.1 83.8 69.7 86.9 74.9 78.3 71.3 70.2 55.3 84.6 87.0 89.5 86.1 106.1 97.8 100.0 101.9 94.7 93.5 93.0 77.6 75.1 83.9 107.8 89.1 80.1 66.8 67.0 59.7 66.0 49.2 46.4 40.5 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 209.3 206.4 187.8 193.0 171.6 182.6 165.0 177.7 12.4 5.6 5.9 1.8 3.4 5.6 4.8 8.4 37.4 45.5 40.3 42.4 41.4 46.9 34.8 36.6 55.2 51.7 48.7 61.4 48.8 53.1 59.1 57.9 69.4 66.6 55.1 47.6 55.1 49.0 44.2 44.6 34.8 37.0 37.9 39.9 23.0 28.1 22.1 30.1 04 Negocios, administración y derecho 1,395.1 1,295.7 1,290.7 1,267.4 1,175.5 1,193.2 1,209.7 1,090.0 65.4 54.8 67.8 58.3 44.9 45.0 45.8 36.7 301.0 281.5 250.6 248.0 239.8 216.2 234.6 206.0 319.8 331.5 342.9 350.2 362.9 428.5 421.7 392.3 445.8 394.5 388.6 411.8 364.7 347.0 365.3 299.5 263.1 233.4 240.9 199.1 163.3 156.5 142.3 155.5 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 306.5 287.0 328.1 309.7 288.4 287.7 294.4 286.3 16.5 9.4 12.3 20.4 9.7 10.3 10.8 12.8 67.2 63.6 70.2 46.9 57.7 68.1 58.7 75.6 66.2 73.7 93.9 83.8 101.1 78.5 110.6 99.9 101.3 85.5 100.1 88.5 76.2 86.6 63.7 67.8 55.2 54.8 51.5 70.0 43.6 44.3 50.5 30.2 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 713.5 666.4 606.0 567.3 559.2 534.2 491.8 496.1 77.7 69.3 60.7 42.0 40.4 47.2 38.1 34.6 226.3 201.6 161.2 164.6 176.7 162.8 162.8 180.2 227.5 222.7 221.4 195.8 190.8 217.5 185.1 187.3 135.9 134.2 122.6 125.6 121.8 85.8 87.2 79.9 46.1 38.5 40.2 39.4 29.5 20.9 18.6 14.2 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 2,191.0 2,222.4 2,188.2 2,152.8 2,120.3 2,133.9 2,097.6 2,102.2 124.2 125.0 103.8 103.9 112.2 107.3 117.4 103.6 389.8 409.6 407.9 437.5 426.2 438.7 437.9 456.9 534.1 622.4 615.9 623.5 628.9 659.6 664.5 715.6 714.4 671.4 666.9 622.6 621.9 625.2 595.1 559.4 428.4 393.9 393.7 365.3 331.1 303.0 282.7 266.7 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 153.4 175.3 148.7 151.0 139.1 155.6 139.3 127.7 13.5 12.2 9.3 9.0 5.0 9.0 9.2 7.7 25.0 40.7 18.5 23.2 24.0 22.5 24.1 20.4 31.7 39.9 39.7 39.8 44.1 42.5 39.8 35.9 41.0 45.8 45.5 53.9 38.6 55.3 46.6 43.3 42.4 36.8 35.8 25.0 27.5 26.2 19.6 20.4 09 Salud y servicios sociales 449.2 413.2 456.3 442.8 404.8 381.3 338.3 349.7 19.3 27.3 22.6 27.0 19.4 20.5 19.9 21.2 127.4 101.1 108.0 100.5 116.4 93.9 73.8 82.0 113.6 102.7 112.0 126.9 89.2 99.3 93.0 103.8 91.5 91.1 111.3 99.3 80.2 84.2 65.7 70.0 97.4 91.0 102.4 89.2 99.6 83.4 86.0 72.6 10 Servicios 392.8 334.2 385.4 334.2 354.1 308.0 288.9 265.1 41.1 38.0 37.0 36.2 37.4 30.2 42.1 30.1 123.1 90.3 120.6 99.4 119.8 82.1 84.8 91.8 96.1 101.7 107.5 93.9 97.6 106.5 78.6 69.1 81.4 68.0 87.5 73.4 72.5 64.0 55.8 50.7 51.0 36.2 32.7 31.3 26.8 25.1 27.7 23.4 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 101.1 111.9 97.4 79.3 97.4 109.9 109.7 117.0 8.2 3.5 6.0 6.5 7.4 5.6 4.5 5.2 13.9 13.9 17.9 15.1 15.9 26.5 20.6 20.8 26.6 20.6 23.3 15.1 30.9 25.5 32.0 35.0 28.8 45.4 22.6 27.0 22.2 26.2 28.2 30.8 23.5 28.5 27.6 15.6 21.1 26.2 24.4 25.1 Females Total 11,384.9 11,082.8 10,942.2 10,624.4 10,753.7 10,600.3 10,569.6 10,608.9 770.6 733.2 695.4 639.6 697.9 687.4 691.7 681.2 2,242.4 2,176.2 2,182.0 2,148.3 2,187.3 2,207.6 2,254.0 2,334.9 2,875.0 2,900.2 2,970.7 2,979.3 3,103.0 3,140.6 3,199.4 3,248.0 3,217.7 3,127.9 3,039.8 2,941.1 2,956.5 2,866.6 2,806.9 2,770.9 2,279.2 2,145.2 2,054.3 1,916.0 1,809.0 1,698.0 1,617.5 1,573.9 00 Formación general, formación básica de adultos y habilidades personales 4,337.5 4,323.9 4,292.9 4,244.4 4,511.5 4,571.4 4,608.8 4,659.7 401.7 374.2 345.1 335.4 388.7 384.0 362.3 343.9 559.1 602.6 633.8 614.2 666.3 712.8 798.0 795.0 1,015.8 1,018.2 1,016.2 998.3 1,158.7 1,132.4 1,168.2 1,213.0 1,240.3 1,261.2 1,244.4 1,297.7 1,314.9 1,359.8 1,374.5 1,372.5 1,120.7 1,067.7 1,053.5 998.8 982.9 982.3 905.9 935.3 01 Educación 923.5 870.1 842.7 818.1 833.4 727.2 781.3 729.4 51.9 43.9 42.3 36.5 43.5 42.6 52.2 48.2 271.2 253.0 246.6 231.3 233.5 202.3 207.3 208.2 230.9 228.7 235.1 223.6 225.9 226.7 239.9 208.1 202.9 196.1 176.9 177.9 181.9 155.7 171.3 159.0 166.7 148.5 141.8 148.7 148.6 99.9 110.7 106.0 02 Artes, humanidades y lenguas 522.8 444.1 475.4 494.2 481.1 475.2 446.1 465.0 33.3 13.9 25.7 19.4 18.7 20.1 15.3 18.2 106.2 117.9 99.0 99.0 105.4 124.5 94.1 102.0 128.5 131.0 120.4 155.4 137.6 140.3 153.0 164.2 163.8 111.0 128.7 134.3 142.9 111.8 121.8 123.7 91.0 70.3 101.5 86.1 76.5 78.5 61.8 56.9 03 Ciencias sociales, periodismo y documentación 365.2 374.5 357.4 331.1 341.7 321.0 341.2 340.7 16.4 24.1 17.0 13.2 13.4 14.0 14.6 20.2 72.8 82.1 83.3 74.3 76.4 75.3 87.6 106.6 113.7 109.4 119.8 114.4 128.9 106.6 123.3 110.5 115.6 101.2 93.0 78.3 84.4 88.5 82.2 78.8 46.6 57.7 44.2 51.0 38.5 36.7 33.4 24.6 04 Negocios, administración y derecho 2,206.9 2,062.7 2,096.5 1,921.9 1,858.4 1,909.5 1,876.7 1,821.7 69.5 86.3 75.8 65.9 58.5 74.1 76.7 81.4 460.9 346.6 437.2 397.1 393.4 444.9 417.8 417.3 564.3 575.0 631.0 621.7 618.0 663.7 701.7 706.8 730.2 719.2 658.5 597.6 568.3 551.0 495.1 483.5 382.1 335.6 294.1 239.6 220.2 175.8 185.3 132.7 05 Ciencias naturales, químicas, físicas y matemáticas 310.1 320.6 294.3 298.3 304.8 324.1 279.6 277.3 12.0 18.5 18.8 10.6 15.8 9.3 10.5 9.3 92.0 72.7 72.6 62.5 63.0 70.8 53.9 62.3 75.7 99.4 92.8 114.1 120.3 144.3 112.5 118.7 79.4 82.3 73.2 68.0 70.0 67.8 71.2 62.1 50.9 47.7 36.8 43.0 35.7 32.0 31.4 25.0 06 Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) 207.1 183.7 162.3 172.8 167.6 160.7 149.1 138.3 7.8 9.4 10.7 11.8 14.0 8.4 7.8 8.1 56.1 44.2 35.7 46.5 53.6 45.1 39.7 39.7 71.1 46.1 55.5 58.2 54.1 63.9 66.1 56.1 51.8 58.5 49.3 47.6 38.2 36.4 27.7 29.1 20.2 25.6 11.1 8.7 7.8 6.9 7.8 5.2 07 Mecánica, electrónica y otra formación técnica; industria y construcción 255.6 290.8 280.4 285.4 267.9 239.1 251.5 245.6 6.8 5.4 11.2 8.5 5.8 9.9 9.5 12.9 49.1 72.1 53.7 85.7 71.4 67.6 70.9 69.1 87.7 88.0 93.7 87.6 101.6 87.8 100.2 91.4 77.4 93.2 76.2 76.4 62.8 57.9 39.8 52.8 34.6 32.0 45.6 27.1 26.3 15.8 31.1 19.4 08 Agricultura, ganadería, pesca, silvicultura y veterinaria 93.2 68.8 82.2 81.6 72.3 58.0 47.5 65.4 5.4 2.5 4.1 3.3 5.2 3.1 2.4 3.6 23.5 17.5 17.8 16.9 27.7 12.1 12.4 18.7 24.1 20.3 21.8 30.9 18.8 25.6 21.1 29.0 27.7 19.2 30.2 19.7 17.0 10.9 9.1 10.6 12.5 9.3 8.2 10.8 3.6 6.3 2.4 3.5 09 Salud y servicios sociales 1,502.1 1,443.0 1,445.3 1,381.6 1,335.4 1,240.9 1,206.9 1,226.6 114.6 102.8 100.5 84.1 81.7 71.0 78.1 75.2 378.7 373.5 325.2 355.5 340.0 290.2 309.5 322.5 378.5 373.7 409.0 389.9 367.9 357.6 339.1 339.1 352.4 318.8 342.9 303.5 317.9 297.7 281.4 277.5 278.0 274.2 267.7 248.6 227.9 224.4 198.8 212.3 10 Servicios 566.7 611.0 542.1 527.5 523.0 490.9 506.8 518.9 45.5 48.8 41.2 48.0 48.6 44.2 58.7 51.8 150.7 181.4 166.0 153.3 149.1 148.2 144.9 160.8 162.5 174.0 155.2 159.9 155.4 165.6 155.7 172.4 147.7 146.9 139.9 125.2 137.3 105.7 111.1 97.2 60.3 60.0 39.8 41.1 32.6 27.2 36.4 36.7 99 Sectores desconocidos o no especificados 94.4 89.6 70.8 67.5 56.6 82.2 74.1 120.3 5.6 3.6 2.9 2.8 4.0 6.8 3.5 8.2 22.3 12.5 11.1 11.9 7.3 13.8 17.8 32.9 22.1 36.6 20.2 25.3 15.8 26.0 18.6 38.8 28.6 20.4 26.8 14.9 21.1 23.5 21.8 24.1 15.7 16.6 9.8 12.5 8.4 12.2 12.4 16.3 Notes: Los datos de 2006 a 2020 están calculados según la base poblacional 2011. Desde 2021 se utiliza la base 2021 Source: National Statistics Institute