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Employees. By activity sectors and sex

Employees. By activity sectors and sex Catalonia. 2023
Value (annual average) Variation (%)
Total 3,177.5 4.0
Agriculture 29.5 -13.1
Industry 581.0 1.1
Construction 166.7 3.3
Services 2,400.3 5.0
Men 1,615.9 3.4
Agriculture 24.7 -10.3
Industry 392.0 0.9
Construction 156.1 4.3
Services 1,043.0 4.7
Women 1,561.6 4.6
Agriculture 4.8 -25.0
Industry 189.0 1.6
Construction 10.6 -9.0
Services 1,357.3 5.3
Units: Milers de persones.
Source: Idescat, based on the INE Economically Active Population Survey.
Note: In April 2024, Idescat reviewed the results of the Economically Active Population Survey for the years 2021-2023 with the new population base derived from the 2021 Population and Housing Census.
Employees. By activity sectors and sex Spain. 2023
Value (annual average) Variation (%)
Total 17,963.0 3.4
Agriculture 472.1 -5.7
Industry 2,588.3 1.9
Construction 1,046.5 5.3
Services 13,856.1 3.9
Men 9,310.0 2.8
Agriculture 362.5 -9.1
Industry 1,860.4 1.6
Construction 949.8 6.8
Services 6,137.3 3.4
Women 8,652.9 4.1
Agriculture 109.6 7.5
Industry 727.9 2.8
Construction 96.6 -6.9
Services 7,718.8 4.3
Units: Milers de persones.
Source: INE. Economically Active Population Survey.
Note: In April 2024, Idescat reviewed the results of the Economically Active Population Survey for the years 2021-2023 with the new population base derived from the 2021 Population and Housing Census.

Last update: February 20, 2024. Revised series on April 26, 2024.

Methodological note

The Economically Active Population Survey (EAPS) is the main source for finding out about the labour market. It is sample research carried out by the INE using the methodology of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Statistical Office of the European Commission (Eurostat). The survey is taken every quarter and its main purpose is to investigate the relationship with people's economic activity.

The employees is that one that having 16 years or more is working as wage-earners.

The economic activity sector of employed people is determined by the main activity of the company in which they work and not by their specific job. Until the 4th quarter of 2007 economic activity was classified according to the Catalan Classification of Economic Activities 1993 Revision 1 (CCEA-93 Rev.1). However, from the 1st quarter of 2008 onwards, economic activities have been classified using the new Catalan Classification of Economic Activities 2009 (CCEA-2009).

The data for the 2002–2013 period was revised in May 2014 since the new reference population figures from the Population and Housing Census 2011 and the introduction of new criteria in the calibration of the expansion factors have made it necessary to recalculate the Economically Active Population Survey series for the period in question.