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Employed persons. By activity sectors

Employed persons. By activity sectors Catalonia. 3rd quarter 2024
Year-over-year variation
Value Absolute % quarter % accumulated
Total 3,861.1 52.9 1.4 2.8
Agriculture 45.2 -3.3 -6.8 -4.6
Industry 635.2 -12.7 -2.0 0.9
Construction 235.5 4.5 2.0 5.2
Services 2,945.2 64.3 2.2 3.2
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.
Employed persons. By activity sectors Spain. 3rd quarter 2024
Year-over-year variation
Value Absolute % quarter % accumulated
Total 21,823.0 376.6 1.8 2.2
Agriculture 733.7 9.5 1.3 -0.2
Industry 2,912.6 65.3 2.3 2.8
Construction 1,479.2 62.0 4.4 5.3
Services 16,697.5 239.7 1.5 2.0
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: October 25, 2024. Next update: January 28, 2025 Calendari

Methodological note

The Economically Active Population Survey (APS) 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 employed persons is people aged 16 or over who are working either as employees or as self-employed.

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. 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.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.