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Employment in high- and medium-high technology manufacturing and knowledge-intensive services (09.20) [Replaced in 2022]

Employment in high and medium-high technology manufacturing and knowledge-intensive services. Total. By sex 2024
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Men 39.6 36.7 39.6
Women 50.5 48.5 56.6
Total 44.7 42.1 47.5
Units: Percentage.
Source Catalonia: Idescat, based on the INE's Active Population Survey. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
Note: In April 2024, Idescat reviewed the results of Catalonia of the Economically Active Population Survey for the years 2021-2023 with the new population base derived from the 2021 Population and Housing Census.
Employment in high and medium-high technology manufacturing and knowledge-intensive services. High and medium high-technology manufacturing. By sex 2024
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Men 8.0 5.3 8.0
Women 4.7 2.6 3.7
Total 6.5 4.0 6.0
Units: Percentage.
Source Catalonia: Idescat, based on the INE's Active Population Survey. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
Note: In April 2024, Idescat reviewed the results of Catalonia of the Economically Active Population Survey for the years 2021-2023 with the new population base derived from the 2021 Population and Housing Census.
Employment in high and medium-high technology manufacturing and knowledge-intensive services. Knowledge-intensive services. By sex 2024
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Men 31.7 31.4 31.6
Women 45.7 45.9 52.9
Total 38.2 38.1 41.5
Units: Percentage.
Source Catalonia: Idescat, based on the INE's Active Population Survey. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
Note: In April 2024, Idescat reviewed the results of Catalonia 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 18, 2025. Revised series on April 24, 2025.

EPA

These statistics have a specific section with all the information available: Economically Active Population Survey (EPA).

Methodological note

The indicator measures the employment in high and medium-high technology manufacturing sectors and in knowledge-intensive service sectors as a share of total employment. Data source is the European Labour force survey (LFS). The definition of high- and medium-high technology manufacturing sectors and of knowledge-intensive services is based on a selection of relevant items of NACE Rev. 2 on 2-digit level and is oriented on the ratio of highly qualified working in these areas.

Eurostat removed the indicator in 2020 and Catalonia removed it in 2022.

For further information about these statistics, you may check the methodology.