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Adult participation in learning

Adult participation in learning. By sex 2024
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Men 14.6 14.3 12.1
Women 17.5 17.7 14.5
Total 16.0 16.0 13.3
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.
Indicador ODS Indicator 04.60 from the EU Sustainable Development Goals

Last update: February 18, 2025. Revised series on April 22, 2025.

EPA

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

Methodological note

The indicator measures the share of people aged 25 to 64 who stated that they received formal or non-formal education in the four weeks preceding the survey (numerator). The denominator consists of the total population of the same age group, excluding those who did not answer to the question 'participation in education and training'. Adult learning covers both general and vocational formal and non-formal learning activities. Adult learning usually refers to learning activities after the end of initial education. Data stem from the EU Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS). In the case of Catalonia and Spain, it is in the INE's Labour Force Survey integrated.

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

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