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Employees. By hiring sector and sex

Employees. By hiring sector and sex Catalonia. 2023
Value (annual average) Variation (%)
Total 3,177.5 4.0
Private sector 2,698.4 4.0
Public sector 479.1 3.9
Men 1,615.9 3.4
Private sector 1,428.9 3.8
Public sector 186.9 0.5
Women 1,561.6 4.6
Private sector 1,269.5 4.2
Public sector 292.2 6.1
Units: Thousands of people.
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 hiring sector and sex Spain. 2023
Value (annual average) Variation (%)
Total 17,963.0 3.4
Private sector 14,440.0 3.9
Public sector 3,522.9 1.6
Men 9,310.0 2.8
Private sector 7,813.8 3.1
Public sector 1,496.3 1.5
Women 8,652.9 4.1
Private sector 6,626.3 4.8
Public sector 2,026.6 1.7
Units: Thousands of people.
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 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.