Indicator 4.3.1. Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal education and training in the previous 12 months, by sex Percentage of population pursuing academic education or training in the last four weeks, by province and age group y period Units: Percentage 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 National Total 15-64 25.61 24.77 23.96 20.67 20.12 19.88 19.17 18.69 18.98 15-24 76.79 76.08 76.94 74.07 73.37 73.59 73.05 72.98 72.02 01 Araba/Álava 15-64 29.15 26.18 24.87 22.37 23.82 23.04 22.63 20.54 23.13 15-24 85.52 81.84 74.82 81.75 85.25 85.87 79.53 81.58 82.35 02 Albacete 15-64 26.00 25.85 24.27 20.91 21.15 21.23 19.79 20.88 22.11 15-24 78.44 74.96 79.19 75.12 72.78 74.79 72.59 73.85 78.94 03 Alicante/Alacant 15-64 27.02 25.83 27.54 21.34 20.23 20.41 20.51 19.66 20.21 15-24 76.13 70.93 76.66 75.84 69.12 71.92 72.60 71.09 72.36 04 Almería 15-64 19.01 19.80 17.11 14.83 15.07 14.33 15.62 17.60 16.92 15-24 64.57 68.98 62.26 56.95 60.80 57.95 62.48 73.84 71.25 05 Ávila 15-64 23.91 25.52 22.97 17.58 20.17 21.03 18.57 17.43 19.74 15-24 82.13 82.51 77.59 72.09 74.45 82.33 75.18 72.35 77.65 06 Badajoz 15-64 26.18 25.58 22.37 19.22 18.90 18.93 18.42 18.07 18.65 15-24 78.21 78.58 75.24 70.25 68.17 70.19 70.59 67.38 66.68 07 Balears, Illes 15-64 22.58 22.65 22.95 19.45 18.71 17.98 16.63 16.96 17.47 15-24 69.63 71.65 74.87 68.36 66.35 65.13 65.93 66.31 66.61 08 Barcelona 15-64 23.56 21.86 22.11 19.23 18.21 18.06 16.71 16.04 16.52 15-24 72.96 69.14 71.88 69.37 68.29 70.03 69.91 68.46 69.11 09 Burgos 15-64 27.18 26.69 26.47 17.50 21.35 19.20 17.65 18.74 20.31 15-24 80.88 83.12 77.71 72.33 77.01 78.48 78.80 75.51 75.45 10 Cáceres 15-64 24.92 25.52 22.59 21.13 21.11 21.45 20.99 21.13 20.45 15-24 81.70 79.46 78.54 74.02 75.71 73.44 75.72 77.35 74.37 11 Cádiz 15-64 24.30 23.43 22.62 20.14 19.75 18.53 17.30 18.01 18.42 15-24 77.04 79.24 79.48 76.31 76.17 73.97 72.68 73.33 72.05 12 Castellón/Castelló 15-64 25.94 23.66 23.52 20.82 21.11 21.28 21.19 19.59 19.98 15-24 74.45 69.81 79.73 72.45 72.07 76.81 77.66 75.84 71.58 13 Ciudad Real 15-64 25.31 23.54 22.72 19.82 19.27 20.08 19.56 18.68 20.22 15-24 74.30 77.28 77.25 77.14 75.87 74.20 70.31 70.37 72.31 14 Córdoba 15-64 25.61 28.25 24.10 19.72 20.78 20.16 19.58 19.68 21.11 15-24 79.25 84.35 80.46 71.91 73.58 73.00 69.05 67.12 71.18 15 Coruña, A 15-64 26.97 25.70 25.60 21.80 20.73 20.47 18.22 18.15 18.94 15-24 82.05 82.41 87.24 82.35 81.67 81.32 77.01 76.08 77.12 16 Cuenca 15-64 21.07 20.03 19.76 18.04 18.72 17.83 17.83 16.87 16.49 15-24 71.52 71.09 74.36 73.40 76.16 69.00 73.69 72.91 63.75 17 Girona 15-64 21.34 20.56 21.56 19.83 17.92 16.75 16.34 17.11 16.59 15-24 68.67 67.46 68.71 67.40 67.18 65.55 66.76 68.05 65.72 18 Granada 15-64 25.81 25.23 23.25 20.35 20.45 19.52 19.06 18.75 19.60 15-24 76.36 76.72 77.09 74.15 71.38 72.80 71.56 73.11 71.46 19 Guadalajara 15-64 22.91 26.25 24.30 18.72 17.89 18.90 19.60 18.16 20.73 15-24 75.25 78.65 78.05 68.97 66.54 78.66 73.68 73.56 79.62 20 Gipuzkoa 15-64 28.04 26.96 26.00 22.42 22.76 22.56 22.10 21.12 21.43 15-24 85.01 81.52 82.39 82.12 83.52 80.77 81.67 82.84 79.29 21 Huelva 15-64 24.36 22.57 20.72 18.57 17.66 17.96 18.00 18.48 19.92 15-24 76.66 72.94 74.49 65.10 65.68 72.73 66.89 64.99 66.83 22 Huesca 15-64 23.71 25.80 24.02 20.62 19.12 19.40 20.18 20.83 19.74 15-24 77.40 76.46 73.04 79.34 77.17 72.30 75.03 72.51 71.27 23 Jaén 15-64 23.58 23.36 22.80 18.65 19.22 19.28 18.01 17.48 19.33 15-24 77.67 74.80 76.58 72.86 72.73 71.96 69.02 68.36 69.67 24 León 15-64 23.68 22.57 24.06 20.27 17.89 18.29 19.09 18.27 17.82 15-24 77.58 82.45 82.14 81.43 79.55 79.27 80.54 81.80 77.97 25 Lleida 15-64 24.55 21.19 20.68 20.17 19.27 19.10 18.20 16.24 15.24 15-24 74.68 71.21 74.55 72.11 71.44 74.60 70.01 71.67 67.40 26 Rioja, La 15-64 23.92 23.72 23.70 20.36 20.21 20.23 19.52 19.46 18.27 15-24 78.28 78.21 77.56 74.96 74.45 75.80 77.76 77.10 70.79 27 Lugo 15-64 23.26 23.02 22.65 18.84 17.48 18.95 17.30 17.10 16.46 15-24 84.25 84.70 78.62 78.52 75.92 78.69 75.19 74.24 71.22 28 Madrid 15-64 26.74 26.61 25.44 22.43 21.75 21.75 20.98 20.21 19.94 15-24 79.15 78.43 80.21 78.19 78.17 77.93 77.12 76.93 74.66 29 Málaga 15-64 26.26 24.94 21.55 19.00 18.24 18.50 19.03 18.01 16.12 15-24 74.67 74.95 74.48 76.62 69.55 72.31 74.04 71.58 63.75 30 Murcia 15-64 25.95 24.42 24.12 23.36 21.91 22.11 21.45 19.94 20.00 15-24 73.17 74.21 74.49 73.74 70.18 72.14 72.21 70.12 71.29 31 Navarra 15-64 28.59 28.12 25.94 24.32 23.38 22.42 21.00 21.36 21.89 15-24 79.36 78.04 75.83 78.97 77.78 77.08 74.50 75.11 78.17 32 Ourense 15-64 21.99 21.93 21.24 17.98 17.48 17.27 16.93 16.23 16.71 15-24 80.44 80.71 80.57 80.73 72.57 73.62 75.32 74.28 75.34 33 Asturias 15-64 24.41 24.02 23.10 19.39 16.94 16.90 16.78 16.05 16.87 15-24 78.63 80.82 82.99 78.78 77.64 79.21 76.03 75.16 76.15 34 Palencia 15-64 23.00 22.37 22.47 18.54 19.41 18.29 17.71 17.19 18.66 15-24 76.37 74.51 80.11 72.96 82.07 76.59 77.79 76.02 76.14 35 Palmas, Las 15-64 23.90 24.09 21.65 17.81 18.23 18.04 17.57 17.46 16.85 15-24 73.47 75.55 72.79 68.33 65.18 65.94 70.63 73.27 69.75 36 Pontevedra 15-64 24.52 24.42 23.69 20.65 19.73 18.62 17.73 17.77 19.02 15-24 80.48 79.73 81.52 78.66 78.72 77.56 75.14 75.79 74.95 37 Salamanca 15-64 29.19 24.61 22.68 20.63 21.41 20.66 19.66 19.97 21.05 15-24 85.32 80.47 84.10 77.46 78.17 77.54 78.37 80.93 77.26 38 Santa Cruz de Tenerife 15-64 25.55 24.90 24.14 20.12 18.98 19.63 19.30 18.68 19.12 15-24 76.65 77.68 80.10 70.09 70.57 72.54 73.06 72.96 70.34 39 Cantabria 15-64 28.19 25.91 25.82 21.61 20.88 20.86 19.41 17.85 19.53 15-24 83.81 80.97 85.07 81.33 81.87 82.16 79.59 79.34 79.75 40 Segovia 15-64 25.19 22.94 25.04 20.54 18.82 19.46 19.23 17.16 18.80 15-24 81.25 75.85 77.82 72.17 71.72 77.98 71.00 64.29 73.68 41 Sevilla 15-64 27.94 26.95 26.49 22.20 21.82 20.88 19.87 20.18 20.28 15-24 79.95 78.63 78.29 73.45 75.46 74.17 73.08 72.73 68.85 42 Soria 15-64 23.10 21.98 22.86 20.60 22.54 18.01 18.04 19.56 19.64 15-24 78.86 68.91 78.98 73.43 79.60 77.94 78.62 80.25 83.18 43 Tarragona 15-64 27.29 25.44 23.47 20.29 20.30 18.80 18.18 16.89 16.53 15-24 72.75 71.48 66.53 63.98 67.85 68.23 67.44 67.35 69.31 44 Teruel 15-64 24.55 24.73 26.05 22.23 19.47 21.49 21.26 20.64 20.56 15-24 79.26 80.59 86.17 80.06 74.58 74.58 74.14 73.33 75.97 45 Toledo 15-64 23.65 21.42 21.44 19.61 19.64 18.17 18.33 18.89 17.93 15-24 75.19 73.68 76.36 76.23 75.56 71.28 70.42 71.92 66.41 46 Valencia/València 15-64 28.51 27.31 26.79 22.52 22.84 22.15 20.41 19.99 20.57 15-24 79.33 80.99 78.99 75.68 77.40 71.63 70.18 73.52 73.23 47 Valladolid 15-64 25.60 26.94 24.53 20.51 20.03 20.33 20.00 19.43 22.16 15-24 80.60 81.10 77.78 74.73 73.59 75.17 77.98 77.30 79.66 48 Bizkaia 15-64 28.01 27.15 26.10 23.85 22.47 21.57 22.51 21.00 21.00 15-24 79.32 79.30 77.98 82.34 78.28 80.11 82.17 82.53 80.63 49 Zamora 15-64 24.77 22.60 22.44 17.95 18.64 18.69 18.26 18.31 17.99 15-24 78.89 82.20 79.44 76.91 77.82 78.38 76.82 69.24 74.09 50 Zaragoza 15-64 26.64 25.09 24.41 19.97 19.54 21.54 21.26 19.98 20.29 15-24 78.03 75.97 76.80 71.32 74.83 75.67 74.67 74.66 75.27 51 Ceuta 15-64 28.56 26.80 28.35 22.66 22.71 21.48 21.60 22.03 21.61 15-24 79.56 75.94 84.32 72.85 73.48 75.29 76.99 76.27 67.45 52 Melilla 15-64 28.25 28.95 27.45 22.56 24.33 26.02 24.10 21.11 23.58 15-24 72.43 74.67 83.46 70.97 71.07 71.78 66.53 69.81 71.78 Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute