Employment by economic activity
Number of persons by july of each year
 
 

 

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

 

 Total employment

1,776,903

1,829,928

1,925,652

1,957,708

1,955,507

 

 Agriculture and hunting

260,490

246,906

244,752

235,060

224,322

 

 Fishing

9,485

9,265

9,846

6,572

7,270

 

 Mining and quarrying

3,985

4,691

2,614

2,167

1,593

 

 Manufacturing

242,683

243,897

251,569

241,705

232,918

 

 Electricity, gas and water supply

20,548

22,041

21,060

27,953

27,094

 

 Construction

115,731

126,704

151,788

152,445

128,386

 

 Wholesale and retail trade; repair of vehicles and household goods

332,158

352,146

366,511

377,608

390,132

 

 Hotels and restaurants

98,016

97,829

108,271

100,309

105,738

 

 Transport, storage and communications

111,858

118,484

125,724

143,045

148,732

 

 Financial intermediation

36,239

38,205

49,472

53,339

49,040

 

 Real estate, renting and business activities

103,002

108,204

121,618

137,581

130,278

 

 Public administration and defence; compulsory social security

81,357

86,493

88,684

93,762

112,744

 

 Education

104,079

108,409

110,741

112,552

114,628

 

 Health and social work

62,734

62,470

64,013

64,671

73,066

 

 Other community, social and personal service activities

64,853

65,868

72,696

81,132

75,784

 

 Private households with employed persons

121,170

131,150

128,561

118,956

123,167

 

 Extraterritorial organizations and bodies

2,006

2,601

1,121

2,697

5,394

 

 Not classifiable by economic activity

6,509

4,565

6,611

8,321

5,221

 
Notes:
n1/ Beginning on 2000, when the results of the population census were available, the INEC applied several methodological changes that make the data from the year 2000 onwards not comparable in absolute values with the data from previous years.
n2/ Beginning on 2010, with the application of the National Household Survey (ENAHO), which replaces the Multi-Purpose Household Survey (EHPM), a series of methodological changes were made that imply that as of this year, the absolute values are not comparable with data from previous years. One of the main changes is that the working-age population is now measured as people aged 15 years and over, when previously it was defined as the population aged 12 and over.
n3/ Source: National Institute of Statistics and Censuses ( INEC).

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