| Period | Less than 8 grades of primary school | 8 grades of primary education | Secondary education without G. C. E. and with qualification | Secondary education with G. C. E. | Tertiary education | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| and without qualification | and with qualification | bachelor or equivalent | master or equivalenta | |||||
| Total | ||||||||
| 1998 | 29.4 | 772.6 | 1 129.5 | 423.9 | 737.9 | 355.7 | 246.6 | 3 695.6 |
| 1999 | 33.1 | 676.6 | 1 215.1 | 309.2 | 947.1 | 383.3 | 244.9 | 3 809.3 |
| 2000 | 27.0 | 644.9 | 1 246.0 | 332.6 | 940.1 | 389.9 | 275.7 | 3 856.2 |
| 2001 | 26.3 | 639.9 | 1 277.3 | 329.5 | 927.9 | 397.6 | 269.8 | 3 868.3 |
| 2002 | 20.3 | 612.9 | 1 290.4 | 329.0 | 935.7 | 416.7 | 265.6 | 3 870.6 |
| 2003 | 18.1 | 574.6 | 1 262.9 | 345.4 | 978.4 | 443.5 | 299.0 | 3 921.9 |
| 2004 | 14.9 | 544.8 | 1 220.8 | 334.8 | 974.4 | 478.0 | 332.7 | 3 900.4 |
| 2005 | 13.2 | 537.1 | 1 223.9 | 342.6 | 956.7 | 492.5 | 335.5 | 3 901.5 |
| 2006 | 13.7 | 502.2 | 1 245.9 | 349.6 | 972.4 | 511.5 | 333.2 | 3 928.4 |
| 2007 | 10.9 | 477.8 | 1 241.2 | 355.6 | 968.4 | 519.8 | 328.3 | 3 902.0 |
| 2008 | 10.7 | 468.5 | 1 179.3 | 344.8 | 952.8 | 541.7 | 350.5 | 3 848.3 |
| 2009 | 10.5 | 425.5 | 1 124.3 | 346.4 | 939.6 | 548.6 | 353.0 | 3 747.8 |
| 2010 | 13.1 | 413.5 | 1 115.7 | 336.3 | 947.8 | 540.7 | 365.2 | 3 732.4 |
| 2011 | 10.2 | 410.3 | 1 100.1 | 339.9 | 931.3 | 574.8 | 392.4 | 3 759.0 |
| 2012 | 11.2 | 402.1 | 1 100.9 | 347.6 | 951.9 | 612.2 | 401.3 | 3 827.2 |
| 2013 | 13.1 | 398.0 | 1 132.0 | 372.5 | 939.4 | 621.6 | 416.2 | 3 892.8 |
| 2014 | 14.7 | 446.1 | 1 160.9 | 415.2 | 973.3 | 644.6 | 446.1 | 4 100.8 |
| 2015 | 19.1 | 470.2 | 1 154.5 | 472.8 | 957.8 | 664.9 | 471.1 | 4 210.5 |
| 2016 | 20.6 | 500.5 | 1 182.4 | 537.7 | 969.5 | 682.4 | 458.6 | 4 351.6 |
| 2017 | 20.0 | 505.3 | 1 230.7 | 533.5 | 984.3 | 675.4 | 472.2 | 4 421.4 |
| 2018 | 19.5 | 492.4 | 1 254.9 | 537.4 | 964.5 | 657.2 | 543.6 | 4 469.5 |
| 2019 | 19.5 | 484.7 | 1 242.9 | 563.4 | 958.0 | 677.2 | 566.3 | 4 512.1 |
| 2020 | 19.1 | 454.3 | 1 191.0 | 568.6 | 935.7 | 672.3 | 619.5 | 4 460.5 |
| Male | ||||||||
| 1998 | 17.4 | 390.7 | 792.8 | 154.5 | 366.8 | 148.0 | 152.8 | 2 023.0 |
| 1999 | 18.7 | 332.8 | 864.3 | 102.8 | 454.1 | 162.8 | 148.1 | 2 083.6 |
| 2000 | 15.1 | 321.4 | 878.1 | 106.1 | 455.1 | 163.8 | 166.2 | 2 105.8 |
| 2001 | 16.0 | 314.3 | 903.5 | 104.1 | 446.3 | 164.9 | 164.6 | 2 113.7 |
| 2002 | 11.9 | 295.5 | 912.3 | 103.9 | 454.0 | 174.6 | 160.3 | 2 112.5 |
| 2003 | 11.2 | 286.4 | 877.3 | 106.7 | 482.2 | 190.1 | 172.6 | 2 126.5 |
| 2004 | 9.3 | 267.5 | 854.4 | 109.1 | 483.9 | 197.9 | 195.2 | 2 117.3 |
| 2005 | 8.7 | 266.8 | 862.5 | 114.7 | 471.1 | 202.6 | 189.7 | 2 116.1 |
| 2006 | 9.7 | 252.6 | 876.0 | 120.3 | 484.1 | 212.7 | 183.2 | 2 138.6 |
| 2007 | 7.5 | 242.6 | 865.8 | 122.7 | 491.2 | 213.0 | 186.6 | 2 129.3 |
| 2008 | 7.4 | 238.4 | 822.5 | 122.9 | 487.0 | 219.7 | 195.8 | 2 093.6 |
| 2009 | 6.3 | 215.0 | 782.4 | 129.1 | 480.8 | 212.9 | 198.5 | 2 025.1 |
| 2010 | 6.9 | 205.0 | 762.7 | 125.6 | 483.6 | 206.1 | 202.7 | 1 992.5 |
| 2011 | 6.0 | 210.5 | 750.5 | 130.0 | 481.0 | 227.0 | 215.9 | 2 021.0 |
| 2012 | 6.9 | 211.2 | 754.2 | 132.3 | 483.5 | 245.9 | 214.8 | 2 048.8 |
| 2013 | 7.3 | 208.0 | 780.6 | 148.4 | 483.9 | 248.3 | 227.3 | 2 103.7 |
| 2014 | 8.4 | 238.8 | 795.7 | 169.7 | 508.6 | 255.4 | 243.8 | 2 220.5 |
| 2015 | 11.6 | 256.8 | 787.1 | 191.5 | 516.2 | 269.8 | 250.5 | 2 283.5 |
| 2016 | 10.5 | 270.9 | 817.2 | 229.1 | 517.1 | 275.7 | 242.1 | 2 362.5 |
| 2017 | 10.0 | 267.5 | 856.3 | 233.4 | 515.3 | 279.2 | 255.7 | 2 417.3 |
| 2018 | 9.6 | 270.0 | 869.9 | 236.2 | 506.7 | 261.1 | 292.6 | 2 446.2 |
| 2019 | 9.1 | 270.8 | 861.6 | 246.8 | 530.7 | 264.9 | 295.8 | 2 479.7 |
| 2020 | 9.3 | 253.2 | 833.0 | 255.3 | 515.9 | 269.2 | 325.0 | 2 461.0 |
| Female | ||||||||
| 1998 | 12.0 | 381.9 | 336.7 | 269.4 | 371.1 | 207.7 | 93.8 | 1 672.6 |
| 1999 | 14.4 | 343.8 | 350.8 | 206.4 | 493.0 | 220.5 | 96.8 | 1 725.7 |
| 2000 | 11.9 | 323.5 | 367.9 | 226.5 | 485.0 | 226.1 | 109.5 | 1 750.4 |
| 2001 | 10.3 | 325.6 | 373.8 | 225.4 | 481.6 | 232.7 | 105.2 | 1 754.6 |
| 2002 | 8.4 | 317.4 | 378.1 | 225.1 | 481.7 | 242.1 | 105.3 | 1 758.1 |
| 2003 | 6.9 | 288.2 | 385.6 | 238.7 | 496.2 | 253.4 | 126.4 | 1 795.4 |
| 2004 | 5.6 | 277.3 | 366.4 | 225.7 | 490.5 | 280.1 | 137.5 | 1 783.1 |
| 2005 | 4.5 | 270.3 | 361.4 | 227.9 | 485.6 | 289.9 | 145.8 | 1 785.4 |
| 2006 | 4.0 | 249.6 | 369.9 | 229.4 | 488.2 | 298.8 | 150.0 | 1 789.8 |
| 2007 | 3.4 | 235.2 | 375.4 | 232.8 | 477.2 | 306.9 | 141.8 | 1 772.7 |
| 2008 | 3.3 | 230.1 | 356.9 | 222.0 | 465.8 | 322.0 | 154.6 | 1 754.7 |
| 2009 | 4.2 | 210.4 | 342.0 | 217.3 | 458.7 | 335.7 | 154.4 | 1 722.8 |
| 2010 | 6.3 | 208.6 | 353.0 | 210.7 | 464.2 | 334.7 | 162.5 | 1 739.8 |
| 2011 | 4.2 | 199.7 | 349.6 | 209.9 | 450.3 | 347.8 | 176.5 | 1 738.0 |
| 2012 | 4.3 | 190.9 | 346.7 | 215.3 | 468.4 | 366.3 | 186.5 | 1 778.4 |
| 2013 | 5.8 | 190.1 | 351.4 | 224.1 | 455.5 | 373.3 | 188.9 | 1 789.0 |
| 2014 | 6.3 | 207.2 | 365.2 | 245.5 | 464.6 | 389.2 | 202.3 | 1 880.4 |
| 2015 | 7.6 | 213.4 | 367.4 | 281.3 | 441.6 | 395.1 | 220.6 | 1 927.0 |
| 2016 | 10.2 | 229.5 | 365.2 | 308.6 | 452.5 | 406.7 | 216.5 | 1 989.1 |
| 2017 | 10.0 | 237.8 | 374.4 | 300.1 | 469.0 | 396.2 | 216.5 | 2 004.1 |
| 2018 | 9.9 | 222.3 | 385.0 | 301.2 | 457.7 | 396.1 | 251.0 | 2 023.3 |
| 2019 | 10.4 | 214.0 | 381.3 | 316.6 | 427.4 | 412.3 | 270.5 | 2 032.4 |
| 2020 | 9.8 | 201.0 | 357.9 | 313.3 | 419.8 | 403.2 | 294.5 | 1 999.5 |