(thousand persons)
< >| 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 | 638.6 | 2 758.4 | 1 612.9 | 828.8 | 1 153.6 | 475.9 | 334.1 | 7 802.3 |
| 1999 | 600.5 | 2 543.2 | 1 707.5 | 685.8 | 1 414.7 | 504.5 | 331.5 | 7 787.7 |
| 2000 | 508.5 | 2 508.5 | 1 746.1 | 728.6 | 1 405.1 | 517.8 | 364.9 | 7 779.5 |
| 2001 | 484.1 | 2 502.0 | 1 787.5 | 726.3 | 1 398.6 | 524.9 | 349.0 | 7 772.4 |
| 2002 | 426.4 | 2 470.2 | 1 812.5 | 734.2 | 1 423.1 | 548.3 | 347.5 | 7 762.2 |
| 2003 | 358.8 | 2 369.0 | 1 807.0 | 762.6 | 1 474.3 | 585.3 | 387.9 | 7 744.9 |
| 2004 | 322.1 | 2 327.1 | 1 766.8 | 773.8 | 1 472.4 | 625.5 | 433.5 | 7 721.2 |
| 2005 | 288.2 | 2 308.6 | 1 797.5 | 794.2 | 1 454.1 | 641.4 | 438.5 | 7 722.5 |
| 2006 | 262.2 | 2 229.3 | 1 814.7 | 823.0 | 1 465.0 | 677.4 | 445.6 | 7 717.2 |
| 2007 | 223.0 | 2 176.4 | 1 839.4 | 844.9 | 1 470.0 | 708.4 | 441.6 | 7 703.5 |
| 2008 | 209.5 | 2 131.9 | 1 809.0 | 849.4 | 1 476.3 | 747.9 | 466.0 | 7 689.9 |
| 2009 | 188.2 | 2 072.4 | 1 801.8 | 865.2 | 1 499.1 | 764.5 | 485.1 | 7 676.2 |
| 2010 | 167.2 | 2 017.2 | 1 817.6 | 860.5 | 1 534.0 | 761.3 | 505.0 | 7 662.7 |
| 2011 | 152.3 | 1 976.2 | 1 810.3 | 857.2 | 1 514.6 | 806.4 | 532.2 | 7 649.3 |
| 2012 | 138.8 | 1 894.2 | 1 815.1 | 848.8 | 1 529.0 | 860.1 | 549.9 | 7 635.8 |
| 2013 | 134.1 | 1 808.9 | 1 857.9 | 876.6 | 1 489.8 | 881.2 | 561.2 | 7 609.7 |
| 2014 | 124.6 | 1 719.8 | 1 836.4 | 916.1 | 1 480.4 | 903.8 | 592.2 | 7 573.2 |
| 2015 | 126.7 | 1 665.2 | 1 807.3 | 983.6 | 1 430.3 | 917.4 | 607.5 | 7 537.9 |
| 2016 | 115.8 | 1 622.5 | 1 822.0 | 1 028.7 | 1 419.4 | 912.6 | 586.4 | 7 507.5 |
| 2017 | 112.0 | 1 540.2 | 1 861.6 | 1 016.1 | 1 416.3 | 914.9 | 599.2 | 7 460.4 |
| 2018 | 107.6 | 1 469.2 | 1 864.3 | 1 014.1 | 1 403.8 | 887.0 | 686.2 | 7 432.2 |
| 2019 | 103.0 | 1 443.5 | 1 819.3 | 1 043.4 | 1 385.6 | 902.7 | 721.6 | 7 419.0 |
| 2020 | 97.1 | 1 399.0 | 1 785.7 | 1 042.3 | 1 372.4 | 919.2 | 793.1 | 7 408.7 |
| Male | ||||||||
| 1998 | 219.6 | 1 225.0 | 1 055.1 | 289.7 | 532.0 | 192.0 | 205.3 | 3 718.7 |
| 1999 | 209.3 | 1 109.6 | 1 130.8 | 226.2 | 632.4 | 204.5 | 197.1 | 3 709.9 |
| 2000 | 175.9 | 1 093.5 | 1 140.6 | 231.2 | 638.6 | 210.1 | 215.8 | 3 705.7 |
| 2001 | 165.3 | 1 087.2 | 1 169.4 | 232.1 | 630.1 | 212.5 | 207.4 | 3 704.0 |
| 2002 | 147.2 | 1 064.9 | 1 182.9 | 233.6 | 644.1 | 221.9 | 206.2 | 3 700.8 |
| 2003 | 129.0 | 1 026.6 | 1 153.4 | 245.3 | 674.5 | 241.7 | 220.9 | 3 691.4 |
| 2004 | 118.0 | 997.2 | 1 136.3 | 259.4 | 673.3 | 252.5 | 244.3 | 3 681.0 |
| 2005 | 104.5 | 994.1 | 1 163.4 | 264.6 | 661.2 | 258.1 | 239.0 | 3 684.9 |
| 2006 | 94.6 | 966.9 | 1 167.3 | 275.9 | 670.3 | 271.5 | 238.7 | 3 685.2 |
| 2007 | 83.2 | 938.6 | 1 172.1 | 290.0 | 680.9 | 273.5 | 244.0 | 3 682.4 |
| 2008 | 79.0 | 924.0 | 1 149.1 | 300.0 | 687.4 | 286.8 | 253.2 | 3 679.5 |
| 2009 | 71.5 | 897.9 | 1 149.4 | 311.9 | 699.2 | 286.5 | 260.3 | 3 676.7 |
| 2010 | 64.4 | 870.5 | 1 163.3 | 307.2 | 716.8 | 282.0 | 269.8 | 3 673.9 |
| 2011 | 61.8 | 853.6 | 1 152.0 | 305.7 | 715.0 | 302.8 | 280.9 | 3 671.9 |
| 2012 | 54.9 | 824.7 | 1 165.2 | 312.3 | 713.8 | 325.7 | 279.7 | 3 676.3 |
| 2013 | 54.7 | 785.2 | 1 189.1 | 325.8 | 690.3 | 330.0 | 292.5 | 3 667.7 |
| 2014 | 54.5 | 755.0 | 1 167.2 | 338.8 | 693.1 | 338.8 | 306.5 | 3 653.8 |
| 2015 | 55.1 | 732.0 | 1 140.6 | 366.6 | 691.8 | 345.6 | 309.6 | 3 641.3 |
| 2016 | 51.0 | 710.3 | 1 154.7 | 392.8 | 681.0 | 342.7 | 299.4 | 3 632.0 |
| 2017 | 51.3 | 660.0 | 1 183.8 | 394.5 | 666.2 | 346.4 | 310.4 | 3 612.5 |
| 2018 | 47.4 | 640.9 | 1 187.7 | 390.1 | 661.4 | 330.5 | 346.8 | 3 604.8 |
| 2019 | 45.9 | 641.9 | 1 162.3 | 406.5 | 674.8 | 320.8 | 354.1 | 3 606.4 |
| 2020 | 42.8 | 624.2 | 1 144.1 | 412.7 | 663.6 | 330.3 | 390.8 | 3 608.4 |
| Female | ||||||||
| 1998 | 419.0 | 1 533.4 | 557.8 | 539.1 | 621.6 | 283.9 | 128.8 | 4 083.6 |
| 1999 | 391.2 | 1 433.6 | 576.7 | 459.6 | 782.3 | 300.0 | 134.4 | 4 077.8 |
| 2000 | 332.6 | 1 415.0 | 605.5 | 497.4 | 766.5 | 307.7 | 149.1 | 4 073.8 |
| 2001 | 318.8 | 1 414.8 | 618.1 | 494.2 | 768.5 | 312.4 | 141.6 | 4 068.4 |
| 2002 | 279.2 | 1 405.3 | 629.6 | 500.6 | 779.0 | 326.4 | 141.3 | 4 061.4 |
| 2003 | 229.8 | 1 342.4 | 653.6 | 517.3 | 799.8 | 343.6 | 167.0 | 4 053.5 |
| 2004 | 204.1 | 1 329.9 | 630.5 | 514.4 | 799.1 | 373.0 | 189.2 | 4 040.2 |
| 2005 | 183.7 | 1 314.5 | 634.1 | 529.6 | 792.9 | 383.3 | 199.5 | 4 037.6 |
| 2006 | 167.6 | 1 262.4 | 647.4 | 547.1 | 794.7 | 405.9 | 206.9 | 4 032.0 |
| 2007 | 139.8 | 1 237.7 | 667.3 | 554.8 | 789.0 | 434.9 | 197.6 | 4 021.1 |
| 2008 | 130.5 | 1 207.9 | 659.9 | 549.4 | 788.8 | 461.1 | 212.8 | 4 010.3 |
| 2009 | 116.8 | 1 174.5 | 652.4 | 553.3 | 799.9 | 478.0 | 224.8 | 3 999.6 |
| 2010 | 102.9 | 1 146.7 | 654.3 | 553.3 | 817.1 | 479.3 | 235.1 | 3 988.8 |
| 2011 | 90.5 | 1 122.6 | 658.3 | 551.5 | 799.5 | 503.6 | 251.3 | 3 977.4 |
| 2012 | 83.9 | 1 069.5 | 649.9 | 536.5 | 815.2 | 534.4 | 270.2 | 3 959.5 |
| 2013 | 79.5 | 1 023.6 | 668.9 | 550.8 | 799.5 | 551.2 | 268.7 | 3 942.0 |
| 2014 | 70.1 | 964.8 | 669.2 | 577.3 | 787.3 | 565.0 | 285.7 | 3 919.4 |
| 2015 | 71.6 | 933.3 | 666.6 | 617.0 | 738.5 | 571.8 | 297.9 | 3 896.7 |
| 2016 | 64.9 | 912.2 | 667.3 | 635.9 | 738.4 | 569.9 | 287.0 | 3 875.6 |
| 2017 | 60.8 | 880.2 | 677.8 | 621.6 | 750.1 | 568.5 | 288.8 | 3 847.8 |
| 2018 | 60.2 | 828.3 | 676.6 | 623.9 | 742.4 | 556.5 | 339.4 | 3 827.4 |
| 2019 | 57.1 | 801.6 | 657.0 | 636.8 | 710.7 | 581.9 | 367.5 | 3 812.6 |
| 2020 | 54.3 | 774.8 | 641.6 | 629.6 | 708.8 | 588.9 | 402.3 | 3 800.3 |