Year 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
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
2021 91.0 1,343.6 1,747.5 1,003.8 1,359.6 945.8 867.7 7,359.1
2022 88.3 1,298.8 1,698.5 1,005.8 1,425.8 969.5 840.1 7,326.9
2023 79.9 1,278.7 1,660.1 999.5 1,462.5 963.9 866.0 7,310.5
Male
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
2021 40.6 604.9 1,111.9 404.0 659.7 330.4 432.2 3,583.7
2022 39.6 593.5 1,082.9 387.2 703.6 351.6 409.7 3,568.2
2023 34.5 592.4 1,061.8 398.3 714.8 354.0 407.3 3,563.1
Female
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
2021 50.4 738.7 635.6 599.8 699.9 615.3 435.5 3,775.4
2022 48.7 705.3 615.6 618.6 722.2 617.9 430.4 3,758.7
2023 45.4 686.3 598.3 601.2 747.7 609.9 458.7 3,747.5

Footnotes

*Data of labour force survey refer to the population aged 15–74. Source: labour force survey, HCSO.
aIncluding doctoral or equivalent.
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