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 7.4 123.9 142.9 32.8 74.4 27.1 9.0 417.4
2010 10.2 132.3 156.5 37.8 88.8 29.6 13.9 469.1
2011 10.7 129.4 155.1 39.6 87.7 30.1 12.8 465.4
2012 9.5 127.1 153.3 45.7 90.1 32.2 14.9 472.8
2013 8.3 119.0 145.3 42.2 83.4 29.8 12.1 440.2
2014 7.8 97.0 104.5 35.4 63.2 24.5 10.5 342.9
2015 8.2 94.8 91.5 32.6 52.6 18.8 9.3 307.7
2016 5.9 73.3 69.1 28.2 37.1 12.0 8.8 234.5
2017 6.7 59.2 53.6 25.6 27.7 12.6 6.2 191.6
2018 5.2 52.6 45.4 21.3 27.3 10.1 7.6 169.4
2019 4.7 48.6 42.7 19.4 23.6 9.3 9.6 157.9
2020 4.5 52.3 54.5 26.2 34.8 13.5 10.5 196.2
2021 3.9 53.5 50.0 29.9 30.0 13.3 12.9 193.4
2022 3.4 55.3 45.3 19.7 28.7 12.3 9.5 174.0
2023 3.6 63.4 52.2 22.5 35.0 15.6 8.9 201.2
2024 5.1 63.3 56.7 26.7 39.7 14.6 14.3 220.4
Male
2009 3.8 68.4 93.8 12.8 37.5 10.0 5.4 231.8
2010 4.5 74.8 105.9 12.7 42.6 13.4 7.8 261.7
2011 4.8 69.1 103.4 13.0 42.0 11.8 7.2 251.5
2012 5.1 68.6 103.1 20.0 45.3 12.7 7.3 262.1
2013 4.5 65.4 94.0 17.6 40.7 10.6 6.3 239.3
2014 3.8 51.8 67.2 13.5 31.1 9.8 4.6 181.7
2015 4.7 49.3 56.5 12.2 27.5 7.4 4.3 161.9
2016 3.4 41.0 42.4 11.4 19.9 3.7 5.6 127.5
2017 2.8 31.4 32.3 9.8 11.8 4.2 3.5 95.7
2018 … 29.0 28.7 8.1 13.2 4.7 … 87.6
2019 … 26.7 28.1 9.4 11.1 4.2 4.2 85.6
2020 2.8 28.5 36.1 9.3 18.5 4.2 5.4 104.8
2021 … 29.0 30.4 11.9 15.4 5.8 4.9 99.5
2022 … 31.4 30.1 8.1 15.5 4.9 4.1 95.4
2023 … 33.7 34.8 7.9 17.7 5.6 5.0 106.0
2024 … 34.6 36.0 11.4 20.2 5.6 8.5 118.6
Female
2009 3.6 55.5 49.0 20.0 36.9 17.1 3.5 185.6
2010 5.7 57.5 50.6 25.1 46.1 16.2 6.1 207.4
2011 5.9 60.2 51.7 26.6 45.7 18.3 5.6 214.0
2012 4.4 58.4 50.2 25.7 44.8 19.5 7.6 210.7
2013 3.8 53.6 51.2 24.6 42.7 19.2 5.8 201.0
2014 4.0 45.2 37.3 21.8 32.1 14.8 5.9 161.1
2015 3.4 45.5 35.0 20.4 25.1 11.4 5.0 145.7
2016 … 32.3 26.7 16.8 17.1 8.4 3.2 107.0
2017 3.8 27.9 21.2 15.9 15.9 8.4 2.8 95.8
2018 3.2 23.6 16.7 13.1 14.1 5.3 5.8 81.8
2019 2.7 21.9 14.6 10.0 12.6 5.1 5.4 72.3
2020 … 23.8 18.4 16.8 16.3 9.3 5.2 91.4
2021 … 24.5 19.6 18.0 14.6 7.5 7.9 94.0
2022 … 23.9 15.2 11.6 13.1 7.4 5.4 78.6
2023 … 29.7 17.4 14.5 17.4 10.0 3.9 95.2
2024 2.8 28.7 20.7 15.3 19.6 9.0 5.7 101.8

Footnotes

*From 25 October 2024 onwards, the Labour Force Survey estimates are produced using population projections based on the 2022 Census. The data has been extrapolated back to 2018 using the new base. 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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