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 18.0 562.5 1,295.9 397.3 1,052.7 606.4 379.0 4,311.9
2010 23.7 557.0 1,296.3 392.0 1,075.8 600.4 397.6 4,342.9
2011 21.6 550.8 1,278.6 398.6 1,055.4 639.0 424.2 4,368.4
2012 21.2 536.7 1,273.5 408.5 1,070.6 683.0 438.0 4,431.5
2013 21.7 523.0 1,296.8 430.3 1,052.8 690.6 454.2 4,469.5
2014 22.6 549.4 1,282.8 464.7 1,063.5 704.7 477.8 4,565.5
2015 27.3 571.0 1,265.5 521.4 1,037.2 720.8 499.5 4,642.8
2016 26.5 581.9 1,273.7 583.5 1,035.4 730.3 485.3 4,716.7
2017 26.7 573.0 1,303.1 579.0 1,034.5 726.6 497.0 4,739.9
2018 24.6 551.8 1,323.5 573.6 1,016.5 694.5 578.3 4,762.8
2019 24.3 538.6 1,301.7 597.2 1,006.6 712.7 601.0 4,782.2
2020 23.3 511.2 1,258.9 612.5 989.7 713.7 655.7 4,765.0
2021 21.4 505.1 1,220.4 592.6 988.5 741.7 733.3 4,803.2
2022 22.9 485.6 1,186.8 600.2 1,050.5 773.1 724.6 4,843.7
2023 19.0 501.3 1,168.4 604.2 1,088.6 766.8 750.3 4,898.7
2024 17.8 475.1 1,125.3 611.2 1,114.4 758.4 817.5 4,919.7
Male
2009 10.1 283.6 876.5 142.3 518.5 222.9 204.1 2,257.8
2010 11.4 279.9 869.1 138.6 526.2 219.7 210.9 2,255.7
2011 10.8 279.7 854.4 143.5 523.3 238.9 223.5 2,274.1
2012 12.0 280.0 857.5 152.4 528.9 258.6 222.0 2,311.5
2013 11.8 273.4 875.2 166.0 524.8 259.0 233.6 2,343.9
2014 12.2 290.6 863.2 183.3 539.8 265.2 248.4 2,402.6
2015 16.3 306.4 843.6 204.0 543.7 277.2 254.8 2,446.0
2016 13.9 312.0 859.6 240.4 537.1 279.4 247.7 2,490.2
2017 12.9 298.9 888.7 243.1 527.0 283.4 259.2 2,513.2
2018 11.6 299.9 905.4 242.6 519.7 266.9 294.7 2,540.7
2019 11.2 298.6 892.8 254.8 541.2 269.6 300.6 2,568.8
2020 11.9 280.4 870.6 262.0 533.1 272.0 329.5 2,559.5
2021 10.0 282.8 837.5 263.0 527.2 277.9 372.4 2,570.7
2022 10.8 270.2 821.3 254.0 571.3 300.4 359.1 2,587.2
2023 8.9 283.4 807.7 265.5 584.5 303.0 361.5 2,614.5
2024 8.6 266.2 775.2 281.3 593.8 288.0 393.8 2,607.1
Female
2009 7.9 279.0 419.4 255.1 534.2 383.5 175.0 2,054.1
2010 12.4 277.1 427.2 253.5 549.5 380.8 186.8 2,087.2
2011 10.8 271.1 424.2 255.2 532.1 400.1 200.7 2,094.3
2012 9.1 256.7 416.0 256.1 541.6 424.4 216.0 2,120.0
2013 9.8 249.6 421.7 264.3 528.0 431.7 220.6 2,125.6
2014 10.4 258.8 419.6 281.5 523.6 439.5 229.4 2,162.8
2015 11.0 264.6 422.0 317.4 493.5 443.6 244.7 2,196.8
2016 12.6 269.9 414.2 343.0 498.3 450.9 237.6 2,226.5
2017 13.9 274.1 414.4 335.8 507.5 443.2 237.8 2,226.8
2018 13.0 252.0 418.1 331.0 496.8 427.6 283.6 2,222.1
2019 13.2 240.1 408.8 342.4 465.4 443.1 300.4 2,213.5
2020 11.4 230.8 388.3 350.5 456.6 441.7 326.2 2,205.5
2021 11.4 222.3 382.9 329.7 461.4 463.8 360.9 2,232.4
2022 12.1 215.4 365.5 346.2 479.2 472.6 365.5 2,256.5
2023 10.1 217.9 360.7 338.7 504.1 463.8 388.8 2,284.2
2024 9.2 208.9 350.1 329.8 520.5 470.4 423.7 2,312.6

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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