Period, quarters 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 Q1 194.1 2,096.9 1,783.7 864.7 1,503.1 758.9 479.8 7,681.3
Q2 198.6 2,081.6 1,800.3 860.7 1,491.2 764.2 481.2 7,678.0
Q3 186.5 2,056.4 1,801.2 860.8 1,504.0 770.3 495.3 7,674.5
Q4 173.8 2,054.5 1,821.7 874.5 1,497.9 764.5 484.2 7,671.1
2010 Q1 171.8 2,045.4 1,811.8 867.4 1,526.5 747.9 497.0 7,667.8
Q2 174.8 2,028.1 1,831.4 851.7 1,525.9 744.8 507.7 7,664.3
Q3 163.7 1,998.6 1,821.9 860.3 1,545.0 763.4 508.0 7,661.0
Q4 158.6 1,996.4 1,805.1 862.6 1,538.5 789.0 507.2 7,657.6
2011 Q1 156.3 1,996.5 1,799.0 857.2 1,528.2 800.4 516.7 7,654.2
Q2 158.0 1,999.6 1,818.6 848.4 1,511.3 789.7 525.2 7,650.8
Q3 152.6 1,963.9 1,820.9 856.8 1,502.4 808.2 542.5 7,647.4
Q4 142.4 1,944.8 1,802.8 866.6 1,516.5 827.3 544.4 7,644.9
2012 Q1 140.9 1,916.1 1,809.5 858.5 1,525.5 842.4 550.5 7,643.4
Q2 146.3 1,909.8 1,812.6 839.6 1,531.9 847.9 549.5 7,637.5
Q3 132.0 1,878.4 1,806.3 855.4 1,540.5 872.9 547.6 7,633.0
Q4 135.8 1,872.6 1,831.9 841.7 1,518.3 877.1 551.8 7,629.2
2013 Q1 140.2 1,854.0 1,843.3 839.7 1,500.9 889.3 555.5 7,622.8
Q2 139.2 1,823.8 1,845.2 868.7 1,494.0 883.7 559.0 7,613.4
Q3 126.3 1,787.8 1,866.4 902.1 1,486.2 878.5 558.1 7,605.3
Q4 130.9 1,769.9 1,876.8 895.9 1,478.2 873.3 572.4 7,597.3
2014 Q1 127.1 1,752.7 1,866.0 884.5 1,488.4 886.4 582.8 7,587.8
Q2 128.1 1,731.8 1,854.2 899.9 1,482.3 898.6 582.6 7,577.5
Q3 119.6 1,690.2 1,810.2 938.5 1,496.9 912.0 601.2 7,568.6
Q4 123.6 1,704.5 1,815.1 941.5 1,453.9 918.2 602.2 7,559.1
2015 Q1 133.2 1,701.8 1,814.0 939.8 1,446.5 918.8 593.8 7,547.8
Q2 133.9 1,676.4 1,799.2 961.8 1,431.4 924.2 612.7 7,539.5
Q3 114.8 1,644.7 1,802.3 1,015.5 1,425.6 917.4 616.2 7,536.5
Q4 124.9 1,638.0 1,813.6 1,017.1 1,417.8 909.1 607.5 7,527.9
2016 Q1 126.9 1,647.6 1,813.4 1,014.5 1,411.4 911.0 590.9 7,515.6
Q2 120.6 1,633.1 1,823.3 1,021.6 1,424.9 909.2 575.1 7,507.8
Q3 109.3 1,602.8 1,823.6 1,052.2 1,426.1 907.2 585.9 7,507.1
Q4 106.6 1,606.7 1,827.6 1,026.7 1,415.3 923.1 593.8 7,499.6
2017 Q1 113.5 1,578.2 1,841.1 1,009.6 1,421.3 921.8 598.5 7,484.0
Q2 120.4 1,552.9 1,854.8 996.6 1,410.2 927.0 603.1 7,465.0
Q3 104.4 1,529.0 1,867.2 1,037.3 1,421.4 902.4 590.3 7,452.1
Q4 109.8 1,500.8 1,883.4 1,020.7 1,412.3 908.5 604.7 7,440.3
2018 Q1 116.0 1,472.5 1,882.1 995.3 1,380.3 909.4 647.2 7,402.8
Q2 118.0 1,481.0 1,877.2 1,002.5 1,372.2 884.5 661.8 7,397.3
Q3 94.6 1,425.2 1,854.0 1,021.6 1,426.9 875.6 694.1 7,391.9
Q4 99.6 1,435.6 1,859.5 987.6 1,406.2 866.0 732.0 7,386.4
2019 Q1 104.6 1,452.5 1,829.7 987.3 1,381.7 876.8 748.0 7,380.6
Q2 109.6 1,456.1 1,816.8 999.8 1,385.9 899.1 706.8 7,374.1
Q3 100.4 1,415.3 1,792.8 1,062.5 1,376.4 916.0 704.1 7,367.5
Q4 96.3 1,402.5 1,826.5 1,058.1 1,365.4 893.7 718.6 7,361.0
2020 Q1 101.1 1,439.2 1,806.4 1,034.1 1,350.6 898.8 723.5 7,353.6
Q2 88.9 1,333.4 1,772.6 1,007.6 1,429.1 932.4 780.3 7,344.4
Q3 95.4 1,388.5 1,778.5 1,030.2 1,345.6 902.9 794.0 7,335.2
Q4 97.7 1,373.1 1,762.5 1,017.4 1,315.8 905.9 853.5 7,326.0
2021 Q1 99.2 1,329.5 1,774.3 990.4 1,330.4 922.2 871.0 7,316.9
Q2 92.7 1,338.8 1,748.6 1,005.4 1,329.1 935.6 858.1 7,308.3
Q3 83.8 1,330.8 1,739.9 988.1 1,346.3 945.0 865.9 7,299.8
Q4 85.3 1,303.7 1,709.6 965.1 1,400.9 959.9 866.6 7,291.2
2022 Q1 93.0 1,306.1 1,682.1 975.0 1,412.2 971.7 843.5 7,283.5
Q2 92.9 1,287.1 1,683.3 976.0 1,411.3 974.5 852.9 7,278.0
Q3 81.4 1,264.9 1,704.4 1,013.0 1,417.9 949.8 841.1 7,272.4
Q4 81.8 1,268.7 1,709.3 1,002.6 1,422.4 967.5 816.0 7,268.4
2023 Q1 86.8 1,258.8 1,698.8 1,004.4 1,413.7 969.0 833.3 7,264.8
Q2 87.3 1,278.7 1,654.8 995.9 1,417.5 960.1 862.6 7,256.9
Q3 64.4 1,253.2 1,632.6 997.2 1,473.8 942.0 887.5 7,250.7
Q4 72.2 1,239.8 1,624.5 973.7 1,493.7 963.1 877.5 7,244.4
2024 Q1 77.2 1,247.5 1,613.1 959.1 1,482.4 963.0 893.5 7,235.8
Q2 80.2 1,235.3 1,599.3 952.1 1,481.5 951.6 927.2 7,227.3
Q3 60.5 1,193.5 1,615.6 991.3 1,475.1 929.5 954.2 7,219.8
Q4 61.7 1,208.4 1,596.5 997.9 1,455.9 936.6 955.1 7,212.1
2025 Q1 80.5 1,218.1 1,590.3 734.0 1,654.4 940.7 968.9 7,186.7
Q2
Q3
Q4
Of which:
male
2009 Q1 71.9 909.8 1,131.9 308.3 703.2 293.4 259.4 3,677.8
Q2 76.9 897.7 1,146.0 309.5 701.4 285.1 260.5 3,677.1
Q3 70.8 897.8 1,151.1 309.5 699.1 284.3 263.8 3,676.3
Q4 66.3 886.3 1,168.7 320.2 693.1 283.3 257.7 3,675.6
2010 Q1 66.1 884.9 1,164.0 310.2 705.4 280.7 263.5 3,674.9
Q2 68.3 874.0 1,176.9 302.1 709.1 274.9 269.0 3,674.2
Q3 62.2 860.4 1,165.0 308.8 724.2 279.9 273.0 3,673.5
Q4 60.8 862.7 1,147.1 307.5 728.5 292.3 273.9 3,672.8
2011 Q1 62.4 862.9 1,145.4 305.5 718.6 299.6 277.8 3,672.1
Q2 66.2 857.8 1,156.2 299.6 717.2 297.2 277.2 3,671.4
Q3 62.2 848.2 1,160.5 303.6 711.4 299.9 284.9 3,670.7
Q4 56.5 845.6 1,145.8 314.3 712.9 314.6 283.6 3,673.2
2012 Q1 55.6 837.7 1,159.2 312.7 710.5 315.8 287.2 3,678.7
Q2 60.5 832.0 1,157.3 309.0 716.5 322.1 279.3 3,676.6
Q3 50.7 811.9 1,166.1 314.9 723.6 333.6 274.6 3,675.4
Q4 52.8 817.2 1,178.2 312.7 704.7 331.5 277.5 3,674.6
2013 Q1 56.4 802.6 1,187.1 310.2 694.4 335.1 286.7 3,672.6
Q2 57.6 786.3 1,190.3 327.9 687.7 328.6 290.5 3,668.9
Q3 50.7 776.8 1,190.1 333.0 692.2 331.0 292.3 3,666.0
Q4 54.0 775.2 1,188.8 332.2 687.0 325.4 300.7 3,663.2
2014 Q1 53.5 771.7 1,180.0 326.1 694.4 333.7 300.2 3,659.6
Q2 56.2 754.0 1,179.7 335.7 688.3 335.2 306.3 3,655.3
Q3 53.3 739.8 1,158.6 348.5 699.9 338.8 313.2 3,652.0
Q4 55.1 754.4 1,150.5 344.9 689.6 347.6 306.3 3,648.4
2015 Q1 60.0 745.6 1,144.6 347.2 691.7 347.9 307.0 3,644.0
Q2 57.8 735.2 1,137.2 363.1 685.6 347.5 314.7 3,641.3
Q3 49.0 724.0 1,138.8 376.4 699.8 344.5 308.8 3,641.3
Q4 53.6 723.0 1,141.8 379.6 690.2 342.3 308.1 3,638.5
2016 Q1 55.7 723.1 1,141.6 385.4 682.0 349.9 296.2 3,633.8
Q2 52.9 718.5 1,154.3 387.5 684.5 338.8 294.9 3,631.4
Q3 48.0 701.7 1,161.6 402.2 685.1 335.6 298.4 3,632.6
Q4 47.3 698.2 1,161.1 396.3 672.4 346.7 308.2 3,630.1
2017 Q1 53.2 680.9 1,161.5 394.7 672.8 347.7 312.2 3,622.9
Q2 55.6 664.7 1,181.4 382.1 666.3 348.5 315.6 3,614.1
Q3 46.9 649.3 1,190.6 402.1 670.6 339.8 309.6 3,608.9
Q4 49.5 645.3 1,201.6 399.1 655.0 349.5 304.3 3,604.3
2018 Q1 49.4 643.3 1,213.4 381.9 640.3 346.7 330.5 3,605.5
Q2 53.6 648.6 1,205.4 381.9 641.2 338.2 336.1 3,604.9
Q3 42.4 619.0 1,185.2 395.9 679.8 326.3 355.7 3,604.4
Q4 43.8 637.7 1,176.7 381.6 678.0 317.4 368.6 3,603.8
2019 Q1 48.8 645.3 1,170.4 380.7 673.0 313.3 371.5 3,603.0
Q2 48.5 645.1 1,160.5 384.5 680.9 324.2 358.2 3,601.9
Q3 43.9 632.9 1,154.0 421.8 672.1 332.4 343.6 3,600.7
Q4 42.8 632.5 1,176.8 415.3 667.9 316.3 347.9 3,599.6
2020 Q1 44.3 643.6 1,170.7 406.8 648.3 325.6 358.0 3,597.5
Q2 38.9 591.5 1,148.3 399.1 693.2 340.0 382.4 3,593.3
Q3 43.4 622.8 1,139.1 408.5 658.6 327.3 389.5 3,589.1
Q4 42.5 617.7 1,128.4 406.4 640.4 321.7 427.9 3,584.9
2021 Q1 43.9 597.1 1,144.8 397.2 634.5 325.4 437.7 3,580.8
Q2 41.8 605.7 1,110.8 407.2 650.4 331.0 429.7 3,576.5
Q3 38.5 599.2 1,107.7 401.0 664.1 331.7 430.1 3,572.4
Q4 37.1 595.3 1,090.1 392.6 682.5 339.1 431.4 3,568.2
2022 Q1 41.4 593.4 1,076.5 382.5 699.0 353.8 417.9 3,564.5
Q2 42.8 589.4 1,077.8 374.1 701.3 358.5 418.1 3,562.0
Q3 37.1 583.0 1,088.3 389.6 706.8 344.3 410.4 3,559.4
Q4 36.0 583.8 1,098.1 385.8 703.0 355.1 397.7 3,559.5
2023 Q1 38.8 581.1 1,088.0 397.2 694.9 356.8 405.3 3,562.2
Q2 39.3 588.5 1,074.6 387.6 696.7 357.5 415.9 3,560.0
Q3 25.9 587.4 1,053.0 410.1 720.9 346.6 414.8 3,558.8
Q4 30.8 582.6 1,041.2 400.6 738.1 356.8 407.5 3,557.6
2024 Q1 36.5 584.8 1,037.5 389.5 729.4 353.4 423.9 3,555.0
Q2 38.4 570.8 1,021.6 405.6 733.7 340.5 442.2 3,552.8
Q3 28.9 549.6 1,036.9 421.5 724.1 335.2 454.8 3,551.1
Q4 30.2 558.6 1,018.2 430.9 727.0 335.0 449.5 3,549.2
2025 Q1 40.9 563.1 1,006.9 313.5 813.9 338.7 460.4 3,537.3
Q2
Q3
Q4
female
2009 Q1 122.2 1,187.2 651.9 556.4 799.9 465.4 220.4 4,003.6
Q2 121.7 1,183.9 654.3 551.2 789.9 479.1 220.7 4,000.9
Q3 115.6 1,158.7 650.2 551.3 804.9 486.0 231.5 3,998.2
Q4 107.5 1,168.2 653.0 554.3 804.8 481.2 226.5 3,995.5
2010 Q1 105.7 1,160.5 647.8 557.1 821.0 467.2 233.5 3,992.8
Q2 106.4 1,154.2 654.4 549.6 816.7 470.0 238.7 3,990.1
Q3 101.5 1,138.2 656.9 551.5 820.8 483.6 235.0 3,987.4
Q4 97.8 1,133.7 658.0 555.1 810.1 496.7 233.3 3,984.7
2011 Q1 93.9 1,133.6 653.6 551.7 809.6 500.8 238.9 3,982.1
Q2 91.7 1,141.8 662.5 548.8 794.0 492.6 248.0 3,979.4
Q3 90.4 1,115.7 660.4 553.2 791.0 508.3 257.6 3,976.6
Q4 86.0 1,099.3 657.0 552.4 803.5 512.8 260.8 3,971.7
2012 Q1 85.3 1,078.3 650.3 545.8 815.0 526.7 263.3 3,964.8
Q2 85.9 1,077.8 655.3 530.5 815.4 525.8 270.2 3,960.9
Q3 81.3 1,066.4 640.3 540.5 816.9 539.3 273.0 3,957.6
Q4 83.1 1,055.4 653.6 529.0 813.6 545.7 274.3 3,954.6
2013 Q1 83.8 1,051.4 656.2 529.6 806.4 554.1 268.8 3,950.3
Q2 81.5 1,037.5 654.9 540.8 806.2 555.1 268.5 3,944.5
Q3 75.6 1,011.0 676.3 569.1 794.0 547.5 265.8 3,939.3
Q4 77.0 994.6 688.0 563.7 791.2 548.0 271.7 3,934.1
2014 Q1 73.6 981.0 686.0 558.4 794.0 552.7 282.6 3,928.3
Q2 71.9 977.8 674.6 564.2 793.9 563.4 276.3 3,922.2
Q3 66.3 950.4 651.6 590.1 797.0 573.2 288.0 3,916.6
Q4 68.5 950.1 664.6 596.6 764.4 570.6 295.8 3,910.7
2015 Q1 73.2 956.3 669.4 592.6 754.7 571.0 286.8 3,903.9
Q2 76.0 941.2 661.9 598.7 745.8 576.7 298.0 3,898.2
Q3 65.8 920.7 663.5 639.1 725.8 572.9 307.4 3,895.1
Q4 71.3 915.0 671.8 637.5 727.7 566.7 299.4 3,889.4
2016 Q1 71.2 924.5 671.7 629.1 729.4 561.1 294.7 3,881.7
Q2 67.7 914.6 669.0 634.1 740.4 570.5 280.2 3,876.4
Q3 61.3 901.1 662.0 650.0 741.0 571.7 287.4 3,874.6
Q4 59.3 908.5 666.5 630.4 742.9 576.4 285.6 3,869.6
2017 Q1 60.4 897.4 679.6 615.0 748.5 574.0 286.4 3,861.2
Q2 64.9 888.2 673.4 614.4 743.9 578.5 287.6 3,850.9
Q3 57.5 879.7 676.6 635.3 750.8 562.6 280.7 3,843.2
Q4 60.3 855.5 681.7 621.6 757.4 559.1 300.4 3,836.0
2018 Q1 66.6 829.2 668.7 613.4 740.0 562.7 316.7 3,797.3
Q2 64.5 832.4 671.8 620.6 731.0 546.3 325.7 3,792.4
Q3 52.2 806.1 668.7 625.7 747.0 549.3 338.4 3,787.5
Q4 55.8 797.9 682.8 606.0 728.1 548.6 363.4 3,782.7
2019 Q1 55.8 807.2 659.3 606.5 708.7 563.5 376.5 3,777.6
Q2 61.1 811.0 656.3 615.3 705.0 574.9 348.6 3,772.2
Q3 56.5 782.5 638.8 640.7 704.2 583.6 360.5 3,766.8
Q4 53.4 770.0 649.6 642.8 697.5 577.4 370.7 3,761.4
2020 Q1 56.7 795.6 635.6 627.2 702.3 573.2 365.5 3,756.1
Q2 50.0 742.0 624.3 608.5 736.0 592.4 397.8 3,751.1
Q3 52.0 765.7 639.5 621.6 687.0 575.6 404.5 3,746.1
Q4 55.2 755.4 634.1 611.0 675.4 584.2 425.7 3,741.0
2021 Q1 55.2 732.4 629.5 593.2 695.9 596.7 433.3 3,736.2
Q2 51.0 733.1 637.8 598.3 678.7 604.6 428.4 3,731.8
Q3 45.2 731.6 632.1 587.0 682.2 613.3 435.9 3,727.4
Q4 48.1 708.4 619.6 572.5 718.4 620.8 435.2 3,723.0
2022 Q1 51.5 712.8 605.6 592.5 713.2 617.9 425.6 3,719.0
Q2 50.1 697.7 605.5 601.9 710.0 616.0 434.8 3,716.0
Q3 44.3 681.9 616.1 623.4 711.1 605.5 430.7 3,713.1
Q4 45.8 684.9 611.3 616.8 719.5 612.4 418.4 3,708.9
2023 Q1 47.9 677.7 610.8 607.2 718.8 612.2 428.0 3,702.6
Q2 48.1 690.2 580.2 608.4 720.8 602.6 446.7 3,697.0
Q3 38.5 665.7 579.6 587.1 752.9 595.4 472.7 3,691.9
Q4 41.4 657.1 583.3 573.2 755.5 606.3 470.0 3,686.8
2024 Q1 40.7 662.7 575.6 569.6 753.0 609.6 469.6 3,680.8
Q2 41.9 664.5 577.7 546.6 747.8 611.0 485.0 3,674.6
Q3 31.7 643.9 578.8 569.8 751.0 594.3 499.3 3,668.7
Q4 31.5 649.8 578.3 567.0 728.9 601.7 505.6 3,662.8
2025 Q1 39.6 655.0 583.4 420.5 840.5 602.0 508.6 3,649.4
Q2
Q3
Q4

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. From January 2025, qualifications recognised by the national education authorities will also be taken into account when determining the highest educational attainment level. Data of labour force survey refer to the population aged 15–74. Source: labour force survey, HCSO.
aIncluding doctoral or equivalent.

Explanation of symbols

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Break in series (limited comparability).
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