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 7.8 125.8 138.8 30.8 69.2 25.6 5.7 403.6
Q2 8.1 118.6 137.4 31.1 73.5 23.8 7.8 400.3
Q3 6.5 125.3 148.9 33.8 77.4 28.1 11.2 431.2
Q4 7.3 126.1 146.4 35.5 77.5 30.8 11.1 434.7
2010 Q1 8.9 140.8 170.3 40.8 90.6 29.5 13.0 493.8
Q2 9.8 134.4 159.6 35.7 89.4 28.1 13.5 470.6
Q3 10.4 123.9 147.6 37.0 90.3 33.3 15.4 457.9
Q4 11.8 130.0 148.4 37.8 84.8 27.8 13.5 454.1
2011 Q1 12.3 141.7 168.2 38.4 87.6 31.0 13.0 492.2
Q2 10.9 124.4 156.7 37.6 89.2 26.9 12.6 458.3
Q3 9.9 124.9 149.7 41.4 85.7 31.2 13.6 456.3
Q4 9.7 126.5 146.0 41.2 88.4 31.1 12.1 455.0
2012 Q1 11.6 138.2 164.7 43.4 100.0 32.5 15.5 506.0
Q2 10.4 124.9 156.7 44.4 88.5 32.6 14.4 471.9
Q3 7.8 122.5 141.9 46.9 87.9 31.1 15.5 453.7
Q4 8.2 122.6 149.9 48.2 83.9 32.6 14.1 459.5
2013 Q1 10.2 131.7 170.5 45.8 93.2 30.9 12.4 494.7
Q2 8.8 118.0 146.0 43.0 81.5 30.5 11.9 439.8
Q3 6.5 118.5 138.8 41.4 81.3 29.4 13.0 428.9
Q4 7.9 107.8 125.7 38.6 77.8 28.3 11.3 397.4
2014 Q1 7.3 96.7 110.7 40.3 71.9 25.3 10.8 363.0
Q2 10.0 101.2 113.2 34.4 65.5 23.2 11.3 358.8
Q3 8.0 94.8 96.3 37.1 59.9 25.4 9.9 331.4
Q4 5.9 95.2 97.9 29.7 55.4 24.3 9.9 318.3
2015 Q1 10.2 105.5 109.6 32.8 60.5 21.1 7.7 347.3
Q2 9.3 96.8 88.3 34.1 53.9 18.3 9.6 310.3
Q3 6.2 88.3 84.9 32.1 50.2 20.2 10.5 292.4
Q4 7.0 88.4 83.2 31.3 45.7 15.6 9.3 280.6
2016 Q1 6.5 81.3 85.5 34.2 39.8 16.1 9.0 272.6
Q2 5.9 75.1 69.8 28.1 37.7 9.9 7.6 234.1
Q3 5.2 71.0 63.8 25.9 37.2 11.9 11.1 226.2
Q4 6.0 65.8 57.1 24.6 33.7 10.2 7.6 205.0
2017 Q1 6.5 66.6 56.7 23.2 30.8 14.2 8.6 206.6
Q2 7.1 63.7 54.1 26.2 27.4 11.5 6.3 196.2
Q3 6.6 55.1 53.7 28.6 27.5 12.2 4.5 188.2
Q4 6.5 51.6 49.7 24.4 25.0 12.4 5.5 175.2
2018 Q1 6.9 56.0 48.6 24.1 26.1 9.6 6.5 177.8
Q2 5.0 56.7 44.4 20.6 24.8 7.8 5.8 165.0
Q3 4.2 49.3 46.0 23.5 31.2 13.8 10.2 178.2
Q4 5.3 52.2 46.2 18.1 27.1 9.3 8.2 166.3
2019 Q1 6.5 52.7 45.2 20.5 21.5 9.2 9.3 165.0
Q2 4.4 49.8 46.5 17.2 20.7 7.9 8.6 155.2
Q3 3.7 49.3 40.4 19.7 25.0 13.5 10.8 162.4
Q4 3.9 46.3 37.1 21.0 27.7 7.5 9.5 153.1
2020 Q1 5.1 53.3 46.7 21.2 26.8 11.5 8.5 173.0
Q2 3.0 52.6 59.5 32.6 41.2 15.9 9.3 214.2
Q3 5.4 54.4 57.2 28.4 40.0 11.4 11.1 207.8
Q4 4.7 53.5 54.0 22.8 32.1 15.7 12.5 195.4
2021 Q1 3.6 56.2 56.7 33.7 34.9 15.8 13.9 214.8
Q2 4.6 54.9 51.3 31.2 30.7 12.6 12.8 198.0
Q3 3.4 54.1 49.1 30.2 29.4 12.7 10.8 189.7
Q4 3.7 54.5 44.2 25.6 27.4 12.1 12.9 180.3
2022 Q1 3.3 56.4 46.2 20.4 31.1 13.2 10.4 181.1
Q2 2.7 52.0 43.0 15.7 26.9 9.3 7.3 156.9
Q3 4.4 51.8 45.4 22.1 28.7 13.8 12.0 178.3
Q4 3.2 65.9 47.3 21.1 29.9 13.2 8.3 188.9
2023 Q1 3.4 67.2 55.9 16.2 33.7 14.4 8.0 198.8
Q2
Q3
Q4
Of which:
male
2009 Q1 4.0 71.5 90.9 11.5 33.0 10.5 3.8 225.4
Q2 4.2 65.6 89.9 13.3 36.9 9.1 4.9 224.0
Q3 3.7 69.2 98.4 13.1 39.2 9.1 6.1 238.9
Q4 3.3 67.3 96.0 13.4 41.0 11.2 7.0 239.1
2010 Q1 3.9 80.5 114.9 16.0 45.3 13.9 8.3 282.9
Q2 4.6 75.9 111.1 12.1 42.1 13.2 8.0 266.9
Q3 4.5 68.8 98.6 11.5 42.9 14.9 7.8 248.9
Q4 5.1 74.0 98.9 11.2 40.3 11.6 7.1 248.2
2011 Q1 5.6 78.3 116.9 10.7 42.6 13.7 7.1 274.9
Q2 4.5 64.3 105.9 10.7 41.5 10.7 7.5 245.1
Q3 4.8 66.4 97.6 14.3 40.6 11.5 8.1 243.3
Q4 4.3 67.5 93.4 16.3 43.5 11.3 6.3 242.6
2012 Q1 6.0 75.6 110.2 17.6 48.9 13.7 8.5 280.5
Q2 6.0 66.5 107.8 20.8 43.9 14.6 6.6 266.3
Q3 4.5 65.4 96.1 20.6 44.9 11.2 7.8 250.5
Q4 3.9 66.9 98.3 21.0 43.3 11.3 6.3 251.0
2013 Q1 5.6 75.6 116.1 18.0 49.2 12.3 5.5 282.4
Q2 4.8 62.9 94.7 18.0 39.5 10.1 5.7 235.7
Q3 3.1 65.5 87.8 17.3 37.8 9.9 7.1 228.6
Q4 4.7 57.5 77.6 17.2 36.3 10.1 7.0 210.3
2014 Q1 3.3 52.4 72.5 14.5 35.6 8.0 5.8 192.0
Q2 5.3 52.7 70.6 12.8 34.2 9.6 6.3 191.5
Q3 3.5 51.2 61.4 14.7 26.9 11.6 3.2 172.5
Q4 3.2 50.8 64.2 12.2 27.6 9.9 3.1 171.0
2015 Q1 6.5 57.9 69.9 10.6 29.8 8.0 3.6 186.3
Q2 4.5 49.2 55.7 13.2 28.2 8.0 4.8 163.5
Q3 3.4 44.7 50.0 12.6 29.2 8.1 3.8 151.8
Q4 4.5 45.4 50.4 12.6 22.8 5.6 5.0 146.1
2016 Q1 3.8 45.3 51.8 13.8 21.3 5.9 5.2 147.0
Q2 3.6 44.8 43.2 11.0 20.9 5.3 131.4
Q3 3.1 39.3 38.0 10.6 19.5 3.6 7.5 121.6
Q4 3.3 34.9 36.5 10.0 18.1 2.7 4.5 109.9
2017 Q1 2.9 36.3 36.1 10.9 14.1 3.9 4.6 108.9
Q2 32.9 32.4 11.6 12.1 4.2 4.3 100.1
Q3 2.9 29.1 32.3 9.3 11.0 3.8 90.9
Q4 3.1 27.1 28.4 7.3 9.9 4.8 83.0
2018 Q1 29.5 29.0 8.8 13.0 4.8 88.3
Q2 33.2 29.4 7.7 11.2 3.4 88.2
Q3 24.9 26.9 8.9 15.0 6.0 85.7
Q4 29.7 30.5 7.3 13.2 4.8 2.5 90.2
2019 Q1 2.7 31.0 30.9 9.2 7.9 4.6 3.7 89.9
Q2 26.0 31.8 11.2 9.7 3.7 3.9 87.9
Q3 27.3 25.6 8.7 11.8 5.1 5.1 85.1
Q4 24.2 22.5 9.7 15.2 3.7 4.6 81.5
2020 Q1 30.5 29.7 8.2 12.7 3.7 4.8 92.0
Q2 26.6 40.0 11.4 20.9 6.4 4.6 111.9
Q3 3.5 29.2 36.8 9.8 22.0 3.1 5.8 110.2
Q4 3.2 28.1 35.3 8.4 17.8 4.1 5.8 102.7
2021 Q1 28.6 34.1 11.6 17.7 6.0 6.6 106.2
Q2 2.9 28.6 31.5 14.8 15.1 5.7 5.9 104.4
Q3 31.2 30.8 10.4 15.2 6.1 3.5 98.5
Q4 28.9 25.3 10.2 14.6 5.3 4.0 90.4
2022 Q1 32.1 29.1 8.6 17.0 6.5 4.3 99.2
Q2 29.5 27.5 7.0 13.9 5.0 3.2 87.3
Q3 28.0 31.0 10.3 16.4 5.2 4.5 97.3
Q4 38.6 32.7 6.9 15.5 3.3 4.8 102.6
2023 Q1 36.5 36.7 5.4 17.3 4.0 4.6 105.3
Q2
Q3
Q4
female
2009 Q1 3.7 54.2 47.9 19.2 36.2 15.1 178.2
Q2 3.9 53.0 47.4 17.8 36.6 14.6 3.0 176.4
Q3 2.8 56.1 50.5 20.7 38.2 19.0 5.1 192.3
Q4 4.0 58.8 50.4 22.1 36.5 19.6 4.1 195.6
2010 Q1 5.0 60.2 55.3 24.8 45.3 15.6 4.6 210.9
Q2 5.3 58.6 48.5 23.6 47.3 14.9 5.5 203.6
Q3 5.9 55.1 49.1 25.5 47.4 18.3 7.7 209.0
Q4 6.7 56.0 49.5 26.5 44.5 16.2 6.5 205.9
2011 Q1 6.7 63.4 51.3 27.7 45.0 17.3 5.9 217.2
Q2 6.4 60.1 50.8 26.8 47.8 16.2 5.1 213.2
Q3 5.1 58.5 52.0 27.0 45.1 19.7 5.5 213.0
Q4 5.3 59.0 52.6 24.8 44.9 19.9 5.9 212.4
2012 Q1 5.6 62.6 54.5 25.8 51.1 18.8 7.0 225.5
Q2 4.4 58.4 48.9 23.6 44.6 18.0 7.8 205.7
Q3 3.4 57.1 45.8 26.3 42.9 19.9 7.8 203.2
Q4 4.3 55.7 51.6 27.2 40.6 21.3 7.8 208.4
2013 Q1 4.6 56.1 54.4 27.8 43.9 18.6 6.9 212.3
Q2 4.0 55.1 51.2 25.1 42.0 20.4 6.2 204.1
Q3 3.4 53.0 51.0 24.1 43.4 19.6 5.8 200.3
Q4 3.2 50.3 48.2 21.5 41.5 18.2 4.3 187.2
2014 Q1 4.0 44.4 38.2 25.8 36.3 17.3 5.0 171.1
Q2 4.8 48.5 42.6 21.6 31.3 13.6 5.0 167.3
Q3 4.4 43.6 34.9 22.4 33.1 13.8 6.8 158.9
Q4 2.7 44.4 33.6 17.5 27.8 14.4 6.8 147.3
2015 Q1 3.7 47.5 39.7 22.3 30.7 13.1 4.1 161.0
Q2 4.8 47.7 32.7 20.9 25.7 10.2 4.8 146.8
Q3 2.8 43.5 34.9 19.6 21.0 12.1 6.8 140.7
Q4 2.5 43.1 32.9 18.7 22.9 10.0 4.3 134.4
2016 Q1 2.8 36.1 33.8 20.4 18.5 10.2 3.8 125.6
Q2 30.3 26.6 17.1 16.7 7.4 102.6
Q3 31.8 25.8 15.3 17.7 8.3 3.6 104.6
Q4 2.7 30.9 20.6 14.5 15.6 7.5 3.2 95.0
2017 Q1 3.6 30.2 20.6 12.3 16.7 10.4 3.9 97.8
Q2 4.6 30.8 21.7 14.6 15.3 7.2 96.2
Q3 3.7 26.0 21.3 19.4 16.5 8.4 97.3
Q4 3.4 24.5 21.3 17.1 15.1 7.6 3.1 92.2
2018 Q1 5.0 26.5 19.6 15.3 13.1 4.8 5.2 89.4
Q2 2.7 23.5 15.0 12.9 13.6 4.4 4.8 76.9
Q3 2.6 24.4 19.1 14.6 16.2 7.8 7.8 92.4
Q4 3.1 22.5 15.7 10.8 13.9 4.5 5.6 76.1
2019 Q1 3.9 21.7 14.3 11.3 13.6 4.7 5.6 75.1
Q2 2.8 23.8 14.7 6.0 11.0 4.2 4.7 67.3
Q3 22.0 14.8 11.0 13.2 8.4 5.7 77.3
Q4 22.1 14.6 11.3 12.6 3.9 4.9 71.6
2020 Q1 2.7 22.7 17.0 13.0 14.1 7.8 3.7 81.0
Q2 26.0 19.5 21.2 20.3 9.5 4.8 102.2
Q3 25.2 20.4 18.6 18.0 8.3 5.3 97.6
Q4 25.4 18.7 14.5 14.3 11.6 6.8 92.7
2021 Q1 27.7 22.6 22.1 17.3 9.8 7.3 108.5
Q2 26.3 19.8 16.4 15.6 7.0 6.9 93.6
Q3 23.0 18.3 19.8 14.2 6.7 7.3 91.2
Q4 25.6 18.9 15.3 12.8 6.8 8.9 89.9
2022 Q1 24.3 17.1 11.9 14.1 6.7 6.1 81.9
Q2 22.5 15.5 8.7 13.0 4.3 4.1 69.6
Q3 23.9 14.4 11.8 12.3 8.6 7.5 81.0
Q4 27.4 14.6 14.3 14.4 9.8 3.5 86.4
2023 Q1 30.7 19.2 10.9 16.5 10.4 3.4 93.6
Q2
Q3
Q4

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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