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 5.6 21.2 64.0 42.1 65.3 75.8 76.3 50.7
2010 8.1 21.1 62.7 41.2 64.3 75.0 76.0 50.6
2011 7.2 21.3 62.1 41.9 63.9 75.5 77.3 51.0
2012 8.4 21.6 61.7 42.7 64.1 75.7 77.0 51.8
2013 9.9 22.3 62.0 44.3 65.1 75.0 78.8 52.9
2014 11.9 26.3 64.2 46.9 67.6 75.3 78.9 55.8
2015 15.1 28.6 65.0 49.7 68.8 76.5 80.7 57.5
2016 17.8 31.3 66.1 54.0 70.3 78.7 81.3 59.7
2017 17.9 33.4 67.1 54.5 71.1 78.0 81.9 61.0
2018 18.2 34.3 68.4 55.1 70.8 77.4 83.5 62.1
2019 19.1 34.2 69.3 56.3 71.4 78.5 82.2 62.7
2020 19.6 33.2 67.7 57.3 70.2 76.9 81.9 62.2
2021 19.3 34.1 67.1 57.0 70.9 77.4 83.2 63.1
2022 22.3 33.6 67.4 58.5 72.2 78.8 85.3 64.2
2023 19.8 34.8 67.5 58.6 72.7 78.4 85.7 64.8
Male
2009 8.8 24.0 68.1 41.5 68.8 74.3 76.3 55.1
2010 10.7 23.6 65.6 41.0 67.5 73.2 75.3 54.3
2011 9.7 24.7 65.2 42.7 67.3 75.0 77.0 55.1
2012 12.7 25.6 64.7 42.4 67.8 75.5 76.8 55.7
2013 13.3 26.5 65.7 45.5 70.1 75.3 77.7 57.4
2014 15.4 31.6 68.2 50.1 73.4 75.4 79.5 60.8
2015 21.0 35.1 69.0 52.3 74.6 78.1 80.9 62.7
2016 20.5 38.1 70.8 58.3 75.9 80.5 80.8 65.1
2017 19.5 40.5 72.3 59.2 77.3 80.6 82.4 66.9
2018 20.2 42.5 73.4 60.8 76.8 78.9 84.2 68.1
2019 20.0 42.5 74.2 61.3 78.7 82.5 83.4 69.0
2020 21.6 40.7 72.8 62.3 78.0 81.5 83.2 68.4
2021 19.6 42.4 72.5 62.9 77.8 82.0 85.0 69.1
2022 23.9 40.7 72.9 64.2 79.1 83.7 86.4 70.0
2023 22.0 42.7 72.6 64.6 79.5 83.9 86.8 70.5
Female
2009 3.7 19.0 56.8 42.5 62.2 76.7 76.3 46.7
2010 6.5 19.2 57.6 41.3 61.6 76.0 76.8 47.1
2011 5.4 18.8 56.6 41.4 60.8 75.8 77.6 47.3
2012 5.6 18.5 56.3 42.9 60.9 75.8 77.1 48.2
2013 7.6 19.1 55.4 43.5 60.7 74.8 79.9 48.8
2014 9.2 22.1 57.1 45.0 62.4 75.2 78.3 51.1
2015 10.6 23.5 58.0 48.1 63.4 75.6 80.5 52.6
2016 15.7 26.1 58.1 51.3 65.2 77.7 81.7 54.7
2017 16.5 28.0 58.0 51.5 65.5 76.5 81.4 55.4
2018 16.5 28.0 59.6 51.6 65.5 76.5 82.7 56.5
2019 18.4 27.5 60.6 53.1 64.3 76.2 81.0 56.8
2020 18.0 27.1 58.4 54.1 62.9 74.4 80.6 56.4
2021 19.2 27.2 57.7 53.0 64.4 74.9 81.5 57.3
2022 21.0 27.6 57.5 55.0 65.3 75.9 84.3 58.6
2023 18.1 28.0 58.3 54.6 66.0 75.1 84.7 59.3

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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Break in series (limited comparability).
green number
Revised datum.
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