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 170.2 1,509.9 505.9 467.8 446.4 158.0 106.1 3,364.3
2010 143.5 1,460.2 521.2 468.5 458.2 160.9 107.3 3,319.8
2011 130.7 1,425.4 531.7 458.6 459.1 167.4 108.0 3,280.9
2012 117.6 1,357.5 541.5 440.3 458.5 177.0 111.8 3,204.3
2013 112.5 1,285.8 561.1 446.3 437.0 190.5 107.0 3,140.2
2014 102.0 1,170.4 553.6 451.4 416.9 199.1 114.4 3,007.8
2015 99.4 1,094.3 541.7 462.2 393.1 196.6 108.0 2,895.2
2016 89.3 1,040.6 548.2 445.3 384.0 182.3 101.1 2,790.9
2017 85.3 967.2 558.5 437.1 381.8 188.3 102.2 2,720.4
2018 82.5 901.7 544.7 428.2 379.9 189.4 105.5 2,631.8
2019 78.4 893.0 514.8 429.7 370.7 183.7 118.4 2,588.6
2020 72.5 872.4 521.1 409.9 370.6 196.4 132.1 2,574.8
2021 68.9 820.5 522.7 394.6 363.1 199.0 132.1 2,500.9
2022 64.4 796.1 507.9 391.5 365.5 192.8 113.8 2,431.9
2023 58.7 756.3 484.3 388.6 361.0 191.8 114.9 2,355.5
Male
2009 61.4 614.3 272.9 169.6 180.7 63.6 56.3 1,418.9
2010 53.0 590.6 294.1 168.6 190.6 62.3 59.0 1,418.2
2011 51.0 573.9 297.6 162.3 191.7 63.9 57.4 1,397.7
2012 42.8 544.8 307.7 159.9 184.9 67.1 57.6 1,364.8
2013 42.8 511.8 313.9 159.8 165.5 71.1 58.9 1,323.8
2014 42.3 464.3 304.0 155.5 153.2 73.6 58.2 1,251.2
2015 38.8 425.5 297.0 162.6 148.1 68.4 54.8 1,195.3
2016 37.1 398.3 295.1 152.4 143.9 63.3 51.7 1,141.8
2017 38.4 361.1 295.1 151.4 139.1 63.0 51.3 1,099.4
2018 35.7 337.3 289.8 142.7 140.1 65.3 53.1 1,064.0
2019 34.8 340.4 272.6 145.8 132.3 52.0 54.7 1,032.5
2020 30.4 338.5 276.0 143.3 127.0 56.7 59.9 1,031.7
2021 30.4 316.5 275.9 136.5 130.7 53.9 59.9 1,003.7
2022 28.6 317.2 263.8 129.0 131.2 52.5 51.9 974.1
2023 24.8 301.5 256.6 133.3 128.1 51.4 49.3 945.1
Female
2009 108.9 895.5 232.9 298.2 265.7 94.4 49.8 1,945.5
2010 90.5 869.6 227.1 299.9 267.6 98.6 48.4 1,901.6
2011 79.7 851.4 234.1 296.3 267.4 103.5 50.6 1,883.2
2012 74.7 812.8 233.8 280.4 273.6 109.9 54.2 1,839.5
2013 69.6 774.0 247.2 286.5 271.5 119.5 48.1 1,816.4
2014 59.7 706.0 249.6 295.8 263.7 125.5 56.2 1,756.6
2015 60.6 668.7 244.7 299.6 245.0 128.2 53.1 1,699.9
2016 52.2 642.3 253.1 292.9 240.2 119.0 49.3 1,649.1
2017 46.9 606.1 263.4 285.7 242.7 125.4 50.9 1,621.0
2018 46.7 564.5 254.9 285.4 239.8 124.1 52.4 1,567.8
2019 43.6 552.6 242.2 283.9 238.4 131.7 63.7 1,556.1
2020 42.2 533.9 245.1 266.6 243.6 139.7 72.2 1,543.1
2021 38.5 504.1 246.8 258.1 232.4 145.0 72.3 1,497.2
2022 35.8 478.9 244.1 262.5 234.3 140.3 61.9 1,457.8
2023 33.8 454.8 227.8 255.3 232.9 140.3 65.6 1,410.4

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.

Explanation of symbols

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