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 15.6 554.7 1,280.7 388.5 1,060.9 605.1 375.2 4,280.6
Q2 19.8 558.8 1,297.0 398.4 1,054.5 605.2 377.0 4,310.7
Q3 17.8 571.4 1,297.5 400.4 1,048.9 609.5 385.2 4,330.6
Q4 18.8 565.1 1,308.4 402.2 1,046.4 606.0 378.8 4,325.7
2010 Q1 20.0 554.3 1,284.4 399.7 1,073.9 594.0 389.2 4,315.5
Q2 23.5 556.9 1,309.8 390.9 1,071.3 589.6 399.5 4,341.4
Q3 26.4 558.6 1,307.0 392.6 1,080.9 601.0 399.3 4,365.7
Q4 25.1 558.1 1,284.0 385.0 1,076.9 617.1 402.5 4,348.8
2011 Q1 21.4 538.6 1,265.1 388.9 1,065.0 632.8 412.3 4,324.1
Q2 22.3 555.8 1,287.4 394.0 1,050.0 626.3 423.3 4,359.2
Q3 22.9 562.7 1,288.4 404.9 1,045.1 642.8 431.8 4,398.5
Q4 19.9 546.1 1,273.6 406.8 1,061.7 654.3 429.6 4,391.9
2012 Q1 19.4 526.8 1,264.7 401.4 1,063.1 663.6 437.3 4,376.3
Q2 22.5 541.5 1,272.7 406.5 1,070.9 675.4 432.7 4,422.2
Q3 21.1 551.1 1,275.8 415.2 1,080.1 692.1 437.8 4,473.3
Q4 21.7 527.3 1,281.0 410.7 1,068.2 701.0 444.4 4,454.1
2013 Q1 21.4 498.7 1,272.3 411.0 1,049.5 701.7 446.7 4,401.3
Q2 24.0 520.0 1,294.5 430.7 1,049.7 696.5 452.9 4,468.1
Q3 20.3 536.7 1,313.3 442.8 1,057.6 685.8 454.1 4,510.6
Q4 20.9 536.7 1,307.3 436.7 1,054.6 678.5 463.2 4,497.9
2014 Q1 20.2 538.2 1,297.1 444.0 1,067.0 694.4 467.2 4,528.2
Q2 22.4 550.4 1,295.1 458.0 1,059.3 701.5 468.3 4,555.1
Q3 25.2 552.8 1,273.0 475.1 1,081.0 710.7 483.6 4,601.5
Q4 22.6 556.2 1,265.9 481.7 1,046.6 712.0 492.1 4,577.1
2015 Q1 27.8 556.6 1,264.0 485.1 1,041.8 720.4 487.3 4,583.1
Q2 28.6 568.3 1,258.4 509.7 1,039.4 724.8 505.2 4,634.3
Q3 24.9 581.1 1,266.4 540.3 1,040.1 722.3 507.7 4,682.8
Q4 27.9 577.8 1,273.4 550.6 1,027.5 715.6 498.0 4,670.8
2016 Q1 24.0 566.1 1,260.1 564.7 1,026.5 726.3 495.2 4,663.0
Q2 27.5 577.4 1,277.0 579.2 1,043.1 729.4 476.7 4,710.5
Q3 28.0 585.4 1,278.5 606.5 1,042.2 726.0 480.7 4,747.3
Q4 26.6 598.7 1,279.2 583.4 1,029.7 739.7 488.6 4,745.9
2017 Q1 25.0 579.0 1,273.3 565.4 1,035.5 730.0 496.4 4,704.6
Q2 26.2 577.5 1,292.9 574.7 1,029.2 734.5 502.1 4,737.2
Q3 27.7 575.0 1,315.4 595.8 1,042.2 718.4 489.0 4,763.4
Q4 28.1 560.7 1,330.8 580.0 1,031.1 723.5 500.4 4,754.5
2018 Q1 28.4 543.9 1,329.4 560.7 1,002.5 724.9 547.3 4,737.0
Q2 26.5 562.3 1,333.3 574.9 1,004.9 693.3 557.0 4,752.3
Q3 20.9 545.1 1,313.0 593.4 1,041.5 686.2 587.0 4,787.1
Q4 22.6 556.1 1,318.4 565.4 1,017.1 673.5 621.9 4,774.9
2019 Q1 23.2 546.4 1,304.4 574.8 1,011.4 692.5 632.5 4,785.2
Q2 23.2 556.6 1,297.6 577.4 1,008.4 718.7 596.2 4,778.1
Q3 26.9 530.3 1,292.3 618.7 1,008.7 732.8 580.0 4,789.7
Q4 24.0 521.3 1,312.4 618.0 998.0 706.9 595.4 4,776.1
2020 Q1 24.2 530.5 1,286.8 615.5 987.5 710.8 596.0 4,751.3
Q2 18.3 472.5 1,240.9 598.7 1,031.1 730.1 645.5 4,737.1
Q3 25.4 525.6 1,263.7 626.9 984.9 706.2 662.6 4,795.3
Q4 25.3 516.2 1,244.3 608.8 955.4 707.5 718.8 4,776.3
2021 Q1 23.0 491.5 1,232.4 583.6 961.2 720.9 736.6 4,749.3
Q2 19.9 509.8 1,225.4 606.3 973.3 732.7 724.6 4,792.0
Q3 21.1 525.4 1,222.2 591.9 989.1 747.8 730.3 4,827.8
Q4 21.5 493.9 1,201.7 588.8 1,030.6 765.5 741.7 4,843.6
2022 Q1 21.3 492.2 1,171.2 595.7 1,040.4 779.5 729.0 4,829.2
Q2 22.2 477.2 1,173.6 583.3 1,043.9 780.9 739.8 4,820.8
Q3 26.3 485.4 1,196.9 612.1 1,051.5 761.4 725.8 4,859.3
Q4 21.7 487.7 1,205.6 609.5 1,066.4 770.5 703.9 4,865.3
2023 Q1 18.9 484.2 1,197.4 611.9 1,056.8 770.1 726.5 4,865.8
Q2 19.8 512.5 1,174.8 606.2 1,063.1 767.0 747.4 4,890.8
Q3 19.2 509.4 1,154.7 603.3 1,103.9 749.5 768.1 4,908.0
Q4 18.1 499.3 1,146.6 595.5 1,130.8 780.5 759.4 4,930.2
2024 Q1 18.2 494.4 1,138.1 596.3 1,114.1 778.9 777.1 4,916.9
Q2 19.7 481.4 1,118.7 609.8 1,123.8 760.1 810.3 4,923.7
Q3 17.0 460.4 1,131.5 623.2 1,113.4 748.9 838.7 4,933.2
Q4 16.4 464.3 1,113.1 615.4 1,106.3 745.7 844.0 4,905.1
Of which:
male
2009 Q1 8.9 276.8 861.6 136.1 522.6 230.3 203.7 2,239.8
Q2 11.5 280.2 875.8 144.1 525.7 221.4 205.6 2,264.3
Q3 10.1 293.4 881.3 143.4 514.2 220.9 204.5 2,267.8
Q4 9.8 283.9 887.3 145.5 511.4 219.0 202.5 2,259.4
2010 Q1 9.9 277.6 863.5 142.2 518.6 218.9 206.0 2,236.7
Q2 11.9 277.8 882.8 138.7 523.0 214.4 209.0 2,257.6
Q3 11.9 282.4 875.7 138.2 530.8 217.7 212.8 2,269.5
Q4 11.7 281.7 854.5 135.2 532.5 227.6 215.7 2,258.8
2011 Q1 10.0 270.2 844.4 138.3 526.0 235.6 220.7 2,245.0
Q2 11.4 278.5 859.0 138.6 521.8 236.7 223.0 2,269.0
Q3 11.8 288.6 864.5 146.5 520.7 236.9 227.5 2,296.6
Q4 10.0 281.4 849.9 150.5 524.7 246.6 222.9 2,286.0
2012 Q1 10.0 274.8 848.3 147.3 520.0 248.5 231.3 2,280.1
Q2 13.2 282.4 854.3 150.3 528.7 260.3 220.0 2,309.3
Q3 12.6 283.3 861.2 155.5 538.1 261.4 216.6 2,328.7
Q4 12.3 279.4 866.2 156.5 529.0 264.2 220.3 2,327.9
2013 Q1 10.9 259.8 858.4 153.9 520.1 264.6 228.5 2,296.2
Q2 13.0 271.8 880.3 168.0 521.7 257.9 230.1 2,342.8
Q3 11.8 282.3 886.4 170.4 529.8 259.3 233.2 2,373.2
Q4 11.6 279.8 875.5 171.8 527.7 254.1 242.8 2,363.3
2014 Q1 9.3 281.2 866.3 173.5 540.4 264.8 241.7 2,377.1
Q2 11.6 289.7 870.4 181.6 536.0 261.6 248.3 2,399.3
Q3 13.8 293.6 864.4 189.8 545.8 265.1 252.5 2,425.1
Q4 14.1 298.0 851.7 188.1 537.1 269.2 250.9 2,409.0
2015 Q1 17.7 294.1 843.7 183.1 539.6 275.7 253.3 2,407.2
Q2 16.7 303.6 837.4 203.3 541.0 279.1 260.4 2,441.5
Q3 14.6 313.4 846.8 211.9 553.1 277.3 254.1 2,471.1
Q4 16.3 314.6 846.4 217.7 541.1 276.7 251.3 2,464.1
2016 Q1 14.0 303.7 839.2 234.3 536.2 287.0 246.8 2,461.2
Q2 14.2 317.0 858.6 237.7 540.7 278.0 244.3 2,490.5
Q3 14.2 314.1 869.4 249.4 542.8 271.2 244.7 2,505.9
Q4 13.3 313.3 870.9 240.4 528.7 281.4 254.9 2,503.0
2017 Q1 11.4 301.8 858.5 240.2 532.5 281.5 261.0 2,486.9
Q2 12.2 301.7 882.7 239.9 529.2 286.3 265.8 2,517.7
Q3 13.5 298.5 903.9 247.6 529.9 278.8 256.0 2,528.1
Q4 14.3 293.7 909.6 244.8 516.6 287.1 253.9 2,520.0
2018 Q1 13.6 291.0 915.9 235.6 499.3 284.9 283.1 2,523.3
Q2 12.8 309.4 912.5 241.8 507.3 269.6 283.0 2,536.4
Q3 9.9 293.2 895.0 250.6 537.5 261.6 300.4 2,548.2
Q4 10.1 305.9 898.2 242.1 534.8 251.5 312.2 2,554.8
2019 Q1 10.3 299.4 894.4 249.0 540.9 260.6 316.8 2,571.3
Q2 10.6 301.3 885.5 242.8 545.0 276.2 302.5 2,563.9
Q3 12.9 300.4 887.3 267.3 541.8 277.6 285.3 2,572.4
Q4 11.0 293.2 904.2 260.3 537.1 264.1 297.9 2,567.7
2020 Q1 11.3 288.0 894.7 258.8 523.9 268.3 303.3 2,548.2
Q2 8.5 256.0 865.8 255.8 552.6 281.7 318.7 2,539.1
Q3 14.7 290.4 867.9 267.3 536.9 273.0 328.3 2,578.5
Q4 13.2 287.2 854.2 266.0 519.0 264.9 367.9 2,572.4
2021 Q1 10.9 273.7 858.2 262.1 504.3 271.5 375.3 2,555.9
Q2 9.5 284.7 836.7 268.7 521.9 277.1 368.9 2,567.5
Q3 9.6 294.3 835.2 260.0 534.7 275.4 370.5 2,579.7
Q4 9.9 278.6 819.8 261.1 547.9 287.7 374.8 2,579.9
2022 Q1 10.8 275.8 810.0 254.6 562.6 302.2 366.3 2,582.2
Q2 11.1 266.8 813.9 246.3 569.3 306.9 363.2 2,577.4
Q3 12.3 270.2 828.9 259.4 574.7 292.3 358.7 2,596.4
Q4 8.9 268.1 832.5 255.7 578.9 300.3 348.4 2,592.8
2023 Q1 7.9 266.7 823.9 268.1 570.2 302.3 357.9 2,597.0
Q2 9.3 286.9 817.6 254.3 573.7 305.6 367.3 2,614.6
Q3 9.9 294.4 801.2 273.4 588.3 295.2 364.4 2,626.8
Q4 8.3 285.7 788.0 266.4 605.9 308.9 356.6 2,619.6
2024 Q1 8.0 280.9 788.9 263.1 591.6 299.9 373.8 2,606.2
Q2 9.8 270.5 767.7 287.7 600.0 288.3 391.6 2,615.5
Q3 8.6 256.2 780.1 285.9 589.2 285.9 406.4 2,612.3
Q4 8.1 257.4 764.3 288.7 594.5 278.0 403.4 2,594.4
female
2009 Q1 6.7 278.0 419.2 252.4 538.3 374.8 171.5 2,040.8
Q2 8.3 278.6 421.2 254.3 528.8 383.8 171.4 2,046.4
Q3 7.6 278.1 416.2 257.0 534.6 388.6 180.7 2,062.8
Q4 9.0 281.2 421.1 256.7 535.1 387.1 176.2 2,066.4
2010 Q1 10.1 276.7 420.9 257.5 555.3 375.1 183.3 2,078.8
Q2 11.6 279.1 427.0 252.2 548.3 375.2 190.5 2,083.9
Q3 14.4 276.2 431.4 254.4 550.0 383.3 186.5 2,096.2
Q4 13.4 276.4 429.5 249.8 544.5 389.5 186.8 2,090.0
2011 Q1 11.4 268.4 420.7 250.6 539.1 397.2 191.7 2,079.1
Q2 10.9 277.3 428.5 255.4 528.2 389.6 200.3 2,090.2
Q3 11.1 274.1 423.9 258.4 524.3 405.9 204.3 2,101.9
Q4 9.8 264.7 423.7 256.3 537.1 407.7 206.7 2,105.9
2012 Q1 9.4 252.1 416.3 254.1 543.2 415.1 206.0 2,096.2
Q2 9.3 259.1 418.4 256.2 542.1 415.1 212.7 2,112.9
Q3 8.5 267.7 414.6 259.8 542.0 430.7 221.2 2,144.6
Q4 9.3 247.9 414.8 254.2 539.2 436.8 224.0 2,126.2
2013 Q1 10.5 238.9 413.8 257.0 529.4 437.1 218.2 2,105.1
Q2 10.9 248.2 414.1 262.7 528.0 438.6 222.8 2,125.3
Q3 8.5 254.4 427.0 272.4 527.8 426.5 220.9 2,137.4
Q4 9.3 256.8 431.8 265.0 526.8 424.4 220.5 2,134.6
2014 Q1 10.9 257.0 430.9 270.5 526.6 429.6 225.5 2,151.0
Q2 10.8 260.7 424.7 276.4 523.3 439.9 220.1 2,155.8
Q3 11.4 259.2 408.7 285.3 535.2 445.6 231.0 2,176.5
Q4 8.5 258.2 414.2 293.6 509.5 442.9 241.2 2,168.0
2015 Q1 10.2 262.5 420.3 302.0 502.2 444.8 234.1 2,175.9
Q2 12.0 264.7 421.0 306.4 498.4 445.6 244.7 2,192.8
Q3 10.3 267.8 419.6 328.4 487.0 445.1 253.6 2,211.7
Q4 11.6 263.3 427.0 332.9 486.4 438.8 246.7 2,206.6
2016 Q1 10.0 262.4 420.9 330.5 490.4 439.3 248.4 2,201.8
Q2 13.3 260.5 418.4 341.6 502.4 451.4 232.4 2,219.9
Q3 13.8 271.4 409.1 357.1 499.3 454.7 235.9 2,241.4
Q4 13.3 285.4 408.3 342.9 501.0 458.3 233.7 2,242.8
2017 Q1 13.6 277.2 414.8 325.2 503.1 448.5 235.5 2,217.7
Q2 14.0 275.8 410.2 334.8 500.1 448.3 236.4 2,219.6
Q3 14.2 276.5 411.5 348.2 512.3 439.6 233.0 2,235.3
Q4 13.7 267.0 421.2 335.2 514.5 436.4 246.5 2,234.6
2018 Q1 14.8 252.9 413.5 325.1 503.2 440.0 264.2 2,213.7
Q2 13.7 252.9 420.8 333.1 497.6 423.7 274.1 2,215.9
Q3 11.1 251.9 418.0 342.7 504.0 424.6 286.6 2,238.9
Q4 12.6 250.2 420.1 323.3 482.3 422.0 309.7 2,220.1
2019 Q1 13.0 247.0 410.0 325.8 470.5 432.0 315.6 2,213.9
Q2 12.6 255.3 412.1 334.6 463.4 442.5 293.7 2,214.2
Q3 14.1 229.9 405.0 351.4 467.0 455.2 294.8 2,217.3
Q4 13.0 228.1 408.3 357.8 460.9 442.8 297.6 2,208.4
2020 Q1 12.9 242.5 392.2 356.7 463.5 442.5 292.8 2,203.1
Q2 9.8 216.5 375.1 342.9 478.6 448.4 326.8 2,198.0
Q3 10.7 235.2 395.9 359.6 448.0 433.3 334.3 2,216.8
Q4 12.1 229.0 390.1 342.8 436.4 442.7 350.9 2,203.9
2021 Q1 12.1 217.8 374.2 321.5 457.0 449.4 361.4 2,193.4
Q2 10.4 225.1 388.7 337.6 451.3 455.6 355.7 2,224.5
Q3 11.5 231.1 387.0 331.9 454.5 472.4 359.9 2,248.1
Q4 11.6 215.3 381.9 327.7 482.7 477.8 366.8 2,263.7
2022 Q1 10.5 216.4 361.2 341.1 477.8 477.3 362.8 2,247.1
Q2 11.1 210.4 359.7 337.0 474.5 474.0 376.6 2,243.4
Q3 14.0 215.2 368.0 352.8 476.8 469.1 367.1 2,262.9
Q4 12.8 219.6 373.1 353.8 487.5 470.2 355.5 2,272.5
2023 Q1 10.9 217.5 373.6 343.8 486.7 467.8 368.6 2,268.8
Q2 10.6 225.6 357.2 352.0 489.4 461.4 380.1 2,276.2
Q3 9.3 215.0 353.5 329.9 515.6 454.3 403.8 2,281.2
Q4 9.9 213.6 358.6 329.2 524.9 471.7 402.8 2,310.5
2024 Q1 10.1 213.5 349.2 333.2 522.5 479.0 403.3 2,310.7
Q2 9.9 210.9 351.0 322.1 523.8 471.8 418.7 2,308.2
Q3 8.4 204.2 351.5 337.3 524.1 463.0 432.3 2,320.9
Q4 8.3 206.9 348.8 326.7 511.8 467.7 440.6 2,310.8

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).
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