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 178.5 1,542.2 503.0 476.2 442.3 153.8 104.7 3,400.7
Q2 178.8 1,522.8 503.4 462.3 436.7 159.0 104.2 3,367.3
Q3 168.7 1,485.0 503.8 460.4 455.2 160.8 110.1 3,344.0
Q4 155.0 1,489.4 513.3 472.3 451.5 158.5 105.4 3,345.4
2010 Q1 151.8 1,491.1 527.4 467.7 452.6 153.9 107.8 3,352.2
Q2 151.3 1,471.3 521.6 460.8 454.5 155.2 108.2 3,322.9
Q3 137.4 1,440.0 514.8 467.7 464.1 162.4 108.7 3,295.2
Q4 133.5 1,438.3 521.1 477.7 461.6 171.9 104.7 3,308.8
2011 Q1 134.9 1,457.8 533.9 468.3 463.2 167.6 104.4 3,330.1
Q2 135.7 1,443.8 531.2 454.4 461.3 163.4 101.9 3,291.6
Q3 129.7 1,401.2 532.6 451.9 457.4 165.5 110.7 3,248.8
Q4 122.6 1,398.7 529.2 459.9 454.7 173.1 114.9 3,253.1
2012 Q1 121.5 1,389.2 544.9 457.0 462.4 178.8 113.2 3,267.1
Q2 123.8 1,368.3 539.8 433.0 461.0 172.5 116.8 3,215.2
Q3 110.9 1,327.3 530.5 440.2 460.4 180.8 109.9 3,159.8
Q4 114.2 1,345.3 550.9 431.0 450.1 176.1 107.4 3,175.1
2013 Q1 118.8 1,355.3 571.1 428.8 451.3 187.6 108.8 3,221.6
Q2 115.2 1,303.8 550.7 438.0 444.3 187.2 106.1 3,145.3
Q3 106.0 1,251.1 553.0 459.3 428.6 192.7 104.0 3,094.7
Q4 110.0 1,233.2 569.5 459.2 423.6 194.8 109.1 3,099.4
2014 Q1 106.9 1,214.4 568.8 440.4 421.5 192.0 115.7 3,059.7
Q2 105.6 1,181.4 559.1 441.9 423.0 197.0 114.3 3,022.3
Q3 94.4 1,137.4 537.1 463.4 415.8 201.3 117.6 2,967.1
Q4 101.0 1,148.4 549.2 459.8 407.4 206.2 110.1 2,982.0
2015 Q1 105.4 1,145.2 550.0 454.7 404.6 198.4 106.4 2,964.7
Q2 105.2 1,108.1 540.8 452.1 392.0 199.4 107.5 2,905.2
Q3 89.9 1,063.6 535.9 475.3 385.4 195.1 108.5 2,853.6
Q4 97.0 1,060.1 540.2 466.5 390.3 193.5 109.5 2,857.2
2016 Q1 102.8 1,081.5 553.3 449.7 384.9 184.7 95.6 2,852.5
Q2 93.1 1,055.6 546.3 442.4 381.8 179.8 98.4 2,797.3
Q3 81.3 1,017.4 545.1 445.7 383.9 181.3 105.2 2,759.8
Q4 80.0 1,008.0 548.4 443.3 385.6 183.4 105.1 2,753.8
2017 Q1 88.6 999.3 567.8 444.2 385.7 191.8 102.1 2,779.4
Q2 94.3 975.4 561.9 421.8 380.9 192.5 101.0 2,727.8
Q3 76.7 954.0 551.9 441.6 379.2 184.0 101.3 2,688.7
Q4 81.7 940.1 552.6 440.7 381.3 185.0 104.4 2,685.7
2018 Q1 87.7 928.6 552.7 434.6 377.9 184.5 99.9 2,665.8
Q2 91.5 918.7 543.9 427.6 367.3 191.2 104.8 2,645.0
Q3 73.7 880.1 541.0 428.2 385.3 189.4 107.1 2,604.8
Q4 76.9 879.6 541.1 422.2 389.1 192.6 110.1 2,611.5
2019 Q1 81.4 906.1 525.4 412.5 370.4 184.3 115.6 2,595.5
Q2 86.5 899.5 519.1 422.4 377.5 180.4 110.7 2,596.0
Q3 73.5 885.1 500.6 443.8 367.7 183.2 124.1 2,577.9
Q4 72.3 881.2 514.0 440.1 367.4 186.8 123.2 2,585.0
2020 Q1 76.9 908.7 519.5 418.6 363.2 188.0 127.5 2,602.3
Q2 70.7 860.9 531.7 408.9 398.0 202.4 134.8 2,607.3
Q3 70.0 862.9 514.8 403.3 360.8 196.7 131.4 2,539.9
Q4 72.4 856.9 518.2 408.6 360.4 198.4 134.7 2,549.7
2021 Q1 76.1 837.9 541.9 406.8 369.2 201.3 134.4 2,567.6
Q2 72.9 829.0 523.2 399.1 355.9 202.9 133.5 2,516.4
Q3 62.6 805.4 517.7 396.2 357.2 197.3 135.6 2,472.0
Q4 63.8 809.8 507.9 376.3 370.3 194.4 125.0 2,447.6
2022 Q1 71.7 814.0 510.8 379.2 371.8 192.3 114.5 2,454.3
Q2 70.7 809.9 509.7 392.7 367.5 193.6 113.1 2,457.2
Q3 55.1 779.5 507.5 400.9 366.5 188.4 115.3 2,413.1
Q4 60.1 781.0 503.7 393.1 356.1 197.0 112.1 2,403.1
2023 Q1 67.9 774.6 501.4 392.6 356.8 198.9 106.8 2,399.0
Q2 67.5 766.2 480.0 389.7 354.4 193.1 115.2 2,366.1
Q3 45.2 743.8 477.9 393.9 369.9 192.5 119.4 2,342.7
Q4 54.0 740.5 477.9 378.2 362.9 182.6 118.1 2,314.2
2024 Q1 59.0 753.1 475.0 362.9 368.4 184.1 116.4 2,318.9
Q2 60.6 754.0 480.7 342.4 357.6 191.5 116.9 2,303.6
Q3 43.5 733.1 484.1 368.2 361.7 180.6 115.5 2,286.7
Q4
Of which:
male
2009 Q1 62.9 633.0 270.3 172.2 180.6 63.2 55.7 1,438.0
Q2 65.5 617.5 270.2 165.3 175.7 63.7 54.9 1,412.7
Q3 60.7 604.4 269.8 166.1 184.9 63.4 59.3 1,408.5
Q4 56.5 602.4 281.5 174.8 181.7 64.3 55.2 1,416.3
2010 Q1 56.2 607.3 300.5 168.0 186.9 61.8 57.6 1,438.3
Q2 56.4 596.2 294.1 163.4 186.1 60.5 60.0 1,416.7
Q3 50.3 578.0 289.3 170.6 193.4 62.2 60.1 1,404.0
Q4 49.1 581.0 292.6 172.4 196.0 64.7 58.1 1,414.0
2011 Q1 52.4 592.7 301.0 167.2 192.6 64.0 57.1 1,427.1
Q2 54.8 579.3 297.2 161.0 195.4 60.5 54.2 1,402.5
Q3 50.4 559.6 296.1 157.0 190.7 63.0 57.4 1,374.1
Q4 46.5 564.1 295.9 163.8 188.3 68.0 60.7 1,387.3
2012 Q1 45.6 563.0 310.9 165.3 190.5 67.3 56.0 1,398.5
Q2 47.2 549.6 302.9 158.7 187.8 61.7 59.3 1,367.3
Q3 38.1 528.6 304.8 159.4 185.5 72.2 58.0 1,346.7
Q4 40.4 537.8 312.1 156.2 175.7 67.3 57.2 1,346.7
2013 Q1 45.5 542.8 328.7 156.2 174.3 70.6 58.2 1,376.4
Q2 44.6 514.6 309.9 159.9 166.1 70.7 60.4 1,326.1
Q3 38.9 494.5 303.7 162.6 162.4 71.7 59.1 1,292.8
Q4 42.4 495.4 313.3 160.4 159.3 71.2 57.9 1,299.9
2014 Q1 44.2 490.5 313.7 152.6 154.0 68.9 58.5 1,282.4
Q2 44.5 464.2 309.2 154.1 152.3 73.6 58.1 1,256.0
Q3 39.5 446.2 294.2 158.6 154.1 73.7 60.7 1,227.0
Q4 41.0 456.4 298.7 156.9 152.5 78.5 55.4 1,239.4
2015 Q1 42.3 451.4 301.0 164.0 152.1 72.2 53.7 1,236.8
Q2 41.2 431.6 299.8 159.9 144.6 68.4 54.3 1,199.8
Q3 34.4 410.7 292.0 164.6 146.7 67.3 54.7 1,170.2
Q4 37.3 408.4 295.4 161.9 149.0 65.6 56.7 1,174.4
2016 Q1 41.7 419.3 302.4 151.1 145.8 62.9 49.3 1,172.6
Q2 38.7 401.5 295.7 149.8 143.8 60.7 50.7 1,140.8
Q3 33.8 387.6 292.2 152.8 142.3 64.3 53.7 1,126.7
Q4 34.0 384.9 290.2 155.9 143.6 65.3 53.2 1,127.0
2017 Q1 41.7 379.1 303.0 154.4 140.3 66.2 51.2 1,136.0
Q2 43.4 363.0 298.7 142.2 137.1 62.2 49.8 1,096.5
Q3 33.4 350.8 286.7 154.5 140.7 61.0 53.6 1,080.8
Q4 35.2 351.6 292.1 154.3 138.4 62.4 50.4 1,084.3
2018 Q1 35.8 352.3 297.5 146.3 141.0 61.9 47.4 1,082.2
Q2 40.8 339.2 293.0 140.0 133.9 68.6 53.1 1,068.5
Q3 32.6 325.8 290.3 145.3 142.3 64.7 55.3 1,056.2
Q4 33.7 331.8 278.4 139.4 143.3 65.9 56.4 1,049.0
2019 Q1 38.5 345.9 276.0 131.8 132.2 52.8 54.7 1,031.8
Q2 38.0 343.8 274.9 141.7 135.9 48.0 55.7 1,038.0
Q3 31.0 332.5 266.8 154.5 130.4 54.9 58.4 1,028.4
Q4 31.9 339.3 272.7 155.1 130.8 52.2 50.1 1,031.9
2020 Q1 33.0 355.6 276.1 148.1 124.4 57.3 54.8 1,049.3
Q2 30.4 335.4 282.5 143.3 140.6 58.3 63.8 1,054.2
Q3 28.7 332.4 271.2 141.2 121.7 54.3 61.2 1,010.7
Q4 29.3 330.5 274.2 140.4 121.4 56.8 59.9 1,012.6
2021 Q1 33.1 323.4 286.7 135.1 130.3 54.0 62.5 1,024.8
Q2 32.3 321.0 274.1 138.5 128.5 53.9 60.8 1,009.1
Q3 28.9 304.9 272.6 141.0 129.4 56.4 59.6 992.7
Q4 27.2 316.7 270.3 131.5 134.7 51.4 56.6 988.3
2022 Q1 30.6 317.6 266.5 127.9 136.4 51.7 51.6 982.3
Q2 31.7 322.6 263.9 127.8 132.0 51.6 55.0 984.6
Q3 24.8 312.9 259.4 130.2 132.2 51.9 51.7 963.0
Q4 27.1 315.7 265.6 130.1 124.1 54.8 49.3 966.6
2023 Q1 30.9 314.4 264.2 129.1 124.7 54.6 47.4 965.2
Q2 30.0 301.6 257.0 133.3 123.0 51.9 48.6 945.4
Q3 16.0 293.0 251.8 136.7 132.6 51.4 50.5 932.0
Q4 22.5 297.0 253.2 134.2 132.3 47.9 50.9 938.0
2024 Q1 28.5 304.0 248.6 126.5 137.8 53.5 50.1 948.8
Q2 28.6 300.3 253.9 117.9 133.6 52.3 50.6 937.3
Q3 20.3 293.4 256.8 135.7 134.9 49.3 48.4 938.8
Q4
female
2009 Q1 115.5 909.2 232.7 304.0 261.6 90.7 48.9 1,962.8
Q2 113.4 905.3 233.2 297.0 261.1 95.4 49.3 1,954.5
Q3 108.0 880.6 234.0 294.3 270.3 97.4 50.9 1,935.4
Q4 98.5 887.0 231.9 297.6 269.7 94.2 50.2 1,929.1
2010 Q1 95.6 883.8 226.9 299.7 265.7 92.1 50.2 1,914.0
Q2 94.9 875.1 227.5 297.4 268.4 94.7 48.2 1,906.2
Q3 87.1 862.0 225.5 297.1 270.7 100.3 48.6 1,891.3
Q4 84.4 857.3 228.5 305.3 265.6 107.1 46.6 1,894.8
2011 Q1 82.6 865.2 232.8 301.0 270.6 103.6 47.3 1,903.0
Q2 80.8 864.4 234.0 293.4 265.9 103.0 47.6 1,889.1
Q3 79.3 841.6 236.5 294.9 266.7 102.5 53.3 1,874.7
Q4 76.1 834.6 233.3 296.1 266.5 105.1 54.2 1,865.8
2012 Q1 75.9 826.3 234.0 291.7 271.9 111.6 57.2 1,868.6
Q2 76.6 818.7 236.9 274.3 273.2 110.7 57.6 1,848.0
Q3 72.7 798.7 225.7 280.7 274.9 108.6 51.8 1,813.1
Q4 73.7 807.5 238.8 274.8 274.4 108.9 50.3 1,828.4
2013 Q1 73.3 812.4 242.4 272.5 277.0 117.0 50.6 1,845.2
Q2 70.6 789.3 240.8 278.1 278.3 116.4 45.7 1,819.2
Q3 67.1 756.7 249.4 296.7 266.2 121.0 44.9 1,801.9
Q4 67.6 737.8 256.2 298.8 264.3 123.6 51.2 1,799.5
2014 Q1 62.7 723.9 255.1 287.9 267.4 123.1 57.1 1,777.2
Q2 61.1 717.1 249.9 287.8 270.7 123.5 56.2 1,766.3
Q3 54.9 691.2 242.9 304.8 261.7 127.6 57.0 1,740.1
Q4 60.0 691.9 250.4 302.9 254.9 127.8 54.7 1,742.6
2015 Q1 63.0 693.8 249.1 290.6 252.5 126.2 52.7 1,727.9
Q2 64.0 676.5 241.0 292.3 247.4 131.0 53.2 1,705.4
Q3 55.5 652.9 243.9 310.7 238.8 127.8 53.8 1,683.4
Q4 59.7 651.7 244.8 304.7 241.3 127.9 52.8 1,682.8
2016 Q1 61.1 662.1 250.9 298.6 239.0 121.8 46.3 1,679.9
Q2 54.4 654.1 250.6 292.5 238.0 119.1 47.7 1,656.4
Q3 47.5 629.7 252.9 292.9 241.7 116.9 51.5 1,633.2
Q4 46.0 623.1 258.2 287.5 242.0 118.1 51.9 1,626.7
2017 Q1 46.8 620.1 264.7 289.8 245.4 125.6 50.9 1,643.4
Q2 50.9 612.4 263.2 279.6 243.8 130.2 51.2 1,631.3
Q3 43.3 603.2 265.1 287.1 238.5 123.0 47.7 1,607.9
Q4 46.6 588.5 260.5 286.4 242.9 122.6 53.9 1,601.5
2018 Q1 51.8 576.2 255.2 288.4 236.8 122.6 52.5 1,583.6
Q2 50.8 579.5 251.0 287.6 233.4 122.6 51.6 1,576.5
Q3 41.1 554.3 250.7 283.0 243.0 124.7 51.8 1,548.6
Q4 43.2 547.8 262.7 282.8 245.8 126.6 53.7 1,562.6
2019 Q1 42.8 560.2 249.4 280.7 238.2 131.5 60.9 1,563.7
Q2 48.5 555.7 244.2 280.7 241.6 132.4 54.9 1,558.0
Q3 42.4 552.5 233.8 289.3 237.3 128.4 65.7 1,549.5
Q4 40.4 541.9 241.4 285.0 236.6 134.6 73.1 1,553.0
2020 Q1 43.9 553.1 243.5 270.5 238.8 130.7 72.7 1,553.0
Q2 40.2 525.5 249.2 265.6 257.4 144.1 71.0 1,553.1
Q3 41.4 530.5 243.6 262.1 239.1 142.4 70.2 1,529.2
Q4 43.1 526.5 244.0 268.2 239.0 141.6 74.8 1,537.1
2021 Q1 43.1 514.6 255.3 271.7 238.9 147.3 72.0 1,542.8
Q2 40.6 508.0 249.1 260.6 227.3 149.0 72.7 1,507.3
Q3 33.7 500.5 245.2 255.2 227.8 140.9 76.0 1,479.3
Q4 36.6 493.1 237.7 244.9 235.7 143.0 68.4 1,459.2
2022 Q1 41.1 496.4 244.3 251.4 235.4 140.6 62.8 1,472.0
Q2 39.0 487.3 245.8 264.9 235.4 142.0 58.2 1,472.6
Q3 30.3 466.7 248.1 270.7 234.3 136.5 63.6 1,450.2
Q4 32.9 465.3 238.2 263.0 231.9 142.2 62.9 1,436.4
2023 Q1 37.0 460.2 237.2 263.5 232.2 144.3 59.4 1,433.8
Q2 37.5 464.5 223.0 256.4 231.4 141.2 66.6 1,420.7
Q3 29.2 450.8 226.1 257.2 237.4 141.1 68.9 1,410.7
Q4 31.6 443.5 224.6 244.0 230.6 134.7 67.3 1,376.3
2024 Q1 30.6 449.2 226.4 236.4 230.6 130.6 66.4 1,370.1
Q2 32.0 453.6 226.8 224.4 224.0 139.2 66.3 1,366.3
Q3 23.3 439.6 227.3 232.5 226.8 131.3 67.0 1,347.9
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. 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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