Name 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
People with maximum primary education 30.6 30.0 28.6 25.9 24.7 23.6 22.0 21.0 20.4 19.5 18.8 18.5 18.0 17.5 16.9 16.8 16.6 16.0 15.1 15.1 14.4 13.6 12.9 12.6
People with minimum secondary education 69.4 70.0 71.4 74.1 75.3 76.4 78.0 79.0 79.6 80.5 81.2 81.5 82.0 82.5 83.1 83.2 83.4 84.0 84.9 84.9 85.6 86.4 87.1 87.4
total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Of which: people with tertiary education 14.0 14.0 14.2 15.4 16.7 17.1 17.7 18.1 19.3 19.8 20.0 21.0 22.1 22.6 23.4 24.2 23.7 24.1 25.0 25.9 27.1 29.3 29.4 29.8
By sex
Male
with maximum primary education 26.0 25.4 23.8 21.9 20.6 19.7 18.3 17.4 16.9 16.2 15.7 15.6 15.5 15.1 14.9 15.1 14.8 14.0 13.6 13.7 13.1 12.8 12.2 12.1
with minimum secondary education 74.0 74.6 76.2 78.1 79.4 80.3 81.7 82.6 83.1 83.8 84.3 84.4 84.5 84.9 85.1 84.9 85.2 86.0 86.4 86.3 86.9 87.2 87.8 87.9
total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
of which: with tertiary education 13.7 13.5 13.8 14.9 15.9 15.9 16.3 16.5 17.4 17.5 17.6 18.6 19.1 19.5 20.2 21.0 20.5 21.0 21.6 21.6 22.9 24.7 24.8 24.9
Female
with maximum primary education 35.3 34.3 33.0 29.7 28.4 27.3 25.4 24.3 23.6 22.5 21.7 21.3 20.4 19.8 18.9 18.4 18.4 17.9 16.6 16.4 15.8 14.4 13.6 13.0
with minimum secondary education 64.7 65.7 67.0 70.3 71.6 72.7 74.6 75.7 76.4 77.5 78.3 78.7 79.6 80.2 81.1 81.6 81.6 82.1 83.4 83.6 84.2 85.6 86.4 87.0
total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
of which: with tertiary education 14.4 14.4 14.6 15.9 17.5 18.2 19.1 19.6 21.0 22.1 22.3 23.3 25.0 25.6 26.3 27.3 26.8 27.0 28.4 30.2 31.3 33.8 34.0 34.8
By age group
25–34 year-olds
with maximum primary education 18.7 19.0 18.4 17.0 16.2 15.0 14.3 14.5 14.3 13.9 13.6 12.9 12.6 12.5 13.0 14.0 14.5 14.0 13.1 12.6 12.4 12.9 13.1 13.3
with minimum secondary education 81.3 81.0 81.6 83.0 83.8 85.0 85.7 85.5 85.7 86.1 86.4 87.1 87.4 87.5 87.0 86.0 85.5 86.0 86.9 87.4 87.6 87.1 86.9 86.7
total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
of which: with tertiary education 14.7 14.8 15.0 16.8 18.9 19.6 20.7 22.0 24.1 25.1 26.1 28.2 30.5 31.2 32.1 32.1 30.4 30.2 30.9 30.9 31.0 33.4 32.5 30.1
35–44 year-olds
with maximum primary education 21.6 21.5 21.3 19.3 18.4 18.9 18.5 17.6 17.3 16.9 16.7 16.7 16.1 15.1 14.4 13.5 13.5 13.8 13.8 13.8 12.2 11.6 11.3 10.9
with minimum secondary education 78.4 78.5 78.7 80.7 81.6 81.1 81.5 82.4 82.7 83.1 83.3 83.3 83.9 84.9 85.6 86.5 86.5 86.2 86.2 86.2 87.8 88.4 88.7 89.1
total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
of which: with tertiary education 15.1 14.9 14.5 16.2 17.5 17.2 17.2 17.8 19.0 19.2 19.1 21.6 22.9 23.4 24.5 26.8 26.6 27.2 28.5 30.0 32.9 34.7 35.7 36.7
45–54 year-olds
with maximum primary education 28.9 28.4 27.5 24.7 24.4 24.3 22.8 21.5 21.4 20.2 19.7 19.6 17.9 18.3 17.4 17.6 17.0 15.9 14.3 14.8 15.2 14.1 13.0 12.4
with minimum secondary education 71.1 71.6 72.5 75.3 75.6 75.7 77.2 78.5 78.6 79.8 80.3 80.4 82.1 81.7 82.6 82.4 83.0 84.1 85.7 85.2 84.8 85.9 87.0 87.6
total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
of which: with tertiary education 14.2 14.2 14.4 14.6 15.7 16.3 17.1 16.3 17.1 18.3 18.3 18.1 19.4 19.8 20.3 20.8 20.6 21.1 22.4 23.2 23.6 26.0 26.9 28.5
55–64 year-olds
with maximum primary education 59.9 56.4 52.0 46.9 42.9 39.1 35.0 32.0 29.6 27.6 25.7 25.0 25.2 23.9 22.8 22.3 21.9 20.5 19.3 19.4 18.4 16.2 14.7 14.1
with minimum secondary education 40.1 43.6 48.0 53.1 57.1 60.9 65.0 68.0 70.4 72.4 74.3 75.0 74.8 76.1 77.2 77.7 78.1 79.5 80.7 80.6 81.6 83.8 85.3 85.9
total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
of which: with tertiary education 11.8 11.5 12.6 13.8 14.4 14.6 15.1 15.5 16.2 16.3 16.3 16.1 15.6 16.2 16.9 17.5 17.2 17.7 18.2 19.2 20.4 22.6 22.1 23.5
By economic activity
Employed
with maximum primary education 17.7 17.5 16.6 15.1 14.1 13.8 12.7 12.1 12.1 11.3 10.9 10.8 10.4 10.2 10.8 11.0 11.4 11.4 11.0 10.8 10.2 9.8 9.3 9.2
with minimum secondary education 82.3 82.5 83.4 84.9 85.9 86.2 87.3 87.9 87.9 88.7 89.1 89.2 89.6 89.8 89.2 89.0 88.6 88.6 89.0 89.2 89.8 90.2 90.7 90.8
total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
of which: with tertiary education 18.6 18.4 18.4 19.8 21.5 21.8 22.2 22.3 23.8 25.0 25.3 26.8 27.8 28.1 28.1 28.6 27.7 27.6 28.4 29.0 30.5 32.5 32.5 32.8
Unemployed
with maximum primary education 33.7 37.1 37.2 33.5 31.1 30.0 32.3 33.7 34.8 31.2 30.4 30.1 29.1 29.1 30.5 32.4 32.9 34.2 32.0 32.7 29.6 29.1 33.3 32.3
with minimum secondary education 66.3 62.9 62.8 66.5 68.9 70.0 67.7 66.3 65.2 68.8 69.6 69.9 70.9 70.9 69.5 67.6 67.1 65.8 68.0 67.3 70.4 70.9 66.7 67.7
total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
of which: with tertiary education 4.1 4.2 5.4 5.3 7.7 7.8 7.0 7.9 7.4 9.0 9.4 9.3 10.4 10.1 10.3 9.8 9.8 10.5 11.5 13.1 13.8 14.3 13.4 13.4
Not active economically
with maximum primary education 54.5 52.5 50.3 46.8 45.3 43.3 40.5 37.9 35.4 35.9 34.5 34.5 34.6 34.4 32.9 33.1 33.7 31.7 30.6 32.5 32.1 30.9 30.5 29.5
with minimum secondary education 45.5 47.5 49.7 53.2 54.7 56.7 59.5 62.1 64.6 64.1 65.5 65.5 65.4 65.6 67.1 66.9 66.3 68.3 69.4 67.5 67.9 69.1 69.5 70.5
total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
of which: with tertiary education 6.8 6.8 7.1 7.7 8.1 8.3 9.5 10.5 11.6 10.2 10.2 10.1 10.4 10.6 11.6 12.3 11.1 11.7 12.1 13.2 13.1 15.0 14.0 15.0

Footnotes

*Source: Labour Force Survey, HCSO.

Explanation of symbols

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