Data set from Education and training statistics for the UK

Highest qualification among 19-64 year olds

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Published 26 November 2020

Last updated 26 November 2020

This file contains information on the highest qualification of adults (aged 19-64) in the United Kingdom.

Data set details

Theme: UK education and training statistics
Publication: Education and training statistics for the UK
Release: Reporting year 2020
Release type
Geographic levels: National
Indicators: Percentage of population with their highest qualification as NQF level 2 or above
Percentage of population with their highest qualification as NQF level 3 or above
Percentage of population with their highest qualification as NQF level 4 or above
Filters: Age
Gender
Time period: 2019

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	gender	age	t_age_1964	pt_hiqual_nqf4	pt_hiqual_nqf3	pt_hiqual_nqf2	pt_hiqual_scqf7	pt_hiqual_scqf6	pt_hiqual_scqf5
2019	Calendar year	National	K02000001	United Kingdom	Male	Total	19505	42	63	81	z	z	z
2019	Calendar year	National	K02000001	United Kingdom	Female	Total	19755	46	65	83	z	z	z
2019	Calendar year	National	K02000001	United Kingdom	Total	19-24	4779	27	68	87	z	z	z
2019	Calendar year	National	K02000001	United Kingdom	Total	25-29	4470	51	71	87	z	z	z
2019	Calendar year	National	K02000001	United Kingdom	Total	30-39	8860	52	69	86	z	z	z

Table showing first 5 of 9 variables
Variable name	Variable description
age	Age
gender	Gender
pt_hiqual_nqf2	Percentage of population with their highest qualification as NQF level 2 or above
pt_hiqual_nqf3	Percentage of population with their highest qualification as NQF level 3 or above
pt_hiqual_nqf4	Percentage of population with their highest qualification as NQF level 4 or above

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