| 25-27 Population Aged 14 and Over by Educational Attainment | ||||||
| Item | Census 2001 | By-census 2006 | Census 2011 | |||
| (10 000 | (10 000 | (10 000 | ||||
| persons) | (%) | persons) | (%) | persons) | (%) | |
| Total | 34.97 | 100.0 | 43.36 | 100.0 | 49.20 | 100.0 |
| Male | 16.45 | 47.0 | 20.97 | 48.4 | 23.35 | 47.5 |
| Female | 18.52 | 53.0 | 22.39 | 51.6 | 25.85 | 52.5 |
| No Schooling/Pre-primary Education | 2.10 | 6.0 | 2.06 | 4.7 | 1.63 | 3.3 |
| Male | 0.48 | 1.4 | 0.50 | 1.1 | 0.37 | 0.7 |
| Female | 1.62 | 4.6 | 1.56 | 3.6 | 1.26 | 2.6 |
| Primary Education | 13.64 | 39.0 | 13.28 | 30.6 | 12.14 | 24.7 |
| Male | 6.63 | 19.0 | 6.59 | 15.2 | 5.78 | 11.8 |
| Female | 7.01 | 20.0 | 6.69 | 15.4 | 6.35 | 12.9 |
| Junior Secondary Education | 9.45 | 27.0 | 12.07 | 27.8 | 12.30 | 25.0 |
| Male | 4.43 | 12.7 | 6.00 | 13.8 | 6.10 | 12.4 |
| Female | 5.02 | 14.3 | 6.07 | 14.0 | 6.19 | 12.6 |
| Senior Secondary Education | 6.63 | 18.9 | 10.43 | 24.0 | 14.09 | 28.6 |
| Male | 3.32 | 9.5 | 5.16 | 11.9 | 6.73 | 13.7 |
| Female | 3.31 | 9.5 | 5.27 | 12.1 | 7.36 | 15.0 |
| Higher Education | ||||||
| Non-university Degree | 0.75 | 2.1 | 0.64 | 1.5 | 0.99 | 2.0 |
| Male | 0.29 | 0.8 | 0.26 | 0.6 | 0.46 | 0.9 |
| Female | 0.46 | 1.3 | 0.38 | 0.9 | 0.53 | 1.1 |
| University | 2.39 | 6.8 | 4.86 | 11.2 | 8.02 | 16.3 |
| Male | 1.29 | 3.7 | 2.44 | 5.6 | 3.88 | 7.9 |
| Female | 1.10 | 3.2 | 2.42 | 5.6 | 4.13 | 8.4 |
| Special Education | 0.02 | 0.1 | 0.03 | 0.1 | 0.04 | 0.1 |
| Male | 0.01 | o | 0.02 | o | 0.03 | o |
| Female | 0.01 | o | 0.01 | o | 0.02 | o |