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Share of people aged 16 to 64 with no qualifications in West Midlands

Share of people aged 16 to 64 with no qualifications in West Midlands was 7.7% in 2025, according to the Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). That is down 0.6 pts from 2024.

20257.7%
Change on 2024-0.6 pts
Series high8.52022
Series low7.32023

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Share of people aged 16 to 64 with no qualifications in West Midlands, 2022 to 2025

7.257.57.7588.258.520222023202420252022: 8.5 %2023: 7.3 %2024: 8.3 %2025: 7.7 %77.588.5202220252022: 8.5 %2023: 7.3 %2024: 8.3 %2025: 7.7 %
%. Source: Office for National Statistics, Annual Population Survey: % with no qualifications (RQF), aged 16 to 64, January to December (ONS, Nomis NM_17_5, variable 1947). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-07-21.
All 4 values
Period%
20257.7
20248.3
20237.3
20228.5

West Midlands compared with nearby places

North East: 9.6 %North West: 7.7 %Yorkshire and The Humber: 6.9 %East Midlands: 6.9 %West Midlands: 7.7 %East of England: 4.7 %London: 5.2 %South East: 4.8 %South West: 4.5 %Northern Ireland: 10 %Scotland: 7.2 %Wales: 7.7 %
  • Under 4.9
  • 4.9 to 6.9
  • 6.9 to 7.5
  • 7.5 to 7.7
  • 7.7 and over
Share of people aged 16 to 64 with no qualifications, 2025, %. West Midlands is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). Boundaries: Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2024.

Definition

People aged 16 to 64 who hold no formal qualification, as a percentage of all people aged 16 to 64, under the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) questions of the Annual Population Survey of the Office for National Statistics, January to December. United Kingdom regions and local authorities.

A survey estimate with wide margins of error for local authorities, so year to year moves of a few points are often noise. The RQF series starts in 2022 and is not comparable with the older NVQ series.

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Office for National Statistics. Annual Population Survey: % with no qualifications (RQF), aged 16 to 64, January to December (ONS, Nomis NM_17_5, variable 1947). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_17_5.data.json?geography=TYPE480,TYPE424&variable=1947&measures=20599&time=2022-12,latest. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). (2026). Annual Population Survey: % with no qualifications (RQF), aged 16 to 64, January to December (ONS, Nomis NM_17_5, variable 1947) (Share of people aged 16 to 64 with no qualifications, West Midlands, 2022 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_17_5.data.json?geography=TYPE480,TYPE424&variable=1947&measures=20599&time=2022-12,latest

MLA 9

Annual Population Survey: % with no qualifications (RQF), aged 16 to 64, January to December (ONS, Nomis NM_17_5, variable 1947), Share of people aged 16 to 64 with no qualifications, West Midlands, 2022 to 2025. Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom), 21 July 2026, https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_17_5.data.json?geography=TYPE480,TYPE424&variable=1947&measures=20599&time=2022-12,latest. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/no-qualifications-share-16-64/west-midlands-uk. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). 2026. Annual Population Survey: % with no qualifications (RQF), aged 16 to 64, January to December (ONS, Nomis NM_17_5, variable 1947). Share of people aged 16 to 64 with no qualifications, West Midlands, 2022 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_17_5.data.json?geography=TYPE480,TYPE424&variable=1947&measures=20599&time=2022-12,latest. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/no-qualifications-share-16-64/west-midlands-uk.

Harvard

Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom) (2026) Annual Population Survey: % with no qualifications (RQF), aged 16 to 64, January to December (ONS, Nomis NM_17_5, variable 1947), Share of people aged 16 to 64 with no qualifications, West Midlands, 2022 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_17_5.data.json?geography=TYPE480,TYPE424&variable=1947&measures=20599&time=2022-12,latest, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/no-qualifications-share-16-64/west-midlands-uk (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/no-qualifications-share-16-64/west-midlands-uk. Publisher attribution: Office for National Statistics. Annual Population Survey: \% with no qualifications (RQF), aged 16 to 64, January to December (ONS, Nomis NM\_17\_5, variable 1947). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM\_17\_5.data.json?geography=TYPE480,TYPE424\&variable=1947\&measures=20599\&time=2022-12,latest. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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What is the share of people aged 16 to 64 with no qualifications in West Midlands?

Share of people aged 16 to 64 with no qualifications in West Midlands was 7.7% in 2025, according to the Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). That is down 0.6 pts from 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). Annual Population Survey: % with no qualifications (RQF), aged 16 to 64, January to December (ONS, Nomis NM_17_5, variable 1947). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest share of people aged 16 to 64 with no qualifications in West Midlands?

8.5% in 2022, the highest value since 2022 in this series.

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