Portugal vs Sweden: Secondary education, vocational pupils, per capita

Portugal
0.0187 units per person
in 2017
Sweden
0.0185 units per person
in 2017
Portugal rank
38th
Sweden rank
40th

Secondary education, vocational pupils, per capita over time

  • Portugal
  • Sweden
00.010.020.03197119942017

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 0.0187 units per person against 0.0185 units per person in Sweden, a difference of 0.0002 units per person.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Portugal ahead.

Portugal ranks 38th and Sweden ranks 40th of 201 countries.

Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Portugal Sweden Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0118 units per person 0.0171 units per person 0.0053 units per person Sweden
1980s 0.0024 units per person 0.0235 units per person 0.0212 units per person Sweden
1990s 0.008 units per person 0.0284 units per person 0.0204 units per person Sweden
2000s 0.0115 units per person 0.0267 units per person 0.0152 units per person Sweden
2010s 0.0191 units per person 0.0218 units per person 0.0027 units per person Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher secondary education, vocational pupils, per capita, Portugal or Sweden?
Portugal, at 0.0187 units per person against 0.0185 units per person in Sweden as of 2017.
What is the difference in secondary education, vocational pupils, per capita between Portugal and Sweden?
0.0002 units per person, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Sweden?
35 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2017.
How do Portugal and Sweden rank globally for secondary education, vocational pupils, per capita?
Portugal ranks 38th and Sweden ranks 40th of 201 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Secondary education, vocational pupils, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Secondary education, vocational pupils, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
244 places, 8,309 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Secondary education, vocational pupils divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.