Ireland vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in

Ireland
16.8%
in 2018
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2.8%
in 2019
Ireland rank
8th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
9th

Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in over time

  • Ireland
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
051015199820082019

How they compare

Ireland currently reports 16.8% against 2.8% in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 14.0%.

That makes Ireland's figure about 6.0 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 9 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.

Ireland ranks 8th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 9th of 83 countries.

Ireland has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ireland Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
2000s 2.9% 2.5% 0.5% Ireland
2010s 7.1% 2.4% 4.7% Ireland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in, Ireland or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Ireland, at 16.8% against 2.8% in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2018.
What is the difference in share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in between Ireland and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
14.0%, with Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
9 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2018.
How do Ireland and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
Ireland ranks 8th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 9th of 83 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
128 places, 2,099 data points, 1997–2019
Last refreshed

Total number of students enrolled in vocational programmes at the lower secondary education level, expressed as a percentage of the total number of students enrolled in all programmes (vocational and general) at the lower secondary level. Vocational education is designed for learners to acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies specific to a particular occupation or trade or class of occupations or trades. Vocational education may have work-based components (e.g. apprenticeships). Successful completion of such programmes leads to labour-market relevant vocational qualifications acknowledged as occupationally-oriented by the relevant national authorities and/or the labour market.