ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) vs Netherlands: Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational

ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)
24.0%
in 2024
Netherlands
40.0%
in 2023
ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) rank
10th
Netherlands rank
7th

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

  • ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)
  • Netherlands
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How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 40.0% against 24.0% in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204), a difference of 16.0%.

That makes Netherlands's figure about 1.7 times ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)'s.

Across all 51 years both countries report, Netherlands has been ahead every year.

ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) ranks 10th and Netherlands ranks 7th of 221 groups.

Netherlands has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) Netherlands Difference Ahead
1970s 27.8% 40.3% 12.5% Netherlands
1980s 29.7% 45.5% 15.8% Netherlands
1990s 29.6% 45.6% 16.0% Netherlands
2000s 25.0% 42.7% 17.7% Netherlands
2010s 25.1% 41.3% 16.1% Netherlands
2020s 24.1% 39.7% 15.6% Netherlands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational, ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) or Netherlands?
Netherlands, at 40.0% against 24.0% in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) as of 2023.
What is the difference in share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational between ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) and Netherlands?
16.0%, with Netherlands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) and Netherlands?
51 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2023.
How do ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) and Netherlands rank globally for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational?
ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) ranks 10th and Netherlands ranks 7th of 221 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
437 places, 19,058 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release