ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436) vs Iceland: Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational

ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436)
13.6%
in 2024
Iceland
19.5%
in 2023
ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436) rank
52nd
Iceland rank
49th

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

  • ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436)
  • Iceland
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How they compare

Iceland currently reports 19.5% against 13.6% in ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436), a difference of 5.9%.

That makes Iceland's figure about 1.4 times ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436)'s.

Across all 43 years both countries report, Iceland has been ahead every year.

ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436) ranks 52nd and Iceland ranks 49th of 221 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436) Iceland Difference Ahead
1970s 19.5% 21.6% 2.1% Iceland
1980s 17.5% 27.0% 9.5% Iceland
1990s 18.4% 20.3% 2.0% Iceland
2000s 17.6% 21.4% 3.8% Iceland
2010s 15.6% 20.4% 4.8% Iceland
2020s 13.8% 19.3% 5.5% Iceland

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, ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436) or Iceland?
Iceland, at 19.5% against 13.6% in ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436) as of 2023.
What is the difference in share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational between ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436) and Iceland?
5.9%, with Iceland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436) and Iceland?
43 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2023.
How do ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436) and Iceland rank globally for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational?
ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436) ranks 52nd and Iceland ranks 49th 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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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