Puerto Rico vs WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income): Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational

Puerto Rico
25.1%
in 2023
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
14.5%
in 2024
Puerto Rico rank
30th
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) rank
27th

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

  • Puerto Rico
  • WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
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How they compare

Puerto Rico currently reports 25.1% against 14.5% in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), a difference of 10.6%.

That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 1.7 times WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 30 shared years of data; in 1971 it was WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ahead.

Puerto Rico ranks 30th and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 27th of 213 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Puerto Rico averaged higher in 1 and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Puerto Rico WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0% 20.9% 20.9% WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
1980s 0.0% 20.1% 20.1% WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
1990s 0.0% 15.6% 15.6% WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
2010s 3.6% 12.5% 8.9% WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
2020s 25.1% 14.9% 10.2% Puerto Rico

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, Puerto Rico or WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
Puerto Rico, at 25.1% against 14.5% in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational between Puerto Rico and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
10.6%, with Puerto Rico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Puerto Rico and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
30 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2023.
How do Puerto Rico and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) rank globally for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational?
Puerto Rico ranks 30th and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 27th of 213 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, female (%). 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, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
434 places, 18,056 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release