Germany vs Norway: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in

Germany
46.5%
in 2018
Norway
49.4%
in 2018
Germany rank
30th
Norway rank
27th

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

  • Germany
  • Norway
0204060199820082018

How they compare

Norway currently reports 49.4% against 46.5% in Germany, a difference of 2.9%.

That makes Norway's figure about 1.1 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 21 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 30th and Norway ranks 27th of 158 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 2 and Norway in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Germany Norway Difference Ahead
1990s 64.6% 53.1% 11.5% Germany
2000s 60.1% 58.0% 2.1% Germany
2010s 47.6% 51.2% 3.5% Norway

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in, Germany or Norway?
Norway, at 49.4% against 46.5% in Germany as of 2018.
What is the difference in share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in between Germany and Norway?
2.9%, with Norway ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Norway?
21 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2018.
How do Germany and Norway rank globally for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
Germany ranks 30th and Norway ranks 27th of 158 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Share of all students in upper 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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About this data

Indicator
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
203 places, 3,533 data points, 1997–2020
Last refreshed

Total number of students enrolled in vocational programmes at the upper secondary education level, expressed as a percentage of the total number of students enrolled in all programmes (vocational and general) at the upper 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.