North America vs Portugal: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in

North America
0.9%
in 2019
Portugal
39.7%
in 2018
North America rank
45th
Portugal rank
42nd

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

  • North America
  • Portugal
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How they compare

Portugal currently reports 39.7% against 0.9% in North America, a difference of 38.8%.

That makes Portugal's figure about 44.1 times North America's.

Across all 21 years both countries report, Portugal has been ahead every year.

North America ranks 45th and Portugal ranks 42nd of 45 groups.

Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade North America Portugal Difference Ahead
1990s 0.1% 25.1% 25.0% Portugal
2000s 0.4% 31.5% 31.0% Portugal
2010s 0.9% 42.9% 42.0% Portugal

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, North America or Portugal?
Portugal, at 39.7% against 0.9% in North America as of 2018.
What is the difference in share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in between North America and Portugal?
38.8%, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for North America and Portugal?
21 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2018.
How do North America and Portugal rank globally for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
North America ranks 45th and Portugal ranks 42nd of 45 groups.
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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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.