China vs Costa Rica: Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational

China
20.4%
in 2018
Costa Rica
22.1%
in 2018
China rank
45th
Costa Rica rank
42nd

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

  • China
  • Costa Rica
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 22.1% against 20.4% in China, a difference of 1.7%.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times China's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Costa Rica ahead.

China ranks 45th and Costa Rica ranks 42nd of 200 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, China averaged higher in 2 and Costa Rica in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade China Costa Rica Difference Ahead
1970s 1.5% 24.4% 22.9% Costa Rica
1980s 6.6% 23.7% 17.0% Costa Rica
1990s 14.3% 23.1% 8.8% Costa Rica
2000s 16.7% 15.0% 1.7% China
2010s 21.4% 20.2% 1.2% China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational, China or Costa Rica?
Costa Rica, at 22.1% against 20.4% in China as of 2018.
What is the difference in share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational between China and Costa Rica?
1.7%, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and Costa Rica?
32 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2018.
How do China and Costa Rica rank globally for share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational?
China ranks 45th and Costa Rica ranks 42nd of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020, published as Share of male students in 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 male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
245 places, 7,644 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

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