Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428): Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education was 0.6066 GPIA in 2024. ▼ Falling
Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428), 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) recorded 0.6066 GPIA for proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education in 2024. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is up 5.5% on the previous year and up 63.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) peaked at 0.6066 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.1816 GPIA, in 2020.
That places ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 211th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.5332 GPIA | — |
| 1999 | 0.5418 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 0.5452 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 0.5506 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.5645 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 0.5764 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 0.5707 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 0.5835 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 0.5899 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.5318 GPIA | -9.8% |
| 2008 | 0.5222 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 0.5838 GPIA | +11.8% |
| 2010 | 0.5126 GPIA | -12.2% |
| 2011 | 0.5125 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.4589 GPIA | -10.4% |
| 2013 | 0.4085 GPIA | -11.0% |
| 2014 | 0.372 GPIA | -8.9% |
| 2015 | 0.3184 GPIA | -14.4% |
| 2016 | 0.3188 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.2962 GPIA | -7.1% |
| 2018 | 0.3183 GPIA | +7.5% |
| 2019 | 0.302 GPIA | -5.1% |
| 2020 | 0.1816 GPIA | -39.9% |
| 2021 | 0.2549 GPIA | +40.3% |
| 2022 | 0.4588 GPIA | +80.0% |
| 2023 | 0.5749 GPIA | +25.3% |
| 2024 | 0.6066 GPIA | +5.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5375 GPIA | 0.5332 GPIA | 0.5418 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.5619 GPIA | 0.5222 GPIA | 0.5899 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3818 GPIA | 0.2962 GPIA | 0.5126 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4154 GPIA | 0.1816 GPIA | 0.6066 GPIA | 5 |
More education data for ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 7.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.6662 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.43 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 84.88 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.1267 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 91.07 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.39 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 53.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 26.43 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) was 0.6066 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6066 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1816 GPIA in 2020.
- How does ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) rank for proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education?
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) ranks 211th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education rising or falling in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 63.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release