Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)

ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438): Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education was 0.6925 GPIA in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
0.6925 GPIA
Change on year
up 2.8%
Rank
179th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.7739 GPIA
in 2012
All-time low
0.4654 GPIA
in 2021
Years of data
27
1998–2024

Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438), 1998–2024

00.20.40.60.81998201120241998: 0.713 GPIA1999: 0.707 GPIA2000: 0.696 GPIA2001: 0.698 GPIA2002: 0.727 GPIA2003: 0.732 GPIA2004: 0.733 GPIA2005: 0.748 GPIA2006: 0.745 GPIA2007: 0.738 GPIA2008: 0.737 GPIA2009: 0.745 GPIA2010: 0.738 GPIA2011: 0.755 GPIA2012: 0.774 GPIA2013: 0.737 GPIA2014: 0.684 GPIA2015: 0.654 GPIA2016: 0.657 GPIA2017: 0.634 GPIA2018: 0.631 GPIA2019: 0.628 GPIA2020: 0.485 GPIA2021: 0.465 GPIA2022: 0.611 GPIA2023: 0.674 GPIA2024: 0.693 GPIA

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.

Analysis

ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) recorded 0.6925 GPIA for proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education in 2024.

The figure is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) peaked at 0.7739 GPIA in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.4654 GPIA, in 2021.

That places ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 179th 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: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438), year by year

Annual values for Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438), 1998 to 2024.
Year GPIA Change
1998 0.7127 GPIA
1999 0.7068 GPIA -0.8%
2000 0.6963 GPIA -1.5%
2001 0.6981 GPIA +0.3%
2002 0.7273 GPIA +4.2%
2003 0.7325 GPIA +0.7%
2004 0.7328 GPIA +0.0%
2005 0.7476 GPIA +2.0%
2006 0.7454 GPIA -0.3%
2007 0.7384 GPIA -0.9%
2008 0.7365 GPIA -0.3%
2009 0.7447 GPIA +1.1%
2010 0.738 GPIA -0.9%
2011 0.7553 GPIA +2.3%
2012 0.7739 GPIA +2.5%
2013 0.7369 GPIA -4.8%
2014 0.6842 GPIA -7.2%
2015 0.6544 GPIA -4.3%
2016 0.6573 GPIA +0.4%
2017 0.634 GPIA -3.5%
2018 0.6315 GPIA -0.4%
2019 0.6284 GPIA -0.5%
2020 0.4851 GPIA -22.8%
2021 0.4654 GPIA -4.1%
2022 0.6109 GPIA +31.3%
2023 0.6739 GPIA +10.3%
2024 0.6925 GPIA +2.8%

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2022 +31.3% 0.4654 GPIA 0.6109 GPIA

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.7098 GPIA 0.7068 GPIA 0.7127 GPIA 2
2000s 0.73 GPIA 0.6963 GPIA 0.7476 GPIA 10
2010s 0.6894 GPIA 0.6284 GPIA 0.7739 GPIA 10
2020s 0.5856 GPIA 0.4654 GPIA 0.6925 GPIA 5

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Frequently asked questions

What is proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) was 0.6925 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: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
The highest recorded value was 0.7739 GPIA in 2012.
What is the lowest proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4654 GPIA in 2021.
How does ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) rank for proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education?
ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) ranks 179th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
Is proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education rising or falling in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 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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Indicator
Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
374 places, 9,665 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release