Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education was 0.5467 GPIA in 2020. ▲ Rising
Latest (2020)
0.5467 GPIA
Change on year
down 4.2%
Rank
215th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9815 GPIA
in 1999
All-time low
0.2813 GPIA
in 1976
Years of data
44
1976–2020
Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1976–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) recorded 0.5467 GPIA for proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.2% on the previous year and down 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 0.9815 GPIA in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.2813 GPIA, in 1976.
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 215th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 0.2813 GPIA | — |
| 1977 | 0.3116 GPIA | +10.8% |
| 1978 | 0.3214 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 0.3468 GPIA | +7.9% |
| 1980 | 0.3832 GPIA | +10.5% |
| 1981 | 0.3678 GPIA | -4.0% |
| 1982 | 0.3902 GPIA | +6.1% |
| 1983 | 0.4119 GPIA | +5.5% |
| 1984 | 0.4348 GPIA | +5.6% |
| 1985 | 0.459 GPIA | +5.6% |
| 1986 | 0.4848 GPIA | +5.6% |
| 1987 | 0.5088 GPIA | +4.9% |
| 1988 | 0.5344 GPIA | +5.0% |
| 1989 | 0.5642 GPIA | +5.6% |
| 1990 | 0.5938 GPIA | +5.3% |
| 1991 | 0.6242 GPIA | +5.1% |
| 1992 | 0.6572 GPIA | +5.3% |
| 1993 | 0.689 GPIA | +4.8% |
| 1994 | 0.7194 GPIA | +4.4% |
| 1995 | 0.7518 GPIA | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 0.9256 GPIA | +23.1% |
| 1997 | 0.9545 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 0.8526 GPIA | -10.7% |
| 1999 | 0.9815 GPIA | +15.1% |
| 2000 | 0.9162 GPIA | -6.7% |
| 2001 | 0.8416 GPIA | -8.1% |
| 2002 | 0.7635 GPIA | -9.3% |
| 2003 | 0.7279 GPIA | -4.7% |
| 2004 | 0.7234 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.6766 GPIA | -6.5% |
| 2006 | 0.6311 GPIA | -6.7% |
| 2007 | 0.5938 GPIA | -5.9% |
| 2008 | 0.5766 GPIA | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 0.5807 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.591 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 0.6037 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 0.5994 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.6533 GPIA | +9.0% |
| 2014 | 0.6548 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.6592 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.6464 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 0.595 GPIA | -7.9% |
| 2019 | 0.5705 GPIA | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 0.5467 GPIA | -4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3153 GPIA | 0.2813 GPIA | 0.3468 GPIA | 4 |
| 1980s | 0.4539 GPIA | 0.3678 GPIA | 0.5642 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.775 GPIA | 0.5938 GPIA | 0.9815 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7032 GPIA | 0.5766 GPIA | 0.9162 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6192 GPIA | 0.5705 GPIA | 0.6592 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.5467 GPIA | 0.5467 GPIA | 0.5467 GPIA | 1 |
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 661,389 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 685,428 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 441,485 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 265,472 (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 316,507 (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 3.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2475 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.35 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.4 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.70 million (2016)
All data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 0.5467 GPIA in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9815 GPIA in 1999.
- What is the lowest proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2813 GPIA in 1976.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 215th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
- Is proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 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