Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education in SDG: Eastern Asia
SDG: Eastern Asia: Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education was 0.7075 GPIA in 2015. ▼ Falling
Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education in SDG: Eastern Asia, 1998–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2015, proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education in SDG: Eastern Asia stood at 0.7075 GPIA. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.4% on the previous year and down 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education in SDG: Eastern Asia peaked at 0.8588 GPIA in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.7075 GPIA, in 2015.
SDG: Eastern Asia ranks 165th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education in SDG: Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.8473 GPIA | — |
| 1999 | 0.8588 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 0.8581 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.8273 GPIA | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 0.8256 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.8285 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.8168 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 0.8209 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.8033 GPIA | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 0.8024 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.7866 GPIA | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 0.8092 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 0.8254 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 0.8184 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.8035 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 0.7429 GPIA | -7.6% |
| 2014 | 0.74 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.7075 GPIA | -4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.853 GPIA | 0.8473 GPIA | 0.8588 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.8179 GPIA | 0.7866 GPIA | 0.8581 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.773 GPIA | 0.7075 GPIA | 0.8254 GPIA | 6 |
More education data for SDG: Eastern Asia
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 63.20 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.91 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 33.69 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 34.54 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 2.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.4947 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 21.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 119.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7719 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education in SDG: Eastern Asia was 0.7075 GPIA in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8588 GPIA in 1999.
- What is the lowest proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7075 GPIA in 2015.
- How does SDG: Eastern Asia rank for proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education?
- SDG: Eastern Asia ranks 165th out of 221 groups with data for 2015.
- Is proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education rising or falling in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this SDG: Eastern Asia 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