Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Post-demographic Dividend
WB: Post-demographic Dividend: Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education was 0.7873 GPIA in 2024. ▼ Falling
Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Post-demographic Dividend, 1980–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
WB: Post-demographic Dividend recorded 0.7873 GPIA for proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Post-demographic Dividend peaked at 0.8298 GPIA in 1989 and was at its lowest, 0.7627 GPIA, in 2012.
That places WB: Post-demographic Dividend 97th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 45 years of available data.
Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Post-demographic Dividend, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.8278 GPIA | — |
| 1981 | 0.8272 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 0.8282 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 0.8287 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.8289 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.8283 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 0.8288 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 0.829 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.8293 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.8298 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 0.8293 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 0.8295 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.8288 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 0.8258 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 0.8239 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.8228 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 0.8222 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 0.8219 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.8215 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.8227 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.8224 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.8195 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.8165 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.8215 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.8086 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 0.8035 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.787 GPIA | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 0.7853 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.7813 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.7667 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 0.771 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.7646 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.7627 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.814 GPIA | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 0.8079 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.8021 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.8044 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.8002 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.7962 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.7923 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.7922 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.7918 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.7871 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.7871 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.7873 GPIA | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.8286 GPIA | 0.8272 GPIA | 0.8298 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8248 GPIA | 0.8215 GPIA | 0.8295 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8012 GPIA | 0.7667 GPIA | 0.8224 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7915 GPIA | 0.7627 GPIA | 0.814 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7891 GPIA | 0.7871 GPIA | 0.7922 GPIA | 5 |
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More education data for WB: Post-demographic Dividend
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -1.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 40.99 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.0449 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 43.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.0437 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 27.77 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 50.69 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 821,878 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -1.41 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Post-demographic Dividend?
- Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Post-demographic Dividend was 0.7873 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 WB: Post-demographic Dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8298 GPIA in 1989.
- What is the lowest proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in WB: Post-demographic Dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7627 GPIA in 2012.
- How does WB: Post-demographic Dividend rank for proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education?
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend ranks 97th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education rising or falling in WB: Post-demographic Dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this WB: Post-demographic Dividend 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