Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104): Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education was 3.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), 1992–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) recorded 3.0% for proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in 2024. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 81.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) peaked at 3.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 1992.
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) ranks 123rd of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.6% | — |
| 1993 | 0.6% | +5.6% |
| 1994 | 0.7% | +8.6% |
| 1995 | 0.8% | +12.3% |
| 1996 | 0.8% | +7.1% |
| 1997 | 0.9% | +7.6% |
| 1998 | 1.0% | +6.3% |
| 1999 | 1.1% | +12.6% |
| 2000 | 1.2% | +14.3% |
| 2001 | 1.3% | +7.5% |
| 2002 | 1.4% | +6.7% |
| 2003 | 1.5% | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 1.6% | +5.2% |
| 2005 | 1.5% | -5.6% |
| 2006 | 1.6% | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 1.7% | +6.4% |
| 2008 | 1.8% | +6.3% |
| 2009 | 2.0% | +11.0% |
| 2010 | 2.2% | +9.7% |
| 2011 | 1.4% | -36.3% |
| 2012 | 1.5% | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 1.6% | +7.0% |
| 2014 | 1.6% | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 1.7% | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 2.2% | +33.5% |
| 2017 | 2.7% | +19.6% |
| 2018 | 2.7% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 2.8% | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 2.4% | -13.8% |
| 2021 | 2.7% | +13.4% |
| 2022 | 2.7% | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 2.9% | +8.2% |
| 2024 | 3.0% | +2.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | -36.3% | 2.2% | 1.4% |
| 2016 | +33.5% | 1.7% | 2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.1% | 8 |
| 2000s | 1.6% | 1.2% | 2.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.0% | 1.4% | 2.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.7% | 2.4% | 3.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
- 120 San Marino 1.8% compare
- 121 Antigua and Barbuda 1.8% compare
- 122 Syria 1.7% compare
- 123 Cape Verde 1.7% compare
- 124 Ethiopia 1.6% compare
- 125 Benin 1.5% compare
- 126 Saint Lucia 1.5% compare
More education data for ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 7.02 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.2683 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.24 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 7.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.6859 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 14.16 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) was 3.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The highest recorded value was 3.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 1992.
- How does ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) rank for proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education?
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) ranks 123rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education rising or falling in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 81.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release