Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in MDG: Eastern Asia
MDG: Eastern Asia: Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education was 0.5% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in MDG: Eastern Asia, 1998–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in MDG: Eastern Asia is 0.5%, measured in 2015. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 131.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in MDG: Eastern Asia peaked at 0.5% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2012.
That places MDG: Eastern Asia 216th out of 221 groups with data for 2015, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in MDG: Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.4% | — |
| 1999 | 0.4% | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 0.4% | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.3% | -12.9% |
| 2002 | 0.3% | -12.6% |
| 2003 | 0.3% | -8.1% |
| 2004 | 0.2% | -6.7% |
| 2005 | 0.2% | -4.9% |
| 2006 | 0.2% | -4.5% |
| 2007 | 0.2% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.2% | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.2% | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.2% | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | -7.2% |
| 2012 | 0.2% | -6.1% |
| 2013 | 0.5% | +174.0% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 0.5% | +1.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in MDG: Eastern Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +174.0% | 0.2% | 0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 6 |
More education data for MDG: Eastern Asia
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 53.41 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.2925 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7.03 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 103.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.6211 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 60.05 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 9,711 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 22.52 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in MDG: Eastern Asia?
- Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in MDG: Eastern Asia was 0.5% in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in MDG: Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2015.
- What is the lowest proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in MDG: Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2012.
- How does MDG: Eastern Asia rank for proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education?
- MDG: Eastern Asia ranks 216th out of 221 groups with data for 2015.
- Is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education rising or falling in MDG: Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 131.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Eastern Asia 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