Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in MDG: Latin America
MDG: Latin America: Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education was 7.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in MDG: Latin America, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
MDG: Latin America recorded 7.2% for proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in MDG: Latin America peaked at 7.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.4%, in 1999.
MDG: Latin America ranks 51st of 221 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in MDG: Latin America, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3.4% | — |
| 2000 | 3.4% | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 3.4% | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 3.5% | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 3.6% | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 3.6% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 3.7% | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 3.7% | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 3.8% | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 3.9% | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 3.8% | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 3.8% | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 3.7% | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 3.9% | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 6.1% | +58.9% |
| 2014 | 6.3% | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 6.4% | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 6.5% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 6.5% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 7.1% | +8.7% |
| 2019 | 7.1% | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 7.0% | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 6.7% | -4.5% |
| 2022 | 7.0% | +4.6% |
| 2023 | 7.2% | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 7.2% | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in MDG: Latin America 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 | +58.9% | 3.9% | 6.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.4% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 1 |
| 2000s | 3.7% | 3.4% | 3.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.8% | 3.7% | 7.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.0% | 6.7% | 7.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Latin America
More education data for MDG: Latin America
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 19.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 60.47 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 650,773 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6143 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.37 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 29.96 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -2.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 3.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 30.47 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in MDG: Latin America?
- Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in MDG: Latin America was 7.2% 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 MDG: Latin America?
- The highest recorded value was 7.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in MDG: Latin America?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.4% in 1999.
- How does MDG: Latin America rank for proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education?
- MDG: Latin America ranks 51st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education rising or falling in MDG: Latin America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Latin America 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