Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern
WB: Africa Eastern and Southern: Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education was 1.2% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern, 1993–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2019, proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern stood at 1.2%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern peaked at 1.2% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2013.
That places WB: Africa Eastern and Southern 184th out of 221 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1.1% | — |
| 1994 | 1.2% | +10.4% |
| 1995 | 1.2% | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 1.2% | -3.4% |
| 1997 | 1.1% | -4.8% |
| 1998 | 1.1% | -3.4% |
| 1999 | 1.1% | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 1.2% | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 1.2% | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 1.2% | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 1.2% | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 1.2% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 1.1% | -3.8% |
| 2006 | 1.1% | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 1.2% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 1.2% | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 1.2% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1.2% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9% | -25.5% |
| 2012 | 0.8% | -8.3% |
| 2013 | 0.8% | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9% | +12.0% |
| 2015 | 0.9% | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 1.0% | +19.2% |
| 2017 | 1.2% | +10.9% |
| 2018 | 1.1% | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 1.2% | +3.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern 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 | -25.5% | 1.2% | 0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 7 |
| 2000s | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.2% | 10 |
More education data for WB: Africa Eastern and Southern
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 20.71 million (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.23 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.92 million (2021)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 18.88 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.91 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.18 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.98 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.9717 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 46.07 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern?
- Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern was 1.2% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern?
- The highest recorded value was 1.2% in 1995.
- What is the lowest proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2013.
- How does WB: Africa Eastern and Southern rank for proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education?
- WB: Africa Eastern and Southern ranks 184th out of 221 groups with data for 2019.
- Is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education rising or falling in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this WB: Africa Eastern and Southern 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