Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income): Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education was 7.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) recorded 7.1% for proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and up 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) peaked at 7.2% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3.3%, in 1999.
That places WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 54th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3.3% | — |
| 2000 | 3.3% | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 3.4% | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 3.5% | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 3.6% | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 3.6% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 3.7% | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 3.6% | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 3.7% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 3.7% | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 3.7% | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 3.7% | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 3.6% | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 3.8% | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 5.9% | +57.0% |
| 2014 | 6.1% | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 6.2% | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 6.2% | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 6.3% | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 7.0% | +11.1% |
| 2019 | 7.0% | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 6.9% | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 6.6% | -4.3% |
| 2022 | 6.9% | +4.8% |
| 2023 | 7.2% | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 7.1% | -1.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 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 | +57.0% | 3.8% | 5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.3% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 3.6% | 3.3% | 3.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.6% | 3.6% | 7.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.0% | 6.6% | 7.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
More education data for WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.79 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 28.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4904 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 29.16 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.8527 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 57.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.2089 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2209 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 18.36 million (2024)
All data for WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) was 7.1% 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 WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 7.2% in 2023.
- What is the lowest proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.3% in 1999.
- How does WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) rank for proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education?
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 54th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education rising or falling in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 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