Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024: Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education was 2.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, 1976–2024
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 GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 is 2.8%, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 peaked at 2.9% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1.1%, in 1976.
That places GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 118th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1.1% | — |
| 1977 | 1.2% | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 1.2% | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 1.2% | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 1.2% | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 1.3% | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 1.3% | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 1.3% | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 1.3% | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 1.3% | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 1.4% | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 1.4% | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 1.4% | +5.0% |
| 1989 | 1.5% | +5.0% |
| 1990 | 1.6% | +5.1% |
| 1991 | 1.7% | +5.5% |
| 1992 | 1.7% | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 1.7% | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 1.7% | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 1.6% | -5.6% |
| 1996 | 1.5% | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 1.5% | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 1.4% | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 1.4% | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 1.4% | -3.6% |
| 2001 | 1.4% | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 1.7% | +19.5% |
| 2003 | 1.7% | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 1.7% | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 1.7% | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 1.7% | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 1.7% | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 1.8% | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 1.9% | +5.7% |
| 2010 | 2.1% | +8.9% |
| 2011 | 2.3% | +9.7% |
| 2012 | 2.2% | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 2.2% | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 2.4% | +6.3% |
| 2015 | 2.5% | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 2.6% | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 2.6% | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 2.9% | +7.8% |
| 2019 | 2.8% | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 2.8% | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 2.7% | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 2.7% | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 2.7% | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 2.8% | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 4 |
| 1980s | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.6% | 1.4% | 1.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.7% | 1.4% | 1.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.5% | 2.1% | 2.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.7% | 2.7% | 2.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
More education data for GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 97.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 62.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 104.89 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 10.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 202.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.4294 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 was 2.8% 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 GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 2.9% in 2018.
- What is the lowest proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.1% in 1976.
- How does GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 rank for proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education?
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 ranks 118th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education rising or falling in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release