Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in MDG: Developed Regions
MDG: Developed Regions: Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education was 8.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in MDG: Developed Regions, 1999–2024
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 MDG: Developed Regions is 8.8%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in MDG: Developed Regions peaked at 10.4% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 8.0%, in 2012.
MDG: Developed Regions ranks 32nd 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: Developed Regions, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 8.9% | — |
| 2000 | 8.9% | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 9.0% | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 9.0% | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 9.0% | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 9.5% | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 9.5% | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 9.0% | -5.2% |
| 2007 | 8.9% | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 8.8% | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 8.5% | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 8.5% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 8.2% | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 8.0% | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 10.1% | +25.6% |
| 2014 | 10.0% | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 10.0% | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 10.0% | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 10.2% | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 10.2% | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 10.4% | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 9.0% | -13.9% |
| 2021 | 9.0% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 8.9% | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 8.8% | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 8.8% | +0.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in MDG: Developed Regions 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 | +25.6% | 8.0% | 10.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.9% | 8.9% | 8.9% | 1 |
| 2000s | 9.0% | 8.5% | 9.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.6% | 8.0% | 10.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.9% | 8.8% | 9.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Developed Regions
More education data for MDG: Developed Regions
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.432 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 99.26 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.4349 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 38.71 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.4289 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 36.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 18.18 million (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 8.55 million (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 749,754 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.1511 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in MDG: Developed Regions?
- Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in MDG: Developed Regions was 8.8% 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 MDG: Developed Regions?
- The highest recorded value was 10.4% in 2019.
- What is the lowest proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in MDG: Developed Regions?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.0% in 2012.
- How does MDG: Developed Regions rank for proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education?
- MDG: Developed Regions ranks 32nd 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: Developed Regions?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Developed Regions 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