Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China)
MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China): Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education was 5.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) stood at 5.0%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 32.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) peaked at 7.5% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 3.1%, in 2012.
MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) ranks 78th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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: Eastern Asia (excluding China), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 6.0% | — |
| 2000 | 6.0% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 5.3% | -11.5% |
| 2002 | 4.7% | -11.2% |
| 2003 | 4.5% | -5.1% |
| 2004 | 4.3% | -4.6% |
| 2005 | 4.2% | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 4.1% | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 4.2% | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 4.1% | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 4.1% | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 3.9% | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 3.5% | -11.0% |
| 2012 | 3.1% | -11.2% |
| 2013 | 7.5% | +141.5% |
| 2014 | 7.3% | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 7.1% | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 7.0% | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 6.9% | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 6.7% | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 6.7% | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 6.4% | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 6.1% | -5.2% |
| 2022 | 5.2% | -14.7% |
| 2023 | 5.0% | -4.5% |
| 2024 | 5.0% | +0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) 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 | +141.5% | 3.1% | 7.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.0% | 6.0% | 6.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 4.6% | 4.1% | 6.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.0% | 3.1% | 7.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.5% | 5.0% | 6.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China)
More education data for MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.288 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6275 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 290,219 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.185 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.57 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.6242 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.71 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.6303 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.84 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 2.07 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China)?
- Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) was 5.0% 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: Eastern Asia (excluding China)?
- The highest recorded value was 7.5% in 2013.
- What is the lowest proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.1% in 2012.
- How does MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) rank for proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education?
- MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) ranks 78th 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: Eastern Asia (excluding China)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) 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