Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa: Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education was 5.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa, 1975–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa recorded 5.2% for proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in 2024. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
The figure is up 4.6% on the previous year and up 40.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa peaked at 5.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.7%, in 1975.
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa ranks 77th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 1.7% | — |
| 1976 | 1.7% | +5.2% |
| 1977 | 1.8% | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 1.9% | +4.8% |
| 1979 | 2.0% | +5.6% |
| 1980 | 2.1% | +4.3% |
| 1981 | 2.2% | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 2.2% | +4.1% |
| 1983 | 2.3% | +3.9% |
| 1984 | 2.4% | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 2.5% | +4.9% |
| 1986 | 2.6% | +4.0% |
| 1987 | 2.7% | +3.9% |
| 1988 | 2.9% | +4.6% |
| 1989 | 3.0% | +4.4% |
| 1990 | 3.1% | +3.7% |
| 1991 | 3.3% | +5.0% |
| 1992 | 3.4% | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 3.5% | +4.4% |
| 1994 | 3.7% | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 3.5% | -4.0% |
| 1996 | 3.4% | -4.4% |
| 1997 | 3.2% | -5.8% |
| 1998 | 3.0% | -5.3% |
| 1999 | 2.8% | -5.7% |
| 2000 | 2.7% | -5.1% |
| 2001 | 2.8% | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 4.0% | +42.9% |
| 2003 | 4.2% | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 3.9% | -6.4% |
| 2005 | 3.5% | -9.4% |
| 2006 | 3.1% | -11.4% |
| 2007 | 2.9% | -6.3% |
| 2008 | 2.7% | -6.6% |
| 2009 | 2.6% | -6.4% |
| 2010 | 3.0% | +16.1% |
| 2011 | 3.5% | +16.1% |
| 2012 | 2.9% | -17.1% |
| 2013 | 3.5% | +20.6% |
| 2014 | 3.7% | +7.2% |
| 2015 | 3.8% | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 3.8% | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 3.8% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 4.4% | +15.5% |
| 2019 | 4.7% | +5.0% |
| 2020 | 4.8% | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 4.7% | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 4.7% | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 5.0% | +5.4% |
| 2024 | 5.2% | +4.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +42.9% | 2.8% | 4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2.0% | 5 |
| 1980s | 2.5% | 2.1% | 3.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.3% | 2.8% | 3.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.3% | 2.6% | 4.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.7% | 2.9% | 4.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.9% | 4.7% | 5.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa
More education data for UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 21.65 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.21 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.5257 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 17.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 8.61 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.11 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa was 5.2% 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 UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 5.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.7% in 1975.
- How does UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa rank for proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education?
- UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa ranks 77th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education rising or falling in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa 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