Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in UNICEF: Western Europe
UNICEF: Western Europe: Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education was 16.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in UNICEF: Western Europe, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
UNICEF: Western Europe recorded 16.8% for proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in UNICEF: Western Europe peaked at 17.8% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 12.1%, in 2012.
UNICEF: Western Europe ranks 6th of 221 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 UNICEF: Western Europe, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 13.8% | — |
| 2000 | 13.8% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 13.9% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 13.8% | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 13.3% | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 14.7% | +10.4% |
| 2005 | 14.6% | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 13.3% | -8.8% |
| 2007 | 13.3% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 13.0% | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 12.6% | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 12.8% | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 12.3% | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 12.1% | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 17.8% | +47.1% |
| 2014 | 17.5% | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 17.1% | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 17.0% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 17.2% | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 16.9% | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 16.7% | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 16.8% | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 17.0% | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 17.0% | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 16.7% | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 16.8% | +0.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in UNICEF: Western Europe 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 | +47.1% | 12.1% | 17.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13.8% | 13.8% | 13.8% | 1 |
| 2000s | 13.6% | 12.6% | 14.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.7% | 12.1% | 17.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.9% | 16.7% | 17.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Western Europe
More education data for UNICEF: Western Europe
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 21.86 million (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.70 million (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 223,264 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 7.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 7.16 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 27.90 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.0004 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 13.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in UNICEF: Western Europe?
- Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in UNICEF: Western Europe was 16.8% 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 UNICEF: Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 17.8% in 2013.
- What is the lowest proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in UNICEF: Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.1% in 2012.
- How does UNICEF: Western Europe rank for proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education?
- UNICEF: Western Europe ranks 6th 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: Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Western Europe 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