Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Central Europe and the Baltics
WB: Central Europe and the Baltics: Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education was 20.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Central Europe and the Baltics, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Central Europe and the Baltics stood at 20.7%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 17.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Central Europe and the Baltics peaked at 21.1% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 14.0%, in 2006.
That places WB: Central Europe and the Baltics 1st out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 WB: Central Europe and the Baltics, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 17.1% | — |
| 2000 | 17.1% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 17.3% | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 15.7% | -9.1% |
| 2003 | 15.1% | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 14.4% | -4.6% |
| 2005 | 14.0% | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 14.0% | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 14.0% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 14.4% | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 14.7% | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 15.0% | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 14.8% | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 14.5% | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 18.1% | +25.4% |
| 2014 | 17.6% | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 17.7% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 17.6% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 17.8% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 18.2% | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 18.3% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 19.6% | +7.0% |
| 2021 | 20.3% | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 21.1% | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 20.7% | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 20.7% | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Central Europe and the Baltics 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 | +25.4% | 14.5% | 18.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.1% | 17.1% | 17.1% | 1 |
| 2000s | 15.1% | 14.0% | 17.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.0% | 14.5% | 18.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.5% | 19.6% | 21.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Central Europe and the Baltics
More education data for WB: Central Europe and the Baltics
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 4.06 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 4.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 1.42 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 309,284 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.34 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Central Europe and the Baltics?
- Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Central Europe and the Baltics was 20.7% 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 WB: Central Europe and the Baltics?
- The highest recorded value was 21.1% in 2022.
- What is the lowest proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in WB: Central Europe and the Baltics?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.0% in 2006.
- How does WB: Central Europe and the Baltics rank for proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education?
- WB: Central Europe and the Baltics ranks 1st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education rising or falling in WB: Central Europe and the Baltics?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Central Europe and the Baltics 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