Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Latin America & Caribbean
WB: Latin America & Caribbean: Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education was 7.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Latin America & Caribbean, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: Latin America & Caribbean recorded 7.3% for proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 16.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Latin America & Caribbean peaked at 7.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.5%, in 1999.
WB: Latin America & Caribbean ranks 46th 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 WB: Latin America & Caribbean, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3.5% | — |
| 2000 | 3.6% | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 3.6% | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 3.7% | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 3.8% | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 3.8% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 3.9% | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 3.9% | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 3.9% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 4.0% | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 3.9% | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 3.9% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 3.8% | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 3.9% | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 6.0% | +53.3% |
| 2014 | 6.2% | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 6.3% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 6.4% | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 6.4% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 7.0% | +9.5% |
| 2019 | 7.1% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 7.0% | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 6.8% | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 7.1% | +4.8% |
| 2023 | 7.3% | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 7.3% | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Latin America & Caribbean 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 | +53.3% | 3.9% | 6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.5% | 3.5% | 3.5% | 1 |
| 2000s | 3.8% | 3.6% | 4.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.7% | 3.8% | 7.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.1% | 6.8% | 7.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Latin America & Caribbean
More education data for WB: Latin America & Caribbean
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 31.11 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -2.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 17.94 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.34 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 740,755 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4451 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 31.39 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Latin America & Caribbean?
- Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Latin America & Caribbean was 7.3% 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: Latin America & Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 7.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.5% in 1999.
- How does WB: Latin America & Caribbean rank for proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education?
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean ranks 46th 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: Latin America & Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Latin America & Caribbean 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