Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Post-demographic Dividend
WB: Post-demographic Dividend: Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education was 8.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Post-demographic Dividend, 1980–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Post-demographic Dividend is 8.9%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Post-demographic Dividend peaked at 9.3% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 6.6%, in 2012.
That places WB: Post-demographic Dividend 31st out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Post-demographic Dividend, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 6.8% | — |
| 1981 | 6.8% | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 6.8% | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 6.9% | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 6.9% | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 6.9% | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 6.9% | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 6.9% | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 6.9% | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 6.9% | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 6.9% | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 6.9% | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 6.9% | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 6.8% | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 6.7% | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 6.7% | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 6.7% | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 6.8% | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 6.8% | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 6.8% | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 6.8% | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 6.9% | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 7.0% | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 6.9% | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 7.6% | +10.5% |
| 2005 | 7.6% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 7.1% | -6.6% |
| 2007 | 7.1% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 7.0% | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 6.8% | -2.8% |
| 2010 | 6.9% | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 6.6% | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 6.6% | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 9.3% | +40.3% |
| 2014 | 9.2% | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 9.0% | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 9.0% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 9.1% | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 9.0% | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 9.2% | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 9.2% | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 9.2% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 8.9% | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 8.9% | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 8.9% | +0.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Post-demographic Dividend 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 | +40.3% | 6.6% | 9.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6.9% | 6.8% | 6.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.8% | 6.7% | 6.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.1% | 6.8% | 7.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.4% | 6.6% | 9.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.0% | 8.9% | 9.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Post-demographic Dividend
More education data for WB: Post-demographic Dividend
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -1.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 40.99 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.0449 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 43.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.0437 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 27.77 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 50.69 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 821,878 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -1.41 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Post-demographic Dividend?
- Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in WB: Post-demographic Dividend was 8.9% 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: Post-demographic Dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 9.3% in 2013.
- What is the lowest proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in WB: Post-demographic Dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.6% in 2012.
- How does WB: Post-demographic Dividend rank for proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education?
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend ranks 31st 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: Post-demographic Dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Post-demographic Dividend 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