Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104): Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education was 2.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), 1992–2024
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 ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) is 2.8%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 53.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) peaked at 2.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 1992.
That places ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 150th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.7% | — |
| 1993 | 0.8% | +5.9% |
| 1994 | 0.9% | +10.2% |
| 1995 | 1.0% | +12.1% |
| 1996 | 1.0% | +6.0% |
| 1997 | 1.1% | +7.8% |
| 1998 | 1.2% | +7.9% |
| 1999 | 1.4% | +13.8% |
| 2000 | 1.6% | +14.4% |
| 2001 | 1.7% | +6.6% |
| 2002 | 1.8% | +8.7% |
| 2003 | 1.9% | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 2.0% | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 1.9% | -5.3% |
| 2006 | 2.0% | +5.4% |
| 2007 | 2.1% | +5.4% |
| 2008 | 2.2% | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 2.4% | +10.0% |
| 2010 | 2.7% | +12.5% |
| 2011 | 1.6% | -39.8% |
| 2012 | 1.7% | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 1.8% | +6.9% |
| 2014 | 1.9% | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 1.9% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 2.4% | +26.7% |
| 2017 | 2.7% | +13.8% |
| 2018 | 2.7% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 2.7% | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 2.4% | -12.8% |
| 2021 | 2.6% | +8.6% |
| 2022 | 2.6% | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 2.8% | +8.0% |
| 2024 | 2.8% | +2.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | -39.8% | 2.7% | 1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.0% | 0.7% | 1.4% | 8 |
| 2000s | 1.9% | 1.6% | 2.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.2% | 1.6% | 2.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.6% | 2.4% | 2.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
- 147 Eritrea 0.5% compare
- 148 Myanmar 0.4% compare
- 149 Guyana 0.3% compare
- 150 Gambia 0.3%
- 151 Chad 0.2% compare
- 152 Mauritania 0.1% compare
- 153 Anguilla 0.0% compare
- 153 Argentina 0.0% compare
- 153 Bahamas 0.0%
- 153 Barbados 0.0% compare
- 153 Bhutan 0.0% compare
- 153 Cayman Islands 0.0%
- 153 Dominica 0.0% compare
- 153 Gibraltar 0.0%
- 153 Grenada 0.0% compare
- 153 Jamaica 0.0% compare
- 153 Kenya 0.0%
- 153 Cambodia 0.0% compare
- 153 Kuwait 0.0% compare
- 153 Montserrat 0.0%
- 153 Malawi 0.0%
- 153 Namibia 0.0%
- 153 Niue 0.0% compare
- 153 Naoero 0.0% compare
- 153 Palau 0.0%
- 153 Solomon Islands 0.0%
- 153 Somalia 0.0% compare
- 153 Eswatini 0.0% compare
- 153 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0% compare
- 153 Tajikistan 0.0%
- 153 Tokelau 0.0%
- 153 United States of America 0.0%
- 153 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0% compare
- 153 Samoa 0.0% compare
- 153 Zimbabwe 0.0%
More education data for ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 7.02 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.2683 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.24 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 7.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.6859 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 14.16 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) was 2.8% 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 ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 1992.
- How does ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) rank for proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education?
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) ranks 150th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education rising or falling in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release