Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302): Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education was 6.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302), 1999–2024
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 ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) is 6.8%, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) peaked at 6.9% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 3.3%, in 1999.
ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) ranks 69th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3.3% | — |
| 2000 | 3.3% | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 3.3% | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 3.5% | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 3.6% | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 3.6% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 3.7% | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 3.7% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 3.7% | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 3.8% | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 3.7% | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 3.7% | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 3.7% | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 3.8% | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 6.0% | +58.4% |
| 2014 | 6.2% | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 6.2% | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 6.3% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 6.3% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 6.8% | +8.3% |
| 2019 | 6.9% | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 6.7% | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 6.3% | -5.8% |
| 2022 | 6.6% | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 6.8% | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 6.8% | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) 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 | +58.4% | 3.8% | 6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.3% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 3.6% | 3.3% | 3.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.6% | 3.7% | 6.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.7% | 6.3% | 6.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
- 66 Philippines 8.8% compare
- 67 Mongolia 8.7% compare
- 68 Costa Rica 8.5% compare
- 69 Cameroon 8.5% compare
- 70 Andorra 8.2% compare
- 71 Morocco 8.1% compare
- 72 Kyrgyzstan 7.9% compare
More education data for ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 31.52 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4573 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 31.00 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.6961 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 20.68 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -1.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 30.82 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 730,940 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 17.76 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) was 6.8% 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 ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- The highest recorded value was 6.9% in 2019.
- What is the lowest proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.3% in 1999.
- How does ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) rank for proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education?
- ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) ranks 69th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education rising or falling in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) 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