Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)

ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education was 0.5% in 2020. ▼ Falling

Latest (2020)
0.5%
Change on year
up 16.1%
Rank
217th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9%
in 1998
All-time low
0.3%
in 2016
Years of data
44
1976–2020

Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1976–2020

0.20.40.60.811976199820201976: 0.775 %1977: 0.766 %1978: 0.712 %1979: 0.724 %1980: 0.634 %1981: 0.682 %1982: 0.666 %1983: 0.669 %1984: 0.676 %1985: 0.687 %1986: 0.697 %1987: 0.713 %1988: 0.729 %1989: 0.743 %1990: 0.759 %1991: 0.778 %1992: 0.796 %1993: 0.817 %1994: 0.832 %1995: 0.844 %1996: 0.747 %1997: 0.759 %1998: 0.916 %1999: 0.78 %2000: 0.837 %2001: 0.855 %2002: 0.877 %2003: 0.88 %2004: 0.899 %2005: 0.866 %2006: 0.792 %2007: 0.716 %2008: 0.677 %2009: 0.674 %2010: 0.667 %2011: 0.744 %2012: 0.781 %2013: 0.534 %2014: 0.392 %2015: 0.315 %2016: 0.297 %2018: 0.349 %2019: 0.418 %2020: 0.485 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) recorded 0.5% for proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in 2020.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.1% on the previous year and down 27.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 0.9% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2016.

That places ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 217th out of 221 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 44 years of available data.

Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year

Annual values for Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education, male (%) in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1976 to 2020.
Year % Change
1976 0.8%
1977 0.8% -1.3%
1978 0.7% -7.0%
1979 0.7% +1.7%
1980 0.6% -12.5%
1981 0.7% +7.6%
1982 0.7% -2.4%
1983 0.7% +0.4%
1984 0.7% +1.0%
1985 0.7% +1.7%
1986 0.7% +1.4%
1987 0.7% +2.4%
1988 0.7% +2.2%
1989 0.7% +1.9%
1990 0.8% +2.3%
1991 0.8% +2.4%
1992 0.8% +2.4%
1993 0.8% +2.6%
1994 0.8% +1.8%
1995 0.8% +1.4%
1996 0.7% -11.4%
1997 0.8% +1.6%
1998 0.9% +20.6%
1999 0.8% -14.8%
2000 0.8% +7.3%
2001 0.9% +2.2%
2002 0.9% +2.5%
2003 0.9% +0.4%
2004 0.9% +2.2%
2005 0.9% -3.7%
2006 0.8% -8.6%
2007 0.7% -9.5%
2008 0.7% -5.4%
2009 0.7% -0.4%
2010 0.7% -1.1%
2011 0.7% +11.5%
2012 0.8% +5.1%
2013 0.5% -31.6%
2014 0.4% -26.7%
2015 0.3% -19.5%
2016 0.3% -5.9%
2018 0.3% +17.7%
2019 0.4% +19.7%
2020 0.5% +16.1%

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 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.

YearChange FromTo
2013 -31.6% 0.8% 0.5%
2014 -26.7% 0.5% 0.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.7% 0.7% 0.8% 4
1980s 0.7% 0.6% 0.7% 10
1990s 0.8% 0.7% 0.9% 10
2000s 0.8% 0.7% 0.9% 10
2010s 0.5% 0.3% 0.8% 9
2020s 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 1

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Frequently asked questions

What is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 0.5% in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 1998.
What is the lowest proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2016.
How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education?
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 217th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
Is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
Over the last ten years it is down 27.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 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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Indicator
Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
402 places, 10,504 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release