Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean
SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean: Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education was 6.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean recorded 6.7% for proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in 2024.
The figure is up 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean peaked at 6.8% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 3.2%, in 1999.
SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean ranks 72nd 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 SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3.2% | — |
| 2000 | 3.3% | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 3.3% | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 3.4% | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 3.5% | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 3.6% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 3.6% | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 3.6% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 3.7% | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 3.7% | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 3.7% | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 3.7% | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 3.6% | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 3.7% | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 5.9% | +58.0% |
| 2014 | 6.1% | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 6.2% | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 6.2% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 6.2% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 6.8% | +8.3% |
| 2019 | 6.8% | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 6.7% | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 6.3% | -5.8% |
| 2022 | 6.5% | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 6.7% | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 6.7% | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in SDG: Latin America and the 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 | +58.0% | 3.7% | 5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.2% | 3.2% | 3.2% | 1 |
| 2000s | 3.5% | 3.3% | 3.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.5% | 3.6% | 6.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.6% | 6.3% | 6.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean
More education data for SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 31.91 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 20.91 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.6877 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 31.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4451 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 63.30 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.5652 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.83 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean?
- Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean was 6.7% 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 SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 6.8% in 2019.
- What is the lowest proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.2% in 1999.
- How does SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean rank for proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education?
- SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean ranks 72nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education rising or falling in SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Latin America and the 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release