Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia
SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia: Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education was 8.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia, 1978–2024
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 SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia is 8.5%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 14.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia peaked at 8.6% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 4.0%, in 2000.
SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia ranks 46th of 221 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.
Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 4.3% | — |
| 1979 | 4.4% | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 4.4% | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 4.4% | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 4.4% | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 4.5% | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 4.5% | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 4.6% | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 4.7% | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 4.8% | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 4.9% | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 4.9% | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 5.0% | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 5.1% | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 5.1% | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 5.2% | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 5.3% | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 5.1% | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 4.9% | -4.0% |
| 1997 | 4.7% | -4.7% |
| 1998 | 4.5% | -4.2% |
| 1999 | 4.2% | -6.1% |
| 2000 | 4.0% | -5.0% |
| 2001 | 4.1% | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 5.4% | +32.2% |
| 2003 | 5.4% | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 5.2% | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 4.9% | -6.9% |
| 2006 | 4.5% | -7.3% |
| 2007 | 4.3% | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 4.0% | -6.5% |
| 2009 | 4.1% | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 4.8% | +17.4% |
| 2011 | 5.5% | +14.5% |
| 2012 | 4.3% | -22.3% |
| 2013 | 6.4% | +50.0% |
| 2014 | 7.4% | +15.6% |
| 2015 | 7.8% | +5.2% |
| 2016 | 8.0% | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 8.1% | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 8.6% | +5.4% |
| 2019 | 8.6% | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 8.3% | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 8.3% | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 8.2% | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 8.4% | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 8.5% | +1.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia 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 | +50.0% | 4.3% | 6.4% |
| 2002 | +32.2% | 4.1% | 5.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4.4% | 4.3% | 4.4% | 2 |
| 1980s | 4.6% | 4.4% | 4.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.9% | 4.2% | 5.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.6% | 4.0% | 5.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.0% | 4.3% | 8.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.3% | 8.2% | 8.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia
More education data for SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 32.09 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.2663 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 4.45 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 9.09 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 61.67 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.5703 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 29.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.7875 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 26.40 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia?
- Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia was 8.5% 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: Northern Africa and Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 8.6% in 2018.
- What is the lowest proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.0% in 2000.
- How does SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia rank for proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education?
- SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia ranks 46th 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: Northern Africa and Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia 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