Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in SDG: Northern Africa
SDG: Northern Africa: Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education was 8.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in SDG: Northern Africa, 1970–2024
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 is 8.3%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.9% on the previous year and up 37.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in SDG: Northern Africa peaked at 8.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.1%, in 2012.
That places SDG: Northern Africa 48th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in SDG: Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 3.4% | — |
| 1971 | 3.5% | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 3.6% | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 3.6% | -1.0% |
| 1974 | 3.7% | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 3.8% | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 3.9% | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 4.0% | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 4.0% | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 4.1% | +2.8% |
| 1980 | 4.2% | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 4.2% | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 4.3% | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 4.4% | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 4.4% | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 4.5% | +3.1% |
| 1986 | 4.7% | +3.5% |
| 1987 | 4.8% | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 5.0% | +3.3% |
| 1989 | 5.2% | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 5.3% | +3.4% |
| 1991 | 5.6% | +4.8% |
| 1992 | 5.8% | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 6.0% | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 6.2% | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 6.0% | -4.1% |
| 1996 | 5.7% | -5.3% |
| 1997 | 5.2% | -7.3% |
| 1998 | 4.9% | -7.3% |
| 1999 | 4.4% | -8.5% |
| 2000 | 4.0% | -10.6% |
| 2001 | 4.1% | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 6.7% | +64.2% |
| 2003 | 6.8% | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 6.1% | -10.3% |
| 2005 | 5.4% | -12.6% |
| 2006 | 4.5% | -15.4% |
| 2007 | 4.2% | -7.1% |
| 2008 | 3.9% | -8.0% |
| 2009 | 3.5% | -9.0% |
| 2010 | 4.5% | +27.5% |
| 2011 | 5.4% | +21.1% |
| 2012 | 3.1% | -43.3% |
| 2013 | 4.4% | +42.5% |
| 2014 | 6.1% | +37.6% |
| 2015 | 6.2% | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 6.3% | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 6.5% | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 7.3% | +12.4% |
| 2019 | 7.4% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 7.6% | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 7.4% | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 7.5% | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 7.9% | +6.0% |
| 2024 | 8.3% | +4.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in SDG: Northern Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +64.2% | 4.1% | 6.7% |
| 2012 | -43.3% | 5.4% | 3.1% |
| 2013 | +42.5% | 3.1% | 4.4% |
| 2014 | +37.6% | 4.4% | 6.1% |
| 2010 | +27.5% | 3.5% | 4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.8% | 3.4% | 4.1% | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.6% | 4.2% | 5.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.5% | 4.4% | 6.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.9% | 3.5% | 6.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.7% | 3.1% | 7.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.7% | 7.4% | 8.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Northern Africa
More education data for SDG: Northern Africa
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 26.17 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 4.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 12.91 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 4.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.30 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 3.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 33.17 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 13.26 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in SDG: Northern Africa?
- Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in SDG: Northern Africa was 8.3% 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?
- The highest recorded value was 8.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in SDG: Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.1% in 2012.
- How does SDG: Northern Africa rank for proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education?
- SDG: Northern Africa ranks 48th 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?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Northern Africa 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