Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in SDG: Western Asia
SDG: Western Asia: Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education was 8.7% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in SDG: Western Asia, 1998–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
SDG: Western Asia recorded 8.7% for proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in SDG: Western Asia peaked at 9.7% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 4.0%, in 2001.
That places SDG: Western Asia 43rd out of 221 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
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: Western Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 4.2% | — |
| 1999 | 4.0% | -3.7% |
| 2000 | 4.1% | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 4.0% | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 4.1% | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 4.1% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 4.4% | +7.1% |
| 2005 | 4.4% | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 4.5% | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 4.4% | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 4.2% | -5.2% |
| 2009 | 4.6% | +10.7% |
| 2010 | 5.1% | +10.3% |
| 2011 | 5.6% | +9.3% |
| 2012 | 5.4% | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 8.3% | +54.0% |
| 2014 | 8.7% | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 9.3% | +7.1% |
| 2016 | 9.5% | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 9.6% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 9.7% | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 9.6% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 9.1% | -6.0% |
| 2021 | 9.2% | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 8.8% | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 8.7% | -0.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in SDG: 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 | +54.0% | 5.4% | 8.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.1% | 4.0% | 4.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 4.3% | 4.0% | 4.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.1% | 5.1% | 9.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.9% | 8.7% | 9.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Western Asia
More education data for SDG: Western Asia
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 28.52 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.9495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 13.49 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.7535 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.901 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.0164 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 28.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 13.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 15.03 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in SDG: Western Asia?
- Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in SDG: Western Asia was 8.7% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in SDG: Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 9.7% in 2018.
- What is the lowest proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in SDG: Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.0% in 2001.
- How does SDG: Western Asia rank for proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education?
- SDG: Western Asia ranks 43rd out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
- Is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education rising or falling in SDG: Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: 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