Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in UNICEF: Western Europe
UNICEF: Western Europe: Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education was 21.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in UNICEF: Western Europe, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
UNICEF: Western Europe recorded 21.8% for proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in UNICEF: Western Europe peaked at 22.2% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 16.4%, in 2003.
UNICEF: Western Europe ranks 6th of 221 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 UNICEF: Western Europe, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 17.0% | — |
| 2000 | 17.0% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 17.2% | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 17.0% | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 16.4% | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 18.2% | +11.1% |
| 2005 | 18.5% | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 17.4% | -6.0% |
| 2007 | 17.4% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 17.2% | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 17.0% | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 17.3% | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 16.7% | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 16.6% | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 21.6% | +30.6% |
| 2014 | 21.5% | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 21.2% | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 21.2% | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 21.5% | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 21.5% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 21.5% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 21.9% | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 22.2% | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 22.1% | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 21.8% | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 21.8% | +0.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in UNICEF: Western Europe 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 | +30.6% | 16.6% | 21.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.0% | 17.0% | 17.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 17.3% | 16.4% | 18.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.1% | 16.6% | 21.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.0% | 21.8% | 22.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Western Europe
More education data for UNICEF: Western Europe
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 21.86 million (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.70 million (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 223,264 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 7.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 7.16 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 27.90 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.0004 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 13.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in UNICEF: Western Europe?
- Proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education in UNICEF: Western Europe was 21.8% 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 UNICEF: Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 22.2% in 2021.
- What is the lowest proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education recorded in UNICEF: Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.4% in 2003.
- How does UNICEF: Western Europe rank for proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education?
- UNICEF: Western Europe ranks 6th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education rising or falling in UNICEF: Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Western Europe 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