Secondary education, vocational pupils, annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Secondary education, vocational pupils. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
189
Highest
149.23 % change on previous year
Sao Tome and Principe
Lowest
-100 % change on previous year
Zimbabwe
Median
-0.274 % change on previous year
Years covered
49
1971–2019
Data points
7,079
What the numbers show
Secondary education, vocational pupils, annual growth rate is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 149.23 % change on previous year in Sao Tome and Principe; the lowest is -100 % change on previous year in Zimbabwe.
The median across all reporting countries is -0.274 % change on previous year, and the mean is 1.48 % change on previous year.
Over the past decade 73 countries rose and 99 fell. The largest increase was in Uganda (up 11,545.8%), and the largest decrease in Guinea (down 24,975.5%).
Secondary education, vocational pupils, annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sao Tome and Principe | 149.23 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 314.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Liberia | 128.16 % change on previous year | 2000 | — | volatile |
| 3 | Samoa | 104.57 % change on previous year | 1982 | up 689.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Lesotho | 100.3 % change on previous year | 2015 | up 636.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Malta | 92.84 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 1,450.2% | volatile |
| 6 | British Virgin Islands | 64.58 % change on previous year | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Dominica | 63.24 % change on previous year | 2011 | up 513.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Paraguay | 62.33 % change on previous year | 2012 | up 349.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Dominican Republic | 54.95 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 211.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Tunisia | 53.18 % change on previous year | 2016 | up 443.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Palestine, State of | 41.84 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 897.3% | volatile |
| 12 | India | 30.54 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 3,288.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Benin | 26.14 % change on previous year | 2016 | up 270.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Pakistan | 25.66 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 631.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Trinidad and Tobago | 24.86 % change on previous year | 1993 | up 205.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Bangladesh | 23.62 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 33.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Grenada | 20.32 % change on previous year | 2010 | up 226.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 19.92 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 802.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Myanmar | 19.6 % change on previous year | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 20 | Namibia | 18.29 % change on previous year | 1997 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Kuwait | 17.99 % change on previous year | 2015 | up 153.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Brunei Darussalam | 17.55 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 125.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Iraq | 15.47 % change on previous year | 2004 | up 301.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Gabon | 14.87 % change on previous year | 2002 | up 153.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Togo | 14.39 % change on previous year | 2007 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Timor-Leste | 14.32 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 65.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Equatorial Guinea | 13.64 % change on previous year | 2002 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Peru | 13.48 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 190.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Cambodia | 11.88 % change on previous year | 2008 | up 192.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Rwanda | 11.28 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 38.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Estonia | 11.21 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 712.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Andorra | 11.16 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 60.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Angola | 10.33 % change on previous year | 2011 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Congo | 8.98 % change on previous year | 2004 | up 661.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Côte d'Ivoire | 8.95 % change on previous year | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 36 | Solomon Islands | 8.65 % change on previous year | 1983 | down 61.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Suriname | 8.37 % change on previous year | 2015 | up 248.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Madagascar | 8.17 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 53.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Sierra Leone | 8.13 % change on previous year | 1991 | down 83.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Morocco | 7.9 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 34.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Uruguay | 7.77 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 161.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.63 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Ghana | 6.7 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 126.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Qatar | 6.67 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 179.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Sri Lanka | 6.18 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 51.4% | volatile |
| 46 | San Marino | 6.11 % change on previous year | 2012 | up 171.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 6.01 % change on previous year | 2015 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Central African Republic | 5.99 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Ethiopia | 5.99 % change on previous year | 2012 | down 98.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Netherlands | 5.88 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 167.9% | volatile |
| 51 | Eritrea | 5.3 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 47.1% | volatile |
| 52 | Hungary | 4.75 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 483.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Uganda | 4.72 % change on previous year | 1999 | up 11,545.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Indonesia | 4.72 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 66.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Ireland | 4.32 % change on previous year | 2012 | up 223.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Kiribati | 4.26 % change on previous year | 1996 | up 261.8% | volatile |
| 57 | French Polynesia | 3.86 % change on previous year | 1997 | down 78.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Cameroon | 3.69 % change on previous year | 2016 | up 120.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Egypt | 3.65 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 698.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Argentina | 3.17 % change on previous year | 1988 | up 464.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Bhutan | 3.06 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 94.8% | volatile |
| 62 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.03 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Guam | 2.86 % change on previous year | 1997 | down 61.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Niger | 2.85 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 140.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Canada | 2.7 % change on previous year | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Vanuatu | 2.66 % change on previous year | 2004 | down 91.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Burundi | 2.56 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Latvia | 2.47 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 164.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Guatemala | 2.2 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Maldives | 2.2 % change on previous year | 2004 | — | volatile |
| 71 | Belize | 2.13 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 38.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Kazakhstan | 2.09 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 120.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.95 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 105.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Cuba | 1.85 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 118.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Montenegro | 1.78 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 9,554.5% | volatile |
| 76 | Bahrain | 1.77 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 107.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Panama | 1.69 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 116.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Luxembourg | 1.55 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Finland | 1.23 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Spain | 1.14 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Israel | 1.11 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 280.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Colombia | 1.06 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 91.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Thailand | 0.8038 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Sweden | 0.6743 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 88.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.6098 % change on previous year | 1989 | down 99.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Malawi | 0.5976 % change on previous year | 1996 | down 93.3% | volatile |
| 87 | New Caledonia | 0.2551 % change on previous year | 1997 | down 90.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Guyana | 0.1542 % change on previous year | 2012 | — | volatile |
| 89 | Greece | 0.0048 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 90 | American Samoa | 0 % change on previous year | 1997 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Haiti | 0 % change on previous year | 1996 | — | volatile |
| 90 | Oman | 0 % change on previous year | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 93 | France | -0.1917 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 114.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Tajikistan | -0.2256 % change on previous year | 2013 | down 125.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Mozambique | -0.274 % change on previous year | 2015 | down 103.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Germany | -0.3055 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 93.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Honduras | -0.3395 % change on previous year | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 98 | Gambia | -0.3416 % change on previous year | 2010 | — | volatile |
| 99 | China | -0.4089 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 104.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Italy | -0.4607 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 165.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Tanzania, United Republic of | -0.57 % change on previous year | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Singapore | -0.6149 % change on previous year | 2009 | up 97.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Mexico | -0.7791 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 116.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Aruba | -0.8204 % change on previous year | 2012 | down 107.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Norway | -0.8256 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 211.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Slovenia | -0.8349 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 82.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Switzerland | -0.9024 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 118.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Serbia | -0.9312 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 75.8% | volatile |
| 109 | Romania | -0.9824 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 50.8% | volatile |
| 110 | Ukraine | -1.07 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 78.8% | volatile |
| 111 | Czechia | -1.11 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 79.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -1.24 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 3,039.2% | volatile |
| 113 | Austria | -1.34 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 166.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Lithuania | -1.37 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 60.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Cyprus | -1.47 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Bulgaria | -1.56 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 58.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Türkiye | -1.69 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 131.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -1.72 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 59.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Albania | -1.79 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Poland | -1.87 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 399.2% | volatile |
| 121 | United Arab Emirates | -1.91 % change on previous year | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Algeria | -2.08 % change on previous year | 2011 | down 127.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Brazil | -2.21 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 116.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Australia | -2.35 % change on previous year | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Chile | -2.51 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 52.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Uzbekistan | -2.64 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 120.3% | volatile |
| 127 | Slovakia | -2.68 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 27.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Liechtenstein | -2.69 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 939.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Portugal | -2.73 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 121.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Zambia | -2.87 % change on previous year | 1990 | down 123.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Belarus | -2.87 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 47.6% | volatile |
| 132 | Libya | -2.91 % change on previous year | 2003 | down 139.0% | volatile |
| 133 | El Salvador | -2.95 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 2,747.2% | volatile |
| 134 | Ecuador | -3.31 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 180.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Mali | -3.47 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 109.2% | volatile |
| 136 | North Macedonia | -3.48 % change on previous year | 2015 | down 909.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Chad | -3.59 % change on previous year | 2016 | down 144.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Lebanon | -3.61 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 136.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Belgium | -3.74 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 525.3% | volatile |
| 140 | Monaco | -4.22 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 107.7% | volatile |
| 141 | Croatia | -4.45 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 323.7% | volatile |
| 142 | New Zealand | -4.45 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 85.7% | volatile |
| 143 | Nigeria | -4.46 % change on previous year | 1990 | down 124.7% | volatile |
| 144 | Burkina Faso | -4.64 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 210.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Yemen | -4.67 % change on previous year | 2013 | down 325.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Costa Rica | -4.82 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 295.6% | volatile |
| 147 | Somalia | -4.86 % change on previous year | 1986 | down 130.5% | volatile |
| 148 | Armenia | -5.01 % change on previous year | 2015 | down 158.1% | volatile |
| 149 | Republic of Korea | -5.04 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 919.5% | volatile |
| 150 | Russian Federation | -5.53 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 151 | Macau, China | -5.65 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 68.6% | volatile |
| 152 | Denmark | -5.85 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 603.5% | volatile |
| 153 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -5.92 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 83.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Republic of Moldova | -6.29 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 268.2% | volatile |
| 155 | Hong Kong, China | -6.3 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 61.1% | volatile |
| 156 | Barbados | -6.41 % change on previous year | 2005 | up 93.6% | volatile |
| 157 | Djibouti | -6.81 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 42.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Afghanistan | -7.84 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 125.1% | volatile |
| 159 | South Africa | -7.9 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 195.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Saint Lucia | -8.67 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 44.1% | volatile |
| 161 | Iceland | -9.36 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 102.7% | volatile |
| 162 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | -9.75 % change on previous year | 2015 | down 460.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Georgia | -9.94 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 87.4% | volatile |
| 164 | Mongolia | -10.05 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 234.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Azerbaijan | -10.69 % change on previous year | 1997 | down 188.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Bahamas | -12.71 % change on previous year | 1976 | — | volatile |
| 167 | Jordan | -12.84 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 168 | Tonga | -16.35 % change on previous year | 2015 | down 3,749.8% | volatile |
| 169 | Sudan | -17.41 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 170 | Cape Verde | -18.11 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 2,139.8% | volatile |
| 171 | Nepal | -18.5 % change on previous year | 2008 | up 47.4% | volatile |
| 172 | Mauritius | -20.28 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 230.1% | volatile |
| 173 | Botswana | -20.53 % change on previous year | 2007 | down 138.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Nicaragua | -21.13 % change on previous year | 2008 | down 788.1% | volatile |
| 175 | Papua New Guinea | -22.7 % change on previous year | 1995 | down 235.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Malaysia | -22.74 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 523.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Guinea | -23.55 % change on previous year | 2012 | down 24,975.5% | volatile |
| 178 | Gibraltar | -25 % change on previous year | 1985 | down 350.0% | volatile |
| 179 | Senegal | -25.65 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 291.1% | volatile |
| 180 | Syrian Arab Republic | -31.17 % change on previous year | 2013 | down 964.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Fiji | -31.37 % change on previous year | 2012 | down 269.2% | volatile |
| 182 | Kenya | -47.23 % change on previous year | 2009 | down 704.1% | volatile |
| 183 | Mauritania | -59.83 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 2,275.6% | volatile |
| 184 | Seychelles | -63.03 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 319.1% | volatile |
| 185 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -78.12 % change on previous year | 2005 | down 10,802.9% | volatile |
| 186 | Comoros | -100 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 169.7% | volatile |
| 186 | Jamaica | -100 % change on previous year | 2004 | — | volatile |
| 186 | Eswatini | -100 % change on previous year | 2015 | unchanged | volatile |
| 186 | Zimbabwe | -100 % change on previous year | 1987 | down 2,609.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Asia 7.1 % change on previous year
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 7.1 % change on previous year
- Least developed countries 6.78 % change on previous year
- IDA only 6.52 % change on previous year
- Caribbean Small States 3.04 % change on previous year
- Arab World 2.98 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 2.93 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa 2.93 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.93 % change on previous year
- Pre-demographic dividend 2.9 % change on previous year
- Low income 2.78 % change on previous year
- Lower middle income 2.65 % change on previous year
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 2.57 % change on previous year
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 2.44 % change on previous year
- Early-demographic dividend 2.16 % change on previous year
- Small states 1.69 % change on previous year
- Other small states 1.39 % change on previous year
- IBRD only 0.9217 % change on previous year
- European Union 0.9009 % change on previous year
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 0.8811 % change on previous year
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.8811 % change on previous year
- Low & middle income 0.8299 % change on previous year
- IDA & IBRD total 0.813 % change on previous year
- IDA total 0.7701 % change on previous year
- Middle income 0.6522 % change on previous year
- World 0.4823 % change on previous year
- Euro area 0.2623 % change on previous year
- East Asia & Pacific 0 % change on previous year
- High income 0 % change on previous year
- Post-demographic dividend 0 % change on previous year
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) -0.0162 % change on previous year
- Latin America & Caribbean -0.0408 % change on previous year
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) -0.0858 % change on previous year
- North America -0.271 % change on previous year
- Upper middle income -0.3236 % change on previous year
- OECD members -0.5 % change on previous year
- Central Europe and the Baltics -0.5629 % change on previous year
- Late-demographic dividend -0.8621 % change on previous year
- Europe & Central Asia -1.1 % change on previous year
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) -3.08 % change on previous year
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Secondary education, vocational pupils. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Secondary education, vocational pupils Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Secondary education, vocational pupils. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.