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Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) by country

Secondary vocational pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in technical and vocational education programs, including teacher training.

Countries reporting
191
Highest
100.0%
Zimbabwe
Lowest
0.0%
Saudi Arabia
Median
41.3%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
7,305

What the numbers show

Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Zimbabwe; the lowest is 0.0% in Saudi Arabia.

The median across all reporting countries is 41.3%, and the mean is 39.7%.

Over the past decade 91 countries rose and 85 fell. The largest increase was in Micronesia (country) (up 508.5%), and the largest decrease in Saudi Arabia (down 100.0%).

Secondary education, vocational pupils: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Zimbabwe 100.0% 1986 up 17.9% rising
2 Dominica 69.2% 2011 up 111.6% falling
3 Lesotho 66.6% 2017 up 26.5% falling
4 Dominican Republic 61.5% 2018 up 1.4% falling
5 Nicaragua 59.7% 2010 up 6.0% rising
6 Kuwait 58.4% 2015 up 13.6% volatile
7 Peru 58.4% 2018 down 11.8% rising
8 Kenya 57.8% 2009 up 48.3% rising
9 New Zealand 56.1% 2017 up 15.6% falling
10 Sao Tome and Principe 56.0% 2017 up 330.9% rising
11 Kiribati 56.0% 1996 up 25.0% rising
12 Brazil 54.6% 2017 down 5.4% flat
13 British Virgin Islands 54.4% 2017 down 22.2% falling
14 Mexico 53.6% 2017 down 3.6% falling
15 Colombia 53.3% 2018 down 0.7% flat
16 Libya 53.0% 2003 — rising
17 French Polynesia 52.9% 1997 up 8.6% falling
18 Honduras 52.5% 2017 — falling
19 Ethiopia 52.3% 2015 up 2.3% rising
20 Costa Rica 52.3% 2018 up 3.0% rising
21 Namibia 51.5% 1997 up 142.9% rising
22 Sweden 51.5% 2017 up 16.7% falling
23 Vanuatu 51.4% 2015 up 74.0% flat
24 Nepal 51.2% 2019 up 130.6% rising
25 Guatemala 51.0% 2018 down 1.1% flat
26 Belgium 50.5% 2017 down 3.8% rising
27 Liberia 50.5% 2011 up 25.8% rising
28 Finland 50.5% 2017 up 9.0% rising
29 United Kingdom 50.4% 2017 up 4.9% falling
30 Azerbaijan 50.1% 2018 — rising
31 El Salvador 49.6% 2018 down 6.1% rising
32 Paraguay 49.4% 2016 up 2.8% rising
33 Niger 49.2% 2017 up 19.9% rising
34 Israel 49.2% 2017 up 14.0% flat
35 San Marino 49.1% 2018 up 53.5% rising
36 Netherlands 49.1% 2017 up 6.9% rising
37 Uzbekistan 49.0% 2017 up 2.9% rising
38 Bolivia 49.0% 2018 up 0.5% falling
39 Luxembourg 48.5% 2017 up 1.5% flat
40 South Africa 48.5% 2017 up 18.9% rising
41 Senegal 48.5% 2018 up 7.1% rising
42 Venezuela 48.4% 2017 down 3.0% falling
43 Cote d'Ivoire 48.3% 2018 — rising
44 Samoa 47.7% 1980 up 25.2% rising
45 Burundi 47.7% 2018 up 7.8% rising
46 Guinea 47.5% 2014 up 257.5% rising
47 Brunei 47.4% 2018 up 26.3% rising
48 Guam 47.2% 1997 up 2.9% rising
49 Belize 47.2% 2018 down 6.4% flat
50 Panama 47.1% 2017 down 1.5% falling
51 Cambodia 47.0% 2008 up 30.3% flat
52 Rwanda 46.9% 2018 down 4.4% falling
53 Croatia 46.8% 2017 up 0.5% flat
54 Eritrea 46.7% 2018 up 7.6% rising
55 Suriname 46.5% 2015 down 7.6% rising
56 Spain 46.4% 2017 down 7.6% rising
57 Gambia 46.3% 2010 — rising
58 Bosnia and Herzegovina 46.1% 2018 up 2.4% flat
59 Serbia 46.0% 2018 down 2.5% flat
60 Chile 45.9% 2017 down 2.3% flat
61 Canada 45.9% 2017 up 6.3% rising
62 Congo 45.8% 2012 down 12.7% rising
63 Slovakia 45.3% 2017 down 1.5% falling
64 Czechia 45.1% 2017 down 2.3% falling
65 New Caledonia 45.0% 1997 down 4.7% rising
66 Turkey 45.0% 2017 up 17.1% rising
67 Laos 44.9% 2018 up 12.1% rising
68 Sri Lanka 44.8% 2018 up 4.3% falling
69 Montenegro 44.6% 2018 down 3.5% flat
70 Slovenia 44.5% 2017 up 6.5% falling
71 Nigeria 44.5% 1990 up 94.1% rising
72 Sierra Leone 44.0% 2001 down 14.7% rising
73 Malaysia 44.0% 2018 up 1.8% rising
74 Ecuador 43.9% 2018 down 14.1% falling
75 North Macedonia 43.7% 2017 up 2.9% flat
76 Austria 43.5% 2017 down 1.3% flat
77 Argentina 43.0% 1998 down 0.8% falling
78 Indonesia 42.9% 2018 up 3.8% rising
79 China 42.8% 2018 down 14.8% rising
80 France 42.7% 2017 up 1.3% falling
81 Kazakhstan 42.7% 2019 down 10.3% flat
82 Romania 42.7% 2017 down 1.7% rising
83 Japan 42.6% 2017 — flat
84 Angola 42.4% 2016 up 16.5% rising
85 Portugal 42.3% 2017 up 0.3% rising
86 Denmark 42.3% 2017 down 4.1% rising
87 Central African Republic 42.1% 2017 up 13.7% rising
88 Jamaica 42.0% 2003 down 18.6% flat
89 East Timor 42.0% 2018 down 4.0% flat
90 Georgia 41.8% 2018 down 3.8% rising
91 Armenia 41.7% 2018 up 9.4% rising
92 Switzerland 41.7% 2017 up 3.8% flat
93 Guyana 41.4% 2012 down 9.7% rising
94 Bulgaria 41.4% 2017 up 8.6% flat
95 Malta 41.4% 2017 up 15.8% rising
96 South Korea 41.3% 2017 down 10.1% rising
97 Mauritania 41.3% 2018 up 22.8% rising
98 Latvia 41.1% 2017 up 2.4% falling
99 Egypt 41.0% 2018 down 11.7% rising
100 Kyrgyzstan 41.0% 2018 up 25.8% falling
101 Lebanon 41.0% 2018 up 2.3% rising
102 Mali 40.8% 2018 down 0.8% rising
103 Estonia 40.7% 2017 up 21.1% falling
104 Russia 40.7% 2017 up 9.7% rising
105 Uruguay 40.5% 2017 down 5.6% rising
106 Togo 40.4% 2017 up 5.3% rising
107 Cuba 40.4% 2018 down 1.5% falling
108 Andorra 39.8% 2018 down 22.8% falling
109 Jordan 39.7% 2018 up 5.7% rising
110 Australia 39.3% 2017 — falling
111 Syria 39.3% 2013 down 11.8% rising
112 Thailand 39.2% 2018 down 11.6% falling
113 Burkina Faso 39.1% 2018 down 19.4% rising
114 Haiti 39.1% 1996 — flat
115 Cape Verde 39.1% 2018 down 10.2% rising
116 Monaco 39.0% 2019 down 9.3% rising
117 Djibouti 38.9% 2019 down 0.1% rising
118 Norway 38.7% 2017 down 7.9% falling
119 Moldova 38.6% 2018 down 8.2% falling
120 Poland 38.6% 2017 up 6.8% falling
121 Hungary 38.6% 2017 down 0.3% flat
122 Ukraine 38.5% 2018 up 10.9% falling
123 Mongolia 38.4% 2018 down 15.6% falling
124 Barbados 38.4% 2005 up 54.4% falling
125 United Arab Emirates 37.9% 2017 — volatile
126 Bermuda 37.9% 1980 down 22.4% falling
127 Liechtenstein 37.8% 2017 up 2.6% flat
128 Italy 37.6% 2017 down 4.7% falling
129 Botswana 37.5% 2007 up 0.5% falling
130 Belarus 37.4% 2018 up 4.8% falling
131 Equatorial Guinea 37.4% 2005 up 25.0% rising
132 Chad 37.2% 2016 up 5.1% rising
133 Antigua and Barbuda 36.9% 2018 up 2.5% falling
134 Tunisia 36.7% 2016 down 5.2% rising
135 Cameroon 36.6% 2016 down 6.5% flat
136 Iceland 36.2% 2017 down 15.0% rising
137 Aruba 36.0% 2012 down 3.7% rising
138 Germany 35.9% 2017 down 14.7% falling
139 Mauritius 35.6% 2018 up 14.8% falling
140 Democratic Republic of Congo 35.4% 2015 up 5.6% rising
141 Singapore 35.1% 2009 up 18.1% rising
142 Uganda 35.1% 2007 up 9.7% rising
143 Bhutan 34.9% 2018 up 2.7% volatile
144 Macao 34.5% 2018 down 20.5% rising
145 Greece 34.4% 2017 down 2.1% rising
146 Zambia 34.3% 1988 down 13.0% rising
147 Algeria 34.3% 2011 down 21.9% rising
148 Morocco 34.3% 2018 down 10.9% rising
149 Madagascar 34.2% 2018 down 5.2% rising
150 Eswatini 34.1% 2016 up 29.8% falling
151 Iran 34.0% 2017 down 8.1% rising
152 Benin 33.8% 2016 down 19.2% rising
153 Gabon 33.8% 2002 down 29.6% rising
154 Lithuania 33.7% 2017 down 4.4% falling
155 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 33.6% 2005 down 50.9% falling
156 Pakistan 33.5% 2018 down 3.5% rising
157 Ireland 33.1% 2017 down 38.7% falling
158 Mozambique 32.6% 2017 up 6.3% rising
159 Grenada 32.4% 2010 down 41.9% rising
160 Papua New Guinea 30.8% 2016 — rising
161 Maldives 30.0% 2004 — volatile
162 Bangladesh 27.6% 2018 down 8.0% rising
163 Trinidad and Tobago 27.6% 2004 up 67.9% falling
164 Ghana 26.7% 2019 down 29.7% rising
165 Guinea-Bissau 26.7% 2000 up 131.8% volatile
166 Sudan 24.3% 2017 up 15.1% falling
167 Cyprus 23.3% 2017 up 51.3% rising
168 Somalia 22.9% 1986 down 16.8% rising
169 Palestine 22.6% 2018 down 31.0% falling
170 Oman 22.3% 2018 — volatile
171 Malawi 20.7% 1996 down 23.8% rising
172 Fiji 18.9% 2012 down 33.7% falling
173 Saint Lucia 18.2% 2018 down 42.4% volatile
174 Seychelles 18.2% 2018 up 27.3% falling
175 Myanmar 17.8% 2018 — falling
176 India 16.6% 2017 down 33.7% falling
177 Hong Kong 15.6% 2018 up 55.4% falling
178 Albania 15.6% 2018 down 56.0% falling
179 Yemen 14.9% 2016 up 156.1% volatile
180 Tonga 14.3% 2015 down 64.6% falling
181 Micronesia (country) 14.2% 1977 up 508.5% volatile
182 Afghanistan 13.2% 2018 up 64.5% flat
183 Qatar 12.5% 2018 — volatile
184 Tanzania 12.5% 2018 down 73.7% falling
185 Iraq 12.0% 2007 down 53.3% falling
186 Tajikistan 8.5% 2013 down 70.4% falling
187 Comoros 8.3% 2017 up 26.7% volatile
188 Bahrain 8.1% 2018 down 77.2% falling
189 Gibraltar 7.0% 1985 — volatile
190 American Samoa 6.1% 1997 up 26.3% flat
191 Saudi Arabia 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)
Unit
% female
Source
Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
234 places, 7,305 data points, 1970–2019
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Secondary vocational pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in technical and vocational education programs, including teacher training.