Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
87
Highest
30.2%
Panama
Lowest
0.0%
Nicaragua
Median
2.1%
Years covered
30
1996–2025
Data points
7,367
What the numbers show
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 87 countries. The highest value is 30.2% in Panama; the lowest is 0.0% in Nicaragua.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.1%, and the mean is 4.7%.
Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Denmark (up 4,326.3%), and the largest decrease in Iran (down 100.0%).
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panama | 30.2% | 2005 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 2 | Suriname | 28.0% | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 3 | Mexico | 25.7% | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 4 | Cameroon | 22.5% | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 5 | Costa Rica | 20.9% | 2024 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 6 | Uruguay | 20.7% | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 7 | Honduras | 18.6% | 2024 | up 13.3% | falling |
| 8 | Belgium | 16.7% | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 9 | Puerto Rico | 15.2% | 2023 | up 1,509.1% | volatile |
| 10 | United Kingdom | 13.2% | 2023 | up 11.4% | flat |
| 11 | Croatia | 10.4% | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 12 | Australia | 9.8% | 2024 | down 54.7% | falling |
| 13 | Algeria | 8.6% | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 14 | Netherlands | 7.1% | 2023 | down 75.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Equatorial Guinea | 6.4% | 2005 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 16 | Lebanon | 6.4% | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 17 | Dominica | 6.0% | 2009 | down 76.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Niger | 6.0% | 2024 | up 1,146.9% | volatile |
| 19 | British Virgin Islands | 5.8% | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 20 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5.8% | 2018 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 21 | Kenya | 5.7% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 22 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.6% | 2005 | down 78.0% | falling |
| 23 | Congo | 5.3% | 2012 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 24 | Ireland | 5.3% | 2022 | up 45.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Papua New Guinea | 5.2% | 2023 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 26 | Mauritius | 5.0% | 2024 | down 74.2% | rising |
| 27 | Morocco | 4.4% | 2024 | up 85.5% | rising |
| 28 | Togo | 4.3% | 2023 | up 261.7% | rising |
| 29 | Cuba | 4.1% | 2024 | up 40.4% | falling |
| 30 | Portugal | 3.9% | 2023 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Germany | 3.9% | 2024 | up 57.0% | rising |
| 32 | Peru | 3.6% | 2024 | up 59.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.4% | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 34 | Saint Lucia | 3.4% | 2023 | up 94.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Estonia | 3.2% | 2024 | up 218.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Senegal | 3.0% | 2023 | down 31.7% | rising |
| 37 | Guyana | 2.9% | 2012 | down 69.6% | falling |
| 38 | Central African Republic | 2.9% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 39 | Belize | 2.7% | 2024 | up 36.3% | falling |
| 40 | Chile | 2.4% | 2018 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 41 | Monaco | 2.4% | 2024 | down 67.1% | falling |
| 42 | Mozambique | 2.2% | 2017 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Slovakia | 2.2% | 2024 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Burundi | 2.1% | 2025 | up 966.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Vanuatu | 2.1% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 46 | Egypt | 2.1% | 2024 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 47 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2.0% | 2023 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 48 | Aruba | 2.0% | 2024 | down 71.2% | falling |
| 49 | Tunisia | 1.9% | 2023 | down 79.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Bulgaria | 1.9% | 2024 | down 68.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Spain | 1.8% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 52 | Greece | 1.6% | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 53 | Burkina Faso | 1.5% | 2024 | up 39.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Benin | 1.4% | 2022 | up 137.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Laos | 1.2% | 2025 | up 342.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Lesotho | 1.1% | 2017 | down 71.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Eswatini | 1.1% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Malta | 1.0% | 2023 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Poland | 1.0% | 2015 | up 422.4% | rising |
| 60 | Tuvalu | 0.9% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 61 | Denmark | 0.9% | 2019 | up 4,326.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Angola | 0.7% | 2023 | down 97.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Lithuania | 0.7% | 2024 | down 64.6% | falling |
| 64 | Madagascar | 0.7% | 2021 | up 59.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Czechia | 0.5% | 2023 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Djibouti | 0.5% | 2009 | down 94.3% | volatile |
| 67 | Chad | 0.5% | 2024 | up 35.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Guinea | 0.4% | 2014 | up 123.0% | volatile |
| 69 | India | 0.4% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 70 | Tanzania | 0.3% | 2021 | down 94.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Israel | 0.3% | 2022 | down 73.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Barbados | 0.3% | 2005 | — | falling |
| 73 | France | 0.3% | 2012 | down 88.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Brazil | 0.3% | 2024 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Latvia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 81.8% | falling |
| 76 | Hungary | 0.1% | 2020 | down 88.0% | falling |
| 77 | Qatar | 0.1% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Malaysia | 0.1% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Macao | 0.1% | 2007 | down 98.7% | falling |
| 80 | Paraguay | 0.0% | 2024 | down 99.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Oman | 0.0% | 2024 | down 97.8% | volatile |
| 82 | China | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Iran | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Kuwait | 0.0% | 2012 | down 100.0% | rising |
| 82 | Liechtenstein | 0.0% | 2010 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Mauritania | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Nicaragua | 0.0% | 2023 | 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.
- ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) 13.1%
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand 8.6%
- ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301) 7.3%
- MDG: Latin America 6.8%
- ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) 6.7%
- AIMS: Pacific 6.7%
- SDG: Oceania 6.7%
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean 6.6%
- ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300) 6.6%
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 6.6%
- MDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 6.6%
- SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 6.6%
- UIS: Latin America and the Caribbean 6.6%
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) 6.6%
- ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) 6.6%
- UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean 6.6%
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 6.5%
- ESCWA: Maghreb Subregion (unsdcode:98504) 6.4%
- ALECSO: Maghreb Countries 6.2%
- ECA: Amu (unsdcode:98111) 6.2%
- Cecc-sica 5.3%
- WB: Oecd Members 4.9%
- ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107) 4.8%
- UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) 4.8%
- ESCWA: Arab Non-conflict and Non-ldc Middle Income Countries (unsdcode:98507) 4.4%
- WB: Caribbean Small States 4.3%
- MDG: Northern Africa 4.3%
- ECE: Eurasian Economic Union (eaeu) (unsdcode:98206) 4.3%
- SDG: Northern Africa 3.8%
- ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103) 3.8%
- SDG: Europe 3.7%
- ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) 3.7%
- ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) 3.6%
- UNICEF: Western Europe 3.5%
- ECA: Oil Producing Economies (unsdcode:98123) 3.4%
- WB: Africa Western and Central 3.2%
- ESCAP: North and Central Asia (nca) (unsdcode:98417) 3.0%
- UNICEF: West and Central Africa 3.0%
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 3.0%
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 2.9%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release