Share of all students in lower … lower both sexes vocational in Aruba
Aruba: Share of all students in lower … lower both sexes vocational was 2.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Aruba, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Aruba recorded 2.0% for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 50.9% on the previous year and down 71.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Aruba peaked at 7.6% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 2.0%, in 2024.
That places Aruba 48th out of 88 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Share of all students in lower … lower both sexes vocational in Aruba, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 4.2% | — |
| 2000 | 4.1% | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 4.5% | +9.3% |
| 2002 | 5.4% | +21.0% |
| 2003 | 6.8% | +24.0% |
| 2004 | 6.6% | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 5.7% | -13.0% |
| 2006 | 6.0% | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 6.0% | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 7.6% | +27.5% |
| 2009 | 6.6% | -13.8% |
| 2010 | 6.3% | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 6.6% | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 6.9% | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 5.2% | -25.3% |
| 2019 | 4.3% | -17.3% |
| 2020 | 4.0% | -6.3% |
| 2021 | 3.9% | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 4.1% | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 2.0% | -50.9% |
Aruba compared with similar countries
- Aruba's 2.0% is below the median for high income countries, which is 2.1%, 95% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Aruba's 2.0% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4.9%, 41% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.2% | 4.2% | 4.2% | 1 |
| 2000s | 5.9% | 4.1% | 7.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.9% | 4.3% | 6.9% | 5 |
| 2020s | 3.5% | 2.0% | 4.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Aruba
More education data for Aruba
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1,144 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -8.14 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7,719 (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0715 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 7,719 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 8,367 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 553 (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Aruba?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Aruba was 2.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in Aruba?
- The highest recorded value was 7.6% in 2008.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in Aruba?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.0% in 2024.
- How does Aruba rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- Aruba ranks 48th out of 88 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Aruba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 71.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Aruba data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release