Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, male (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
82
Highest
42.3%
Suriname
Lowest
0.0%
British Virgin Islands
Median
2.4%
Years covered
30
1996–2025
Data points
7,309
What the numbers show
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, male (%) is currently reported for 82 countries. The highest value is 42.3% in Suriname; the lowest is 0.0% in British Virgin Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.4%, and the mean is 5.2%.
Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Denmark (up 5,529.8%), and the largest decrease in Dominica (down 100.0%).
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suriname | 42.3% | 2021 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 2 | Panama | 31.1% | 2005 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 3 | Cameroon | 27.3% | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 4 | Uruguay | 22.8% | 2023 | up 285.0% | rising |
| 5 | Costa Rica | 21.1% | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 6 | Mexico | 20.8% | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 7 | Honduras | 17.9% | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 8 | Belgium | 16.3% | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 9 | Puerto Rico | 15.2% | 2023 | up 1,410.3% | volatile |
| 10 | United Kingdom | 13.1% | 2023 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 11 | Australia | 11.2% | 2024 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 12 | Algeria | 10.9% | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 13 | Maldives | 9.3% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 14 | Lebanon | 8.4% | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 15 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8.0% | 2005 | down 69.7% | falling |
| 16 | Croatia | 7.8% | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 17 | Netherlands | 7.6% | 2023 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Niger | 7.2% | 2024 | up 1,028.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.8% | 2018 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 20 | Cuba | 6.8% | 2024 | up 44.5% | falling |
| 21 | Togo | 6.7% | 2023 | up 170.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Mauritius | 6.1% | 2024 | down 74.1% | rising |
| 23 | Saint Lucia | 5.5% | 2023 | up 82.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Aruba | 5.4% | 2022 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 25 | Morocco | 5.3% | 2024 | up 100.6% | rising |
| 26 | Germany | 4.7% | 2024 | up 67.3% | rising |
| 27 | Ireland | 4.3% | 2022 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Belize | 4.0% | 2024 | up 27.3% | falling |
| 29 | Portugal | 3.9% | 2023 | down 64.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.8% | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 31 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.5% | 2021 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 32 | Congo | 3.4% | 2012 | down 51.1% | falling |
| 33 | Estonia | 3.3% | 2024 | up 96.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Central African Republic | 3.2% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 35 | Egypt | 3.2% | 2024 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 36 | Tunisia | 3.1% | 2023 | down 67.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Monaco | 3.1% | 2024 | down 60.4% | falling |
| 38 | Peru | 2.9% | 2024 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Chile | 2.7% | 2018 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 40 | Senegal | 2.7% | 2023 | down 35.4% | rising |
| 41 | Burkina Faso | 2.5% | 2024 | up 88.8% | falling |
| 42 | Slovakia | 2.3% | 2024 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Mozambique | 2.3% | 2017 | down 68.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Burundi | 2.2% | 2025 | up 593.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Greece | 2.1% | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 46 | Spain | 1.9% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 47 | Vanuatu | 1.9% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 48 | Benin | 1.9% | 2022 | up 168.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Eswatini | 1.5% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 50 | Guyana | 1.4% | 2012 | down 86.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Malta | 1.3% | 2023 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Bulgaria | 1.2% | 2024 | down 82.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Denmark | 1.2% | 2019 | up 5,529.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Poland | 1.1% | 2015 | up 433.6% | rising |
| 55 | Lesotho | 1.1% | 2017 | down 64.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Madagascar | 1.0% | 2019 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Angola | 1.0% | 2023 | down 97.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Lithuania | 0.8% | 2024 | down 71.8% | falling |
| 59 | Chad | 0.6% | 2024 | up 33.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Tanzania | 0.6% | 2021 | down 89.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Djibouti | 0.6% | 2009 | down 86.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Czechia | 0.6% | 2023 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Barbados | 0.5% | 2005 | — | falling |
| 64 | Israel | 0.5% | 2022 | down 67.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Laos | 0.4% | 2020 | up 1,931.0% | volatile |
| 66 | France | 0.4% | 2012 | down 87.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Brazil | 0.2% | 2024 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Latvia | 0.2% | 2024 | down 83.2% | falling |
| 69 | Qatar | 0.2% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 70 | Hungary | 0.1% | 2020 | down 88.5% | falling |
| 71 | Malaysia | 0.1% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Paraguay | 0.0% | 2024 | down 99.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Oman | 0.0% | 2024 | down 97.4% | volatile |
| 74 | China | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 74 | Dominica | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Iran | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Kuwait | 0.0% | 2012 | down 100.0% | rising |
| 74 | Liechtenstein | 0.0% | 2010 | — | volatile |
| 74 | Macao | 0.0% | 2007 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 74 | Mauritania | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 74 | Nicaragua | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 74 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0% | 2021 | 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) 15.2%
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand 10.2%
- ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301) 8.1%
- ESCWA: Maghreb Subregion (unsdcode:98504) 8.1%
- ALECSO: Maghreb Countries 7.9%
- ECA: Amu (unsdcode:98111) 7.9%
- ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) 7.7%
- AIMS: Pacific 7.7%
- SDG: Oceania 7.7%
- ESCWA: Arab Non-conflict and Non-ldc Middle Income Countries (unsdcode:98507) 5.9%
- ECE: Eurasian Economic Union (eaeu) (unsdcode:98206) 5.9%
- MDG: Northern Africa 5.8%
- MDG: Latin America 5.6%
- ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107) 5.5%
- UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) 5.5%
- Cecc-sica 5.5%
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean 5.4%
- ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300) 5.4%
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 5.4%
- MDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 5.4%
- SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 5.4%
- UIS: Latin America and the Caribbean 5.4%
- ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) 5.4%
- UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean 5.4%
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) 5.4%
- WB: Caribbean Small States 5.4%
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 5.2%
- SDG: Northern Africa 5.2%
- ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103) 5.1%
- ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) 4.9%
- ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) 4.8%
- ECA: Oil Producing Economies (unsdcode:98123) 4.4%
- SDG: Europe 4.4%
- WB: Oecd Members 4.2%
- WB: Africa Western and Central 4.1%
- ESCAP: North and Central Asia (nca) (unsdcode:98417) 4.1%
- UNICEF: West and Central Africa 3.8%
- GPE: Region 2 3.8%
- UNICEF: Western Europe 3.6%
- ECE: Cis (cwg) (unsdcode:98201) 3.6%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release