Share of all students in lower secondary education … vocational in Arab World
Arab World: Share of all students in lower secondary education … vocational was 2.7% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Arab World, 1997–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Arab World is 2.7%, measured in 2019.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Arab World peaked at 3.3% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 2.5%, in 2015.
Arab World ranks 10th of 45 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Share of all students in lower secondary education … vocational in Arab World, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 2.9% | — |
| 1998 | 3.0% | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 3.1% | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 3.2% | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 3.1% | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 2.9% | -7.5% |
| 2003 | 2.5% | -11.8% |
| 2004 | 2.9% | +16.0% |
| 2005 | 2.8% | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 2.9% | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 2.9% | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 3.3% | +13.9% |
| 2009 | 3.0% | -8.8% |
| 2010 | 2.6% | -12.4% |
| 2011 | 2.5% | -4.2% |
| 2012 | 3.0% | +17.7% |
| 2013 | 3.0% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 2.9% | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 2.5% | -15.3% |
| 2016 | 2.7% | +10.5% |
| 2017 | 2.7% | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 2.7% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 2.7% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.0% | 2.9% | 3.1% | 3 |
| 2000s | 3.0% | 2.5% | 3.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.7% | 2.5% | 3.0% | 10 |
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More education data for Arab World
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.7891 % change on previous year (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 40.79 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1129 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 63.3% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2.58 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 55.62 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, per capita 0.0828 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Arab World?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Arab World was 2.7% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in Arab World?
- The highest recorded value was 3.3% in 2008.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in Arab World?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5% in 2015.
- How does Arab World rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- Arab World ranks 10th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Arab World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Arab World 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 (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total number of students enrolled in vocational programmes at the lower secondary education level, expressed as a percentage of the total number of students enrolled in all programmes (vocational and general) at the lower secondary level. Vocational education is designed for learners to acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies specific to a particular occupation or trade or class of occupations or trades. Vocational education may have work-based components (e.g. apprenticeships). Successful completion of such programmes leads to labour-market relevant vocational qualifications acknowledged as occupationally-oriented by the relevant national authorities and/or the labour market.