Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational was 0.9937 GPIA in 2018. ▬ Flat
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in Papua New Guinea, 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 0.9937 GPIA for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in 2018. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 90.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in Papua New Guinea peaked at 0.9937 GPIA in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.5222 GPIA, in 2012.
That places Papua New Guinea 37th out of 198 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top quarter.
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.9052 GPIA | — |
| 1974 | 0.7948 GPIA | -12.2% |
| 1975 | 0.641 GPIA | -19.4% |
| 1976 | 0.7031 GPIA | +9.7% |
| 1977 | 0.7168 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 0.799 GPIA | +11.5% |
| 1986 | 0.7409 GPIA | -7.3% |
| 1987 | 0.5982 GPIA | -19.3% |
| 1988 | 0.5375 GPIA | -10.1% |
| 1989 | 0.6557 GPIA | +22.0% |
| 1990 | 0.8913 GPIA | +35.9% |
| 1991 | 0.7174 GPIA | -19.5% |
| 1992 | 0.7346 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 0.8139 GPIA | +10.8% |
| 1994 | 0.7522 GPIA | -7.6% |
| 1995 | 0.7251 GPIA | -3.6% |
| 1998 | 0.5578 GPIA | -23.1% |
| 2012 | 0.5222 GPIA | -6.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9937 GPIA | +90.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7522 GPIA | 0.641 GPIA | 0.9052 GPIA | 5 |
| 1980s | 0.6663 GPIA | 0.5375 GPIA | 0.799 GPIA | 5 |
| 1990s | 0.7417 GPIA | 0.5578 GPIA | 0.8913 GPIA | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.7579 GPIA | 0.5222 GPIA | 0.9937 GPIA | 2 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More education data for Papua New Guinea
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 14,791 (2016)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 80,915 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 226,545 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 208,353 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 655,030 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.65 million (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 10.31 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1593 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in Papua New Guinea?
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in Papua New Guinea was 0.9937 GPIA in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9937 GPIA in 2018.
- What is the lowest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5222 GPIA in 2012.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 37th out of 198 countries with data for 2018.
- Is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 90.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release