Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
211
Highest
63.0%
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Lowest
0.0%
Anguilla
Median
7.9%
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
19,058
What the numbers show
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 211 countries. The highest value is 63.0% in Bolivia, Plurinational State of; the lowest is 0.0% in Anguilla.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.9%, and the mean is 12.3%.
Over the past decade 79 countries rose and 114 fell. The largest increase was in Vanuatu (up 2,018.8%), and the largest decrease in Jamaica (down 100.0%).
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 63.0% | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 2 | Vanuatu | 51.5% | 2023 | up 2,018.8% | flat |
| 3 | Gambia | 47.0% | 2021 | up 388.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Finland | 43.2% | 2024 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 5 | Slovenia | 40.6% | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 6 | Belgium | 40.3% | 2023 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 7 | Netherlands | 40.0% | 2023 | down 17.1% | flat |
| 8 | Honduras | 38.6% | 2024 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 9 | Croatia | 38.0% | 2023 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 10 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 37.9% | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 11 | Bulgaria | 35.9% | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 12 | Suriname | 35.4% | 2023 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 13 | Czechia | 34.5% | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 14 | Austria | 34.4% | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 15 | Liechtenstein | 34.3% | 2021 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Serbia | 34.1% | 2024 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 17 | Switzerland | 33.7% | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 18 | Italy | 32.2% | 2023 | down 10.5% | flat |
| 19 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 31.9% | 1997 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 20 | New Caledonia | 30.8% | 1997 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 21 | Montenegro | 30.6% | 2023 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 22 | Luxembourg | 30.4% | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 23 | Poland | 30.1% | 2024 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 24 | North Macedonia | 29.9% | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 25 | Hungary | 29.6% | 2024 | up 110.7% | falling |
| 26 | Mexico | 29.3% | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 27 | Norway | 29.0% | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 28 | Australia | 28.3% | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 29 | Slovakia | 28.3% | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 30 | Romania | 27.4% | 2023 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 31 | Costa Rica | 26.7% | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 32 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 26.7% | 2023 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Guatemala | 26.5% | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 34 | Puerto Rico | 24.9% | 2023 | up 831.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Uruguay | 24.9% | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 36 | Cuba | 24.1% | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 37 | Martinique | 23.3% | 1996 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 38 | Angola | 22.5% | 2023 | down 48.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Libya | 22.3% | 2003 | — | rising |
| 40 | Portugal | 22.0% | 2023 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Cameroon | 21.9% | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 42 | Spain | 21.7% | 2024 | up 24.6% | falling |
| 43 | Aruba | 21.5% | 2024 | up 65.7% | rising |
| 44 | Sweden | 20.9% | 2024 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 45 | Denmark | 20.9% | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 46 | Estonia | 20.8% | 2024 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 47 | Latvia | 20.4% | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 48 | Egypt | 19.9% | 2024 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 49 | Iceland | 19.5% | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 50 | Israel | 19.4% | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 51 | Türkiye | 19.1% | 2023 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 52 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 18.6% | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 53 | France | 18.6% | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 54 | Germany | 18.3% | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 55 | Indonesia | 18.2% | 2025 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 56 | Guadeloupe | 18.2% | 1995 | down 44.1% | rising |
| 57 | China | 17.7% | 2024 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Panama | 17.5% | 2017 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 59 | Greece | 17.5% | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 60 | New Zealand | 16.9% | 2024 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Malta | 16.8% | 2023 | up 116.8% | falling |
| 62 | Burundi | 16.7% | 2025 | up 130.1% | volatile |
| 63 | French Polynesia | 16.7% | 1993 | down 25.0% | flat |
| 64 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 16.2% | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 65 | Argentina | 16.2% | 1998 | down 72.5% | falling |
| 66 | Lebanon | 15.8% | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 67 | El Salvador | 15.4% | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 68 | French Guiana | 15.2% | 1997 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 69 | Ecuador | 14.8% | 2024 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 70 | Reunion | 14.8% | 1996 | down 55.7% | rising |
| 71 | Thailand | 14.2% | 2025 | up 39.9% | falling |
| 72 | Sierra Leone | 13.8% | 2001 | up 160.5% | rising |
| 73 | Brunei Darussalam | 13.4% | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 74 | Republic of Moldova | 13.3% | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 75 | Ireland | 13.2% | 2022 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Dominican Republic | 12.4% | 2024 | up 160.7% | flat |
| 77 | Seychelles | 11.9% | 2024 | up 201.0% | falling |
| 78 | Monaco | 11.9% | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 79 | Rwanda | 11.8% | 2024 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Singapore | 11.6% | 2009 | up 160.1% | rising |
| 81 | Belarus | 11.5% | 2024 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 82 | Gabon | 11.2% | 2019 | — | falling |
| 83 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 11.0% | 2024 | up 111.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Paraguay | 10.9% | 2024 | down 27.6% | rising |
| 85 | Montserrat | 10.8% | 1994 | up 49.8% | rising |
| 86 | Japan | 10.6% | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 87 | Mozambique | 10.5% | 2017 | up 67.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Chile | 10.4% | 2024 | down 49.8% | flat |
| 89 | Philippines | 10.3% | 2024 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Mali | 10.2% | 2023 | down 17.8% | flat |
| 91 | Congo | 10.1% | 2012 | down 33.6% | rising |
| 92 | Andorra | 9.8% | 2024 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Kazakhstan | 9.6% | 2025 | down 15.4% | flat |
| 94 | Viet Nam | 9.4% | 2022 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 95 | Niger | 9.3% | 2024 | up 13.3% | falling |
| 96 | Saint Helena | 9.1% | 1997 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 97 | Tunisia | 9.1% | 2016 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Cyprus | 9.0% | 2024 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 99 | Armenia | 9.0% | 2024 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Timor-Leste | 8.9% | 2020 | up 58.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.9% | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 102 | Colombia | 8.2% | 2022 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Mongolia | 8.2% | 2023 | down 18.9% | flat |
| 104 | Guam | 8.1% | 1989 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Nicaragua | 7.9% | 2023 | up 431.5% | falling |
| 106 | Albania | 7.9% | 2024 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 107 | Tokelau | 7.8% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Lithuania | 7.7% | 2024 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 109 | Liberia | 7.4% | 2011 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 110 | Brazil | 7.4% | 2024 | up 98.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Djibouti | 7.3% | 2023 | up 79.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Togo | 7.3% | 2023 | up 45.3% | falling |
| 113 | Azerbaijan | 7.1% | 2024 | up 256.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Morocco | 7.1% | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 115 | Republic of Korea | 7.1% | 2024 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 116 | Ethiopia | 7.0% | 2015 | up 63.9% | volatile |
| 117 | Nigeria | 6.9% | 1990 | down 60.8% | falling |
| 118 | Belize | 6.7% | 2024 | up 102.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Algeria | 6.6% | 2024 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Bangladesh | 6.4% | 2024 | up 97.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Uzbekistan | 6.0% | 2025 | down 83.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Syria | 6.0% | 2024 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 123 | Ukraine | 6.0% | 2024 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 124 | Malaysia | 5.9% | 2024 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.8% | 2005 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 126 | Botswana | 5.7% | 2007 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 127 | Mauritius | 5.6% | 2024 | down 60.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.6% | 2017 | up 405.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Russian Federation | 5.3% | 2023 | down 68.6% | flat |
| 130 | Guyana | 5.3% | 2012 | down 38.6% | rising |
| 131 | Bahrain | 5.3% | 2024 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 132 | South Africa | 5.2% | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 133 | Burkina Faso | 5.1% | 2024 | up 50.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Jordan | 5.0% | 2024 | up 33.2% | falling |
| 135 | United Arab Emirates | 5.0% | 2024 | up 419.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Bhutan | 4.9% | 2024 | up 157.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.8% | 2024 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 138 | Benin | 4.8% | 2022 | up 41.2% | falling |
| 139 | Georgia | 4.6% | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 140 | Papua New Guinea | 4.6% | 2023 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 141 | Zambia | 4.5% | 1994 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 142 | Ghana | 4.5% | 2024 | up 146.4% | falling |
| 143 | Canada | 4.4% | 2023 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 144 | American Samoa | 4.4% | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 145 | San Marino | 4.4% | 2024 | up 31.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.3% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 147 | Bermuda | 4.3% | 1980 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Niue | 4.3% | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 149 | Senegal | 4.2% | 2023 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Sri Lanka | 4.0% | 2023 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Uganda | 4.0% | 2007 | down 69.6% | falling |
| 152 | Dominica | 4.0% | 2009 | down 78.9% | volatile |
| 153 | Eswatini | 3.9% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Maldives | 3.9% | 2004 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Central African Republic | 3.7% | 2017 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 156 | Guinea | 3.7% | 2014 | up 199.5% | volatile |
| 157 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.6% | 2018 | down 39.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Naoero | 3.5% | 1985 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Iraq | 3.5% | 2007 | down 67.2% | rising |
| 160 | Grenada | 3.4% | 2009 | down 60.9% | volatile |
| 161 | Kiribati | 3.4% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 162 | British Virgin Islands | 3.2% | 2024 | up 250.4% | volatile |
| 163 | Haiti | 3.0% | 1986 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 164 | Cape Verde | 2.6% | 2022 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 165 | Macau, China | 2.6% | 2024 | down 41.5% | volatile |
| 166 | Pakistan | 2.5% | 2024 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 167 | Kuwait | 2.4% | 2015 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 168 | India | 2.4% | 2025 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Kenya | 2.3% | 2023 | up 372.7% | falling |
| 170 | Tonga | 2.3% | 2024 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 171 | Madagascar | 2.2% | 2021 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 172 | Peru | 2.2% | 2024 | up 58.1% | volatile |
| 173 | Cambodia | 2.1% | 2024 | up 635.5% | volatile |
| 174 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 2.1% | 1977 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 175 | Lesotho | 2.1% | 2017 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 176 | Saint Lucia | 2.1% | 2023 | up 100.1% | volatile |
| 177 | Marshall Islands | 2.0% | 2021 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 178 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.8% | 2025 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 179 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.8% | 2006 | down 47.5% | volatile |
| 180 | Tuvalu | 1.7% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Sudan | 1.6% | 2019 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 182 | Tajikistan | 1.4% | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 183 | Chad | 1.3% | 2024 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 184 | Palestine, State of | 1.3% | 2023 | up 231.1% | rising |
| 185 | Fiji | 1.3% | 2024 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 186 | Nepal | 1.2% | 2024 | up 238.9% | volatile |
| 187 | Eritrea | 1.1% | 2018 | up 51.6% | falling |
| 188 | Qatar | 1.1% | 2024 | up 55.7% | volatile |
| 189 | Malawi | 0.7% | 1996 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 190 | Hong Kong, China | 0.7% | 2024 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 191 | Saudi Arabia | 0.7% | 2024 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 192 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.5% | 2021 | down 95.1% | volatile |
| 193 | Comoros | 0.5% | 2022 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 194 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.5% | 2019 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 195 | Afghanistan | 0.3% | 2023 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 196 | Barbados | 0.3% | 2005 | — | volatile |
| 197 | Yemen | 0.3% | 2016 | down 63.8% | falling |
| 198 | Mauritania | 0.2% | 2020 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 199 | Oman | 0.2% | 2024 | up 416.9% | volatile |
| 200 | Myanmar | 0.2% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 201 | Namibia | 0.1% | 1997 | down 76.3% | volatile |
| 202 | Bahamas | 0.0% | 1997 | — | volatile |
| 202 | Gibraltar | 0.0% | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 202 | Jamaica | 0.0% | 2009 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 202 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% | 1995 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 202 | Solomon Islands | 0.0% | 1994 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 202 | Somalia | 0.0% | 2007 | — | volatile |
| 202 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0% | 2009 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 202 | Samoa | 0.0% | 1996 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 202 | Zimbabwe | 0.0% | 1997 | — | volatile |
| 202 | Anguilla | 0.0% | 2022 | 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.
- ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) 31.2%
- UNICEF: Western Balkans 29.2%
- WB: Central Europe and the Baltics 28.9%
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand 27.3%
- UNICEF: Western Europe 25.2%
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 25.0%
- WB: European Union 25.0%
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 24.2%
- WB: Euro Area 24.2%
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 24.0%
- Cecc-sica 23.0%
- ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) 22.4%
- AIMS: Pacific 22.4%
- SDG: Oceania 22.4%
- SDG: Europe 20.9%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 18.7%
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 18.7%
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 18.1%
- GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 18.0%
- ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107) 17.4%
- UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) 17.4%
- MDG: Eastern Asia 17.1%
- WB: Oecd Members 17.0%
- UIS: Central and Eastern Europe 16.9%
- ESCAP: East and North-east Asia (enea) (unsdcode:98408) 16.7%
- SDG: Eastern Asia 16.7%
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 16.5%
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd) 15.7%
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (excluding High Income) 15.5%
- UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries 15.5%
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 15.4%
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 15.4%
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 15.4%
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 15.4%
- GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 15.3%
- AIMS: East Asia 15.2%
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 15.2%
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 15.2%
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 14.8%
- ALECSO: Mashriq Countries 14.6%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release