Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in SDG: Central and Southern Asia
SDG: Central and Southern Asia: Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational was 3.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in SDG: Central and Southern Asia, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in SDG: Central and Southern Asia is 3.6%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.2% on the previous year and up 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in SDG: Central and Southern Asia peaked at 5.1% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1.7%, in 1970.
SDG: Central and Southern Asia ranks 192nd of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in SDG: Central and Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1.7% | — |
| 1971 | 2.6% | +56.6% |
| 1972 | 2.6% | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 2.7% | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 1.7% | -35.4% |
| 1975 | 2.7% | +58.0% |
| 1976 | 2.8% | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 3.2% | +15.7% |
| 1978 | 3.2% | -0.8% |
| 1979 | 2.4% | -23.2% |
| 1980 | 3.1% | +28.9% |
| 1981 | 2.7% | -15.2% |
| 1982 | 2.8% | +5.4% |
| 1983 | 2.7% | -4.9% |
| 1984 | 2.6% | -1.5% |
| 1985 | 2.2% | -14.7% |
| 1986 | 2.6% | +15.0% |
| 1987 | 2.7% | +4.1% |
| 1988 | 2.7% | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 2.6% | -1.1% |
| 1990 | 2.2% | -15.4% |
| 1991 | 2.1% | -5.7% |
| 1992 | 2.0% | -3.0% |
| 1993 | 2.0% | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 2.0% | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 1.9% | -7.1% |
| 1996 | 1.9% | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 2.0% | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 1.8% | -5.9% |
| 1999 | 1.8% | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 1.9% | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 1.9% | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 1.9% | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 2.1% | +7.2% |
| 2004 | 2.3% | +8.2% |
| 2005 | 2.4% | +6.8% |
| 2006 | 2.6% | +7.0% |
| 2007 | 2.6% | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 2.7% | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 2.9% | +7.4% |
| 2010 | 2.9% | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 3.0% | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 3.1% | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 3.2% | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 3.0% | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 3.0% | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 2.9% | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 3.2% | +10.1% |
| 2018 | 3.0% | -5.5% |
| 2019 | 3.0% | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 4.3% | +42.6% |
| 2021 | 5.1% | +20.1% |
| 2022 | 4.2% | -17.2% |
| 2023 | 4.1% | -3.5% |
| 2024 | 3.6% | -12.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in SDG: Central and Southern Asia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +58.0% | 1.7% | 2.7% |
| 1971 | +56.6% | 1.7% | 2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.6% | 1.7% | 3.2% | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.7% | 2.2% | 3.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.0% | 1.8% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.3% | 1.9% | 2.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.0% | 2.9% | 3.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.3% | 3.6% | 5.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Central and Southern Asia
- 189 Malawi 0.7% compare
- 190 Hong Kong, China 0.7% compare
- 191 Saudi Arabia 0.7% compare
- 192 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.5% compare
- 193 Comoros 0.5% compare
- 194 Trinidad and Tobago 0.5% compare
- 195 Afghanistan 0.3% compare
More education data for SDG: Central and Southern Asia
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 92.92 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 58.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 99.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.3161 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7.04 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 192.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.4111 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 8.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in SDG: Central and Southern Asia?
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in SDG: Central and Southern Asia was 3.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational recorded in SDG: Central and Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 5.1% in 2021.
- What is the lowest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational recorded in SDG: Central and Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.7% in 1970.
- How does SDG: Central and Southern Asia rank for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational?
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia ranks 192nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational rising or falling in SDG: Central and Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Central and Southern Asia 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release