Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries
UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries: Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational was 15.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries recorded 15.5% for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in 2024.
The figure is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries peaked at 18.5% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 2.6%, in 1978.
That places UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries 30th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 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 UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 5.5% | — |
| 1971 | 2.8% | -48.9% |
| 1972 | 2.8% | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 2.9% | +2.3% |
| 1974 | 3.4% | +17.7% |
| 1975 | 3.7% | +7.5% |
| 1976 | 3.4% | -7.0% |
| 1977 | 2.8% | -16.9% |
| 1978 | 2.6% | -6.9% |
| 1979 | 2.8% | +7.5% |
| 1980 | 3.4% | +19.4% |
| 1981 | 4.1% | +20.0% |
| 1982 | 4.4% | +7.3% |
| 1983 | 5.3% | +21.1% |
| 1984 | 6.6% | +24.2% |
| 1985 | 7.5% | +13.6% |
| 1986 | 8.5% | +13.6% |
| 1987 | 9.0% | +6.6% |
| 1988 | 9.5% | +4.7% |
| 1989 | 10.1% | +6.5% |
| 1990 | 10.8% | +6.8% |
| 1991 | 11.0% | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 11.2% | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 11.5% | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 12.3% | +6.7% |
| 1995 | 12.8% | +4.6% |
| 1996 | 13.1% | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 13.2% | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 13.4% | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 13.7% | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 12.8% | -6.5% |
| 2001 | 12.5% | -2.7% |
| 2002 | 11.6% | -7.4% |
| 2003 | 10.6% | -8.2% |
| 2004 | 11.3% | +6.0% |
| 2005 | 11.9% | +5.7% |
| 2006 | 13.0% | +9.1% |
| 2007 | 14.2% | +9.3% |
| 2008 | 15.6% | +10.0% |
| 2009 | 16.4% | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 17.0% | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 17.4% | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 17.4% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 18.5% | +6.3% |
| 2014 | 17.7% | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 16.4% | -6.9% |
| 2016 | 16.1% | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 16.1% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 16.2% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 15.7% | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 15.5% | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 15.8% | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 16.0% | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 16.0% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 15.5% | -3.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | -48.9% | 5.5% | 2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.3% | 2.6% | 5.5% | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.8% | 3.4% | 10.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 12.3% | 10.8% | 13.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.0% | 10.6% | 16.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.8% | 15.7% | 18.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.7% | 15.5% | 16.0% | 5 |
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More education data for UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 76.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 84.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 2.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 41.16 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 42.74 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 83.90 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.97 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries?
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries was 15.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational recorded in UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 18.5% in 2013.
- What is the lowest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational recorded in UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.6% in 1978.
- How does UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries rank for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational?
- UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries ranks 30th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational rising or falling in UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries 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