Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024: Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational was 6.9% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 stood at 6.9%. That is the lowest value across all 55 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 peaked at 9.4% in 1988 and was at its lowest, 6.9%, in 2024.
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 ranks 123rd of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 55 years of available data.
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 8.2% | — |
| 1971 | 8.1% | -1.8% |
| 1972 | 8.3% | +3.0% |
| 1973 | 8.4% | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 8.5% | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 8.6% | +2.2% |
| 1976 | 8.4% | -2.5% |
| 1977 | 8.5% | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 8.7% | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 8.8% | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 8.7% | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 8.7% | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 8.9% | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 8.8% | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 8.7% | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 9.0% | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 9.1% | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 9.2% | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 9.4% | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 9.1% | -3.2% |
| 1990 | 8.8% | -3.1% |
| 1991 | 8.2% | -7.1% |
| 1992 | 7.9% | -3.1% |
| 1993 | 8.3% | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 8.3% | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 8.1% | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 7.8% | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 7.7% | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 7.6% | -2.1% |
| 1999 | 7.4% | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 7.4% | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 7.4% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 7.3% | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 7.4% | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 7.5% | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 7.6% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 7.5% | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 7.4% | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 7.5% | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 7.6% | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 7.7% | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 8.0% | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 8.1% | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 7.7% | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 7.6% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 7.5% | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 7.5% | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 7.7% | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 8.1% | +6.0% |
| 2019 | 8.0% | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 7.7% | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 7.5% | -2.9% |
| 2022 | 7.3% | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 7.1% | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 6.9% | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8.4% | 8.1% | 8.8% | 10 |
| 1980s | 9.0% | 8.7% | 9.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.0% | 7.4% | 8.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.4% | 7.3% | 7.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.8% | 7.5% | 8.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.3% | 6.9% | 7.7% | 5 |
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More education data for GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 97.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 62.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 104.89 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 10.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 202.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.4294 % 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 GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 was 6.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 9.4% in 1988.
- What is the lowest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.9% in 2024.
- How does GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 rank for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational?
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 ranks 123rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational rising or falling in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release