Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries: Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational was 8.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries recorded 8.0% for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries peaked at 11.0% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 5.8%, in 1970.
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries ranks 106th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 5.8% | — |
| 1971 | 6.1% | +4.6% |
| 1972 | 6.2% | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 6.3% | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 6.7% | +7.7% |
| 1975 | 6.7% | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 7.0% | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 7.6% | +8.4% |
| 1978 | 7.5% | -0.7% |
| 1979 | 9.1% | +21.1% |
| 1980 | 8.1% | -11.3% |
| 1981 | 8.2% | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 8.4% | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 8.5% | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 8.5% | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 8.6% | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 9.0% | +4.4% |
| 1987 | 9.2% | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 9.0% | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 8.8% | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 8.3% | -5.9% |
| 1991 | 8.3% | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 8.1% | -2.5% |
| 1993 | 9.3% | +14.5% |
| 1994 | 10.1% | +8.7% |
| 1995 | 9.7% | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 9.7% | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 9.8% | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 10.2% | +4.4% |
| 1999 | 10.5% | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 10.8% | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 11.0% | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 10.9% | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 10.9% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 10.9% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 10.5% | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 9.9% | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 8.8% | -11.1% |
| 2008 | 8.2% | -6.6% |
| 2009 | 7.5% | -9.0% |
| 2010 | 7.5% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 7.9% | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 8.0% | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 8.6% | +7.5% |
| 2014 | 8.4% | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 8.3% | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 8.4% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 8.3% | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 8.5% | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 8.7% | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 8.8% | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 8.6% | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 8.4% | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 8.1% | -4.0% |
| 2024 | 8.0% | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.9% | 5.8% | 9.1% | 10 |
| 1980s | 8.6% | 8.1% | 9.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.4% | 8.1% | 10.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.9% | 7.5% | 11.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.2% | 7.5% | 8.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.4% | 8.0% | 8.8% | 5 |
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More education data for UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 17.93 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 22.79 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 24.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7.22 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.3301 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 8.84 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 5.99 % 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: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries was 8.0% 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: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 11.0% in 2001.
- What is the lowest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.8% in 1970.
- How does UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries rank for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational?
- UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries ranks 106th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational rising or falling in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release