Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
ALECSO: Least Developed Countries: Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational was 1.6% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries, 1998–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries stood at 1.6%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.5% on the previous year and down 14.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries peaked at 2.3% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 1.1%, in 2017.
That places ALECSO: Least Developed Countries 216th out of 221 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 2.3% | — |
| 1999 | 2.1% | -10.1% |
| 2000 | 2.0% | -3.5% |
| 2001 | 1.9% | -2.7% |
| 2002 | 2.0% | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 1.8% | -7.5% |
| 2004 | 1.5% | -18.5% |
| 2005 | 1.7% | +10.8% |
| 2006 | 2.0% | +18.5% |
| 2007 | 2.0% | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 1.9% | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 1.6% | -14.3% |
| 2010 | 1.8% | +13.3% |
| 2011 | 1.6% | -14.2% |
| 2012 | 1.6% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 1.3% | -14.1% |
| 2014 | 1.3% | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 1.6% | +21.7% |
| 2016 | 1.4% | -11.5% |
| 2017 | 1.1% | -23.7% |
| 2018 | 1.9% | +79.4% |
| 2019 | 1.5% | -23.7% |
| 2020 | 1.6% | +6.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.8% | 1.5% | 2.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.5% | 1.1% | 1.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1 |
More education data for ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 633,128 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 378,880 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 226,596 (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.63 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 13.6 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.75 million (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 11.6 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.25 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.84 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.01 million (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries was 1.6% in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational recorded in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 2.3% in 1998.
- What is the lowest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational recorded in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.1% in 2017.
- How does ALECSO: Least Developed Countries rank for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational?
- ALECSO: Least Developed Countries ranks 216th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
- Is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational rising or falling in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ALECSO: Least Developed 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release