Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)

ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational was 2.8% in 2020. ▼ Falling

Latest (2020)
2.8%
Change on year
up 1.6%
Rank
209th
of 221 groups
All-time high
6.7%
in 1997
All-time low
2.3%
in 2017
Years of data
37
1984–2020

Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1984–2020

2345671984200220201984: 4.8 %1985: 4.6 %1986: 4.4 %1987: 4.3 %1988: 4.1 %1989: 4.3 %1990: 4.1 %1991: 4 %1992: 3.6 %1993: 4 %1994: 4 %1995: 4.2 %1996: 4 %1997: 6.7 %1998: 4.5 %1999: 4 %2000: 4.2 %2001: 4.1 %2002: 4.3 %2003: 3.4 %2004: 3.3 %2005: 3.3 %2006: 3.3 %2007: 3.1 %2008: 3 %2009: 2.8 %2010: 2.9 %2011: 3.1 %2012: 3.1 %2013: 2.7 %2014: 2.4 %2015: 2.6 %2016: 2.5 %2017: 2.3 %2018: 3 %2019: 2.7 %2020: 2.8 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

The most recent figure for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) is 2.8%, measured in 2020.

The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and down 5.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 6.7% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 2.3%, in 2017.

That places ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 209th out of 221 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 37 years of available data.

Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year

Annual values for Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, male (%) in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1984 to 2020.
Year % Change
1984 4.8%
1985 4.6% -3.1%
1986 4.4% -5.3%
1987 4.3% -1.7%
1988 4.1% -4.0%
1989 4.3% +5.0%
1990 4.1% -4.5%
1991 4.0% -3.1%
1992 3.6% -11.4%
1993 4.0% +12.3%
1994 4.0% +0.9%
1995 4.2% +5.1%
1996 4.0% -6.4%
1997 6.7% +68.9%
1998 4.5% -32.9%
1999 4.0% -10.7%
2000 4.2% +3.9%
2001 4.1% -0.7%
2002 4.3% +3.6%
2003 3.4% -19.8%
2004 3.3% -3.9%
2005 3.3% -1.2%
2006 3.3% +1.6%
2007 3.1% -6.0%
2008 3.0% -4.4%
2009 2.8% -6.6%
2010 2.9% +5.4%
2011 3.1% +4.9%
2012 3.1% +1.2%
2013 2.7% -14.5%
2014 2.4% -11.4%
2015 2.6% +9.5%
2016 2.5% -4.5%
2017 2.3% -6.8%
2018 3.0% +32.2%
2019 2.7% -10.2%
2020 2.8% +1.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 4.4% 4.1% 4.8% 6
1990s 4.3% 3.6% 6.7% 10
2000s 3.5% 2.8% 4.3% 10
2010s 2.7% 2.3% 3.1% 10
2020s 2.8% 2.8% 2.8% 1

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Frequently asked questions

What is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 2.8% in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
The highest recorded value was 6.7% in 1997.
What is the lowest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
The lowest recorded value was 2.3% in 2017.
How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational?
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 209th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
Is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 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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Indicator
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
434 places, 18,076 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release