Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational was 1.8% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in Papua New Guinea, 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2018, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in Papua New Guinea stood at 1.8%. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of down 81.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in Papua New Guinea peaked at 31.3% in 1975 and was at its lowest, 1.8%, in 2018.
Papua New Guinea ranks 171st of 213 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 27.7% | — |
| 1974 | 26.2% | -5.3% |
| 1975 | 31.3% | +19.3% |
| 1976 | 29.3% | -6.3% |
| 1977 | 25.4% | -13.2% |
| 1984 | 16.6% | -34.6% |
| 1986 | 15.6% | -6.1% |
| 1987 | 17.7% | +13.1% |
| 1988 | 19.2% | +8.6% |
| 1989 | 15.9% | -17.1% |
| 1990 | 15.6% | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 16.8% | +7.4% |
| 1992 | 18.2% | +8.3% |
| 1993 | 17.0% | -6.4% |
| 1994 | 17.1% | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 14.1% | -17.4% |
| 1998 | 14.4% | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 9.7% | -32.7% |
| 2018 | 1.8% | -81.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 28.0% | 25.4% | 31.3% | 5 |
| 1980s | 17.0% | 15.6% | 19.2% | 5 |
| 1990s | 16.2% | 14.1% | 18.2% | 7 |
| 2010s | 5.7% | 1.8% | 9.7% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More education data for Papua New Guinea
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 14,791 (2016)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 80,915 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 226,545 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 208,353 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 655,030 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.65 million (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 10.31 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1593 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in Papua New Guinea?
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in Papua New Guinea was 1.8% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 31.3% in 1975.
- What is the lowest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.8% in 2018.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 171st out of 213 countries with data for 2018.
- Is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 81.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release