Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)
WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income): Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational was 15.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income), 1975–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) recorded 15.2% for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in 2024.
The figure is down 7.8% on the previous year and down 29.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) peaked at 22.2% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 9.7%, in 1975.
That places WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 53rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 9.7% | — |
| 1976 | 12.8% | +31.6% |
| 1980 | 13.9% | +8.4% |
| 1981 | 14.4% | +4.0% |
| 1982 | 14.1% | -2.3% |
| 1983 | 14.3% | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 14.5% | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 16.1% | +11.1% |
| 1986 | 15.2% | -5.7% |
| 1987 | 14.8% | -2.5% |
| 1988 | 15.1% | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 15.1% | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 15.0% | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 14.8% | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 14.9% | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 14.9% | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 14.4% | -3.1% |
| 1995 | 14.8% | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 15.4% | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 14.9% | -3.4% |
| 1998 | 14.2% | -4.6% |
| 1999 | 13.6% | -4.2% |
| 2000 | 13.2% | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 12.6% | -4.4% |
| 2002 | 13.2% | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 13.7% | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 14.6% | +7.1% |
| 2005 | 14.0% | -4.3% |
| 2006 | 14.9% | +6.2% |
| 2007 | 15.8% | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 16.4% | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 17.9% | +9.0% |
| 2010 | 19.3% | +8.1% |
| 2011 | 20.8% | +7.6% |
| 2012 | 21.4% | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 21.0% | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 21.5% | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 22.2% | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 21.8% | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 21.4% | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 20.7% | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 20.1% | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 18.6% | -7.1% |
| 2021 | 18.5% | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 17.6% | -4.6% |
| 2023 | 16.5% | -6.4% |
| 2024 | 15.2% | -7.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +31.6% | 9.7% | 12.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11.3% | 9.7% | 12.8% | 2 |
| 1980s | 14.8% | 13.9% | 16.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 14.7% | 13.6% | 15.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 14.6% | 12.6% | 17.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.0% | 19.3% | 22.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.3% | 15.2% | 18.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)
More education data for WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 13.51 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.8629 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 14.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.9089 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 906,553 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.1924 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.8854 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 12.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.09 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)?
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) was 15.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational recorded in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 22.2% in 2015.
- What is the lowest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational recorded in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.7% in 1975.
- How does WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) rank for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational?
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) ranks 53rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational rising or falling in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 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