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Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%) by country

Countries reporting
199
Highest
63.9%
Bolivia
Lowest
0.0%
Zimbabwe
Median
8.3%
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
8,451

What the numbers show

Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%) is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 63.9% in Bolivia; the lowest is 0.0% in Zimbabwe.

The median across all reporting countries is 8.3%, and the mean is 11.9%.

Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 99 fell. The largest increase was in Sao Tome and Principe (up 405.2%), and the largest decrease in Comoros (down 100.0%).

Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bolivia 63.9% 2018 up 6.3% volatile
2 Finland 47.8% 2018 up 63.0% rising
3 Slovenia 44.6% 2018 up 22.7% flat
4 Suriname 43.5% 2018 down 7.1% rising
5 Belgium 43.3% 2018 down 29.1% rising
6 Croatia 38.4% 2018 up 2.3% rising
7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 37.8% 2019 up 14.1% rising
8 Netherlands 37.4% 2018 down 20.3% flat
9 Switzerland 36.9% 2018 up 12.2% falling
10 Czechia 35.5% 2018 down 8.2% falling
11 Serbia 35.5% 2019 down 2.5% flat
12 Austria 34.5% 2018 down 11.4% falling
13 Uzbekistan 34.2% 2019 up 74.5% volatile
14 Honduras 34.1% 2019 up 21.6% rising
15 Montenegro 33.8% 2019 up 7.0% flat
16 Liechtenstein 33.8% 2018 down 4.4% volatile
17 Bulgaria 33.5% 2018 up 13.1% rising
18 Luxembourg 33.2% 2018 up 8.5% falling
19 Italy 33.0% 2018 down 10.6% flat
20 United Kingdom 31.8% 2018 up 137.4% volatile
21 New Caledonia 30.8% 1997 up 1.6% rising
22 Slovakia 30.2% 2018 down 13.5% falling
23 Guatemala 29.1% 2019 up 6.2% falling
24 Australia 28.9% 2018 — falling
25 Poland 28.1% 2018 up 7.5% falling
26 Romania 28.1% 2018 down 17.1% rising
27 Norway 27.9% 2018 down 10.4% rising
28 Mexico 27.7% 2018 up 70.7% rising
29 North Macedonia 27.6% 2018 down 0.9% rising
30 Cuba 27.4% 2019 up 4.6% falling
31 Ireland 26.6% 2018 up 60.8% volatile
32 Costa Rica 24.8% 2019 up 63.8% rising
33 Uruguay 23.9% 2018 up 60.1% rising
34 Portugal 23.9% 2018 up 7.8% volatile
35 Turkey 23.2% 2018 up 32.1% flat
36 Estonia 22.6% 2018 up 27.6% falling
37 Libya 22.3% 2003 — rising
38 Egypt 22.0% 2019 up 14.5% rising
39 Cameroon 21.6% 2016 up 27.9% falling
40 Sweden 20.9% 2018 down 31.4% falling
41 Denmark 20.6% 2018 down 20.8% falling
42 Latvia 20.4% 2018 up 4.7% falling
43 Israel 19.9% 2018 up 9.3% falling
44 Indonesia 19.7% 2018 up 31.7% falling
45 Hungary 19.7% 2018 up 39.1% falling
46 Germany 19.2% 2018 down 12.9% falling
47 Democratic Republic of Congo 18.9% 2015 down 5.5% falling
48 Spain 18.8% 2018 up 16.7% falling
49 China 18.1% 2019 down 8.3% volatile
50 Iceland 18.0% 2018 down 13.1% falling
51 Malta 17.7% 2018 up 11.8% falling
52 El Salvador 17.6% 2018 down 9.1% flat
53 France 17.6% 2018 down 12.1% falling
54 Panama 16.9% 2017 up 2.7% falling
55 French Polynesia 16.7% 1993 down 25.0% flat
56 Argentina 16.2% 1998 down 72.5% falling
57 Lebanon 16.0% 2019 up 0.3% rising
58 Paraguay 15.9% 2016 up 72.2% rising
59 Greece 15.5% 2018 down 3.3% falling
60 Azerbaijan 15.3% 2019 — volatile
61 Russia 14.3% 2018 down 13.7% rising
62 Ecuador 14.3% 2018 down 37.7% rising
63 New Zealand 14.2% 2018 down 33.0% volatile
64 Angola 14.1% 2016 down 63.8% volatile
65 Sierra Leone 13.8% 2001 up 160.5% rising
66 Iran 13.4% 2017 up 29.2% rising
67 Moldova 13.2% 2019 up 9.1% rising
68 Aruba 13.0% 2012 down 26.7% falling
69 Belarus 12.7% 2018 up 4.0% rising
70 Rwanda 12.6% 2019 down 19.5% volatile
71 Mali 12.2% 2018 down 0.8% flat
72 Chile 11.6% 2018 down 51.5% rising
73 Singapore 11.6% 2009 up 160.1% rising
74 Japan 11.4% 2018 down 5.4% falling
75 Seychelles 11.4% 2019 up 232.2% falling
76 Monaco 11.4% 2020 down 37.1% falling
77 Thailand 11.2% 2019 down 30.6% falling
78 Mauritius 11.1% 2019 up 22.8% volatile
79 Brunei 10.8% 2019 up 41.5% rising
80 Kazakhstan 10.5% 2019 down 12.7% rising
81 Andorra 10.5% 2019 up 31.3% volatile
82 Malaysia 10.3% 2019 up 65.8% volatile
83 Congo 10.1% 2012 down 33.6% rising
84 Mongolia 10.1% 2010 up 146.7% falling
85 Dominican Republic 9.8% 2019 up 208.1% falling
86 Philippines 9.7% 2018 — volatile
87 East Timor 9.7% 2019 up 129.9% volatile
88 Gambia 9.6% 2010 — rising
89 Belize 9.4% 2019 up 127.2% volatile
90 Lithuania 9.4% 2018 down 4.6% falling
91 Burundi 9.4% 2019 up 96.5% volatile
92 South Korea 9.4% 2018 down 24.0% falling
93 Mozambique 9.2% 2017 up 47.6% volatile
94 Tunisia 9.1% 2016 up 0.2% volatile
95 Tuvalu 8.9% 2019 — volatile
96 Morocco 8.6% 2019 up 42.6% rising
97 Papua New Guinea 8.6% 2016 — falling
98 Cyprus 8.6% 2018 up 37.4% falling
99 Armenia 8.4% 2019 up 103.3% volatile
100 Algeria 8.3% 2011 down 5.8% volatile
101 Albania 8.3% 2019 up 36.1% volatile
102 Guam 8.1% 1989 — volatile
103 Kyrgyzstan 8.0% 2019 up 26.6% rising
104 Djibouti 7.9% 2020 up 80.6% volatile
105 Colombia 7.5% 2018 up 16.1% volatile
106 Liberia 7.4% 2011 down 77.8% volatile
107 South Africa 7.2% 2018 up 26.1% rising
108 Gabon 7.2% 2002 down 68.8% falling
109 Niger 7.2% 2017 up 165.0% falling
110 Ukraine 7.0% 2019 down 15.2% falling
111 Ethiopia 7.0% 2015 up 63.9% volatile
112 Nigeria 6.9% 1990 down 60.8% falling
113 Bahrain 6.7% 2019 down 42.4% falling
114 San Marino 6.5% 2019 down 71.4% volatile
115 Maldives 6.3% 2019 up 64.2% volatile
116 Togo 5.8% 2017 down 25.5% falling
117 Equatorial Guinea 5.8% 2005 down 54.3% falling
118 Botswana 5.7% 2007 down 12.6% falling
119 Sao Tome and Principe 5.6% 2017 up 405.2% volatile
120 Senegal 5.5% 2019 up 33.1% volatile
121 Venezuela 5.4% 2017 down 0.0% volatile
122 Georgia 5.3% 2019 up 267.1% volatile
123 Guyana 5.3% 2012 down 38.6% rising
124 Cote d'Ivoire 5.2% 2019 down 23.3% falling
125 Syria 4.8% 2013 down 17.0% rising
126 Canada 4.6% 2018 up 8.6% volatile
127 Zambia 4.5% 1994 down 30.8% falling
128 Brazil 4.4% 2018 down 7.7% volatile
129 American Samoa 4.4% 1992 — volatile
130 Bermuda 4.3% 1980 down 57.1% volatile
131 Bangladesh 4.0% 2019 up 19.3% volatile
132 Uganda 4.0% 2007 down 69.6% falling
133 Eswatini 3.9% 2016 — volatile
134 Sri Lanka 3.9% 2018 down 26.8% volatile
135 Central African Republic 3.7% 2017 down 18.3% falling
136 Guinea 3.7% 2014 up 199.5% volatile
137 British Virgin Islands 3.6% 2018 down 0.1% volatile
138 Antigua and Barbuda 3.6% 2018 down 39.7% volatile
139 Nauru 3.5% 1985 — volatile
140 Iraq 3.5% 2007 down 67.2% rising
141 Pakistan 3.2% 2019 down 21.7% rising
142 Macao 3.2% 2019 up 6.2% volatile
143 Haiti 3.0% 1986 down 29.1% falling
144 Jordan 2.8% 2019 down 29.7% falling
145 Benin 2.8% 2016 down 68.7% flat
146 Puerto Rico 2.8% 2016 — volatile
147 Ghana 2.7% 2019 down 2.5% falling
148 Madagascar 2.6% 2019 down 24.5% volatile
149 Tonga 2.5% 2015 down 68.4% rising
150 Vanuatu 2.4% 2015 down 89.6% falling
151 Burkina Faso 2.4% 2019 down 56.3% volatile
152 Kuwait 2.4% 2015 down 43.2% volatile
153 Cambodia 2.3% 2008 down 24.2% volatile
154 Cape Verde 2.3% 2018 down 11.8% volatile
155 Peru 2.1% 2019 up 286.0% volatile
156 Micronesia (country) 2.1% 1977 down 36.6% falling
157 Lesotho 2.1% 2017 up 31.6% volatile
158 Bhutan 2.1% 2018 down 20.7% volatile
159 Guinea-Bissau 1.8% 2006 down 47.5% volatile
160 United Arab Emirates 1.6% 2017 — volatile
161 Hong Kong 1.6% 2019 up 37.2% volatile
162 Saint Lucia 1.5% 2019 up 55.9% volatile
163 Nicaragua 1.5% 2010 down 72.4% falling
164 Fiji 1.4% 2012 down 47.3% falling
165 Chad 1.4% 2019 up 27.4% volatile
166 Tajikistan 1.4% 2013 down 47.5% falling
167 India 1.3% 2019 up 62.5% falling
168 Nepal 1.2% 2019 up 86.8% volatile
169 Sudan 1.1% 2017 down 50.5% falling
170 Eritrea 1.1% 2018 up 51.6% falling
171 Laos 0.9% 2019 up 148.2% volatile
172 Palestine 0.9% 2019 down 20.0% flat
173 Qatar 0.9% 2019 down 8.7% volatile
174 Trinidad and Tobago 0.8% 2004 up 23.4% volatile
175 Saudi Arabia 0.8% 2019 down 80.2% volatile
176 Malawi 0.7% 1996 down 29.3% falling
177 Mauritania 0.7% 2019 down 77.2% volatile
178 Afghanistan 0.7% 2018 up 4.8% volatile
179 Kenya 0.5% 2009 down 7.2% volatile
180 Tanzania 0.4% 2019 down 96.3% falling
181 Oman 0.4% 2019 down 41.7% volatile
182 Barbados 0.3% 2005 — volatile
183 Yemen 0.3% 2016 down 63.8% falling
184 Myanmar 0.2% 2018 — volatile
185 Namibia 0.1% 1997 down 76.3% volatile
186 Bahamas 0.0% 1997 — volatile
186 Comoros 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
186 Dominica 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
186 Gibraltar 0.0% 2009 — volatile
186 Grenada 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile
186 Jamaica 0.0% 2011 down 100.0% volatile
186 Kiribati 0.0% 2008 — volatile
186 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0% 1995 down 100.0% volatile
186 Solomon Islands 0.0% 1994 down 100.0% volatile
186 Somalia 0.0% 2007 — volatile
186 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0% 2009 down 100.0% volatile
186 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
186 Samoa 0.0% 1996 down 100.0% volatile
186 Zimbabwe 0.0% 1997 — volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). UIS.Stat Bulk Data Download Service. Accessed April 5, 2025. https://apiportal.uis.unesco.org/bdds
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
247 places, 8,451 data points, 1970–2020
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