Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in Malawi

Malawi: Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational was 0.7% in 1996. ▼ Falling

Latest (1996)
0.7%
Change on year
down 5.4%
World rank
176th
of 202 countries
All-time high
1.8%
in 1974
All-time low
0.7%
in 1996
Years of data
25
1972–1996

Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in Malawi, 1972–1996

00.511.521972198419961972: 1.6 %1973: 1.6 %1974: 1.8 %1975: 1.6 %1976: 1.4 %1977: 1.4 %1978: 1.8 %1979: 1.7 %1980: 1.5 %1981: 1.4 %1982: 1.3 %1983: 1.2 %1984: 1 %1985: 0.993 %1986: 1 %1987: 0.991 %1988: 1.2 %1989: 0.997 %1990: 1 %1991: 1.1 %1992: 1 %1993: 1.2 %1994: 1.4 %1995: 0.777 %1996: 0.735 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). UIS.Stat Bulk Data Download Service. Accessed April 5, 2025. https://apiportal.uis.unesco.org/bdds. Measured in %.

Analysis

Malawi recorded 0.7% for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in 1996. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.

That represents a change of down 5.4% on the previous year and down 29.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in Malawi peaked at 1.8% in 1974 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 1996.

Malawi ranks 176th of 202 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.

Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in Malawi, year by year

Annual values for Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%) in Malawi, 1972 to 1996.
Year % Change
1972 1.6%
1973 1.6% -1.9%
1974 1.8% +13.3%
1975 1.6% -14.3%
1976 1.4% -13.1%
1977 1.4% +5.8%
1978 1.8% +25.4%
1979 1.7% -4.4%
1980 1.5% -10.1%
1981 1.4% -12.4%
1982 1.3% -6.7%
1983 1.2% -6.5%
1984 1.0% -12.5%
1985 1.0% -3.9%
1986 1.0% +4.8%
1987 1.0% -4.8%
1988 1.2% +26.0%
1989 1.0% -20.2%
1990 1.0% +2.9%
1991 1.1% +4.6%
1992 1.0% -5.5%
1993 1.2% +22.5%
1994 1.4% +16.6%
1995 0.8% -46.3%
1996 0.7% -5.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.6% 1.4% 1.8% 8
1980s 1.2% 1.0% 1.5% 10
1990s 1.0% 0.7% 1.4% 7

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Frequently asked questions

What is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in Malawi?
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in Malawi was 0.7% in 1996, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). UIS.Stat Bulk Data Download Service. Accessed April 5, 2025. https://apiportal.uis.unesco.org/bdds.
What is the highest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational recorded in Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 1.8% in 1974.
What is the lowest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 1996.
How does Malawi rank for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational?
Malawi ranks 176th out of 202 countries with data for 1996.
Is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational rising or falling in Malawi?
Over the last ten years it is down 29.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Malawi data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). UIS.Stat Bulk Data Download Service. Accessed April 5, 2025. https://apiportal.uis.unesco.org/bdds, published as part of Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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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