Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in vocational programmes, male (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
78
Highest
100.0%
Sri Lanka
Lowest
0.3%
Bahrain
Median
100.0%
Years covered
14
2011–2024
Data points
597

What the numbers show

Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in vocational programmes, male (%) is currently reported for 78 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Sri Lanka; the lowest is 0.3% in Bahrain.

The median across all reporting countries is 100.0%, and the mean is 90.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 395.

Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 861.5%), and the largest decrease in Bahrain (down 99.2%).

Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sri Lanka 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Netherlands 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Mexico 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Republic of Moldova 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Monaco 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Morocco 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Macao 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Latvia 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Luxembourg 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Norway 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Kuwait 100.0% 2018 flat
1 Republic of Korea 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Cambodia 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Kyrgyzstan 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Italy 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Israel 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Indonesia 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Andorra 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Panama 100.0% 2022 unchanged flat
1 Peru 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Poland 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Portugal 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Palestine, State of 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Saudi Arabia 100.0% 2024 up 20.3% flat
1 Singapore 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 El Salvador 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Slovakia 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Slovenia 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Seychelles 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Togo 100.0% 2020 unchanged flat
1 Turkmenistan 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Türkiye 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Ukraine 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Colombia 100.0% 2022 flat
1 Burkina Faso 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Bangladesh 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Belgium 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Belarus 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Brazil 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Canada 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Switzerland 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Chile 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 China 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Azerbaijan 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Austria 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Cameroon 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Armenia 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Albania 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Cyprus 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Germany 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Hungary 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Croatia 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Hong Kong 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Georgia 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 France 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Spain 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Ecuador 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Algeria 100.0% 2024 up 1.9% falling
1 Denmark 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Czechia 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
61 Senegal 98.9% 2024 down 1.1% flat
62 Japan 94.2% 2023 up 1.8% flat
63 Sweden 93.8% 2024 up 17.5% rising
64 New Zealand 92.2% 2024 down 4.4% flat
65 Samoa 90.1% 2024 up 22.7% rising
66 Australia 81.9% 2024 down 14.6% falling
67 Ghana 75.2% 2024 down 0.1% rising
68 Iceland 63.1% 2023 down 10.9% falling
69 Iran 60.3% 2022 up 8.1% rising
70 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 57.3% 2023 down 42.7% falling
71 Madagascar 54.6% 2023 down 45.4% falling
72 Malaysia 48.0% 2023 up 26.4% rising
73 Oman 39.3% 2024 up 861.5% volatile
74 Qatar 29.4% 2024 down 35.2% falling
75 Côte d'Ivoire 21.0% 2024 up 77.6% volatile
76 Malta 20.3% 2023 down 34.2% flat
77 British Virgin Islands 15.0% 2024 down 45.9% volatile
78 Bahrain 0.3% 2024 down 99.2% volatile

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Indicator
Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in vocational programmes, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
78 places, 597 data points, 2011–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release