Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
166
Highest
100.0%
Bolivia
Lowest
0.0%
Anguilla
Median
21.1%
Years covered
30
1996–2025
Data points
9,250
What the numbers show
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Bolivia; the lowest is 0.0% in Anguilla.
The median across all reporting countries is 21.1%, and the mean is 26.5%.
Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 85 fell. The largest increase was in Vanuatu (up 2,305.8%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bolivia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 2 | Guatemala | 81.9% | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 3 | Vanuatu | 81.6% | 2023 | up 2,305.8% | falling |
| 4 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 79.5% | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 5 | Czechia | 73.1% | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 6 | Serbia | 71.8% | 2024 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 7 | Croatia | 70.6% | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 8 | Slovenia | 69.9% | 2023 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 9 | Netherlands | 69.6% | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 10 | Austria | 69.1% | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 11 | Montenegro | 68.9% | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 12 | Honduras | 68.7% | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 13 | Slovakia | 68.1% | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 14 | Finland | 68.0% | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 15 | Liechtenstein | 66.4% | 2021 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 16 | North Macedonia | 64.5% | 2023 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 17 | Switzerland | 60.7% | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 18 | Angola | 59.4% | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 19 | Aruba | 57.3% | 2024 | up 229.1% | rising |
| 20 | Luxembourg | 57.2% | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 21 | Bulgaria | 57.1% | 2024 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 22 | Romania | 56.4% | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 23 | Belgium | 54.8% | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 24 | Hungary | 53.1% | 2024 | up 111.6% | rising |
| 25 | Norway | 52.5% | 2024 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 26 | Poland | 52.5% | 2024 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 27 | Italy | 51.3% | 2023 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 28 | Australia | 51.0% | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 29 | Germany | 48.8% | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 30 | Suriname | 48.7% | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 31 | Cuba | 46.8% | 2024 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 32 | Panama | 44.8% | 2017 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 33 | Egypt | 44.6% | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 34 | Moldova | 44.4% | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 35 | Ethiopia | 44.3% | 2015 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Belarus | 42.1% | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 37 | France | 41.4% | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 38 | Latvia | 40.8% | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 39 | Israel | 40.2% | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 40 | Denmark | 39.3% | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 41 | Spain | 39.2% | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 42 | El Salvador | 39.1% | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 43 | Kyrgyzstan | 38.7% | 2025 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 44 | China | 38.3% | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 45 | Portugal | 37.9% | 2023 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 46 | Estonia | 37.8% | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 47 | United Kingdom | 37.4% | 2023 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 48 | Indonesia | 37.2% | 2025 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 49 | Iran | 37.0% | 2023 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 50 | Burundi | 36.5% | 2025 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 51 | Sweden | 36.3% | 2024 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 52 | Kazakhstan | 35.7% | 2025 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 53 | Rwanda | 35.1% | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 54 | Mexico | 34.9% | 2024 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Turkey | 34.6% | 2023 | down 23.8% | flat |
| 56 | Costa Rica | 34.3% | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 57 | New Zealand | 34.3% | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 58 | Greece | 33.2% | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 59 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 32.8% | 2023 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 60 | Puerto Rico | 32.5% | 2023 | up 601.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Iceland | 32.4% | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 62 | Dominican Republic | 31.1% | 2024 | up 307.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Ecuador | 30.8% | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 64 | Thailand | 30.2% | 2025 | up 52.9% | falling |
| 65 | Andorra | 29.6% | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 66 | Philippines | 29.5% | 2024 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 67 | Malta | 28.8% | 2023 | up 124.7% | falling |
| 68 | Seychelles | 28.6% | 2024 | up 202.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Armenia | 28.6% | 2024 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Uruguay | 28.4% | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 71 | Lithuania | 28.0% | 2024 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 72 | Colombia | 27.5% | 2022 | up 15.3% | flat |
| 73 | Azerbaijan | 27.1% | 2024 | up 246.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Lebanon | 26.7% | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 75 | Mali | 25.7% | 2023 | down 33.7% | flat |
| 76 | Ukraine | 25.0% | 2024 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 77 | Vietnam | 24.6% | 2022 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 78 | Mozambique | 24.1% | 2017 | up 257.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Paraguay | 23.2% | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 80 | Monaco | 22.8% | 2024 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 81 | Nicaragua | 21.5% | 2023 | up 368.2% | rising |
| 82 | Uzbekistan | 21.3% | 2025 | down 77.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Ireland | 21.1% | 2022 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 84 | Djibouti | 21.1% | 2023 | up 85.3% | falling |
| 85 | Japan | 21.1% | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 86 | Mongolia | 20.9% | 2023 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 87 | Cameroon | 20.9% | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 88 | Niger | 20.7% | 2024 | down 45.6% | rising |
| 89 | East Timor | 19.9% | 2020 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Cyprus | 18.2% | 2024 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 91 | Belize | 18.2% | 2024 | up 32.7% | flat |
| 92 | Albania | 17.9% | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 93 | Brunei | 17.2% | 2023 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 94 | Botswana | 17.0% | 2007 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 95 | Brazil | 16.8% | 2024 | up 99.4% | rising |
| 96 | Burkina Faso | 16.7% | 2024 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 97 | Syria | 16.2% | 2024 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 98 | Bhutan | 15.8% | 2024 | up 132.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Chile | 15.7% | 2024 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 100 | Togo | 15.6% | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 101 | Sao Tome and Principe | 15.4% | 2017 | up 128.1% | volatile |
| 102 | South Korea | 14.3% | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 103 | Benin | 14.0% | 2022 | up 24.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Malaysia | 12.8% | 2024 | down 36.7% | rising |
| 105 | Bangladesh | 12.5% | 2024 | up 68.0% | rising |
| 106 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12.0% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 107 | Morocco | 11.7% | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 108 | Ghana | 11.3% | 2024 | up 117.6% | falling |
| 109 | Jordan | 11.3% | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 110 | Venezuela | 11.0% | 2024 | down 26.3% | flat |
| 111 | United Arab Emirates | 10.9% | 2024 | up 344.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Bahrain | 10.7% | 2024 | down 33.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Guinea | 10.6% | 2014 | up 102.0% | rising |
| 114 | San Marino | 10.5% | 2024 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 115 | Georgia | 9.9% | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 116 | Guyana | 9.7% | 2012 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 117 | Iraq | 9.7% | 2007 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 118 | Tunisia | 9.6% | 2016 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 119 | South Africa | 8.9% | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 120 | Cote d'Ivoire | 8.7% | 2024 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 121 | Sri Lanka | 8.5% | 2023 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 122 | Canada | 8.5% | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 123 | Tajikistan | 7.8% | 2024 | up 23.2% | falling |
| 124 | British Virgin Islands | 7.2% | 2024 | up 156.7% | falling |
| 125 | Tonga | 7.1% | 2024 | down 63.1% | flat |
| 126 | Central African Republic | 6.9% | 2017 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Senegal | 6.8% | 2023 | down 40.9% | flat |
| 128 | Kiribati | 6.7% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Madagascar | 6.7% | 2021 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 130 | Cape Verde | 6.3% | 2022 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 131 | Mauritius | 6.3% | 2024 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 132 | Macao | 5.5% | 2024 | down 34.8% | rising |
| 133 | Pakistan | 5.5% | 2024 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 134 | Cambodia | 5.4% | 2024 | up 507.9% | volatile |
| 135 | Lesotho | 4.7% | 2017 | up 45.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Kuwait | 4.3% | 2012 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 137 | India | 4.2% | 2025 | up 51.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Palestine | 4.1% | 2023 | up 122.4% | falling |
| 139 | Tuvalu | 3.7% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Fiji | 3.6% | 2024 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 141 | Marshall Islands | 3.6% | 2021 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 142 | Laos | 3.4% | 2025 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 143 | Eritrea | 3.3% | 2018 | up 70.4% | rising |
| 144 | Chad | 3.2% | 2024 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 145 | Sudan | 3.2% | 2019 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 146 | Nepal | 2.2% | 2025 | up 180.0% | falling |
| 147 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.2% | 2005 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 148 | Russia | 2.2% | 2023 | down 95.8% | falling |
| 149 | Qatar | 2.1% | 2024 | up 44.7% | falling |
| 150 | Tanzania | 2.1% | 2021 | down 96.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Algeria | 1.8% | 2024 | down 81.1% | falling |
| 152 | Hong Kong | 1.5% | 2024 | down 54.0% | falling |
| 153 | Comoros | 1.4% | 2022 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Saudi Arabia | 1.4% | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 155 | Kenya | 1.0% | 2009 | down 21.1% | rising |
| 156 | Afghanistan | 1.0% | 2023 | down 67.0% | flat |
| 157 | Oman | 0.9% | 2024 | up 1,096.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Mauritania | 0.8% | 2020 | down 81.3% | falling |
| 159 | Myanmar | 0.7% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 160 | Yemen | 0.6% | 2016 | down 62.2% | falling |
| 161 | Barbados | 0.4% | 2005 | — | falling |
| 162 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Jamaica | 0.0% | 2009 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0% | 2009 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Anguilla | 0.0% | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) 64.5%
- UNICEF: Western Balkans 62.7%
- WB: Central Europe and the Baltics 56.7%
- Cecc-sica 53.6%
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand 49.6%
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 49.1%
- WB: European Union 49.1%
- WB: Euro Area 47.9%
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 47.6%
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 47.1%
- UNICEF: Western Europe 46.9%
- ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) 45.0%
- AIMS: Pacific 45.0%
- SDG: Oceania 45.0%
- SDG: Europe 44.7%
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 44.7%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 41.4%
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 41.4%
- UIS: Central and Eastern Europe 40.3%
- GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 38.6%
- MDG: Eastern Asia 36.7%
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd) 36.4%
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 36.3%
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 36.3%
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (excluding High Income) 35.9%
- UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries 35.9%
- ESCAP: East and North-east Asia (enea) (unsdcode:98408) 35.7%
- SDG: Eastern Asia 35.7%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) 35.2%
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 35.1%
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 35.0%
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 35.0%
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 35.0%
- AIMS: East Asia 34.8%
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 34.8%
- GPE: East Asia & Pacific Wb Fy24, December 2024 34.7%
- ALECSO: Mashriq Countries 34.6%
- ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) 34.6%
- GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 34.5%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 34.0%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release