Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in China
China: Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational was 20.4% in 2018. ▲ Rising
Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in China, 1979–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2018, share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in China stood at 20.4%.
That represents a change of up 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in China peaked at 23.2% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 1.5%, in 1979.
China ranks 45th of 200 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in China, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 1.5% | — |
| 1980 | 2.3% | +51.2% |
| 1981 | 3.4% | +45.3% |
| 1982 | 3.3% | -2.6% |
| 1983 | 3.9% | +18.6% |
| 1984 | 6.2% | +59.8% |
| 1985 | 7.6% | +22.0% |
| 1986 | 9.5% | +25.8% |
| 1987 | 9.3% | -1.8% |
| 1988 | 9.9% | +5.6% |
| 1989 | 10.8% | +9.7% |
| 1990 | 12.8% | +17.8% |
| 1991 | 13.1% | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 13.5% | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 14.2% | +4.8% |
| 1994 | 14.4% | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 15.1% | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 15.2% | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 15.9% | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 11.5% | -27.2% |
| 2006 | 14.1% | +22.6% |
| 2007 | 16.0% | +13.3% |
| 2008 | 17.8% | +11.1% |
| 2009 | 18.9% | +6.3% |
| 2010 | 21.3% | +12.6% |
| 2011 | 21.6% | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 21.5% | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 23.2% | +7.7% |
| 2014 | 22.5% | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 21.1% | -6.1% |
| 2016 | 20.7% | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 20.4% | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 20.4% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1 |
| 1980s | 6.6% | 2.3% | 10.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 14.3% | 12.8% | 15.9% | 8 |
| 2000s | 15.7% | 11.5% | 18.9% | 5 |
| 2010s | 21.4% | 20.4% | 23.2% | 9 |
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More education data for China
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7.41 million (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 7,020 (2021)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 21.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.36 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 97.98 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 108.57 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.9587 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0771 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in China?
- Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in China was 20.4% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020.
- What is the highest share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 23.2% in 2013.
- What is the lowest share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.5% in 1979.
- How does China rank for share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational?
- China ranks 45th out of 200 countries with data for 2018.
- Is share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020, published as part of Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total number of male students enrolled in vocational programmes at the secondary education level, expressed as a percentage of the total number of male students enrolled in all programmes (vocational and general) at the secondary level. Vocational education is designed for learners to acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies specific to a particular occupation or trade or class of occupations or trades. Vocational education may have work-based components (e.g. apprenticeships). Successful completion of such programmes leads to labour-market relevant vocational qualifications acknowledged as occupationally-oriented by the relevant national authorities and/or the labour market.