Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in India
India: Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational was 2.8% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in India, 1971–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2017, share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in India stood at 2.8%. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 32.4% on the previous year and up 172.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in India peaked at 2.8% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 1975.
That places India 151st out of 200 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in India, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.9% | — |
| 1972 | 0.9% | +3.6% |
| 1973 | 0.9% | -6.1% |
| 1975 | 0.8% | -4.5% |
| 1976 | 0.9% | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 1.5% | +75.0% |
| 1978 | 1.5% | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 1.9% | +26.5% |
| 1981 | 1.3% | -30.6% |
| 1982 | 1.6% | +23.3% |
| 1983 | 1.5% | -3.1% |
| 1984 | 1.5% | -1.3% |
| 1986 | 1.6% | +6.1% |
| 1987 | 1.8% | +11.0% |
| 1988 | 1.8% | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 1.7% | -3.1% |
| 1993 | 1.8% | +7.6% |
| 1994 | 1.8% | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 1.6% | -11.1% |
| 1996 | 1.5% | -9.7% |
| 1997 | 1.5% | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 1.1% | -28.5% |
| 2000 | 1.1% | +4.7% |
| 2001 | 1.0% | -14.3% |
| 2002 | 1.1% | +15.1% |
| 2003 | 1.3% | +14.5% |
| 2004 | 1.3% | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 1.2% | -7.4% |
| 2006 | 1.1% | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 1.0% | -7.5% |
| 2008 | 1.1% | +6.6% |
| 2013 | 2.0% | +80.4% |
| 2014 | 2.0% | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 2.2% | +10.7% |
| 2016 | 2.1% | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 2.8% | +32.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.5% | 7 |
| 1980s | 1.6% | 1.3% | 1.9% | 9 |
| 1990s | 1.6% | 1.1% | 1.8% | 6 |
| 2000s | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 2.2% | 2.0% | 2.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 148 Tuvalu 3.1% compare
- 149 Cape Verde 2.9% compare
- 150 Bhutan 2.8% compare
- 152 Burkina Faso 2.7% compare
- 153 Senegal 2.5% compare
- 154 Tajikistan 2.4% compare
More education data for India
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 3.10 million (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 19.37 million (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 18.52 million (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 133.16 million (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 126.12 million (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -8.85 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0862 units per person (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in India?
- Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in India was 2.8% in 2017, 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 2.8% in 2017.
- What is the lowest share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 1975.
- How does India rank for share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational?
- India ranks 151st out of 200 countries with data for 2017.
- Is share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 172.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.