Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in Netherlands
Netherlands: Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational was 37.5% in 2017. ▼ Falling
Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in Netherlands, 1971–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020. Measured in %.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 37.5% for share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% on the previous year and down 23.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in Netherlands peaked at 56.3% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 33.0%, in 1998.
That places Netherlands 14th out of 200 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 45 years of available data.
Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 44.2% | — |
| 1972 | 43.7% | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 43.0% | -1.5% |
| 1974 | 42.4% | -1.3% |
| 1975 | 42.2% | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 43.5% | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 43.8% | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 43.9% | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 44.6% | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 44.9% | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 45.7% | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 46.5% | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 47.2% | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 48.5% | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 48.2% | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 55.2% | +14.5% |
| 1987 | 55.9% | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 56.1% | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 56.1% | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 56.3% | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 56.0% | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 55.8% | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 55.5% | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 54.3% | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 52.8% | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 52.2% | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 44.4% | -15.0% |
| 1998 | 33.0% | -25.6% |
| 1999 | 35.5% | +7.6% |
| 2000 | 35.6% | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 36.3% | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 35.6% | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 35.6% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 53.9% | +51.2% |
| 2005 | 53.5% | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 48.3% | -9.6% |
| 2007 | 48.7% | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 49.1% | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 49.4% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 49.5% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 50.6% | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 50.3% | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 36.9% | -26.5% |
| 2016 | 36.2% | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 37.5% | +3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 43.5% | 42.2% | 44.6% | 9 |
| 1980s | 50.4% | 44.9% | 56.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 49.6% | 33.0% | 56.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 44.6% | 35.6% | 53.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 43.5% | 36.2% | 50.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
More education data for Netherlands
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 23,856 (1985)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 247,743 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 240,049 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.61 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.14 million (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.0937 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.064 units per person (2023)
- 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 Netherlands?
- Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in Netherlands was 37.5% 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 Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 56.3% in 1990.
- What is the lowest share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.0% in 1998.
- How does Netherlands rank for share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational?
- Netherlands ranks 14th out of 200 countries with data for 2017.
- Is share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Netherlands 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.