Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational was 6.4% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020. Measured in %.
Analysis
Sub-Saharan Africa recorded 6.4% for share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in 2018.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in Sub-Saharan Africa peaked at 10.4% in 1981 and was at its lowest, 6.4%, in 2016.
That places Sub-Saharan Africa 34th out of 45 groups with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 49 years of available data.
Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in Sub-Saharan Africa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 8.2% | — |
| 1971 | 8.4% | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 8.2% | -2.4% |
| 1973 | 8.7% | +5.9% |
| 1974 | 8.9% | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 9.3% | +5.1% |
| 1976 | 9.3% | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 9.5% | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 9.8% | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 10.1% | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 10.3% | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 10.4% | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 10.1% | -3.3% |
| 1983 | 10.0% | -1.0% |
| 1984 | 9.9% | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 10.0% | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 9.8% | -1.1% |
| 1987 | 9.7% | -1.3% |
| 1988 | 9.7% | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 9.2% | -5.1% |
| 1990 | 9.0% | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 8.8% | -2.6% |
| 1992 | 8.8% | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 9.0% | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 9.3% | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 9.5% | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 9.4% | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 9.3% | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 9.0% | -3.5% |
| 1999 | 8.8% | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 8.9% | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 8.5% | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 8.2% | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 8.1% | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 7.6% | -5.9% |
| 2005 | 7.2% | -4.7% |
| 2006 | 6.9% | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 7.0% | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 7.1% | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 7.2% | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 7.3% | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 7.1% | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 7.0% | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 6.6% | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 6.8% | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 6.4% | -5.6% |
| 2016 | 6.4% | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 6.4% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 6.4% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 9.1% | 8.2% | 10.1% | 10 |
| 1980s | 9.9% | 9.2% | 10.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.1% | 8.8% | 9.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.7% | 6.9% | 8.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.7% | 6.4% | 7.3% | 9 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa
More education data for Sub-Saharan Africa
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 196.80 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 81.43 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.9738 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1526 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 5.14 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 40.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational in Sub-Saharan Africa was 6.4% 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 Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 10.4% in 1981.
- What is the lowest share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.4% in 2016.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 34th out of 45 groups with data for 2018.
- Is share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa 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.