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Secondary education, vocational pupils by country

Secondary vocational pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in technical and vocational education programs, including teacher training.

Countries reporting
201
Highest
15.93 million
China
Lowest
0
Zimbabwe
Median
26,313
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
8,309

What the numbers show

Secondary education, vocational pupils is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 15.93 million in China; the lowest is 0 in Zimbabwe.

The median across all reporting countries is 26,313, and the mean is 312,804.

Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 89 fell. The largest increase was in Sao Tome and Principe (up 1,353.0%), and the largest decrease in Comoros (down 100.0%).

Secondary education, vocational pupils: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 15.93 million 2018 down 15.8% volatile
2 Indonesia 4.90 million 2018 up 79.0% volatile
3 Mexico 3.75 million 2017 up 124.1% volatile
4 Turkey 2.71 million 2017 up 131.5% volatile
5 India 2.30 million 2017 up 209.9% volatile
6 United Kingdom 2.21 million 2017 up 123.6% volatile
7 Egypt 2.02 million 2018 up 57.4% volatile
8 Italy 1.57 million 2017 down 7.2% falling
9 Russia 1.43 million 2017 down 22.2% flat
10 Uzbekistan 1.36 million 2017 up 52.5% volatile
11 Germany 1.35 million 2017 down 21.9% falling
12 France 1.08 million 2017 down 8.6% rising
13 Australia 970,735 2017 — rising
14 Brazil 956,632 2017 down 4.1% falling
15 Democratic Republic of Congo 870,961 2015 up 55.0% volatile
16 Japan 812,494 2017 — flat
17 Bolivia 788,570 2018 up 23.7% volatile
18 Iran 763,440 2017 down 11.8% volatile
19 Bangladesh 757,289 2018 up 119.7% volatile
20 Poland 684,955 2017 down 12.7% falling
21 Thailand 656,118 2018 down 15.5% rising
22 Spain 621,174 2017 up 26.1% falling
23 Netherlands 618,788 2017 down 7.8% rising
24 Philippines 562,545 2017 — volatile
25 Belgium 524,924 2017 down 28.9% rising
26 Argentina 518,357 1998 down 55.4% rising
27 Cameroon 477,192 2016 up 304.3% volatile
28 Pakistan 446,376 2018 up 30.4% volatile
29 Romania 413,229 2017 down 38.2% falling
30 Algeria 380,890 2011 up 35.0% volatile
31 Colombia 362,733 2018 up 17.3% falling
32 South Africa 355,438 2017 up 33.3% rising
33 Ethiopia 352,134 2015 up 231.2% volatile
34 Guatemala 351,870 2018 up 38.9% volatile
35 South Korea 293,568 2017 down 41.0% falling
36 Chile 292,757 2017 down 24.7% rising
37 Angola 287,600 2016 up 13.9% volatile
38 Malaysia 285,095 2018 up 71.4% volatile
39 Czechia 283,313 2017 down 21.3% falling
40 Ecuador 269,817 2018 up 3.2% volatile
41 Finland 261,660 2017 up 107.7% rising
42 Honduras 252,425 2017 — volatile
43 Morocco 246,199 2018 up 93.6% volatile
44 Austria 238,161 2017 down 20.9% falling
45 Switzerland 226,342 2017 up 18.8% falling
46 Nigeria 216,726 1990 down 15.6% volatile
47 Cuba 207,590 2018 down 9.1% rising
48 Kazakhstan 203,284 2019 down 7.4% falling
49 Portugal 192,356 2017 up 54.2% rising
50 Sweden 186,467 2017 down 16.2% rising
51 Serbia 185,638 2018 down 15.3% falling
52 Libya 178,052 2003 up 46.7% volatile
53 Ukraine 177,070 2018 down 37.3% falling
54 Israel 161,579 2017 up 31.6% rising
55 Azerbaijan 152,777 2018 — volatile
56 Bulgaria 141,163 2017 down 26.0% falling
57 Slovakia 137,227 2017 down 36.2% falling
58 Croatia 132,833 2017 down 11.4% falling
59 Venezuela 128,976 2017 up 9.9% rising
60 Canada 128,399 2017 up 10.4% volatile
61 Mali 127,718 2018 up 69.7% volatile
62 Norway 126,007 2017 down 7.0% rising
63 Cote d'Ivoire 116,644 2018 — volatile
64 Denmark 114,940 2017 down 8.6% flat
65 Mozambique 112,327 2017 up 304.3% volatile
66 Costa Rica 108,578 2018 up 84.5% volatile
67 Sri Lanka 105,865 2018 down 20.9% volatile
68 Greece 103,933 2017 down 4.7% flat
69 Hungary 98,381 2017 down 23.0% volatile
70 Paraguay 96,957 2016 up 98.8% volatile
71 Tunisia 94,981 2016 down 15.8% rising
72 Bosnia and Herzegovina 94,557 2018 down 20.0% falling
73 El Salvador 91,653 2018 down 12.1% rising
74 Rwanda 88,574 2018 up 88.9% volatile
75 Syria 88,569 2013 down 27.2% volatile
76 Uruguay 83,446 2017 up 90.7% rising
77 Belarus 82,592 2018 down 23.3% flat
78 Ghana 76,770 2019 up 53.4% rising
79 Dominican Republic 75,571 2018 up 82.9% rising
80 Iraq 70,869 2007 down 42.4% volatile
81 New Zealand 70,251 2017 down 39.0% volatile
82 Burundi 68,831 2018 up 445.0% volatile
83 Slovenia 66,513 2017 up 17.3% falling
84 Lebanon 62,551 2018 up 9.7% rising
85 Niger 56,458 2017 up 858.9% volatile
86 Peru 55,088 2018 up 30.0% volatile
87 Panama 54,671 2017 up 27.2% rising
88 Kyrgyzstan 54,632 2018 up 86.3% rising
89 North Macedonia 45,294 2017 down 22.1% falling
90 Papua New Guinea 43,678 2016 — volatile
91 Nepal 42,255 2019 up 180.7% rising
92 Togo 42,212 2017 up 32.6% volatile
93 Uganda 41,242 2007 up 6.5% volatile
94 Madagascar 36,093 2018 up 9.1% rising
95 Congo 34,336 2012 up 16.0% volatile
96 Moldova 30,801 2018 down 19.9% falling
97 Mongolia 30,181 2018 up 14.6% rising
98 Burkina Faso 28,566 2018 up 11.5% volatile
99 Benin 27,875 2016 down 9.8% volatile
100 Singapore 26,832 2009 up 183.2% rising
101 Guinea 26,313 2014 up 522.1% volatile
102 Suriname 25,412 2018 up 12.7% rising
103 Senegal 25,162 2018 up 4.7% volatile
104 Sudan 24,900 2017 down 17.7% flat
105 Lithuania 24,108 2017 down 36.0% falling
106 Latvia 23,901 2017 down 35.3% falling
107 Jordan 23,181 2018 down 17.8% rising
108 Afghanistan 21,902 2018 up 125.4% volatile
109 Sierra Leone 21,454 2001 up 295.5% volatile
110 Cambodia 21,167 2008 up 125.6% rising
111 Saudi Arabia 21,120 2018 down 73.5% volatile
112 Albania 20,605 2018 down 30.5% volatile
113 Armenia 19,676 2018 up 63.3% volatile
114 Ireland 19,280 2017 down 62.4% volatile
115 Estonia 19,102 2017 down 0.4% falling
116 Montenegro 19,056 2018 down 12.3% falling
117 Liberia 17,565 2011 down 61.0% volatile
118 Luxembourg 16,067 2017 up 35.7% rising
119 Kenya 15,672 2009 up 63.2% rising
120 Tajikistan 15,038 2013 down 41.1% falling
121 East Timor 14,120 2018 — volatile
122 Gambia 11,962 2010 — volatile
123 Mauritius 11,709 2018 down 38.9% volatile
124 Georgia 10,653 2018 up 574.2% volatile
125 Botswana 10,094 2007 up 1.6% volatile
126 Zambia 9,486 1994 up 2.7% rising
127 United Arab Emirates 8,206 2017 — volatile
128 Tanzania 8,024 2018 down 95.7% volatile
129 New Caledonia 7,860 1997 up 33.7% rising
130 Chad 7,791 2016 up 107.7% volatile
131 Gabon 7,587 2002 down 31.3% volatile
132 Hong Kong 7,495 2018 up 16.6% volatile
133 Myanmar 7,348 2018 — volatile
134 Kuwait 7,275 2015 down 29.8% volatile
135 Laos 7,065 2018 up 181.8% volatile
136 Nicaragua 6,880 2010 down 61.5% volatile
137 Iceland 6,768 2017 down 3.3% rising
138 Puerto Rico 6,618 2016 — volatile
139 Bahrain 6,543 2018 down 45.8% volatile
140 Palestine 5,387 2018 down 18.2% rising
141 Brunei 5,257 2018 up 51.0% volatile
142 Central African Republic 5,149 2017 up 20.7% rising
143 Malta 4,981 2017 down 5.6% falling
144 Cyprus 4,818 2017 up 14.6% falling
145 Yemen 4,792 2016 down 52.3% volatile
146 Djibouti 4,677 2019 up 140.0% volatile
147 Haiti 4,600 1996 up 6.1% rising
148 Guyana 4,548 2012 down 26.8% rising
149 French Polynesia 4,310 1997 up 4.8% rising
150 Eswatini 4,230 2016 — volatile
151 Belize 3,301 2018 up 151.4% volatile
152 Lesotho 2,858 2017 up 87.0% volatile
153 Eritrea 2,822 2018 up 72.4% rising
154 Malawi 2,525 1996 up 38.9% rising
155 Guam 1,800 1997 up 63.6% volatile
156 Oman 1,653 2018 down 15.6% volatile
157 Bhutan 1,583 2018 up 23.3% volatile
158 Equatorial Guinea 1,480 2005 down 43.3% volatile
159 Sao Tome and Principe 1,453 2017 up 1,353.0% volatile
160 Fiji 1,389 2012 down 47.6% rising
161 Cape Verde 1,212 2018 down 24.0% rising
162 Mauritania 1,122 2018 down 64.7% rising
163 Liechtenstein 1,120 2017 down 3.0% volatile
164 Maldives 1,115 2004 up 696.4% volatile
165 Aruba 1,088 2012 down 9.2% rising
166 Guinea-Bissau 977 2006 up 12.4% rising
167 Macao 936 2018 down 20.1% volatile
168 Trinidad and Tobago 892 2004 up 29.7% volatile
169 Qatar 720 2018 up 19.2% rising
170 Vanuatu 500 2015 down 84.6% volatile
171 Andorra 488 2018 up 86.3% volatile
172 Tonga 399 2015 down 64.4% rising
173 Micronesia (country) 318 1977 down 22.2% flat
174 Monaco 295 2019 down 48.9% falling
175 Antigua and Barbuda 282 2018 down 45.1% volatile
176 American Samoa 180 1997 up 45.2% volatile
177 Saint Lucia 137 2018 down 42.9% volatile
178 San Marino 108 2018 down 78.9% volatile
179 Namibia 97 1997 down 49.7% volatile
180 Seychelles 88 2018 down 66.9% volatile
181 British Virgin Islands 79 2017 up 12.9% volatile
182 Barbados 73 2005 — volatile
183 Tuvalu 19 2018 — volatile
184 Nauru 17 1985 — volatile
185 Bahamas 0 1997 — volatile
185 Bermuda 0 2016 — volatile
185 Comoros 0 2018 down 100.0% volatile
185 Cayman Islands 0 1995 — flat
185 Dominica 0 2015 down 100.0% volatile
185 Gibraltar 0 2009 — volatile
185 Grenada 0 2016 down 100.0% volatile
185 Jamaica 0 2012 down 100.0% volatile
185 Kiribati 0 2008 — volatile
185 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 1995 down 100.0% volatile
185 Solomon Islands 0 1994 down 100.0% volatile
185 Somalia 0 2007 — volatile
185 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 2009 down 100.0% volatile
185 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2017 down 100.0% volatile
185 United States Virgin Islands 0 1995 — flat
185 Samoa 0 1996 down 100.0% volatile
185 Zimbabwe 0 1997 — volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Secondary education, vocational pupils
Source
Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 8,309 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Secondary vocational pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in technical and vocational education programs, including teacher training.