How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Portugal?

13 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2017.

Malta vs Portugal: Percentage of students in lower secondary vocational education who

Malta

38.5%

in 2017

Portugal

39.9%

in 2017

Malta rank

36th

Portugal rank

33rd

Percentage of students in lower secondary vocational education who over time

Malta
Portugal

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 39.9% against 38.5% in Malta, a difference of 1.4%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 13 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Portugal ahead.

Malta ranks 36th and Portugal ranks 33rd of 73 countries.

Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malta	Portugal	Difference	Ahead
1990s	4.0%	37.1%	33.1%	Portugal
2000s	2.9%	39.5%	36.6%	Portugal
2010s	32.9%	38.0%	5.2%	Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher percentage of students in lower secondary vocational education who, Malta or Portugal?: Portugal, at 39.9% against 38.5% in Malta as of 2017.
What is the difference in percentage of students in lower secondary vocational education who between Malta and Portugal?: 1.4%, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Portugal?: 13 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2017.
How do Malta and Portugal rank globally for percentage of students in lower secondary vocational education who?: Malta ranks 36th and Portugal ranks 33rd of 73 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020, published as Percentage of students in lower secondary vocational education who are female (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Percentage of students in lower secondary vocational education who are female (%)
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 115 places, 1,810 data points, 1997–2018
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Number of female vocational education students at the lower secondary level expressed as a percentage of the total number of vocational education students (male and female) at the lower secondary level in a given school year.