Sub-Saharan Africa vs Sweden: Percentage of students in upper secondary vocational education who

Sub-Saharan Africa
42.4%
in 2018
Sweden
51.5%
in 2017
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
21st
Sweden rank
20th

Percentage of students in upper secondary vocational education who over time

  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Sweden
0204060199720072018

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 51.5% against 42.4% in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 9.1%.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.2 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

Across all 20 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.

Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 21st and Sweden ranks 20th of 45 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Sub-Saharan Africa Sweden Difference Ahead
1990s 34.7% 54.7% 20.1% Sweden
2000s 37.1% 49.6% 12.5% Sweden
2010s 41.1% 48.1% 7.0% Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher percentage of students in upper secondary vocational education who, Sub-Saharan Africa or Sweden?
Sweden, at 51.5% against 42.4% in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2017.
What is the difference in percentage of students in upper secondary vocational education who between Sub-Saharan Africa and Sweden?
9.1%, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa and Sweden?
20 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2017.
How do Sub-Saharan Africa and Sweden rank globally for percentage of students in upper secondary vocational education who?
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 21st and Sweden ranks 20th of 45 groups.
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 upper 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 upper 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
195 places, 3,261 data points, 1997–2019
Last refreshed

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