Percentage of students in upper secondary vocational education who are female (%) by country
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.
Countries reporting
149
Highest
72.3%
Lesotho
Lowest
0.0%
Saudi Arabia
Median
42.3%
Years covered
23
1997–2019
Data points
3,261
What the numbers show
Percentage of students in upper secondary vocational education who are female (%) is currently reported for 149 countries. The highest value is 72.3% in Lesotho; the lowest is 0.0% in Saudi Arabia.
The median across all reporting countries is 42.3%, and the mean is 40.7%.
Over the past decade 73 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in Sao Tome and Principe (up 330.9%), and the largest decrease in Bahrain (down 77.2%).
Percentage of students in upper secondary vocational education who: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesotho | 72.3% | 2017 | up 145.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Barbados | 67.6% | 2005 | — | volatile |
| 3 | Antigua and Barbuda | 64.1% | 2012 | up 166.9% | rising |
| 4 | Suriname | 63.5% | 2015 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 5 | Dominican Republic | 61.5% | 2018 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 6 | Kuwait | 60.9% | 2012 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Nicaragua | 60.1% | 2010 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 8 | Kenya | 57.8% | 2009 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 9 | New Zealand | 56.1% | 2017 | up 15.6% | flat |
| 10 | Sao Tome and Principe | 56.0% | 2017 | up 330.9% | rising |
| 11 | Costa Rica | 55.1% | 2018 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 12 | Brazil | 54.5% | 2017 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 13 | Honduras | 54.4% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 14 | Algeria | 54.0% | 2011 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 15 | Central African Republic | 53.4% | 2017 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 16 | Colombia | 53.3% | 2018 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 17 | Niger | 52.5% | 2017 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 18 | Ethiopia | 52.3% | 2015 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 19 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 51.6% | 2017 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 20 | Sweden | 51.5% | 2017 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 21 | Nepal | 51.2% | 2019 | up 130.6% | rising |
| 22 | Belgium | 51.1% | 2017 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 23 | Guatemala | 51.0% | 2018 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 24 | Paraguay | 50.7% | 2016 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 25 | Finland | 50.5% | 2017 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 26 | El Salvador | 49.6% | 2018 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 27 | Netherlands | 49.5% | 2017 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 28 | Israel | 49.4% | 2017 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 29 | San Marino | 49.1% | 2018 | up 53.5% | rising |
| 30 | Uzbekistan | 49.0% | 2017 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 31 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 49.0% | 2018 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 32 | Belize | 48.8% | 2018 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 33 | Luxembourg | 48.5% | 2017 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 34 | South Africa | 48.5% | 2017 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 35 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 48.4% | 2017 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 36 | Mexico | 48.4% | 2017 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 37 | Togo | 48.3% | 2017 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 38 | Burundi | 47.7% | 2018 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 39 | Guinea | 47.5% | 2014 | up 257.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Brunei Darussalam | 47.4% | 2018 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 41 | Panama | 47.1% | 2017 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 42 | Cambodia | 47.0% | 2008 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 43 | Rwanda | 46.9% | 2018 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 44 | Côte d'Ivoire | 46.7% | 2018 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 45 | Eritrea | 46.7% | 2018 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 46 | Spain | 46.5% | 2017 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 47 | Vanuatu | 46.4% | 2015 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 48 | Chile | 46.1% | 2017 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 49 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 46.1% | 2018 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 50 | Serbia | 46.0% | 2018 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 51 | Canada | 45.9% | 2017 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 52 | Slovakia | 45.4% | 2017 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 53 | Czechia | 45.1% | 2017 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 54 | Türkiye | 45.0% | 2017 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 55 | Senegal | 44.9% | 2018 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 56 | Sri Lanka | 44.8% | 2018 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 57 | Croatia | 44.7% | 2017 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 58 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 44.6% | 2018 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 59 | Montenegro | 44.6% | 2018 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 60 | Slovenia | 44.5% | 2017 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 61 | Malaysia | 44.1% | 2018 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 62 | Ecuador | 43.9% | 2018 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 63 | North Macedonia | 43.7% | 2017 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 64 | Lebanon | 43.6% | 2018 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 65 | Austria | 43.5% | 2017 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 66 | Egypt | 42.9% | 2018 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 67 | Indonesia | 42.9% | 2018 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 68 | Portugal | 42.8% | 2017 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 69 | China | 42.8% | 2018 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 70 | France | 42.7% | 2017 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 71 | Kazakhstan | 42.7% | 2019 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 72 | Romania | 42.7% | 2017 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 73 | Burkina Faso | 42.7% | 2018 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 74 | Japan | 42.6% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 75 | Denmark | 42.3% | 2017 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 76 | Cuba | 42.1% | 2018 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 77 | Angola | 42.0% | 2016 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 78 | Jamaica | 42.0% | 2003 | — | falling |
| 79 | Timor-Leste | 42.0% | 2018 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 80 | Georgia | 41.8% | 2018 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 81 | Armenia | 41.7% | 2018 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 82 | Switzerland | 41.7% | 2017 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 83 | Malta | 41.4% | 2017 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 84 | Republic of Korea | 41.3% | 2017 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 85 | Mauritania | 41.3% | 2018 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 86 | Latvia | 41.2% | 2017 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 41.0% | 2018 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 88 | Uruguay | 41.0% | 2017 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 89 | Mali | 40.8% | 2018 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 90 | Russian Federation | 40.7% | 2017 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 91 | Bulgaria | 40.5% | 2017 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 92 | Estonia | 40.5% | 2017 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 93 | Andorra | 39.8% | 2018 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 94 | Jordan | 39.7% | 2018 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 95 | Chad | 39.7% | 2016 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 96 | Syrian Arab Republic | 39.3% | 2013 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 97 | Thailand | 39.2% | 2018 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 98 | Cape Verde | 39.1% | 2018 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 99 | Monaco | 39.0% | 2019 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 100 | Djibouti | 38.9% | 2019 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 101 | Cameroon | 38.7% | 2016 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 102 | Norway | 38.7% | 2017 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 103 | Republic of Moldova | 38.6% | 2018 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 104 | Poland | 38.6% | 2017 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 105 | Hungary | 38.6% | 2017 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 106 | Ukraine | 38.5% | 2018 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 107 | Aruba | 38.4% | 2012 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 108 | Mongolia | 38.4% | 2018 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 109 | Liechtenstein | 37.8% | 2017 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 110 | Italy | 37.6% | 2017 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 111 | Botswana | 37.5% | 2007 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 112 | Belarus | 37.4% | 2018 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 113 | Morocco | 37.4% | 2018 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 114 | Germany | 36.6% | 2017 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 115 | Iceland | 36.2% | 2017 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 116 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 35.6% | 2015 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 117 | Lithuania | 35.4% | 2017 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 118 | Benin | 35.3% | 2016 | down 19.8% | flat |
| 119 | Tunisia | 35.3% | 2016 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 120 | Bhutan | 34.9% | 2018 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 121 | Macau, China | 34.5% | 2018 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 122 | Greece | 34.5% | 2017 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 123 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 33.9% | 2017 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 124 | Pakistan | 33.5% | 2018 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 125 | Ireland | 33.1% | 2017 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 126 | Mauritius | 32.7% | 2018 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 127 | Madagascar | 32.3% | 2018 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 128 | Mozambique | 32.2% | 2017 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 129 | Bangladesh | 27.6% | 2018 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 130 | Ghana | 26.7% | 2019 | down 29.7% | rising |
| 131 | Sudan | 24.3% | 2017 | up 15.1% | falling |
| 132 | Cyprus | 23.3% | 2017 | up 51.3% | rising |
| 133 | Guyana | 22.6% | 2012 | down 50.2% | falling |
| 134 | Palestine, State of | 22.6% | 2018 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 135 | Fiji | 18.9% | 2012 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 136 | Seychelles | 18.2% | 2018 | up 27.3% | falling |
| 137 | India | 16.6% | 2017 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 138 | Hong Kong, China | 15.6% | 2018 | up 55.4% | rising |
| 139 | Albania | 15.6% | 2018 | down 56.0% | falling |
| 140 | Yemen | 14.9% | 2016 | up 156.1% | volatile |
| 141 | Tonga | 14.3% | 2015 | down 62.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Comoros | 13.8% | 2017 | up 111.5% | volatile |
| 143 | Afghanistan | 13.2% | 2018 | up 64.5% | rising |
| 144 | Qatar | 12.5% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Iraq | 12.0% | 2007 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 146 | Tajikistan | 8.5% | 2013 | down 70.4% | falling |
| 147 | Equatorial Guinea | 8.2% | 2005 | — | volatile |
| 148 | Bahrain | 8.1% | 2018 | down 77.2% | volatile |
| 149 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Caribbean Small States 51.8%
- European Union 43.8%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 50.1%
- World 42.3%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 50.0%
- Latin America & Caribbean 49.8%
- North America 45.9%
- IDA blend 44.5%
- OECD members 44.5%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 43.9%
- Europe & Central Asia 43.8%
- Upper middle income 43.8%
- Post-demographic dividend 43.7%
- High income 43.7%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 43.5%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 43.3%
- Late-demographic dividend 43.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 42.7%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 42.7%
- East Asia & Pacific 42.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 42.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 42.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 42.4%
- Euro area 42.1%
- IBRD only 42.1%
- Middle income 42.0%
- Arab World 42.0%
- Low & middle income 41.9%
- IDA & IBRD total 41.9%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 41.4%
- Early-demographic dividend 41.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 40.7%
- Low income 40.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 40.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 40.4%
- IDA total 40.4%
- Small states 39.8%
- Other small states 38.9%
- Pre-demographic dividend 38.7%
- Lower middle income 38.5%
About this data
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.