Share of female students in lower secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%) by country
Total number of female students enrolled in vocational programmes at the lower secondary education level, expressed as a percentage of the total number of female students enrolled in all programmes (vocational and general) at the lower secondary level. Vocational education is designed for learners to acquire the...
What the numbers show
Share of female students in lower secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%) is currently reported for 75 countries. The highest value is 29.3% in Panama; the lowest is 0.0% in British Virgin Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.3%, and the mean is 3.9%.
Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Paraguay (up 79,191.9%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 100.0%).
Share of female students in lower secondary education enrolled in: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panama | 29.3% | 2005 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 2 | Mexico | 24.5% | 2017 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 3 | Suriname | 24.4% | 2018 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 4 | Belgium | 19.3% | 2017 | down 59.3% | falling |
| 5 | Costa Rica | 17.2% | 2018 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 6 | Cameroon | 15.8% | 2016 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 7 | Uruguay | 15.7% | 2017 | up 178.6% | falling |
| 8 | Honduras | 15.4% | 2017 | down 52.1% | falling |
| 9 | Croatia | 12.4% | 2017 | up 52.9% | rising |
| 10 | Paraguay | 10.5% | 2016 | up 79,191.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Mauritius | 10.5% | 2018 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 12 | Congo | 7.2% | 2012 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 13 | Portugal | 6.7% | 2017 | up 36.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Netherlands | 5.4% | 2017 | down 78.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Lebanon | 4.7% | 2018 | up 72.9% | volatile |
| 16 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4.7% | 2018 | up 63.8% | falling |
| 17 | Guyana | 4.4% | 2012 | down 49.1% | falling |
| 18 | Bulgaria | 4.4% | 2017 | up 647.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.1% | 2018 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 20 | Algeria | 4.0% | 2011 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 21 | Aruba | 3.8% | 2012 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 22 | Peru | 3.7% | 2018 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 23 | Ireland | 3.6% | 2012 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 24 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.5% | 2005 | down 85.8% | falling |
| 25 | Germany | 3.2% | 2017 | up 178.2% | rising |
| 26 | Estonia | 2.7% | 2017 | up 6,044.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Central African Republic | 2.4% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 28 | Slovakia | 2.3% | 2017 | up 204.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Morocco | 2.3% | 2018 | up 17.0% | falling |
| 30 | Vanuatu | 2.3% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Chile | 2.1% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 32 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 2.0% | 2015 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 33 | Egypt | 1.6% | 2018 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 34 | Senegal | 1.6% | 2018 | down 58.6% | falling |
| 35 | Angola | 1.4% | 2016 | down 89.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Mozambique | 1.3% | 2017 | down 72.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Niger | 1.3% | 2017 | up 746.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Cuba | 1.3% | 2018 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 39 | Lithuania | 1.2% | 2017 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 40 | Spain | 1.2% | 2017 | up 229.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Lesotho | 1.1% | 2017 | down 75.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Puerto Rico | 0.9% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 43 | Poland | 0.9% | 2015 | up 407.4% | rising |
| 44 | Tunisia | 0.7% | 2018 | down 92.5% | volatile |
| 45 | United Arab Emirates | 0.7% | 2017 | up 377.9% | rising |
| 46 | Eswatini | 0.6% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 47 | Madagascar | 0.5% | 2018 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Czechia | 0.5% | 2017 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Malta | 0.4% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 50 | Burkina Faso | 0.4% | 2018 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Djibouti | 0.4% | 2009 | down 97.5% | volatile |
| 52 | Latvia | 0.3% | 2017 | down 36.5% | rising |
| 53 | Togo | 0.3% | 2017 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Benin | 0.3% | 2016 | down 92.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.2% | 2017 | up 121.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Saudi Arabia | 0.2% | 2014 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 57 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.2% | 2018 | up 41.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Hungary | 0.1% | 2017 | down 77.1% | falling |
| 59 | France | 0.1% | 2012 | down 90.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Israel | 0.1% | 2017 | down 82.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Macau, China | 0.1% | 2007 | down 97.3% | falling |
| 62 | Malaysia | 0.1% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 63 | Brazil | 0.1% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 64 | Barbados | 0.1% | 2005 | — | falling |
| 65 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.1% | 2018 | down 98.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Nicaragua | 0.1% | 2010 | down 74.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2018 | down 98.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Denmark | 0.0% | 2012 | — | rising |
| 69 | Chad | 0.0% | 2016 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Burundi | 0.0% | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 70 | China | 0.0% | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Dominica | 0.0% | 2015 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Liechtenstein | 0.0% | 2010 | — | volatile |
| 70 | Mauritania | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 70 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0% | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 6.6%
- European Union 3.8%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 6.6%
- World 1.3%
- Latin America & Caribbean 6.6%
- OECD members 5.7%
- Caribbean Small States 5.0%
- Post-demographic dividend 2.4%
- High income 2.3%
- Upper middle income 2.3%
- Euro area 2.2%
- Europe & Central Asia 1.8%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 1.7%
- Early-demographic dividend 1.6%
- Small states 1.6%
- IDA blend 1.5%
- Pre-demographic dividend 1.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 1.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 1.5%
- Arab World 1.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 1.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 1.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 1.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.3%
- IBRD only 1.3%
- Middle income 1.2%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 1.2%
- IDA & IBRD total 1.2%
- Low & middle income 1.1%
- Other small states 0.8%
- IDA total 0.8%
- IDA only 0.5%
- Lower middle income 0.4%
- Low income 0.3%
- Pacific island small states 0.3%
- Least developed countries 0.3%
- East Asia & Pacific 0.2%
- Late-demographic dividend 0.2%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.1%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 0.0%
About this data
Total number of female students enrolled in vocational programmes at the lower secondary education level, expressed as a percentage of the total number of female students enrolled in all programmes (vocational and general) at the lower 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.