Canada: Secondary education, vocational pupils

Key figures

Over five years it is up 10.42% from 116,287 in 2012 (2% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 14 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2017, Canada's secondary education, vocational pupils rose 3,370 on 2016 (from 125,029 to 128,399).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1972 to 2016), the average change was +291.4 and a typical year strayed about 953.51 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 3,975 in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was 130 in 2015. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2017, Canada had the 33rd highest value of the 61 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Canada in the 2017 ranking

• Slovak Republic — 30th of 61: 137,227
• Croatia — 31st of 61: 132,833
• Venezuela, RB — 32nd of 61: 128,976
• Norway — 34th of 61: 126,007
• Denmark — 35th of 61: 114,940
• Mozambique — 36th of 61: 112,327

What this measures

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

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 34 values

Secondary education, vocational pupils in nearby economies

• Bermuda — 0 (2016)

More education data for Canada

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 2.43 million (2023)
• Secondary education, pupils — 2.7 million (2023)
• School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.99 (2020)
• Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) — 4.84% (2022)
• School enrollment, primary and secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1 (2020)
• School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)

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Questions people ask

What is Canada's secondary education, vocational pupils?

128,399 in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How does Canada rank?

33rd highest of 61 economies with data for 2017.

Is the latest change in secondary education, vocational pupils unusual for Canada?

In 2017, Canada's secondary education, vocational pupils rose 3,370 on 2016 (from 125,029 to 128,399). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1972 to 2016), the average change was +291.4 and a typical year strayed about 953.51 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.ENRL.VO, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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