New Zealand: Secondary education, vocational pupils

Key figures

Over five years it is up 0.28% from 70,056 in 2012 (0.06% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 10 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2017, New Zealand's secondary education, vocational pupils fell 3,275 on 2016 (from 73,526 to 70,251).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1974 to 2016), the average change was +197.73 and a typical year strayed about 11,830 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 30,436 in 1993 and the biggest yearly fall was 35,946 in 2010. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2009 to 2017 the straight-line trend is downward, about 2,972 a year. A straight line explains 35% of the movement over 9 observed 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, New Zealand had the 41st 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 New Zealand in the 2017 ranking

• Greece — 37th of 61: 103,933
• Hungary — 38th of 61: 98,381
• Uruguay — 39th of 61: 83,446
• Slovenia — 41st of 61: 66,513
• Niger — 42nd of 61: 56,458
• Panama — 43rd of 61: 54,671

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 38 values

Secondary education, vocational pupils in nearby economies

• Brunei Darussalam — 5,257 (2018)
• China — 15.93 million (2018)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 7,495 (2018)
• Indonesia — 4.9 million (2018)
• Korea, Rep. — 293,568 (2017)
• Lao PDR — 7,065 (2018)
• Macao SAR, China — 936 (2018)
• Malaysia — 285,095 (2018)
• Mongolia — 30,181 (2018)
• Myanmar — 7,348 (2018)

More education data for New Zealand

• Primary school starting age (years) — 5 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 383,018 (2024)
• Secondary education, pupils — 562,417 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1 (2020)
• School enrollment, primary and secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.03 (2020)
• School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.05 (2020)

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Questions people ask

What is New Zealand's secondary education, vocational pupils?

70,251 in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How does New Zealand rank?

41st highest of 61 economies with data for 2017.

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

In 2017, New Zealand's secondary education, vocational pupils fell 3,275 on 2016 (from 73,526 to 70,251). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1974 to 2016), the average change was +197.73 and a typical year strayed about 11,830 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

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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