North Macedonia: Secondary education, vocational pupils

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 3.5% in 1997 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.1% in 2014. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2008 to 2017 the straight-line trend is downward, about 1,278 a year. A straight line explains 82% 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, North Macedonia had the 44th 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 North Macedonia in the 2017 ranking

• Slovenia — 41st of 61: 66,513
• Niger — 42nd of 61: 56,458
• Panama — 43rd of 61: 54,671
• Togo — 45th of 61: 42,212
• Sudan — 46th of 61: 24,900
• Lithuania — 47th of 61: 24,108

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 23 values

Secondary education, vocational pupils in nearby economies

• Albania — 20,605 (2018)
• Andorra — 488 (2018)
• Armenia — 19,676 (2018)
• Austria — 238,161 (2017)
• Azerbaijan — 152,777 (2018)
• Belarus — 82,592 (2018)
• Belgium — 524,924 (2017)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 94,557 (2018)
• Bulgaria — 141,163 (2017)
• Croatia — 132,833 (2017)
• Cyprus

More education data for North Macedonia

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 8 (2025)
• School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) — 55.01% (2023)
• School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.3 (2023)
• School enrollment, tertiary, female (% gross) — 64.97% (2023)
• School enrollment, tertiary, male (% gross) — 45.52% (2023)
• Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) — 50.09% (2023)

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Questions people ask

What is North Macedonia's secondary education, vocational pupils?

45,294 in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1993?

It is down 13.98% from 52,654 in 1993 (0.63% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 59,665 in 2000 and the lowest 45,294 in 2017.

How does North Macedonia rank?

44th highest of 61 economies with data for 2017.

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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