Philippines: Secondary education, vocational pupils

Key figures

The World Bank has no value for 19 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

How it compares

In 2017, Philippines had the 15th 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 Philippines in the 2017 ranking

• Poland — 12th of 61: 684,955
• Spain — 13th of 61: 621,174
• Netherlands — 14th of 61: 618,788
• Belgium — 16th of 61: 524,924
• Romania — 17th of 61: 413,229
• South Africa — 18th of 61: 355,438

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 28 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 Philippines

• 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, teachers — 527,504 (2024)
• Primary education, pupils — 13.06 million (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 94.03% (2024)
• Secondary education, pupils — 11.87 million (2024)
• School enrollment, secondary (% gross) — 85.29% (2024)
• School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) — 47.41% (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is Philippines's secondary education, vocational pupils?

562,545 in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How does Philippines rank?

15th 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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