Vanuatu: Secondary education, vocational pupils

Key figures

Over five years it is down 74.71% from 1,977 in 2010 (24.04% a year on average, compounded). Since 1970 it is up 105.76% from 243 in 1970 (1.62% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 23 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 100% in 2000 and the biggest yearly fall was 13.3% in 1975. 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

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to Vanuatu in the 2015 ranking

• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 1st of 6: 870,961
• Ethiopia — 2nd of 6: 352,134
• Kuwait — 3rd of 6: 7,275
• Tonga — 5th of 6: 399
• Dominica — 6th of 6: 0

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

• 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 Vanuatu

• 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) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 56,048 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 112.49% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.98 (2020)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 110.56% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 114.31% (2024)
• Primary education, pupils (% female)

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Questions people ask

What is Vanuatu's secondary education, vocational pupils?

500 in 2015, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1970?

It is up 105.76% from 243 in 1970 (1.62% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 3,246 in 2004 and the lowest 242 in 1975.

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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