Almost half of upper secondary pupils in the EU enrolled in vocational education

Of the 22 million pupils in the European Union (EU) studying at upper secondary level in 2014, almost 11 million (or 48%) were enrolled in vocational education. In twelve EU Member States, more than half of all upper secondary pupils studied vocational programmes.

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People in the EU: who are we and how do we live?

Demographic change, together with migration, globalisation and climate change, is recognised as one of the most significant challenges the European Union (EU) is currently facing. In recent decades, the profile of the EU population has changed, due in part to ageing society, changes in patterns of family formation and structure and shifts in the roles of men and women.

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