| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
| Category | Number | |||||||||||||||
15 to 19 year old population
2) | 4,835,789 | 4,762,364 | 4,642,964 | 4,479,630 | 4,317,072 | 4,140,394 | 4,027,946 | 4,038,105 | 4,040,497 | 4,066,788 | 4,189,964 | 4,172,869 | 4,080,567 | 4,003,477 | 3,939,243 | 3,856,774 |
New entrants in the vocational training sector
3) | 739,168 | 751,562 | 788,956 | 776,047 | 728,484 | 729,577 | 741,023 | 726,560 | 716,042 | 698,116 | 698,419 | 709,806 | 712,413 | 723,891 | 725,055 | 677,637 |
| 417,649 | 412,083 | 386,864 | 358,969 | 344,515 | 316,494 | 281,662 | 259,727 | 255,401 | 252,670 | 266,194 | 302,881 | 283,138 | 263,934 | 249,537 | 237,897 | |
First-year students
5) | 356,076 | 344,967 | 361,459 | 396,800 | 424,273 | 444,719 | 518,748 | 495,088 | 508,621 | 504,882 | 506,580 | 509,760 | 513,166 | 511,997 | 508,689 | 490,204 |
| Category | Share (%) | |||||||||||||||
Development of the 15 to 19 age group (2005=100%)
2) | 100.0 | 98.5 | 96.0 | 92.6 | 89.3 | 85.6 | 83.3 | 83.5 | 83.6 | 84.1 | 86.6 | 86.3 | 84.4 | 82.8 | 81.5 | 79.8 |
Development of new entrants in the vocational training sector (2005=100%)
3) | 100.0 | 101.7 | 106.7 | 105.0 | 98.6 | 98.7 | 100.3 | 98.3 | 96.9 | 94.4 | 94.5 | 96.0 | 96.4 | 97.9 | 98.1 | 91.7 |
| 100.0 | 98.7 | 92.6 | 85.9 | 82.5 | 75.8 | 67.4 | 62.2 | 61.2 | 60.5 | 63.7 | 72.5 | 67.8 | 63.2 | 59.7 | 57.0 | |
Development of first-year students (2005=100%)
5) | 100.0 | 96.9 | 101.5 | 111.4 | 119.2 | 124.9 | 145.7 | 139.0 | 142.8 | 141.8 | 142.3 | 143.2 | 144.1 | 143.8 | 142.9 | 137.7 |
Source: Federal Statistical Office (Integrierte Ausbildungsberichterstattung, GENESIS-Online Datenbank: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Fachserie 11 Reihe 4.1); German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies, calculations
Notes:
1) iABE = integrated reporting on vocational training (see glossary). Discrepancies with regard to earlier publications are due to data revisions.
2) As of 2011, findings are based on 2011 Census.
3) 2020: data are preliminary, source: Schnellmeldungen der integrierten Ausbildungsberichterstattung.
4) Transition system: integration into training.
5) Summer semester and following winter semester (e.g. 2005 = SS 2005 and WS 2005/2006).
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