Total | Male | Female | ||
Educational background | Year 1) 2) | Number | ||
Total | 1995 | 578,582 | 339,193 | 239,389 |
1996 | 579,375 | 337,681 | 241,694 | |
1997 | 597,800 | 347,458 | 250,342 | |
1998 | 611,831 | 355,551 | 256,280 | |
1999 | 635,559 | 362,946 | 272,613 | |
2000 | 622,967 | 354,136 | 268,831 | |
2001 | 609,576 | 346,671 | 262,905 | |
2002 | 568,082 | 324,098 | 243,984 | |
2003 | 564,493 | 327,978 | 236,515 | |
2004 | 571,978 | 237,471 | 237,471 | |
2005 | 559,061 | 326,928 | 232,133 | |
2006 | 581,181 | 342,411 | 238,770 | |
2007 | 624,177 | 366,342 | 257,835 | |
2008 | 603,258 | 350,769 | 252,489 | |
2009 | 556,710 | 319,785 | 236,925 | |
2010 | 553,857 | 322,713 | 231,144 | |
2011 | 561,099 | 333,687 | 227,409 | |
2012 | 544,356 | 323,655 | 220,701 | |
2013 | 521,454 | 311,286 | 210,165 | |
2014 | 514,008 | 307,926 | 206,082 | |
2015 | 512,688 | 309,177 | 203,511 | |
2016 | 507,564 | 308,580 | 198,987 | |
2017 | 513,270 | 320,160 | 193,113 | |
2018 | 519,564 | 328,437 | 191,127 | |
2019 | 510,870 | 324,558 | 186,312 | |
2020 | 463,311 | 295,650 | 167,661 | |
2021 | 466,176 | 297,549 | 168,627 | |
2022 | 469,866 | 298,614 | 171,252 | |
2023 | 479,790 | 306,795 | 172,995 | |
Educational background | Year 1) 2) | Number | ||
Without secondary general school certificate | 2007 | 23,568 | 16,011 | 7,557 |
2008 | 19,275 | 13,425 | 5,850 | |
2009 | 19,272 | 13,278 | 5,994 | |
2010 | 17,031 | 11,640 | 5,391 | |
2011 | 16,152 | 10,965 | 5,187 | |
2012 | 15,390 | 10,563 | 4,830 | |
2013 | 15,057 | 10,275 | 4,782 | |
2014 | 14,910 | 10,221 | 4,689 | |
2015 | 14,418 | 10,071 | 4,347 | |
2016 | 15,795 | 11,073 | 4,722 | |
2017 | 18,651 | 13,944 | 4,707 | |
2018 | 17,679 | 13,320 | 4,359 | |
2019 | 17,646 | 12,819 | 4,827 | |
2020 | 15,099 | 11,007 | 4,092 | |
2021 | 13,140 | 9,600 | 3,543 | |
2022 | 12,684 | 9,069 | 3,618 | |
2023 | 13,035 | 9,327 | 3,708 | |
With secondary general school certificate | 2007 | 198,114 | 133,944 | 64,170 |
2008 | 183,306 | 123,201 | 60,105 | |
2009 | 180,699 | 119,526 | 61,170 | |
2010 | 180,816 | 121,311 | 59,505 | |
2011 | 177,075 | 119,976 | 57,099 | |
2012 | 166,251 | 112,422 | 53,829 | |
2013 | 152,232 | 103,662 | 48,570 | |
2014 | 142,863 | 97,392 | 45,471 | |
2015 | 135,516 | 93,018 | 42,498 | |
2016 | 126,636 | 87,522 | 39,114 | |
2017 | 124,161 | 87,447 | 36,714 | |
2018 | 126,696 | 89,919 | 36,777 | |
2019 | 124,065 | 87,987 | 36,078 | |
2020 | 112,566 | 80,331 | 32,232 | |
2021 | 111,882 | 79,434 | 32,445 | |
2022 | 111,585 | 78,201 | 33,384 | |
2023 | 112,839 | 79,329 | 33,510 | |
Intermediate school certificate | 2007 | 264,144 | 149,022 | 115,125 |
2008 | 238,968 | 134,913 | 104,055 | |
2009 | 234,888 | 130,353 | 104,535 | |
2010 | 236,268 | 133,392 | 102,879 | |
2011 | 234,840 | 136,431 | 98,409 | |
2012 | 229,068 | 133,980 | 95,088 | |
2013 | 219,279 | 129,477 | 89,802 | |
2014 | 218,412 | 130,077 | 88,335 | |
2015 | 217,284 | 130,770 | 86,511 | |
2016 | 215,091 | 130,596 | 84,495 | |
2017 | 213,258 | 131,802 | 81,459 | |
2018 | 213,276 | 133,761 | 79,515 | |
2019 | 208,011 | 132,099 | 75,912 | |
2020 | 191,184 | 122,676 | 68,508 | |
2021 | 193,221 | 124,245 | 68,976 | |
2022 | 200,229 | 127,353 | 72,876 | |
2023 | 206,292 | 132,486 | 73,809 | |
University entrance qualification and Entrance qualification for universities of applied sciences | 2007 | 117,051 | 54,531 | 62,520 |
2008 | 115,236 | 53,070 | 62,169 | |
2009 | 111,357 | 50,736 | 60,621 | |
2010 | 115,977 | 54,417 | 61,557 | |
2011 | 129,030 | 64,197 | 64,830 | |
2012 | 130,335 | 64,887 | 65,448 | |
2013 | 131,202 | 65,925 | 65,277 | |
2014 | 134,013 | 68,112 | 65,901 | |
2015 | 141,420 | 72,927 | 68,493 | |
2016 | 144,243 | 75,477 | 68,766 | |
2017 | 147,678 | 79,797 | 67,881 | |
2018 | 150,702 | 82,974 | 67,728 | |
2019 | 150,237 | 83,967 | 66,267 | |
2020 | 135,672 | 75,819 | 59,853 | |
2021 | 138,585 | 78,399 | 60,186 | |
2022 | 133,740 | 77,208 | 56,532 | |
2023 | 132,504 | 77,082 | 55,422 | |
Foreign school-leaving certificate that is not assignable | 2007 | 21,300 | 12,834 | 8,463 |
2008 | 46,470 | 26,160 | 20,313 | |
2009 | 10,494 | 5,889 | 4,605 | |
2010 | 3,762 | 1,953 | 1,809 | |
2011 | 4,002 | 2,118 | 1,884 | |
2012 | 3,312 | 1,803 | 1,506 | |
2013 | 3,681 | 1,947 | 1,734 | |
2014 | 3,810 | 2,127 | 1,686 | |
2015 | 4,050 | 2,388 | 1,662 | |
2016 | 5,799 | 3,912 | 1,890 | |
2017 | 9,522 | 7,170 | 2,352 | |
2018 | 11,211 | 8,463 | 2,748 | |
2019 | 10,914 | 7,686 | 3,228 | |
2020 | 8,793 | 5,814 | 2,979 | |
2021 | 9,348 | 5,871 | 3,477 | |
2022 | 11,628 | 6,783 | 4,842 | |
2023 | 15,123 | 8,571 | 6,549 |
Source: Federal Statistical Office (GENESIS-Online database - 21211 Statistics of vocational training, Statistischer Bericht Berufsbildungsstatistik, Fachserie 11 Reihe 3)
Notes:
1) Due to the redesign of the statistics in 2007, comparability of results before and after the transition is limited. Therefore, differentiation based on educational background is not presented for years prior to 2007. A differing definition for newly concluded training contracts in 2007 results in restricted comparability.
2) As of 2007, differences in sums are possible due to the rounding procedure to ensure privacy in vocational education statistics. For further information see source.
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