Switzerland
Apprenticeships and vocational education and training (VET) in Switzerland: 72 indicators with data · 72 open datasets.
Key figures
Latest value for Switzerland on the main measures of vocational education and work-based learning, with the EU-27 figure for the same year where one is published. Select an indicator for its map, ranking, trend and downloads.
| Indicator | Switzerland | EU-27 | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recent VET graduates who had work-based learningEurostat · tps00215 | 96.7% | 66.0% | 2025 |
| Share of upper-secondary VET pupils in work-based programmesEurostat; calculation by Apprentix · educ_uoe_enrs04 | 90.3% | 24.7% d | 2024 |
| Pupils in combined school- and work-based upper-secondary VETEurostat · educ_uoe_enrs04 | 193,796 pupils | 2,262,565 pupils d | 2024 |
| IVET students as % of all upper secondary studentsCedefop · KIVET 1010 | 60.7% | 49.4% | 2024 |
| Employment rate of recent VET graduatesEurostat · edat_lfse_24 | 85.2% | 80.1% | 2025 |
| Employment premium for recent IVET graduates (over general stream) (%)Cedefop · KIVET 2090a | 19.3% | 13.3% | 2025 |
| Employment rate of adults with vocational vs general upper-secondary qualifications (OECD)Vocational upper secondary or post-secondary non-tertiary education; From 25 to 64 yearsOECD | 84.1% | — | 2025 |
| Early leavers from education and training (%)Cedefop · KIVET 3010 | 5.5% | 9.1% | 2025 |
| NEET rate for 15-29 year-olds (%)Cedefop · KIVET 3030 | 8.7% | 11.0% | 2025 |
Sources: Eurostat (CC-BY-4.0); Eurostat; calculation by Apprentix (CC-BY-4.0); Cedefop (CC-BY-4.0); OECD (CC-BY-4.0). Totals only (default breakdown). Letters after a value are the publisher's flags; hover for their meaning.
National statistics
Series from Switzerland's own statistical sources. Definitions differ from country to country, so these figures should not be compared with other countries'.
| Indicator | Switzerland | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Entrants to initial VET by training form (Switzerland)Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS) · px-x-1502020100_103 | 76,793 entrants | 2025 |
| Learners in initial VET by canton and training form (Switzerland)SwitzerlandSwiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS) · px-x-1502020100_203 | 215,052 learners | 2025 |
| Learners in initial VET by training form — dual vs school-based (Switzerland)Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS) · px-x-1502020100_203 | 215,052 learners | 2025 |
| Learners in initial VET (Switzerland)Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS) · px-x-1502020100_104 | 217,096 learners | 2024 |
| Initial VET qualifications awarded by training form (Switzerland)Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS) · px-x-1502020100_303 | 65,329 qualifications | 2025 |
Sources: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS) (opendata.swiss terms of use 'Open use. Must provide the source.' (terms_by): non-commercial and commercial use allowed; you must provide the source (author, title and link to the dataset). BFS: 'Freie Nutzung - Quellenangabe ist Pflicht'.).
More indicators
58 further indicators have data for Switzerland, each with a map, ranking, trend and downloads.
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- Adults (16-74 year-olds) learning online (%)
- Adults (25-64 year-olds) who wanted to participate in training but did not (%)
- Adults (25-64 year-olds) with a learning experience in the last 12 months (%) - AES
- Adults (25-64 year-olds) with a learning experience in the last 12 months (%) - AES (excl. GOJT)
- Adults (25-64 year-olds) with a learning experience in the last 12 months (%) - LFS
- Adults (25-64 year-olds) with a learning experience in the last 4 weeks (%) - LFS
- Female IVET students as % of all female upper secondary students
- IVET students with direct access to tertiary education as % of all upper secondary IVET
- IVET work-based students as % of all upper secondary IVET
- Job-related non-formal adult learning (%) - AES
- Low-qualified adults with a learning experience in the last 12 months (%) - AES
- Low-qualified adults with a learning experience in the last 12 months (%) - AES (excl. GOJT)
- Low-qualified adults with a learning experience in the last 12 months (%) - LFS
- Low-qualified adults with a learning experience in the last 4 weeks (%) - LFS
- Older adults (55-64 year-olds) with a learning experience in the last 12 months (%) - AES
- Older adults (55-64 year-olds) with a learning experience in the last 12 months (%) - AES (excl. GOJT)
- Older adults (55-64 year-olds) with a learning experience in the last 12 months (%) - LFS
- Older adults (55-64 year-olds) with a learning experience in the last 4 weeks (%) - LFS
- Unemployed adults with a learning experience in the last 4 weeks (%)
- Young IVET graduates in further education and training (%)
- 25-34 year-olds with tertiary attainment (%)
- Adults with lower level of educational attainment (%)
- Employment in knowledge intensive activities (% of total employment)
- Employment rate for 20-64 year-olds (%)
- Employment rate for 20-64 year-olds with lower level of educational attainment (%)
- Employment rate of recent graduates (%)
- Gender employment gap (%)
- Medium/high-qualified employment (% of total in the age group of 20-64 years olds)
- Out-of-school rate for population of upper secondary education school age (%)
- Unemployment rate for 20-34 year-olds (%)
- Participations in Centres of Vocational Excellence projects
- Adults' average expenditure on non-formal learning (EUR per participant)
- Government expenditure on vocational secondary and post-secondary education (UIS)
- IVET public expenditure (% of GDP)
- IVET public expenditure per student (1000 PPS units)
- Employed ICT specialists (1000s)
- People at risk of poverty or social exclusion (1000s)
- Employment rate of recent general-education graduates
- Pupils in combined school- and work-based post-secondary VET
- Share of 15–24-year-olds enrolled in vocational education (UIS)
- Share of VET students in combined school- and work-based programmes (OECD)
- Share of post-secondary non-tertiary students in vocational programmes (UIS)
- Share of secondary students in vocational programmes (UIS)
- Share of short-cycle tertiary students in vocational programmes (UIS)
- Share of upper-secondary students in vocational programmes (UIS)
- Adults (16-74 year-olds) with at least basic digital skills (%)
- Employment rate for recent IVET graduates (20-34 year-olds) (%)
- IVET graduates as % of all upper secondary graduates
- Job-related non-formal adult learning activities with acquired skills being used at least to fair extent (%) – AES.
- Job-related non-formal adult learning activities with favourable outcomes (%) - AES.
- Recent IVET graduates (20-34 year-olds) with a work-based learning experience as part of their vocational education and training (%)
- STEM graduates from upper secondary IVET (% of total)
- Short cycle VET graduates as % of first time tertiary education graduates
- Workers helped to improve their work by training (%)
- Workers with skills matched to their duties (%)
- Cedefop labour and skills shortage index (CLSSI) by occupation
- European Skills Index (ESI) — 2018, 2020 and 2022 editions as published
- European Skills Index (ESI), 2024 methodology
Open datasets
72 open datasets on apprenticeship and VET from Switzerland are listed on Europe's open-data portals, 33 of them specifically about apprenticeship.
Source: data.europa.eu — the official portal for European data (search API) (EC-reuse). Each dataset keeps its own licence.
Sources and licences
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