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Apprenticeships and vocational education and training (VET) in North Macedonia: 62 indicators with data.
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Latest value for North Macedonia 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 | North Macedonia | EU-27 | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recent VET graduates who had work-based learningEurostat · tps00215 | 3.5% u | 66.0% | 2025 |
| Share of upper-secondary VET pupils in work-based programmesEurostat; calculation by Apprentix · educ_uoe_enrs04 | 0.0% | 22.0% d | 2017 |
| Pupils in combined school- and work-based upper-secondary VETEurostat · educ_uoe_enrs04 | 0 pupils | 1,867,507 pupils d | 2017 |
| IVET students as % of all upper secondary studentsCedefop · KIVET 1010 | 65.7% | 49.4% | 2024 |
| Employment rate of recent VET graduatesEurostat · edat_lfse_24 | 53.6% | 80.1% | 2025 |
| Employment premium for recent IVET graduates (over general stream) (%)Cedefop · KIVET 2090a | 14.0% | 13.3% | 2025 |
| Enterprises employing initial-VET participantsEurostat · trng_cvt_34s | 10.4% of enterprises | 32.4% of enterprises | 2020 |
| IVET learners who benefitted from a learning mobility abroad (%)Cedefop · KIVET 1026 | 2.3% | 2.2% dV | 2021 |
| Erasmus+ VET mobility projectsEuropean Commission (DG EAC / EACEA), Erasmus+ project results · ErasmusPlus_KA1 | 30 projects | 6,890 projects | 2025 |
| Early leavers from education and training (%)Cedefop · KIVET 3010 | 9.5% | 9.1% | 2025 |
| NEET rate for 15-29 year-olds (%)Cedefop · KIVET 3030 | 23.4% | 11.0% | 2025 |
Sources: Eurostat (CC-BY-4.0); Eurostat; calculation by Apprentix (CC-BY-4.0); Cedefop (CC-BY-4.0); European Commission (DG EAC / EACEA), Erasmus+ project results (CC-BY-4.0). Totals only (default breakdown). Letters after a value are the publisher's flags; hover for their meaning.
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51 further indicators have data for North Macedonia, 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 (%) - LFS
- Adults (25-64 year-olds) with a learning experience in the last 4 weeks (%) - LFS
- Enterprises sponsoring training (%)
- Female IVET students as % of all female upper secondary students
- Hours spent in CVT courses (per 1000 hours worked)
- 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 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 4 weeks (%) - LFS
- Small firms' workers participating in CVT courses (%)
- Unemployed adults with a learning experience in the last 4 weeks (%)
- Workers participating in CVT courses (% of staff)
- 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)
- Enterprise expenditure on CVT courses as % of total labour cost
- Employed ICT specialists (1000s)
- People at risk of poverty or social exclusion (1000s)
- EU grant for Erasmus+ VET mobility projects
- New Erasmus accreditations in VET
- 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 post-secondary non-tertiary students in vocational programmes (UIS)
- Share of secondary 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)
- Workers helped to improve their work by training (%)
- Workers with skills matched to their duties (%)
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Last updated
2026-10-01
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