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Key figures: Applicants to higher vocational education 2014-2024

  2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Number of applications .. 91 390 92 453 95 661 112 681 154 205 215 818 232 368 225 323 245 345 267 507
Number of applicants .. 51 210 50 935 52 586 56 677 70 673 92 439 95 004 90 510 96 153 104 541
of which women, percent .. 58 60 59 59 58 58 59 58 56 56
of which men, percent .. 42 40 41 41 42 42 41 42 44 44
Number of qualified applicants 38 261 38 266 39 041 40 259 43 612 53 079 69 356 71 071 67 191 70 150 77 036
of which women, percent 58 57 59 59 60 60 59 60 59 57 57
of which men, percent 42 43 41 41 40 40 41 40 41 43 43
Number of places 18 906 19 115 20 776 21 636 24 085 29 552 35 492 32 792 33 755 34 296 34 698
Number of applicants per place .. 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.9 2.7 2.8 3.0
Number of qualified applicants per place 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.2
Number of admitted students 18  005 17  889 19  053 20  129 22  225 27  672 34 807 32 249 32 315 34 158 34 809
of which women, percent 52 51 54 54 56 55 53 53 53 51 50
of which men, percent 48 49 46 46 44 45 47 47 47 49 50

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Source
SCB

Last updated
2025-03-20

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