Key figures: Applicants to higher vocational education 2014-2025

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Number of applications	..	91 390	92 453	95 661	112 681	154 205	215 818	232 368	225 323	245 345	267 507	265 277
Number of applicants	..	51 210	50 935	52 586	56 677	70 673	92 439	95 004	90 510	96 153	104 541	104 552
of which women, percent	..	58	60	59	59	58	58	59	58	56	56	56
of which men, percent	..	42	40	41	41	42	42	41	42	44	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	77 925
of which women, percent	58	57	59	59	60	60	59	60	59	57	57	57
of which men, percent	42	43	41	41	40	40	41	40	41	43	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	33 441
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	3.1
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	2.3
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	33 934
of which women, percent	52	51	54	54	56	55	53	53	53	51	50	51
of which men, percent	48	49	46	46	44	45	47	47	47	49	50	49

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Source
SCB

Last updated
2026-03-20