Table 2.7.11 - BMBF's Data Portal

Table 2.7.11

Participation in continuing education, by age groups and sex 2020
		Age from ... up to under ... years
		Total¹⁾		18 - 25		25 - 35		35 - 45		45 - 55		55 - 65		65 - 70		18 - 65		25 - 65
		Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Category	Segment of continuing education	Share (%)
Population	Total continuing education	57	57	65	64	63	66	59	63	65	59	51	51	24	26	60	60	60	59
	Continuing vocational education in enterprises	47	43	42	37	50	51	50	52	59	49	44	40	12	9	50	46	51	47
	Individual vocational continuing education	8	9	12	13	10	12	10	10	6	10	4	7	6	2	8	10	7	10
	Non-vocational continuing education	14	20	27	30	20	24	12	15	11	20	11	18	10	17	15	20	13	19
Employed persons²⁾³⁾	Total continuing education	65	69	75	79	67	79	62	71	69	66	59	63	m	m	65	69	64	69
	Continuing vocational education in enterprises	59	61	69	64	57	70	56	64	64	59	54	55	m	m	59	62	58	62
	Individual vocational continuing education	7	9	9	11	8	11	8	8	6	10	4	8	m	m	6	9	6	9
	Non-vocational continuing education	13	20	14	23	18	25	11	16	10	21	11	19	m	m	13	20	13	20
Unemployed persons⁴⁾	Total continuing education	38	36	59	58	50	44	43	35	30	30	24	25	18	22	45	40	37	34
	Continuing vocational education in enterprises	16	13	27	28	21	17	14	12	11	7	11	8	6	6	19	16	15	11
	Individual vocational continuing education	11	10	15	14	20	15	19	15	8	13	5	5	4	1	14	12	13	11
	Non-vocational continuing education	19	20	34	34	26	22	15	13	12	15	10	15	10	18	23	21	16	17