Australian vocational education and training statistics: total VET students and courses 2019

This publication provides an estimate of the extent and nature of nationally recognised vocational education and training (VET) delivered in 2019 by Australian registered training providers (RTOs). This picture of training activity is known as 'total VET activity', to reflect that the information reports on students who undertook government funded training and those who undertook training on a fee-for-service basis. In 2019, 4.2 million students were enrolled in nationally recognised vocational education and training (VET). In 2019, compared with 2018: student numbers increased by 3.2...  [+] Show more

This publication provides an estimate of the extent and nature of nationally recognised vocational education and training (VET) delivered in 2019 by Australian registered training providers (RTOs). This picture of training activity is known as 'total VET activity', to reflect that the information reports on students who undertook government funded training and those who undertook training on a fee-for-service basis.

In 2019, 4.2 million students were enrolled in nationally recognised vocational education and training (VET). In 2019, compared with 2018: student numbers increased by 3.2 per cent to 4.2 million; full-year training equivalents (FYTEs) increased by 0.9 per cent to 1.1 million; students enrolled in nationally recognised programs increased by 3.0 per cent to 2.1 million; and students enrolled in subjects not delivered as part of a nationally recognised program increased by 4.0 per cent to 2.6 million. An estimated 23.4 per cent of the Australian resident population aged 15 to 64 years participated in nationally recognised VET in Australia in 2019. From 2018 to 2019: government-funded students increased by 4.2 per cent to 1.2 million and FYTEs increased by 4.3 per cent to 548,900; domestic fee-for-service students increased by 2.8 per cent to 3.1 million and FYTEs decreased by 6.9 per cent to 396,700; and international fee-for-service students increased by 15.3 per cent to 224,400 and FYTEs increased by 13.9 per cent to 137,500.

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