Completion rate, lower secondary education, male in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)
SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand): Completion rate, lower secondary education, male was 38.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, lower secondary education, male in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand), 1990–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, completion rate, lower secondary education, male in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) stood at 38.5%.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, lower secondary education, male in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) peaked at 40.6% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 30.8%, in 1991.
That places SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) 37th out of 39 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Completion rate, lower secondary education, male in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 30.9% | — |
| 1991 | 30.8% | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 30.9% | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 31.0% | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 31.5% | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 32.1% | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 32.9% | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 33.9% | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 35.0% | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 36.2% | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 37.6% | +3.9% |
| 2001 | 38.8% | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 39.5% | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 39.9% | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 40.2% | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 40.4% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 40.6% | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 40.6% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 40.5% | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 40.2% | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 40.0% | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 39.9% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 39.7% | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 39.4% | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 39.0% | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 38.4% | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 37.7% | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 37.0% | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 36.7% | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 36.6% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 36.8% | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 37.0% | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 37.3% | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 37.7% | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 38.0% | +0.8% |
| 2025 | 38.5% | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 32.5% | 30.8% | 36.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 39.8% | 37.6% | 40.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 38.4% | 36.6% | 40.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 37.6% | 36.8% | 38.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)
More education data for SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 844,702 (2019)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.9 % change on previous year (2019)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.80 million (2019)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 242,341 (2019)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 261,464 (2019)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 78,205 (2019)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 29,186 (2017)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 23,467 (2017)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 503,805 (2019)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.26 % change on previous year (2019)
All data for SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, lower secondary education, male in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)?
- Completion rate, lower secondary education, male in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) was 38.5% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, lower secondary education, male recorded in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)?
- The highest recorded value was 40.6% in 2006.
- What is the lowest completion rate, lower secondary education, male recorded in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.8% in 1991.
- How does SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) rank for completion rate, lower secondary education, male?
- SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) ranks 37th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, lower secondary education, male rising or falling in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release