Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in SDG: Australia and New Zealand
SDG: Australia and New Zealand: Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age was 0.4% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in SDG: Australia and New Zealand, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in SDG: Australia and New Zealand stood at 0.4%. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 42.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in SDG: Australia and New Zealand peaked at 4.2% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2022.
That places SDG: Australia and New Zealand 39th out of 39 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in SDG: Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.2% | — |
| 2001 | 3.8% | -9.5% |
| 2002 | 3.4% | -10.5% |
| 2003 | 3.0% | -11.8% |
| 2004 | 2.7% | -10.0% |
| 2005 | 2.4% | -11.1% |
| 2006 | 2.2% | -8.3% |
| 2007 | 1.9% | -13.6% |
| 2008 | 1.6% | -15.8% |
| 2009 | 1.4% | -12.5% |
| 2010 | 1.2% | -14.3% |
| 2011 | 1.0% | -16.7% |
| 2012 | 0.9% | -10.0% |
| 2013 | 0.8% | -11.1% |
| 2014 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.7% | -12.5% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | -14.3% |
| 2018 | 0.6% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | -16.7% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.4% | -20.0% |
| 2023 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.7% | 1.4% | 4.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.5% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Australia and New Zealand
- 36 Marshall Islands 24.5% compare
- 37 Bangladesh 23.9% compare
- 38 Solomon Islands 23.5% compare
- 39 Kuwait 22.9% compare
- 40 Micronesia (country) 22.4% compare
- 41 Angola 21.9% compare
- 42 El Salvador 21.9% compare
More education data for SDG: Australia and New Zealand
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.36 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.65 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.52 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.722 % change on previous year (2000)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 126,112 (2000)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.17 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.0007 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 363,629 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 335,435 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in SDG: Australia and New Zealand?
- Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in SDG: Australia and New Zealand was 0.4% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age recorded in SDG: Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 4.2% in 2000.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age recorded in SDG: Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2022.
- How does SDG: Australia and New Zealand rank for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age?
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand ranks 39th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age rising or falling in SDG: Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this SDG: Australia and New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release