Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)
SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand): Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age was 29.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand), 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) is 29.2%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and up 104.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) peaked at 29.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14.0%, in 2000.
That places SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) 7th out of 39 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 14.0% | — |
| 2001 | 14.1% | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 14.3% | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 14.5% | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 15.1% | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 15.6% | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 16.4% | +5.1% |
| 2007 | 16.0% | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 15.2% | -5.0% |
| 2009 | 14.8% | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 15.0% | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 15.5% | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 15.4% | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 14.9% | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 14.6% | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 14.3% | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 20.7% | +44.8% |
| 2017 | 21.5% | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 23.2% | +7.9% |
| 2019 | 25.8% | +11.2% |
| 2020 | 29.0% | +12.4% |
| 2021 | 24.9% | -14.1% |
| 2022 | 27.4% | +10.0% |
| 2023 | 29.2% | +6.6% |
| 2024 | 29.5% | +1.0% |
| 2025 | 29.2% | -1.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +44.8% | 14.3% | 20.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.0% | 14.0% | 16.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.1% | 14.3% | 25.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.2% | 24.9% | 29.5% | 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 out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)?
- Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) was 29.2% 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: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)?
- The highest recorded value was 29.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age recorded in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.0% in 2000.
- How does SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) rank for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age?
- SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) ranks 7th 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: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 104.2%. 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 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