Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in SDG: Oceania
SDG: Oceania: Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age was 8.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in SDG: Oceania, 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: Oceania stood at 8.9%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 93.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in SDG: Oceania peaked at 11.9% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 4.6%, in 2015.
SDG: Oceania ranks 26th of 39 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.7% | — |
| 2001 | 6.4% | -4.5% |
| 2002 | 6.2% | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 6.0% | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 5.9% | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 5.8% | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 5.9% | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 5.6% | -5.1% |
| 2008 | 5.2% | -7.1% |
| 2009 | 5.0% | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 4.9% | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 5.0% | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 5.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 4.8% | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 4.7% | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 4.6% | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 8.8% | +91.3% |
| 2017 | 9.2% | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 9.8% | +6.5% |
| 2019 | 10.8% | +10.2% |
| 2020 | 11.9% | +10.2% |
| 2021 | 7.4% | -37.8% |
| 2022 | 8.1% | +9.5% |
| 2023 | 8.7% | +7.4% |
| 2024 | 8.9% | +2.3% |
| 2025 | 8.9% | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in SDG: Oceania 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 | +91.3% | 4.6% | 8.8% |
| 2021 | -37.8% | 11.9% | 7.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.9% | 5.0% | 6.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.8% | 4.6% | 10.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.0% | 7.4% | 11.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Oceania
- 23 Iraq 33.1% compare
- 24 Lebanon 32.5% compare
- 25 Guatemala 32.4% compare
- 26 Lesotho 32.3% compare
- 27 Papua New Guinea 31.3% compare
- 28 Cote d'Ivoire 30.8% compare
- 29 Mauritania 30.3% compare
More education data for SDG: Oceania
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 0.046 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.93 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.2876 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.3171 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.20 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 0.485 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 875,062 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 143,229 (2017)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.05 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in SDG: Oceania?
- Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in SDG: Oceania was 8.9% 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?
- The highest recorded value was 11.9% in 2020.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age recorded in SDG: Oceania?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.6% in 2015.
- How does SDG: Oceania rank for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age?
- SDG: Oceania ranks 26th 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?
- Over the last ten years it is up 93.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Oceania 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