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 30.1% 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 30.1%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and up 88.1% 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 30.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 13.6%, in 2001.
That places SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) 9th 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 | 13.7% | — |
| 2001 | 13.6% | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 13.6% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 13.7% | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 14.0% | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 14.6% | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 15.4% | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 15.5% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 15.1% | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 15.3% | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 16.3% | +6.5% |
| 2011 | 17.7% | +8.6% |
| 2012 | 18.2% | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 17.5% | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 16.6% | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 16.0% | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 23.2% | +45.0% |
| 2017 | 23.5% | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 24.6% | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 26.9% | +9.3% |
| 2020 | 30.0% | +11.5% |
| 2021 | 25.4% | -15.3% |
| 2022 | 28.0% | +10.2% |
| 2023 | 30.1% | +7.5% |
| 2024 | 30.7% | +2.0% |
| 2025 | 30.1% | -2.0% |
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 | +45.0% | 16.0% | 23.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.4% | 13.6% | 15.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.1% | 16.0% | 26.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.1% | 25.4% | 30.7% | 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 30.1% 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 30.7% 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 13.6% in 2001.
- 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 9th 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 88.1%. 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release