Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male 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, male was 28.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male 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, male in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) is 28.4%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 125.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) peaked at 28.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 12.3%, in 2013.
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, male in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 14.3% | — |
| 2001 | 14.6% | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 14.9% | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 15.4% | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 16.1% | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 16.7% | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 17.3% | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 16.6% | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 15.3% | -7.8% |
| 2009 | 14.4% | -5.9% |
| 2010 | 13.7% | -4.9% |
| 2011 | 13.2% | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 12.6% | -4.5% |
| 2013 | 12.3% | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 12.5% | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 12.6% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 18.3% | +45.2% |
| 2017 | 19.6% | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 21.8% | +11.2% |
| 2019 | 24.8% | +13.8% |
| 2020 | 28.1% | +13.3% |
| 2021 | 24.4% | -13.2% |
| 2022 | 26.8% | +9.8% |
| 2023 | 28.4% | +6.0% |
| 2024 | 28.4% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 28.4% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.6% | 14.3% | 17.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.1% | 12.3% | 24.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.4% | 24.4% | 28.4% | 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, male in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)?
- Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) was 28.4% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male recorded in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)?
- The highest recorded value was 28.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male recorded in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.3% in 2013.
- How does SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) rank for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male?
- 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, male rising or falling in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 125.4%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release