Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States
SDG: Small Island Developing States: Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male was 17.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
SDG: Small Island Developing States recorded 17.5% for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 4.2% on the previous year and up 92.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States peaked at 17.5% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 8.8%, in 2013.
SDG: Small Island Developing States ranks 13th 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, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 14.9% | — |
| 2001 | 14.0% | -6.0% |
| 2002 | 13.0% | -7.1% |
| 2003 | 12.1% | -6.9% |
| 2004 | 11.8% | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 11.9% | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 11.9% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 11.5% | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 11.1% | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 10.6% | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 10.2% | -3.8% |
| 2011 | 9.6% | -5.9% |
| 2012 | 9.0% | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 8.8% | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 8.9% | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 9.1% | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 11.2% | +23.1% |
| 2017 | 12.1% | +8.0% |
| 2018 | 13.5% | +11.6% |
| 2019 | 15.1% | +11.9% |
| 2020 | 16.5% | +9.3% |
| 2021 | 14.6% | -11.5% |
| 2022 | 15.3% | +4.8% |
| 2023 | 16.1% | +5.2% |
| 2024 | 16.8% | +4.3% |
| 2025 | 17.5% | +4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.3% | 10.6% | 14.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.8% | 8.8% | 15.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.1% | 14.6% | 17.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Small Island Developing States
More education data for SDG: Small Island Developing States
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.24 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.1626 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.33 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 430,327 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.1765 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.0678 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.021 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -0.756 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States was 17.5% 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: Small Island Developing States?
- The highest recorded value was 17.5% in 2025.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male recorded in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.8% in 2013.
- How does SDG: Small Island Developing States rank for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male?
- SDG: Small Island Developing States ranks 13th 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: Small Island Developing States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 92.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Small Island Developing States 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