Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in SDG: Oceania
SDG: Oceania: Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female was 31.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in SDG: Oceania, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in SDG: Oceania is 31.8%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.3% on the previous year and up 40.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in SDG: Oceania peaked at 31.8% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 18.1%, in 2006.
SDG: Oceania ranks 20th 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 youth of upper secondary school age, female in SDG: Oceania, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 21.8% | — |
| 2001 | 20.8% | -4.6% |
| 2002 | 19.9% | -4.3% |
| 2003 | 19.1% | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 18.4% | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 18.2% | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 18.1% | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 18.4% | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 18.9% | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 19.3% | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 19.7% | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 19.9% | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 20.3% | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 21.2% | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 22.1% | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 22.7% | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 19.6% | -13.7% |
| 2017 | 19.4% | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 19.3% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 19.3% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 19.5% | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 25.7% | +31.8% |
| 2022 | 27.2% | +5.8% |
| 2023 | 28.7% | +5.5% |
| 2024 | 30.2% | +5.2% |
| 2025 | 31.8% | +5.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +31.8% | 19.5% | 25.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 19.3% | 18.1% | 21.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.4% | 19.3% | 22.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.2% | 19.5% | 31.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Oceania
- 17 Mozambique 67.8% compare
- 18 Afghanistan 67.8% compare
- 19 Cameroon 67.3% compare
- 20 Lao People's Democratic Republic 66.9% compare
- 21 Ghana 66.7% compare
- 22 Guatemala 65.1% compare
- 23 Papua New Guinea 62.8% 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 youth of upper secondary school age, female in SDG: Oceania?
- Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in SDG: Oceania was 31.8% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female recorded in SDG: Oceania?
- The highest recorded value was 31.8% in 2025.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female recorded in SDG: Oceania?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.1% in 2006.
- How does SDG: Oceania rank for out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female?
- SDG: Oceania ranks 20th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female rising or falling in SDG: Oceania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.1%. 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 youth of upper secondary school age, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release