Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male was 59.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male in Papua New Guinea, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 59.0% for out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.1% on the previous year and up 84.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male in Papua New Guinea peaked at 59.0% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 26.0%, in 2001.
That places Papua New Guinea 24th out of 206 countries 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 youth of upper secondary school age, male in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 26.5% | — |
| 2001 | 26.0% | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 26.2% | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 26.3% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 26.7% | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 28.0% | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 29.8% | +6.4% |
| 2007 | 31.9% | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 34.1% | +6.9% |
| 2009 | 35.0% | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 34.9% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 34.1% | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 32.9% | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 32.2% | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 31.9% | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 32.0% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 39.3% | +22.8% |
| 2017 | 39.7% | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 40.5% | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 41.5% | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 43.9% | +5.8% |
| 2021 | 44.8% | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 49.2% | +9.8% |
| 2023 | 53.2% | +8.1% |
| 2024 | 56.7% | +6.6% |
| 2025 | 59.0% | +4.1% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 59.0% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 38.2%, 1.5× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 59.0% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 23.1%, 2.5× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 29.1% | 26.0% | 35.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.9% | 31.9% | 41.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 51.1% | 43.9% | 59.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More education data for Papua New Guinea
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 14,791 (2016)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 80,915 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 226,545 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 208,353 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 655,030 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.65 million (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 10.31 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1593 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male in Papua New Guinea?
- Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male in Papua New Guinea was 59.0% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 59.0% in 2025.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.0% in 2001.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 24th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 84.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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, male (modelled data) (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release