Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes in SDG: Oceania
SDG: Oceania: Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes was 603,400 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes in SDG: Oceania, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2025, out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes in SDG: Oceania stood at 603,400. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.1% on the previous year and up 73.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes in SDG: Oceania peaked at 603,400 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 240,600, in 2016.
SDG: Oceania ranks 33rd of 39 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes in SDG: Oceania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 290,300 | — |
| 2001 | 286,400 | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 283,100 | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 280,000 | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 278,100 | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 283,200 | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 290,800 | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 301,900 | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 313,800 | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 320,800 | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 325,200 | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 325,900 | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 326,700 | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 332,600 | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 341,000 | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 347,600 | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 240,600 | -30.8% |
| 2017 | 242,000 | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 244,400 | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 249,100 | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 258,700 | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 450,800 | +74.3% |
| 2022 | 490,600 | +8.8% |
| 2023 | 530,100 | +8.1% |
| 2024 | 568,500 | +7.2% |
| 2025 | 603,400 | +6.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes 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 | +74.3% | 258,700 | 450,800 |
| 2016 | -30.8% | 347,600 | 240,600 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 292,840 | 278,100 | 320,800 | 10 |
| 2010s | 297,510 | 240,600 | 347,600 | 10 |
| 2020s | 483,683 | 258,700 | 603,400 | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Oceania
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 youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes in SDG: Oceania?
- Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes in SDG: Oceania was 603,400 in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes recorded in SDG: Oceania?
- The highest recorded value was 603,400 in 2025.
- What is the lowest out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes recorded in SDG: Oceania?
- The lowest recorded value was 240,600 in 2016.
- How does SDG: Oceania rank for out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes?
- SDG: Oceania ranks 33rd out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes rising or falling in SDG: Oceania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 73.6%. 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 youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release