Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)
SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand): Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male was 297,200 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand), 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
The most recent figure for out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) is 297,200, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.6% on the previous year and up 99.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) peaked at 297,200 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 94,860, in 2000.
That places SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) 35th out of 39 groups with data for 2025, putting it 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, male in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 94,860 | — |
| 2001 | 96,170 | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 98,230 | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 101,200 | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 105,400 | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 113,000 | +7.2% |
| 2006 | 121,500 | +7.5% |
| 2007 | 130,600 | +7.5% |
| 2008 | 139,700 | +7.0% |
| 2009 | 145,300 | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 148,100 | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 148,000 | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 146,900 | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 146,700 | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 147,600 | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 149,100 | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 101,100 | -32.2% |
| 2017 | 102,700 | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 106,100 | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 110,600 | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 118,400 | +7.1% |
| 2021 | 219,200 | +85.1% |
| 2022 | 240,800 | +9.9% |
| 2023 | 261,200 | +8.5% |
| 2024 | 281,400 | +7.7% |
| 2025 | 297,200 | +5.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) 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 | +85.1% | 118,400 | 219,200 |
| 2016 | -32.2% | 149,100 | 101,100 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 114,596 | 94,860 | 145,300 | 10 |
| 2010s | 130,690 | 101,100 | 149,100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 236,367 | 118,400 | 297,200 | 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 youth of upper secondary school age, male in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)?
- Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) was 297,200 in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male recorded in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)?
- The highest recorded value was 297,200 in 2025.
- What is the lowest out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male recorded in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)?
- The lowest recorded value was 94,860 in 2000.
- How does SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) rank for out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male?
- SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) ranks 35th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male rising or falling in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 99.3%. 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 youth of upper secondary school age, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release