Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male in SDG: Oceania
SDG: Oceania: Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male was 308,200 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male in SDG: Oceania, 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 is 308,200, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.4% on the previous year and up 85.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male in SDG: Oceania peaked at 308,200 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 116,900, 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, male in SDG: Oceania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 150,200 | — |
| 2001 | 149,800 | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 150,000 | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 149,700 | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 150,400 | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 155,100 | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 160,500 | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 167,600 | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 173,800 | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 176,600 | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 176,500 | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 173,600 | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 169,500 | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 166,700 | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 166,100 | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 166,300 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 116,900 | -29.7% |
| 2017 | 118,200 | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 120,800 | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 124,700 | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 132,000 | +5.9% |
| 2021 | 231,500 | +75.4% |
| 2022 | 252,700 | +9.2% |
| 2023 | 273,400 | +8.2% |
| 2024 | 292,400 | +6.9% |
| 2025 | 308,200 | +5.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male 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 | +75.4% | 132,000 | 231,500 |
| 2016 | -29.7% | 166,300 | 116,900 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 158,370 | 149,700 | 176,600 | 10 |
| 2010s | 149,930 | 116,900 | 176,500 | 10 |
| 2020s | 248,367 | 132,000 | 308,200 | 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, male in SDG: Oceania?
- Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male in SDG: Oceania was 308,200 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?
- The highest recorded value was 308,200 in 2025.
- What is the lowest out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male recorded in SDG: Oceania?
- The lowest recorded value was 116,900 in 2016.
- How does SDG: Oceania rank for out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male?
- SDG: Oceania ranks 33rd 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?
- Over the last ten years it is up 85.3%. 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, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release