School life expectancy, primary, male in SDG: Oceania
SDG: Oceania: School life expectancy, primary, male was 6.72 years in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary, male in SDG: Oceania, 1991β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary, male in SDG: Oceania stood at 6.72 years.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, male in SDG: Oceania peaked at 6.9 years in 2014 and was at its lowest, 5.82 years, in 2006.
That places SDG: Oceania 15th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.22 years | 6.13 years | 6.28 years | 9 |
| 2000s | 5.91 years | 5.82 years | 6.12 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.77 years | 6.39 years | 6.9 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.75 years | 6.72 years | 6.79 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Oceania
- 12 Grenada 7.89 years compare
- 13 Botswana 7.76 years compare
- 14 Ireland 7.67 years compare
- 15 Afghanistan 7.58 years compare
- 16 Papua New Guinea 7.53 years compare
- 17 Bhutan 7.48 years compare
- 18 Turks and Caicos Islands 7.44 years compare
More education data for SDG: Oceania
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 77.6% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 76.1% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 1.93 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 22.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 2.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 1.20 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 199,468 (2017)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 2.35 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 746,747 (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 696,822 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, male in SDG: Oceania?
- School life expectancy, primary, male in SDG: Oceania was 6.72 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in SDG: Oceania?
- The highest recorded value was 6.9 years in 2014.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in SDG: Oceania?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.82 years in 2006.
- How does SDG: Oceania rank for school life expectancy, primary, male?
- SDG: Oceania ranks 15th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, male rising or falling in SDG: Oceania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. 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 School life expectancy, primary, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release