Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)
SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand): Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male was 70.1% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand), 1994–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) is 70.1%, measured in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) peaked at 78.0% in 1994 and was at its lowest, 70.1%, in 2021.
SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) ranks 202nd of 204 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 78.0% | — |
| 1995 | 78.0% | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 77.8% | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 77.6% | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 77.3% | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 76.6% | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 75.7% | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 75.2% | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 74.7% | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 74.1% | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 73.5% | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 73.0% | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 72.4% | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 71.9% | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 71.4% | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 71.1% | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 71.0% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 70.9% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 70.8% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 70.7% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 70.6% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 70.4% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 70.3% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 70.3% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 70.2% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 70.2% | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 70.1% | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 77.6% | 76.6% | 78.0% | 6 |
| 2000s | 73.3% | 71.1% | 75.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 70.6% | 70.2% | 71.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 70.1% | 70.1% | 70.2% | 2 |
More education data for SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2019)
- 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)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 1.2 % change on previous year (2000)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 503,805 (2019)
All data for SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)?
- Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) was 70.1% in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male recorded in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)?
- The highest recorded value was 78.0% in 1994.
- What is the lowest youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male recorded in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)?
- The lowest recorded value was 70.1% in 2021.
- How does SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) rank for youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male?
- SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) ranks 202nd out of 204 groups with data for 2021.
- Is youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male rising or falling in SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 27 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release