Out-of-school youth in Vanuatu

In Vanuatu, 18.2% of young people of upper secondary school age were not in school in 2024.

Measure: Out-of-school rate, youth of upper secondary school age Unit: % of youth of upper secondary school age Data: 1999 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
Vanuatu, 2024 18.2% % of youth of upper secondary school age
Change from 2023 +12.2percentage points 2023: 6.0%

Out-of-school youth in Vanuatu over time

View

Showing: Total

Places
1 selected
Vanuatu

% of youth of upper secondary school age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Out-of-school rate, youth of upper secondary school age (% of youth of upper secondary school age), 2001 to 2024
Period Vanuatu
2024 18.2%
2023 6.0%
2022 19.2%
2021 38.0%
2020 50.6%
2015 41.7%
2010 51.3%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2009 59.2%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2008 63.8%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2004 75.4%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2003 76.5%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2002 91.3%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2001 88.3%uis_est (UIS estimate)

Flags: uis_est UIS estimate . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +12.2 percentage points from 6.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2003, when it was 76.5%, the figure has changed by −58.2 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
ROFST.3.CP · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1999 to 2024 for Vanuatu
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org