Post-compulsory education and training
Post-compulsory education and training
Yearly snapshots of participation in post-compulsory education and training by young people 2015-2018.
This dashboard is from the Post-compulsory education and training tertiary statistics page.
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Yearly snapshots of participation in post-compulsory education and training by young people 2019-2022
The intent of these graphics is to provide an indicative annual snapshot of the proportions of young people aged 16 to 24 years participating in different types of education and in work in New Zealand. They illustrate the differences in distribution of young New Zealanders through the education system and the labour market by age, ethnicity, and gender at points in time.
If you are interested instead in research that follows cohorts of school leavers in the years after they leave school, including the proportion that go overseas, or if you want to view the tertiary education indicator for school leaver destinations, see the links under the Related Pages section.
Below the graphics are notes explaining how the graphics were created and identifying the data sources and data limitations. There are also definitions for the different activity types. Because the graphics combine administrative and survey-based data and because of possible double counting in the education data, they should be treated as indicative only.
Key results for 2022:
- In 2022, two-thirds of 16- to 19-year-olds were participating in education and nearly a quarter were in employment (and not in education), with the remaining 11 percent not in employment, education or training (NEET). Over half of 20- to 24-year-olds were in employment (and not in education) and 27 percent in education, with 14 percent NEET, which includes 3.7 percent of 20- to 24-year-olds being caregivers.
- Among those participating in education and training, the proportions of 16- to 19-year-olds in Secondary-Tertiary programmes and in industry training had increased since 2019, while the proportion in Youth Guarantee had decreased.
- For 20- to 24-year-olds in education and training, the proportion participating in industry training had increased since 2019, while the proportion studying at degree level and above decreased over the same period.
- Greater proportions of 20- to 24-year-old men were in employment (and not in education) in 2022 than women. In both age groups, men participated more in industry training while women had higher proportions in other forms of education.
- For Māori in both age groups, and for Pacific Peoples aged 20 to 24 years, lower-than-average participation in education and training is associated with higher rates of NEET. Changes in participation within the different types of education and training since 2019 were similar for Māori and Pacific Peoples to young people overall, except that the proportions of 20- to 24-year-olds in degree-level study were relatively stable.