Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary in Australia
Australia: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary was 34.5% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary in Australia, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary in Australia stood at 34.5%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 36.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary in Australia peaked at 54.2% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 24.7%, in 1960.
That places Australia 46th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary in Australia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 24.7% | — |
| 1965 | 25.8% | +4.7% |
| 1970 | 39.9% | +54.3% |
| 1975 | 46.7% | +17.2% |
| 1980 | 51.3% | +9.9% |
| 1985 | 51.7% | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 51.6% | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 48.5% | -6.0% |
| 2000 | 54.2% | +11.6% |
| 2005 | 52.8% | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 34.5% | -34.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25.2% | 24.7% | 25.8% | 2 |
| 1970s | 43.3% | 39.9% | 46.7% | 2 |
| 1980s | 51.5% | 51.3% | 51.7% | 2 |
| 1990s | 50.1% | 48.5% | 51.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 53.5% | 52.8% | 54.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 34.5% | 34.5% | 34.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More education data for Australia
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 104,110 (1992)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 316,638 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 292,593 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.65 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.27 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.4362 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0835 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary in Australia?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary in Australia was 34.5% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 54.2% in 2000.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.7% in 1960.
- How does Australia rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary?
- Australia ranks 46th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary