Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with secondary in Australia
Australia: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with secondary was 50.8% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with secondary in Australia, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Measured in Incomplete and Completed Secondary.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 40-44 with secondary in Australia is 50.8%, measured in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 40-44 with secondary in Australia peaked at 75.6% in 1980 and was at its lowest, 50.8%, in 2010.
That places Australia 56th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with secondary in Australia, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Secondary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 54.5% | — |
| 1965 | 58.3% | +6.9% |
| 1970 | 66.0% | +13.2% |
| 1975 | 71.5% | +8.4% |
| 1980 | 75.6% | +5.7% |
| 1985 | 70.8% | -6.3% |
| 1990 | 64.4% | -9.1% |
| 1995 | 58.0% | -9.9% |
| 2000 | 62.9% | +8.3% |
| 2005 | 58.1% | -7.7% |
| 2010 | 50.8% | -12.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 56.4% | 54.5% | 58.3% | 2 |
| 1970s | 68.8% | 66.0% | 71.5% | 2 |
| 1980s | 73.2% | 70.8% | 75.6% | 2 |
| 1990s | 61.2% | 58.0% | 64.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 60.5% | 58.1% | 62.9% | 2 |
| 2010s | 50.8% | 50.8% | 50.8% | 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 40-44 with secondary in Australia?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 40-44 with secondary in Australia was 50.8% 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 40-44 with secondary recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 75.6% in 1980.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 40-44 with secondary recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 50.8% in 2010.
- How does Australia rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 40-44 with secondary?
- Australia ranks 56th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 40-44 with secondary rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 40-44 with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 40-44 with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary)