Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with tertiary schooling. in Australia
Australia: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with tertiary schooling. was 18.5% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with tertiary schooling. in Australia, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with tertiary schooling. in Australia stood at 18.5%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 40.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with tertiary schooling. in Australia peaked at 18.5% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 9.4%, in 1960.
Australia ranks 16th of 144 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with tertiary schooling. in Australia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 9.4% | — |
| 1965 | 9.9% | +4.9% |
| 1970 | 10.8% | +9.1% |
| 1975 | 11.6% | +7.8% |
| 1980 | 13.1% | +12.5% |
| 1985 | 13.2% | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 13.9% | +5.2% |
| 1995 | 15.9% | +14.2% |
| 2000 | 13.2% | -17.1% |
| 2005 | 15.6% | +18.9% |
| 2010 | 18.5% | +18.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.6% | 9.4% | 9.9% | 2 |
| 1970s | 11.2% | 10.8% | 11.6% | 2 |
| 1980s | 13.1% | 13.1% | 13.2% | 2 |
| 1990s | 14.9% | 13.9% | 15.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 14.4% | 13.2% | 15.6% | 2 |
| 2010s | 18.5% | 18.5% | 18.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More education data for Australia
- 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)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.27 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with tertiary schooling. in Australia?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with tertiary schooling. in Australia was 18.5% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with tertiary schooling. recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 18.5% in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with tertiary schooling. recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.4% in 1960.
- How does Australia rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with tertiary schooling.?
- Australia ranks 16th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with tertiary schooling. rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.8%. 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 population age 15+ with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 15+ with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary