Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary in Australia
Australia: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary was 76.6% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary in Australia, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary in Australia is 76.6%, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary in Australia peaked at 76.6% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 29.2%, in 1960.
That places Australia 5th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary in Australia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 29.2% | — |
| 1965 | 31.2% | +6.9% |
| 1970 | 60.6% | +94.2% |
| 1975 | 52.9% | -12.6% |
| 1980 | 52.0% | -1.9% |
| 1985 | 54.2% | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 56.4% | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 54.4% | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 73.9% | +35.9% |
| 2005 | 71.5% | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 76.6% | +7.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30.2% | 29.2% | 31.2% | 2 |
| 1970s | 56.7% | 52.9% | 60.6% | 2 |
| 1980s | 53.1% | 52.0% | 54.2% | 2 |
| 1990s | 55.4% | 54.4% | 56.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 72.7% | 71.5% | 73.9% | 2 |
| 2010s | 76.6% | 76.6% | 76.6% | 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 20-24 with secondary in Australia?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary in Australia was 76.6% 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 20-24 with secondary recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 76.6% in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.2% in 1960.
- How does Australia rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary?
- Australia ranks 5th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. 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 20-24 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary