Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Australia
Australia: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education was 0.8% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education 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 25+ with no education in Australia stood at 0.8%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 35.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Australia peaked at 1.4% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2010.
That places Australia 124th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Australia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.0% | — |
| 1965 | 1.0% | -3.8% |
| 1970 | 0.9% | -10.0% |
| 1975 | 1.0% | +11.1% |
| 1980 | 1.0% | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1.2% | +20.0% |
| 1990 | 1.3% | +8.3% |
| 1995 | 1.4% | +7.7% |
| 2000 | 1.2% | -13.6% |
| 2005 | 1.1% | -12.4% |
| 2010 | 0.8% | -26.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 2 |
| 1970s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2 |
| 1980s | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 2 |
| 1990s | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More education data for Australia
- 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)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.4362 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Australia?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Australia was 0.8% 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 25+ with no education recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.4% in 1995.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2010.
- How does Australia rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education?
- Australia ranks 124th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.5%. 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 25+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 25+ with no education