Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 60-64 with tertiary in Australia
Australia: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 60-64 with tertiary was 20.1% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 60-64 with tertiary 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 60-64 with tertiary in Australia is 20.1%, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 78.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 60-64 with tertiary in Australia peaked at 20.1% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 7.0%, in 1985.
That places Australia 9th 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 60-64 with tertiary in Australia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 7.2% | — |
| 1965 | 9.1% | +26.6% |
| 1970 | 11.6% | +27.0% |
| 1975 | 9.2% | -20.3% |
| 1980 | 7.5% | -19.0% |
| 1985 | 7.0% | -6.4% |
| 1990 | 8.3% | +18.3% |
| 1995 | 10.2% | +22.6% |
| 2000 | 11.3% | +11.2% |
| 2005 | 15.2% | +34.6% |
| 2010 | 20.1% | +32.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.2% | 7.2% | 9.1% | 2 |
| 1970s | 10.4% | 9.2% | 11.6% | 2 |
| 1980s | 7.2% | 7.0% | 7.5% | 2 |
| 1990s | 9.2% | 8.3% | 10.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 13.3% | 11.3% | 15.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 20.1% | 20.1% | 20.1% | 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 population age 60-64 with tertiary in Australia?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 60-64 with tertiary in Australia was 20.1% 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 60-64 with tertiary recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 20.1% in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 60-64 with tertiary recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.0% in 1985.
- How does Australia rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 60-64 with tertiary?
- Australia ranks 9th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 60-64 with tertiary rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 78.2%. 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 60-64 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 60-64 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary