Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+ in Australia
Australia: Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+ was 1.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+ in Australia, 2014–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in cumulative.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+ in Australia stood at 1.5%.
That represents a change of up 6.4% on the previous year and up 75.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+ in Australia peaked at 1.7% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2014.
Australia ranks 8th of 58 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+ in Australia, year by year
| Year | cumulative | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.8% | — |
| 2015 | 1.0% | +15.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9% | -8.1% |
| 2017 | 1.0% | +11.5% |
| 2018 | 1.1% | +7.8% |
| 2019 | 1.2% | +13.1% |
| 2020 | 1.4% | +13.5% |
| 2021 | 1.6% | +15.3% |
| 2022 | 1.7% | +5.0% |
| 2023 | 1.4% | -16.5% |
| 2024 | 1.5% | +6.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.2% | 6 |
| 2020s | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More education data for Australia
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 105,469 (1999)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 99.61 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 99.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+ in Australia?
- Educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+ in Australia was 1.5% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+ recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.7% in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+ recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2014.
- How does Australia rank for educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+?
- Australia ranks 8th out of 58 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+ rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 75.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, female (%) (cumulative). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The percentage of population ages 25 and over that attained or completed Doctoral or equivalent.