Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, male in Australia
Australia: Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, male was 2.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, male in Australia, 2014–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in cumulative.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, male in Australia is 2.2%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 8.7% on the previous year and up 51.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, male in Australia peaked at 2.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.2%, in 2018.
Australia ranks 8th of 63 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+, male in Australia, year by year
| Year | cumulative | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1.4% | — |
| 2015 | 1.7% | +16.2% |
| 2016 | 1.3% | -23.6% |
| 2017 | 1.4% | +11.0% |
| 2018 | 1.2% | -15.2% |
| 2019 | 1.5% | +21.0% |
| 2020 | 1.8% | +22.9% |
| 2021 | 1.6% | -10.5% |
| 2022 | 2.0% | +27.0% |
| 2023 | 2.0% | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 2.2% | +8.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.7% | 6 |
| 2020s | 1.9% | 1.6% | 2.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More education data for Australia
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, male in Australia?
- Educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, male in Australia was 2.2% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, male recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, male recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2% in 2018.
- How does Australia rank for educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, male?
- Australia ranks 8th out of 63 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, male rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.7%. 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+, male (%) (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.