Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Australia
Australia: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent was 0.5795 LPIA in 2024. βΌ Falling
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Australia, 2014β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Australia is 0.5795 LPIA, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 6.7% on the previous year and up 80.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Australia peaked at 1.11 LPIA in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.2916 LPIA, in 2021.
That places Australia 6th out of 40 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.5026 LPIA | 0.3184 LPIA | 1.11 LPIA | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.4742 LPIA | 0.2916 LPIA | 0.6015 LPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 3 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.864 LPIA compare
- 4 Belgium 0.8473 LPIA compare
- 5 Serbia 0.783 LPIA compare
- 7 United States of America 0.5335 LPIA compare
- 8 Luxembourg 0.5198 LPIA compare
- 9 Philippines 0.4871 LPIA compare
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)
- School enrollment, primary 99.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0056 units per person (1999)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Australia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Australia was 0.5795 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.11 LPIA in 2015.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2916 LPIA in 2021.
- How does Australia rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Australia ranks 6th out of 40 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 80.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent education, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release