Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent in Australia
Australia: Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent was 0.4395 LPIA in 2024. βΌ Falling
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent in Australia, 2001β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Australia recorded 0.4395 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Australia peaked at 0.6162 LPIA in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.3081 LPIA, in 2016.
That places Australia 24th out of 59 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4571 LPIA | 0.4039 LPIA | 0.5221 LPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.4118 LPIA | 0.3081 LPIA | 0.6162 LPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.4051 LPIA | 0.3433 LPIA | 0.4395 LPIA | 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)
- 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 master's or equivalent in Australia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Australia was 0.4395 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6162 LPIA in 2015.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3081 LPIA in 2016.
- How does Australia rank for educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent?
- Australia ranks 24th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. 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 Master's or equivalent education or higher, 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