Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender in Australia
Australia: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender was 1 GPIA in 2023. ▬ Flat
Latest (2023)
1 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
23rd
of 100 countries
All-time high
1 GPIA
in 2023
All-time low
0.9982 GPIA
in 2012
Years of data
23
2001–2023
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Australia, 2001–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Australia recorded 1 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2023. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Australia peaked at 1 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.9982 GPIA, in 2012.
Australia ranks 23rd of 100 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender in Australia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 GPIA | — |
| 2002 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9982 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 1 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9995 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.9993 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.9995 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9998 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1 GPIA | +0.1% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 1 GPIA is above the median for high income countries, which is 1 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Australia's 1 GPIA is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.9456 GPIA, 1.1× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9998 GPIA | 0.9982 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9997 GPIA | 0.9993 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 20 Azerbaijan 1 GPIA compare
- 21 Poland 1 GPIA compare
- 22 Estonia 1 GPIA compare
- 24 Czechia 1 GPIA compare
- 25 Hungary 1 GPIA compare
- 26 Austria 1 GPIA compare
- 26 Germany 1 GPIA compare
- 26 Denmark 1 GPIA compare
- 26 Finland 1 GPIA compare
- 26 France 1 GPIA compare
- 26 United Kingdom 1 GPIA compare
- 26 Iceland 1 GPIA compare
- 26 Malta 1 GPIA compare
- 26 Russia 1 GPIA compare
- 26 Sweden 1 GPIA compare
- 26 Ukraine 1 GPIA compare
- 26 Uzbekistan 1 GPIA compare
More education data for Australia
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 99.9 (2023)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.88 (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Australia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Australia was 1 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9982 GPIA in 2012.
- How does Australia rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Australia ranks 23rd out of 100 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release