Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Australia
Australia: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.8778 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Australia, 2001–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Australia recorded 0.8778 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Australia peaked at 0.898 LPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.8018 LPIA, in 2001.
That places Australia 35th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8448 LPIA | 0.8018 LPIA | 0.8751 LPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.8641 LPIA | 0.8372 LPIA | 0.892 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8891 LPIA | 0.8778 LPIA | 0.898 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 99.61 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 99.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Australia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Australia was 0.8778 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.898 LPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8018 LPIA in 2001.
- How does Australia rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Australia ranks 35th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary 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