Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender in Australia
Australia: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender was 0.9554 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Australia, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Australia stood at 0.9554 GPIA.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Australia peaked at 0.9769 GPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.301 GPIA, in 1971.
Australia ranks 75th of 137 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender in Australia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.301 GPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.748 GPIA | +148.5% |
| 2002 | 0.7513 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.7837 GPIA | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 0.8407 GPIA | +7.3% |
| 2005 | 0.8628 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 0.8823 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 0.8882 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.9196 GPIA | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 0.9284 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9415 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 0.962 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9617 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9477 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 0.9305 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 0.9436 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 0.9523 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.9557 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9634 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.9684 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9769 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 0.9665 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9764 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 0.9596 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 0.9554 GPIA | -0.4% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 0.9554 GPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9872 GPIA, 97% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Australia's 0.9554 GPIA is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.9683 GPIA, 99% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender in Australia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +148.5% | 0.301 GPIA | 0.748 GPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.301 GPIA | 0.301 GPIA | 0.301 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.845 GPIA | 0.748 GPIA | 0.9284 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9527 GPIA | 0.9305 GPIA | 0.9684 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.967 GPIA | 0.9554 GPIA | 0.9769 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
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 upper secondary education or in Australia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Australia was 0.9554 GPIA 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 0.9769 GPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.301 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Australia rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Australia ranks 75th out of 137 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 2.7%. 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 gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release