Over-age students, primary, male in Australia
Australia: Over-age students, primary, male was 4.2% in 2017. ▼ Falling
Over-age students, primary, male in Australia, 1971–2017
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of male enrollment.
Analysis
In 2017, over-age students, primary, male in Australia stood at 4.2%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and down 42.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary, male in Australia peaked at 7.8% in 1974 and was at its lowest, 4.1%, in 2016.
That places Australia 111th out of 191 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 46 years of available data.
Over-age students, primary, male in Australia, year by year
| Year | % of male enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 7.4% | — |
| 1973 | 7.6% | +2.1% |
| 1974 | 7.8% | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 7.5% | -3.3% |
| 1976 | 7.3% | -3.2% |
| 1977 | 6.8% | -6.9% |
| 1978 | 6.4% | -5.5% |
| 1979 | 6.4% | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 6.4% | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 6.2% | -2.4% |
| 1982 | 6.3% | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 6.9% | +8.4% |
| 1984 | 7.3% | +6.3% |
| 1985 | 6.1% | -16.5% |
| 1986 | 6.1% | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 6.0% | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 5.9% | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 5.9% | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 6.0% | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 6.5% | +8.0% |
| 1992 | 6.6% | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 6.9% | +5.8% |
| 1994 | 7.1% | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 6.5% | -9.1% |
| 1996 | 6.3% | -2.5% |
| 1997 | 6.3% | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 6.3% | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 6.4% | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 6.5% | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 6.5% | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 6.7% | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 6.8% | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 7.0% | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 7.1% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 7.2% | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 7.2% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 7.0% | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 7.1% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 7.7% | +8.7% |
| 2011 | 7.7% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 7.6% | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 7.4% | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 7.4% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 4.2% | -43.5% |
| 2016 | 4.1% | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 4.2% | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.1% | 6.4% | 7.8% | 8 |
| 1980s | 6.3% | 5.9% | 7.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.5% | 6.0% | 7.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.9% | 6.5% | 7.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.3% | 4.1% | 7.7% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 108 Spain 4.8% compare
- 109 Brunei Darussalam 4.4% compare
- 110 Macau, China 4.3% compare
- 112 Antigua and Barbuda 4.1% compare
- 113 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.1% compare
- 114 Puerto Rico 4.1% compare
More education data for Australia
- 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)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0835 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is over-age students, primary, male in Australia?
- Over-age students, primary, male in Australia was 4.2% in 2017, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest over-age students, primary, male recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 7.8% in 1974.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary, male recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.1% in 2016.
- How does Australia rank for over-age students, primary, male?
- Australia ranks 111th out of 191 countries with data for 2017.
- Is over-age students, primary, male rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Over-age students, primary, male (% of male enrollment). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.