Percentage of graduates from tertiary education … Services female in Australia
Australia: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education … Services female was 1.6% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Australia, 1999–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Australia recorded 1.6% for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in 2023.
The figure is up 5.2% on the previous year and down 37.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Australia peaked at 2.6% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1.1%, in 2015.
Australia ranks 91st of 122 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education … Services female in Australia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1.9% | — |
| 2000 | 1.9% | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 2.2% | +16.3% |
| 2003 | 1.8% | -17.7% |
| 2005 | 2.0% | +13.9% |
| 2006 | 1.9% | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 2.2% | +12.5% |
| 2008 | 2.1% | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 2.3% | +8.4% |
| 2011 | 2.4% | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 2.5% | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 2.6% | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 1.1% | -56.0% |
| 2017 | 1.2% | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 2.0% | +68.3% |
| 2019 | 1.7% | -15.5% |
| 2020 | 1.6% | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 1.4% | -14.9% |
| 2022 | 1.5% | +7.0% |
| 2023 | 1.6% | +5.2% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 1.6% is below the median for high income countries, which is 2.9%, 54% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Australia's 1.6% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3.1%, 50% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of graduates from tertiary education … Services female 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +68.3% | 1.2% | 2.0% |
| 2015 | -56.0% | 2.6% | 1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.9% | 1.9% | 1.9% | 1 |
| 2000s | 2.0% | 1.8% | 2.3% | 8 |
| 2010s | 1.9% | 1.1% | 2.6% | 7 |
| 2020s | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.6% | 4 |
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 percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Australia?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Australia was 1.6% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.6% in 2014.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.1% in 2015.
- How does Australia rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Australia ranks 91st out of 122 countries with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.9%. 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 Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Services programmes, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release