Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in SDG: Australia and New Zealand
SDG: Australia and New Zealand: Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 was 0.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in SDG: Australia and New Zealand, 2012–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in SDG: Australia and New Zealand stood at 0.2%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in SDG: Australia and New Zealand peaked at 0.2% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2021.
That places SDG: Australia and New Zealand 213th out of 214 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in SDG: Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 0.2% | — |
| 2013 | 0.2% | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.2% | -12.2% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | -7.2% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | -10.9% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 0.1% | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | +8.3% |
| 2021 | 0.1% | -8.3% |
| 2022 | 0.2% | +7.4% |
| 2023 | 0.2% | +4.0% |
| 2024 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 5 |
More education data for SDG: Australia and New Zealand
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.36 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.65 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.52 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.722 % change on previous year (2000)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 126,112 (2000)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.17 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.0007 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 363,629 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 335,435 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in SDG: Australia and New Zealand?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in SDG: Australia and New Zealand was 0.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in SDG: Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2% in 2012.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in SDG: Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2021.
- How does SDG: Australia and New Zealand rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand ranks 213th out of 214 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 rising or falling in SDG: Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this SDG: Australia and New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release