Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Australia
Australia: Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index was 1 index in 2024. ▬ Flat
Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Australia, 2020–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
In 2024, net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Australia stood at 1 index. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.7% over five years.
Australia ranks 92nd of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Countries ranked near Australia
More education data for Australia
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.7% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.2% (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 99.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 105,469 (1999)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.64 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 99.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Australia?
- Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Australia was 1 index in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 index in 2020.
- What is the lowest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 index in 2024.
- How does Australia rank for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index?
- Australia ranks 92nd out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal net enrollment rates in lower secondary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.