Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Australia and New Zealand
SDG: Australia and New Zealand: Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 7.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Australia and New Zealand, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Australia and New Zealand stood at 7.0%. That is the lowest value across all 28 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 50.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Australia and New Zealand peaked at 14.1% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 7.0%, in 2023.
SDG: Australia and New Zealand ranks 13th of 221 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 12.7% | — |
| 1998 | 12.9% | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 12.9% | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 13.0% | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 13.0% | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 13.0% | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 13.0% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 13.1% | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 13.2% | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 13.3% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 13.4% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 13.5% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 13.6% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 13.6% | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 13.7% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 13.8% | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 13.9% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 14.0% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 14.1% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 12.8% | -8.7% |
| 2017 | 12.6% | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 7.7% | -39.2% |
| 2019 | 9.1% | +18.1% |
| 2020 | 7.5% | -17.1% |
| 2021 | 7.3% | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 7.0% | -3.7% |
| 2023 | 7.0% | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 7.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12.8% | 12.7% | 12.9% | 3 |
| 2000s | 13.2% | 13.0% | 13.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.5% | 7.7% | 14.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.1% | 7.0% | 7.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Australia and New Zealand
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 share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Australia and New Zealand?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Australia and New Zealand was 7.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in SDG: Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 14.1% in 2015.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in SDG: Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.0% in 2023.
- How does SDG: Australia and New Zealand rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand ranks 13th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in SDG: Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.3%. 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 Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release