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 8.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Latest (2024)
8.6%
Change on year
unchanged
Rank
2nd
of 221 groups
All-time high
18.5%
in 1998
All-time low
8.3%
in 2022
Years of data
28
1997–2024
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
SDG: Australia and New Zealand recorded 8.6% for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in 2024.
The figure is down 53.2% 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 18.5% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 8.3%, in 2022.
SDG: Australia and New Zealand ranks 2nd 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 | 18.2% | — |
| 1998 | 18.5% | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 18.4% | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 18.3% | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 18.3% | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 18.2% | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 18.1% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 18.1% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 18.2% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 18.2% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 18.3% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 18.3% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 18.3% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 18.3% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 18.4% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 18.4% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 18.4% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 18.4% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 18.4% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 17.2% | -6.7% |
| 2017 | 17.2% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 10.7% | -38.1% |
| 2019 | 11.4% | +6.5% |
| 2020 | 9.1% | -19.9% |
| 2021 | 8.7% | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 8.3% | -4.8% |
| 2023 | 8.6% | +4.4% |
| 2024 | 8.6% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18.4% | 18.2% | 18.5% | 3 |
| 2000s | 18.2% | 18.1% | 18.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.7% | 10.7% | 18.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.7% | 8.3% | 9.1% | 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 8.6% 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 18.5% in 1998.
- 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 8.3% in 2022.
- 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 2nd 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 53.2%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release