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 10.2% 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
The most recent figure for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Australia and New Zealand is 10.2%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 54.4% 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 24.1% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 9.4%, in 2022.
That places SDG: Australia and New Zealand 2nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 23.8% | — |
| 1998 | 24.1% | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 23.9% | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 23.7% | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 23.5% | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 23.3% | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 23.1% | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 23.0% | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 22.9% | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 22.9% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 22.8% | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 22.7% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 22.7% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 22.6% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 22.5% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 22.4% | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 22.4% | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 22.3% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 22.2% | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 20.9% | -5.6% |
| 2017 | 21.2% | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 13.3% | -37.0% |
| 2019 | 13.5% | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 10.6% | -21.3% |
| 2021 | 10.0% | -5.8% |
| 2022 | 9.4% | -5.5% |
| 2023 | 10.2% | +7.9% |
| 2024 | 10.2% | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Australia and New Zealand 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 | -37.0% | 21.2% | 13.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 23.9% | 23.8% | 24.1% | 3 |
| 2000s | 23.0% | 22.7% | 23.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.3% | 13.3% | 22.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.1% | 9.4% | 10.6% | 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 10.2% 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 24.1% 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 9.4% 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 54.4%. 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 Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release