Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Australia
Australia: Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general was 1.07 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Australia, 1993–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Australia is 1.07 GPIA, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Australia peaked at 1.16 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1.01 GPIA, in 1997.
Australia ranks 27th of 211 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Australia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1.02 GPIA | — |
| 1994 | 1.04 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 1.04 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 1.01 GPIA | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 1.16 GPIA | +14.9% |
| 2016 | 1.16 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1.14 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 1.09 GPIA | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 1.1 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 1.07 GPIA | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 1.07 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 1.08 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 1.08 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 1.07 GPIA | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.03 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 1.13 GPIA | 1.09 GPIA | 1.16 GPIA | 5 |
| 2020s | 1.07 GPIA | 1.07 GPIA | 1.08 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More education data for Australia
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 105,469 (1999)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Australia?
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Australia was 1.07 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.16 GPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.01 GPIA in 1997.
- How does Australia rank for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general?
- Australia ranks 27th out of 211 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release