Education · East Asia & Pacific · High income
Australia: education in numbers
Pre-primary enrolment is 160.2% (2020), 1st of 176 in the world and 1st of 30 in East Asia & Pacific. Primary enrolment is 99.6% (2024), 103rd of 191 in the world and 19th of 30 in East Asia & Pacific. Secondary enrolment is 131.9% (2024), 8th of 176 in the world and 2nd of 26 in East Asia & Pacific.
Pre-primary enrolment
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7 indicators
Education: Australia in detail
Latest reported value, world rank and rank within East Asia & Pacific; values around 2000, 2010, 2020; group and world columns are World Bank aggregates.
| Indicator | Latest | World rank | In region | ~2000 | ~2010 | ~2020 | 10-year change | Region | Income group | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-primary enrolmentPre-primary enrolment, % gross | 160.2%2020 | 1/176 | 1/30 | 103.5%2001 | 78.5% | 160.2% | +81.7 ppsince 2010 | 83.2% | 83.8% | 60.9% | |
| Primary enrolmentPrimary school enrolment, % gross | 99.6%2024 | 103/191 | 19/30 | 101.6% | 105.5% | 99.9% | −5.9 ppsince 2014 | 100.0% | 99.8% | 102.2% | |
| Secondary enrolmentSecondary school enrolment, % gross | 131.9%2024 | 8/176 | 2/26 | · | · | 137.5% | — | 92.0% | 103.2% | 77.3% | |
| Tertiary enrolmentTertiary enrolment, % gross | 108.4%2024 | 8/172 | 4/27 | · | · | 110.1% | — | 63.3% | 82.0% | 43.6% | |
| Out-of-school childrenChildren out of school, % of primary school age | 0.1%2024 | 168/178 | 27/29 | 4.7% | 0.3% | 0.6% | +0.1 ppsince 2014 | — | 2.5% | — | |
| Education spendingPublic spending on education, % of GDP | 5.1%2022 | 60/184 | 14/29 | · | · | 5.4% | −0.2 ppsince 1994 | 3.5% | 4.7% | 3.6% | |
| Education, % of budgetEducation spending, % of government expenditure | 12.6%2022 | 91/179 | 14/28 | · | · | 12.2% | −1.7 ppsince 1994 | 13.0% | 12.0% | 14.0% |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)“·” — no value reported within two years of that date. World rank counts countries with a recent value.
Better than ten years ago
- Pre-primary enrolment+81.7 pp160.2% in 2020
Worse than ten years ago
- Out-of-school children+0.1 pp0.1% in 2024
Only indicators where higher or lower is clearly better are rated (for example, unemployment down is better, life expectancy up is better).
neighbours
Australia and its neighbours
Countries sharing a land border with Australia. Latest values since 2005; the highest in each row is marked.
| Indicator | Australia | Indonesia | Papua New Guinea | New Zealand | Timor-Leste | Solomon Islands |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-primary enrolment | 160.2%2020 | 62.3%2018 | 45.8%2018 | 91.7%2020 | 27.9%2020 | 93.3%2019 |
| Primary enrolment | 99.6%2024 | 100.4%2025 | 121.1%2023 | 96.7%2024 | 119.7%2023 | 81.8%2024 |
| Secondary enrolment | 131.9%2024 | 97.2%2025 | 52.1%2023 | 114.2%2024 | 84.7%2020 | 49.0%2012 |
| Tertiary enrolment | 108.4%2024 | 44.9%2023 | — | 77.2%2024 | 31.0%2023 | — |
| Out-of-school children | 0.1%2024 | 0.9%2025 | 4.0%2021 | 2.6%2024 | 6.9%2023 | 30.1%2024 |
| Education spending | 5.1%2022 | 1.3%2023 | 0.8%2023 | 5.2%2023 | 5.2%2023 | 8.3%2023 |
| Education, % of budget | 12.6%2022 | 10.6%2025 | 3.5%2023 | 12.7%2023 | 4.3%2025 | 25.2%2024 |