Education in Australia 114 indicators covering education for Australia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Primary school starting age 5 years 2025 unchanged 186th Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Population ages 0-14 17.7% 2025 down 6.5% 143rd Population ages 15-64 64.2% 2025 down 3.0% 112th School enrollment, primary 99.6% 2024 down 5.6% 113th Primary education, teachers 105,469 1999 up 13.6% 55th School enrollment, primary, female 99.7% 2024 down 5.4% 103rd School enrollment, primary, male 99.5% 2024 down 5.7% 112th Labor force, female 47.7% 2025 up 3.4% 45th Labor force, total 15.13 million 2025 up 20.3% 43rd School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.998 GPI 2020 down 0.0% 74th School enrollment, secondary 131.9% 2024 down 17.1% 8th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.4 per 1,000 2024 unchanged 161st Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.5 per 1,000 2024 unchanged 163rd Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 1.3 per 1,000 2024 down 13.3% 167th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 1.9 per 1,000 2024 down 9.5% 168th Secondary education, teachers 104,110 1992 up 20.5% 55th School enrollment, secondary, female 129.1% 2024 down 12.5% 9th School enrollment, secondary, male 134.6% 2024 down 20.8% 3rd School enrollment, tertiary 108.4% 2024 down 9.4% 8th School enrollment, primary, private 31.8% 2024 up 2.7% 36th School enrollment, preprimary 160.2% 2020 up 104.0% 1st School enrollment, tertiary, female 129.2% 2024 down 8.6% 5th School enrollment, tertiary, male 89.1% 2024 down 10.0% 11th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9623 GPI 2020 up 10.7% 153rd School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.31 GPI 2024 up 0.8% 63rd Secondary education, teachers, female 52,710 1992 up 35.2% 58th Government expenditure on education, total 5.1% 2022 — 62nd Secondary education, general pupils 1.68 million 2017 up 11.8% 53rd School enrollment, preprimary, female 156.9% 2020 up 102.1% 1st School enrollment, preprimary, male 163.3% 2020 up 105.7% 1st Government expenditure on education, total 12.6% 2022 — 98th Secondary education, general pupils 49.5% 2017 down 1.0% 120th Children out of school 0.1% 2024 up 72.7% 186th Primary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 3rd Primary education, pupils 2.27 million 2024 up 4.7% 65th Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Secondary education, pupils 2.65 million 2024 down 2.4% 44th Secondary education, vocational pupils 970,735 2017 — 13th Number of infant deaths, female 419 2024 down 7.7% 108th Number of infant deaths, male 522 2024 down 7.6% 108th Number of under-five deaths, female 488 2024 down 9.0% 108th Number of under-five deaths, male 609 2024 down 9.4% 108th Children out of school, female 0.1% 2023 down 94.7% 175th Children out of school, male 0.3% 2023 down 88.5% 172nd Secondary education, vocational pupils 39.3% 2017 — 110th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.0% 2025 down 33.3% 127th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.1% 2025 down 31.6% 112th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 4.1% 2025 down 32.5% 118th Primary education, teachers 76.9% 1997 up 7.8% 103rd Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 118 2024 down 6.3% 111th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 150 2024 up 8.7% 107th Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 423 2024 down 5.4% 97th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 609 2024 down 11.6% 94th Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.1% 2100 down 32.8% 168th Number of adults with no formal education by region 19,300 people 2100 down 33.0% 104th Population by level of education 21.16 million people 2100 up 4.4% 35th School enrollment, secondary, private 48.0% 2024 up 16.9% 18th School enrollment, primary 96.4% 2017 down 0.0% 51st Over-age students, primary 3.8% 2017 down 44.1% 115th Page 1 of 2 Next →