Education in Australia 2,668 indicators covering education for Australia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper 3.9% 2024 up 590.5% 146th Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper 0.6651 GPIA 2024 up 512.0% 146th Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in private 47.9% 2024 up 0.4% 130th Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in private 0.9% 2024 up 0.9% 130th Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in private 52.1% 2024 down 0.4% 51st Government expenditure on education, constant PPP$ 91,917 millions 2022 — 16th Enrolment in early childhood educational development programmes, male 219,250 2024 down 16.8% 11th Enrolment in early childhood educational development programmes 205,060 2024 down 15.9% 11th Proportion of youth not in education, employment or training, by sex 8.5% 2024 down 15.5% 108th Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development 46.4% 2024 up 24.8% 17th Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public 47.2% 2024 up 5.7% 152nd Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public 0.9% 2024 up 10.8% 152nd Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public 52.8% 2024 down 4.6% 29th Government expenditure on tertiary education, constant US$ 17,100 millions 2022 — 11th Percentage of enrolment in upper secondary education in public 46.5% 2024 up 3.1% 150th Percentage of enrolment in upper secondary education in public 0.9% 2024 up 5.8% 150th Percentage of enrolment in upper secondary education in public 53.5% 2024 down 2.5% 30th Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in public 47.5% 2021 down 0.5% 152nd Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in public 0.9% 2021 down 1.0% 152nd Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in public 52.5% 2021 up 0.5% 25th Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary 0.6216 GPIA 2024 up 539.3% 150th Out-of-school children, adolescents and youth of primary and 42,871 2024 up 679.2% 82nd Out-of-school children, adolescents and youth of primary and 25,168 2024 up 4,864.1% 94th Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary 1.9% 2024 up 591.2% 153rd Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary 1.2% 2024 up 4,319.1% 158th Government expenditure on pre-primary education, US$ 5,096 millions 2022 — 14th International expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP 0.0% 2021 — 144th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 0.8527 GPIA 2024 up 3.5% 58th Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary 11,682 2024 up 2,204.1% 96th Proportion of schools with basic drinking water services 100 2023 unchanged 1st Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary 15,958 2024 up 2,595.6% 91st Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 19.3% 2024 up 4.4% 27th Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 20.4% 2024 up 5.2% 25th Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 18.1% 2024 up 3.5% 34th Proportion of schools with limited drinking water services 0 2023 — 76th Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 65.2% 2024 up 4.3% 39th Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 63.0% 2024 up 2.9% 39th Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 60.8% 2024 up 1.5% 36th Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower 0.7% 2024 up 1,959.8% 143rd Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower 0.7748 GPIA 2024 down 14.3% 124th Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower 0.9% 2024 up 2,303.1% 146th Administration of a nationally-representative learning assessment at 1 2025 unchanged 1st Administration of a nationally-representative learning assessment at 1 2025 unchanged 1st Administration of a nationally-representative learning assessment at 1 2025 unchanged 1st Administration of a nationally-representative learning assessment at 1 2025 unchanged 1st Administration of a nationally representative learning assessment in 1 2025 unchanged 1st Administration of a nationally representative learning assessment in 1 2025 unchanged 1st Government expenditure on pre-primary education, constant US$ 5,035 millions 2022 — 14th Out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 2.7% 53rd Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, both sexes 353,423 2024 up 51.5% 18th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, female 196,181 2024 up 56.5% 17th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, male 157,242 2024 up 45.8% 19th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 6 programmes, both sexes 1.03 million 2024 up 10.4% 27th Proportion of upper secondary schools with access to electricity 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 47.6% 2021 down 1.3% 148th Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 0.9% 2021 down 2.4% 148th Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 52.4% 2021 up 1.2% 24th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 6 programmes, male 422,179 2024 up 5.6% 29th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 6 programmes, female 605,595 2024 up 14.1% 27th ← Previous Page 15 of 45 Next →