Education in Australia 2,668 indicators covering education for Australia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Share of children who are not in pre-primary school 5.1% 2024 down 68.0% 121st School life expectancy, pre-primary, female 1.96 years 2024 up 72.1% 92nd School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 2.01 years 2024 up 70.9% 85th School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9757 GPIA 2024 up 0.7% 167th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 1.06 GPI 2018 — 60th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 8,626 1992 up 68.7% 64th Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 31.4% 1992 up 39.3% 133rd Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 18,816 1992 up 7.2% 47th 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 Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 1.2 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 3.7% 43rd School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 21.43 years 2024 down 9.1% 2nd School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 19.85 years 2024 down 13.4% 3rd School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 4.4% 61st School enrollment, secondary, private 48.0% 2024 up 16.9% 18th School enrollment, primary 96.4% 2017 down 0.0% 51st Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 1.07 GPIA 2024 down 7.1% 28th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 0.5% 2018 down 75.3% 149th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male 0.4% 2018 down 85.7% 157th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 117.6% 2018 — 4th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 4,588 2023 up 13.9% 63rd Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 6,615 2023 up 11.7% 95th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 867 2023 down 16.4% 31st Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 161 2023 down 12.0% 78th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 138 2023 up 16.0% 133rd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in 15 2023 down 25.0% 85th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in South 513 2023 up 271.7% 19th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 31 2023 up 416.7% 39th Theoretical duration of lower secondary education 4 years 2020 unchanged 18th Theoretical duration of upper secondary education 2 years 2020 unchanged 156th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 8,626 number 1992 up 68.7% 57th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 17.0% 121st Percentage of enrolment in primary education in private institutions 31.8% 2024 up 2.7% 38th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.1% 2023 up 250.1% 26th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 31.6% 109th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 381.3% 69th Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index 0.9992 GPI 2018 down 1.8% 104th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 38 2023 up 22.6% 84th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 35 2023 up 34.6% 77th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 9.1% 179th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying 0.8% 2023 up 5.1% 164th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.5% 2023 up 7.2% 133rd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.1% 2023 down 21.3% 44th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 28.8% 110th Share of primary school teachers who are women 76.9% 1997 up 7.8% 109th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 17.5% 111th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 0.8209 GPIA 2024 up 7.8% 79th Share of students studying abroad 0.8% 2023 up 18.5% 168th End of the academic school year 2,025 2025 up 0.5% 1st Start month of the academic school year 1 2025 unchanged 188th End month of the academic school year 12 2025 unchanged 1st Enrolment in primary education, female 1.09 million number 2018 up 13.8% 63rd Over-age students, primary 3.8% 2017 down 44.1% 115th Secondary education, teachers 50.6% 1992 up 12.2% 136th School enrollment, primary, female 96.7% 2017 up 0.1% 35th School enrollment, primary, male 96.0% 2017 up 2.3% 44th Official entrance age to compulsory education 6 years 2019 unchanged 24th Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education 11 2025 unchanged 47th Number of years of compulsory pre-primary education guaranteed in 0 2025 — 61st ← Previous 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