Preprimary education, duration in Australia
Australia: Preprimary education, duration was 5 years in 2025. ▬ Flat
Preprimary education, duration in Australia, 1995–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Australia recorded 5 years for preprimary education, duration in 2025. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, preprimary education, duration in Australia peaked at 5 years in 1995 and was at its lowest, 5 years, in 1995.
Australia ranks 61st of 202 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 5 |
| 2000s | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 61 Albania 5 years compare
- 61 Antigua and Barbuda 5 years compare
- 61 Aruba 5 years compare
- 61 Azerbaijan 5 years compare
- 61 Barbados 5 years compare
- 61 British Virgin Islands 5 years compare
- 61 Dominica 5 years compare
- 61 Gambia 5 years compare
- 61 Ghana 5 years compare
- 61 Grenada 5 years compare
- 61 Ireland 5 years compare
- 61 Kazakhstan 5 years compare
- 61 Montenegro 5 years compare
- 61 Morocco 5 years compare
- 61 Myanmar 5 years compare
- 61 New Zealand 5 years compare
- 61 Nigeria 5 years compare
- 61 North Macedonia 5 years compare
- 61 Paraguay 5 years compare
- 61 Sierra Leone 5 years compare
- 61 Slovenia 5 years compare
- 61 Thailand 5 years compare
- 61 Turkmenistan 5 years compare
- 61 Ukraine 5 years compare
- 61 United Kingdom 5 years compare
- 61 Venezuela 5 years compare
More education data for Australia
- Population ages 0-14 17.7% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 99.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 105,469 (1999)
- School enrollment, primary, female 99.7% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 99.5% (2024)
- Labor force, female 47.7% (2025)
- Labor force, total 15.13 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is preprimary education, duration in Australia?
- Preprimary education, duration in Australia was 5 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest preprimary education, duration recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 5 years in 1995.
- What is the lowest preprimary education, duration recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 years in 1995.
- How does Australia rank for preprimary education, duration?
- Australia ranks 61st out of 202 countries with data for 2025.
- Is preprimary education, duration rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Preprimary education, duration (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Preprimary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in preprimary school.