Primary school enrolment (gross) in Australia

Gross primary school enrolment in Australia was 99.6% in 2024.

Measure: Primary school enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the official primary school-age population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Australia, 2024 99.6% % of the official primary school-age population
Change from 2023 +0.2percentage points 2023: 99.4%
World, 2024 102.2% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 100.9% Middle value of 23 countries

Primary school enrolment (gross) in Australia over time

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% of the official primary school-age population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Primary school enrolment (gross) (% of the official primary school-age population), 2001 to 2024
Period AustraliaWorld
2024 99.6% 102.2%
2023 99.4% 100.7%
2022 99.1% 100.4%
2021 99.9% 99.4%
2020 99.9% 99.6%
2019 100.2% 99.1%
2018 100.4% 99.1%
2017 100.6% 101.8%
2016 101.2% 102.1%
2015 101.7% 101.0%
2014 105.5% 101.6%
2013 105.8% 103.0%
2012 105.7% 102.9%
2011 105.3% 102.4%
2010 105.5% 102.5%
2009 105.2% 102.7%
2008 105.2% 102.9%
2007 105.4% 102.7%
2006 103.6% 101.7%
2005 103.4% 101.7%
2004 103.3% 101.6%
2003 102.9% 100.9%
2002 102.5% 99.4%
2001 101.4% 99.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 99.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 105.5%, the figure has changed by −5.9 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 102.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.PRM.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Australia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics