Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Australia
Gross tertiary enrolment in Australia was 108.4% in 2024.
Australia, 2024
108.4%
Change from 2023
+3.8percentage points
World, 2024
43.6%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024
78.1%
Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Australia over time
View
Australia
World
×
The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of the population in the five years after secondary school age. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Australia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 108.4% | 43.6% |
| 2023 | 104.6% | 43.2% |
| 2022 | 106.2% | 42.0% |
| 2021 | 112.7% | 41.1% |
| 2020 | 110.1% | 39.7% |
| 2019 | 109.8% | 38.7% |
| 2018 | 103.3% | 37.9% |
| 2017 | 110.0% | 37.5% |
| 2016 | 119.7% | 37.1% |
| 2015 | 119.7% | 36.6% |
| 2014 | – | 35.6% |
| 2013 | – | 33.1% |
| 2012 | – | 32.3% |
| 2011 | – | 31.1% |
| 2010 | – | 29.6% |
| 2009 | – | 28.3% |
| 2008 | – | 27.4% |
| 2007 | – | 26.3% |
| 2006 | – | 25.7% |
| 2005 | – | 24.3% |
| 2004 | – | 23.6% |
| 2003 | – | 22.8% |
| 2002 | – | 21.6% |
| 2001 | – | 20.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +3.8 percentage points from 104.6% in 2023.
- Since 2015, when it was 119.7%, the figure has changed by −11.3 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 43.6%.
More for Australia
All statistics for Australia
Primary school enrolment (gross)
99.6%
2024 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
8.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
99.6%
2018 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
99.1%
2018 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
90.3%
2018 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
0.1%nat_est (National estimate)
2024 · UNESCO UIS