Lower secondary completion in Australia

In Australia, 99.1% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2018.

Measure: Completion rate, lower secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2010 to 2018 Source: UNESCO UIS
Australia, 2018 99.1% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2016 +1.2percentage points 2016: 98.0%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2018 98.5% Middle value of 28 countries

Lower secondary completion in Australia over time

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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, lower secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2010 to 2018
Period Australia
2018 99.1%
2016 98.0%
2014 98.0%
2010 99.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 98.0% in 2016, a change of +1.2 percentage points.
  • Since 2010, when it was 99.2%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2010 to 2018 for Australia
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org