Primary completion (UIS) in Australia
In Australia, 99.6% of children had completed primary school by the expected age in 2018.
Australia, 2018
99.6%
Change from 2016
+0.6percentage points
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2018
99.3%
Primary completion (UIS) in Australia over time
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% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Australia |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 99.6% |
| 2016 | 99.0% |
| 2014 | 99.0% |
| 2010 | 99.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 99.0% in 2016, a change of +0.6 percentage points.
- Since 2010, when it was 99.6%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
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All statistics for Australia
Lower secondary completion
99.1%
2018 · UNESCO UIS
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
8.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Upper secondary completion
90.3%
2018 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
0.1%nat_est (National estimate)
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
1.9%nat_est (National estimate)
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school youth
6.1%nat_est (National estimate)
2024 · UNESCO UIS