Australia (2024)
108.4
% gross enrollment ratio
+3.8pp YoY
YoY Change
+3.8pp
percentage points
Trend
up
Series length
10
years of data

Data

Australia Tertiary Education Enrollment Rate (2024) — source data. World Bank.
Year % gross enrollment ratio YoY Change
2024 108.4 +3.8pp
2023 104.6 -1.6pp
2022 106.2 -6.5pp
2021 112.7 +2.6pp
2020 110.1 +0.3pp
2019 109.8 +6.5pp
2018 103.3 -6.7pp
2017 110 -9.7pp
2016 119.7 unchanged
2015 119.7 n/a

About this Dataset

Australia recorded 108.4 % gross enrollment ratio in 2024. The latest change was +3.8pp. Across 2015–2024 the series ranges from 103.3 in 2018 to 119.7 in 2016.

This page tracks the gross tertiary education enrollment ratio in Australia from 1990 to present. Tertiary enrollment reflects the depth of the educated workforce and talent pipeline for knowledge-economy sectors.

Data sourced from World Bank via Open Data API. Values use World Bank standardised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks the gross tertiary education enrollment ratio in Australia from 1990 to present. Tertiary enrollment reflects the depth of the educated workforce and talent pipeline for knowledge-economy sectors. It is published by World Bank and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2024. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2015–2024 (10 observations).

The series peaked at 119.7 % gross enrollment ratio in 2016 and reached its lowest recorded value of 103.3 in 2018. The latest reading of 108.4 in 2024 represents a change of +3.8pp.