Population with tertiary education — all countries

Population with tertiary education — Australia and New Zealand

Population with tertiary education in Australia and New Zealand in 2020 — 34.57%. Since 2014, the indicator has risen by 6.35 pp.

2020 34.57% +4.86 pp vs 2016
World rank
Period maximum 34.57%2020
Period minimum 28.22%2014

Trend over time

2014–2020 · % of population aged 25+

Population with tertiary education — Australia and New Zealand, 2014–2020283032343620142015201620172018201920202014: 28.22%2015: 29.14%2016: 29.71%2020: 34.57%
Change over the period: +6.35 pp Annual average: 1.06 pp
Population with tertiary education — Australia and New Zealand, by year Australia and New Zealand All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2020 34.57
2016 29.71 +0.57 pp
2015 29.14 +0.93 pp
2014 28.22

About the indicator

The share of the population aged 25 and older that has completed education at the bachelor's level or above. It differs fundamentally from tertiary enrollment: enrollment counts current students, while this indicator is the accumulated result of past decades, so it changes slowly and reflects not the policy of today but the state of the system twenty or thirty years ago.

Important: An accumulated stock, not the current flow: a country whose tertiary enrollment has grown quickly will keep catching up on this indicator for another generation.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.