World Bank · Education

Australia: School enrollment, primary (% net)

96.38percent · 2017-0.0% since 2007

Net enrollment rate is the ratio of children of official school age who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music. Annual figures for Australia from 1971 to 2017.

19782017

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201796.381
201696.65
201596.982
201497.04
201397.389
201297.881
201197.57
201096.988
200996.681
200896.54
200796.418
200695.638
200595.507
200495.226
200394.853
200293.859
200193.857
200094.398
199994.435
199894.756
199794.984
199695.401
199594.996
199496.434
199396.739
199297.156
199197.389
199097.974
198998.365
198898.249
198797.573
198697.022
198596.347
198496.303
198398.114
198299.093
198199.906
198099.954
197999.977
197899.984
197799.977
197698.304
197597.279
197494.523
197395.154
197196.541

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Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). School enrollment, primary (% net). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-school-enrollment-primary-nenr (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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