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Oceania > Australia > Education

AUSTRALIAN EDUCATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Average years of schooling of adults 10.9 [6th of 100]
Duration of compulsory education 11 years [22nd of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level 7 [12th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level 6 [104th of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP) 4.9% [59th of 132]
Educational attainment > Tertiary 29% [7th of 18]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level 89.7% [14th of 135]
Grade 12 advanced students math 525 [3rd of 15]
Grade 12 advanced students science 518 [6th of 15]
Literacy > Adults at high literacy level 17.4% [12th of 17]
Literacy > Total population 99% Time series [25th of 160]
Mathematical literacy 533 [5th of 27]
Primary teacher salary > Starting $25,661.00 [6th of 22]
Reading literacy 528 [4th of 27]
School life expectancy > Male 16.4 years [1st of 97]
School life expectancy > Total 16.6 years [3rd of 110]
Scientific literacy 528 [6th of 27]
Student attitude > Dislike of school 34% [7th of 17]
Student attitude > Find school boring 60% [4th of 17]
Tertiary enrollment 63.3% [7th of 151]

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SOURCES: UNESCO; United Nations Human Development Programme; OECD Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2003; TIMSS; OECD; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; OECD; UNESCO Institute of Statistics; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; OECD

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Australia, Commonwealth of Australia

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