Australia - Primary education, pupils

The value for Primary education, pupils in Australia was 2,263,884 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,263,884 in 2019 and a minimum value of 1,514,575 in 1987.

Definition: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1971 1,685,671
1972 1,682,318
1973 1,672,939
1974 1,596,281
1975 1,632,716
1976 1,638,955
1977 1,671,517
1978 1,699,306
1979 1,711,232
1980 1,718,352
1981 1,711,037
1982 1,690,779
1983 1,650,567
1984 1,605,258
1985 1,542,101
1986 1,520,210
1987 1,514,575
1988 1,529,781
1989 1,555,230
1990 1,583,024
1991 1,605,720
1992 1,623,012
1993 1,633,797
1994 1,639,577
1995 1,833,681
1996 1,848,169
1997 1,855,789
1998 1,869,852
1999 1,885,341
2000 1,905,951
2001 1,914,395
2002 1,933,765
2003 1,931,817
2004 1,934,549
2005 1,934,941
2006 1,938,861
2007 1,973,456
2008 1,977,837
2009 1,991,715
2010 2,015,017
2011 2,042,081
2012 2,083,119
2013 2,127,730
2014 2,168,531
2015 2,140,571
2016 2,179,689
2017 2,216,779
2018 2,247,875
2019 2,263,884

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Enrollment includes Individuals officially registered in a given educational programme, or stage or module thereof, regardless of age. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Participation