Austria vs Russia: Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling

Austria

12.36 years

in 2023

Russia

12.41 years

in 2023

Austria rank

36th

Russia rank

34th

Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling over time

Russia currently reports 12.41 years against 12.36 years in Austria, a difference of 0.0485 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Austria ahead.

Austria ranks 36th and Russia ranks 34th of 192 countries.

Indicator: Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling
Unit: years
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 192 places, 6,079 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Average number of years (excluding years spent repeating individual grades) adults over 25 years participated in formal education.