Austria vs Belgium: Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education

Austria
0.6424 NPIA
in 2022
Belgium
0.6727 NPIA
in 2022
Austria rank
32nd
Belgium rank
29th

Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education over time

  • Austria
  • Belgium
00.20.40.60.8200020112022

How they compare

Belgium currently reports 0.6727 NPIA against 0.6424 NPIA in Austria, a difference of 0.0303 NPIA.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 8 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Austria ahead.

Austria ranks 32nd and Belgium ranks 29th of 49 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 1 and Belgium in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Austria Belgium Difference Ahead
2000s 0.717 NPIA 0.7136 NPIA 0.0034 NPIA Austria
2010s 0.7563 NPIA 0.765 NPIA 0.0087 NPIA Belgium
2020s 0.6424 NPIA 0.6727 NPIA 0.0303 NPIA Belgium

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education, Austria or Belgium?
Belgium, at 0.6727 NPIA against 0.6424 NPIA in Austria as of 2022.
What is the difference in proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education between Austria and Belgium?
0.0303 NPIA, with Belgium ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Belgium?
8 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2022.
How do Austria and Belgium rank globally for proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education?
Austria ranks 32nd and Belgium ranks 29th of 49 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading, adjusted native parity index (NPIA). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Austria vs Belgium: Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 10 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/proportion-of-students-at-the-end-of-lower-secondary-education-achieving-at-least-a-51/austria/belgium/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/proportion-of-students-at-the-end-of-lower-secondary-education-achieving-at-least-a-51/austria/belgium/">Austria vs Belgium: Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading, adjusted native parity index (NPIA)
Unit
NPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
49 places, 345 data points, 2000–2022
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release