What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, female between Austria and Switzerland?

4,579 number, with Switzerland ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Switzerland?

49 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2018.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, tertiary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Austria vs Switzerland: School age population, tertiary education, female

Austria

240,677 number

in 2018

Switzerland

245,256 number

in 2018

Austria rank

105th

Switzerland rank

104th

School age population, tertiary education, female over time

Austria
Switzerland

How they compare

Switzerland currently reports 245,256 number against 240,677 number in Austria, a difference of 4,579 number.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Switzerland ahead.

Austria ranks 105th and Switzerland ranks 104th of 203 countries.

Austria has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Austria	Switzerland	Difference	Ahead
1970s	254,282 number	243,048 number	11,234 number	Austria
1980s	311,015 number	244,713 number	66,302 number	Austria
1990s	261,679 number	236,485 number	25,194 number	Austria
2000s	243,648 number	215,530 number	28,117 number	Austria
2010s	252,670 number	243,585 number	9,085 number	Austria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, tertiary education, female, Austria or Switzerland?: Switzerland, at 245,256 number against 240,677 number in Austria as of 2018.
What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, female between Austria and Switzerland?: 4,579 number, with Switzerland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Switzerland?: 49 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2018.
How do Austria and Switzerland rank globally for school age population, tertiary education, female?: Austria ranks 105th and Switzerland ranks 104th of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, tertiary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: School age population, tertiary education, female (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 248 places, 11,591 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to tertiary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.