Austria vs Sri Lanka: Share of the population with tertiary education
Austria
15.9%
in 2020
Sri Lanka
15.7%
in 2020
Austria rank
51st
Sri Lanka rank
53rd
Share of the population with tertiary education over time
- Austria
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Austria currently reports 15.9% against 15.7% in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Austria ahead.
Austria ranks 51st and Sri Lanka ranks 53rd of 111 countries.
Austria has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.6% | Austria |
| 1880s | 0.9% | 0.0% | 0.9% | Austria |
| 1890s | 1.2% | 0.0% | 1.2% | Austria |
| 1900s | 1.6% | 0.0% | 1.6% | Austria |
| 1910s | 2.0% | 0.1% | 1.9% | Austria |
| 1920s | 2.3% | 0.1% | 2.2% | Austria |
| 1930s | 2.8% | 0.2% | 2.6% | Austria |
| 1940s | 2.7% | 0.2% | 2.5% | Austria |
| 1950s | 2.2% | 0.3% | 1.9% | Austria |
| 1960s | 2.5% | 0.5% | 2.0% | Austria |
| 1970s | 3.0% | 1.4% | 1.6% | Austria |
| 1980s | 4.2% | 1.9% | 2.3% | Austria |
| 1990s | 8.2% | 7.0% | 1.1% | Austria |
| 2000s | 15.6% | 15.0% | 0.6% | Austria |
| 2010s | 18.6% | 16.0% | 2.6% | Austria |
| 2020s | 15.9% | 15.7% | 0.2% | Austria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of the population with tertiary education, Austria or Sri Lanka?
- Austria, at 15.9% against 15.7% in Sri Lanka as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of the population with tertiary education between Austria and Sri Lanka?
- 0.2%, with Austria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Sri Lanka?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Austria and Sri Lanka rank globally for share of the population with tertiary education?
- Austria ranks 51st and Sri Lanka ranks 53rd of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of the population with tertiary education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of the population aged 25 to 65 years who have either completed or partially completed tertiary education.