Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Austria
Austria: Share of children who are not in pre-primary school was 2.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Austria, 2001–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Austria recorded 2.8% for share of children who are not in pre-primary school in 2024.
The figure is up 21.8% on the previous year and down 30.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Austria peaked at 7.4% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 2.0%, in 2018.
That places Austria 138th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.5% | 4.6% | 7.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 3.1% | 2.0% | 4.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.6% | 2.3% | 3.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Austria
More education data for Austria
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 101.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 35,752 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.32 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 101.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Austria?
- Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Austria was 2.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 7.4% in 2005.
- What is the lowest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.0% in 2018.
- How does Austria rank for share of children who are not in pre-primary school?
- Austria ranks 138th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children who are not in pre-primary school rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children who are not in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Children one year before the official primary entry age (typically age 5) not enrolled in pre-primary education, expressed as a percentage of all children in that age group.