Duration of compulsory education in Austria
Austria: Duration of compulsory education was 13 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Duration of compulsory education in Austria, 1998–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2025, duration of compulsory education in Austria stood at 13 years. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
The figure is up 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, duration of compulsory education in Austria peaked at 13 years in 2017 and was at its lowest, 9 years, in 1998.
That places Austria 17th out of 205 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9 years | 9 years | 9 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 9 years | 9 years | 9 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.8 years | 9 years | 13 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 13 years | 13 years | 13 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near Austria
- 17 Aruba 13 years compare
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- 17 France 13 years compare
- 17 Germany 13 years compare
- 17 Gibraltar 13 years compare
- 17 Hungary 13 years compare
- 17 Marshall Islands 13 years compare
- 17 Netherlands 13 years compare
- 17 North Macedonia 13 years compare
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- 17 Turks and Caicos Islands 13 years compare
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 duration of compulsory education in Austria?
- Duration of compulsory education in Austria was 13 years in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest duration of compulsory education recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 13 years in 2017.
- What is the lowest duration of compulsory education recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 years in 1998.
- How does Austria rank for duration of compulsory education?
- Austria ranks 17th out of 205 countries with data for 2025.
- Is duration of compulsory education rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Duration of compulsory education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The number of years of compulsory education is based on students starting at the earliest entrance age, studying full-time, and advancing without grade repetition or skipping.