Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+ in Austria
Austria: Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+ was 0.9% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+ in Austria, 2014–2021
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in cumulative.
Analysis
Austria recorded 0.9% for educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+ in 2021. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.5% on the previous year and up 64.6% over ten years.
That places Austria 19th out of 58 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+ in Austria, year by year
| Year | cumulative | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.5% | — |
| 2015 | 0.5% | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | +19.9% |
| 2018 | 0.7% | +9.4% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | +16.3% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9% | +5.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 2 |
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More education data for Austria
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 35,752 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 101.31 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 101.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+ in Austria?
- Educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+ in Austria was 0.9% in 2021, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+ recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+ recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2015.
- How does Austria rank for educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+?
- Austria ranks 19th out of 58 countries with data for 2021.
- Is educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+ rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 64.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, female (%) (cumulative). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The percentage of population ages 25 and over that attained or completed Doctoral or equivalent.