Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Austria
Austria: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent was 1.5% in 2021. β² Rising
Latest (2021)
1.5%
Change on year
up 29.3%
World rank
14th
of 64 countries
All-time high
1.5%
in 2021
All-time low
1.1%
in 2016
Years of data
8
2014β2021
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Austria, 2014β2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Austria recorded 1.5% for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in 2021. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of up 29.3% on the previous year and up 30.7% over ten years.
Austria ranks 14th of 64 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 6 |
| 2020s | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.5% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Austria
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)
- School enrollment, primary 101.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0039 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Austria?
- Educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Austria was 1.5% in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 1.5% in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.1% in 2016.
- How does Austria rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Austria ranks 14th out of 64 countries with data for 2021.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.7%. 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, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent education, population 25+ years, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release