Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Austria
Austria: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 95.8% in 2021. ▬ Flat
Latest (2021)
95.8%
Change on year
down 0.7%
World rank
13th
of 36 countries
All-time high
96.5%
in 2020
All-time low
95.7%
in 2014
Years of data
8
2014–2021
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Austria, 2014–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Austria recorded 95.8% for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Austria ranks 13th of 36 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 96.1% | 95.7% | 96.5% | 6 |
| 2020s | 96.2% | 95.8% | 96.5% | 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 101.31 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 101.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Austria?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Austria was 95.8% in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 96.5% in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 95.7% in 2014.
- How does Austria rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Austria ranks 13th out of 36 countries with data for 2021.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, immigrant background, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release