Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Austria
Austria: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 95.7% in 2020. ▬ Flat
Latest (2020)
95.7%
Change on year
up 0.8%
World rank
11th
of 31 countries
All-time high
95.7%
in 2020
All-time low
94.8%
in 2014
Years of data
7
2014–2020
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Austria, 2014–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Austria recorded 95.7% for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2020. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Austria ranks 11th of 31 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Austria, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 94.8% | — |
| 2015 | 95.0% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 95.2% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 95.4% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 95.3% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 95.0% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 95.7% | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 95.1% | 94.8% | 95.4% | 6 |
| 2020s | 95.7% | 95.7% | 95.7% | 1 |
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 95.7% in 2020, 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 95.7% in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 94.8% in 2014.
- How does Austria rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Austria ranks 11th out of 31 countries with data for 2020.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release