Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Austria
Austria: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.9828 GPIA in 2020. ▬ Flat
Latest (2020)
0.9828 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
23rd
of 31 countries
All-time high
0.9828 GPIA
in 2020
All-time low
0.9713 GPIA
in 2015
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 GPIA.
Analysis
In 2020, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Austria stood at 0.9828 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Austria ranks 23rd of 31 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.9778 GPIA | 0.9713 GPIA | 0.9809 GPIA | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.9828 GPIA | 0.9828 GPIA | 0.9828 GPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near Austria
- 20 Slovak Republic 0.9834 GPIA compare
- 21 Slovenia 0.9832 GPIA compare
- 22 Switzerland 0.9829 GPIA compare
- 24 Hungary 0.9808 GPIA compare
- 25 Montenegro 0.9745 GPIA compare
- 26 Croatia 0.9646 GPIA compare
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 0.9828 GPIA 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 0.9828 GPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9713 GPIA in 2015.
- How does Austria rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Austria ranks 23rd 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 0.4%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release