Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Austria
Austria: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 98.3% in 2021. ▬ Flat
Latest (2021)
98.3%
Change on year
down 0.3%
World rank
15th
of 97 countries
All-time high
98.7%
in 2017
All-time low
98.3%
in 2021
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
In 2021, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Austria stood at 98.3%. That is the lowest value across all 8 years on record.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Austria ranks 15th of 97 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 98.6% | 98.4% | 98.7% | 6 |
| 2020s | 98.5% | 98.3% | 98.6% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Austria
- 12 Lithuania 98.7% compare
- 13 Norway 98.7% compare
- 14 Azerbaijan 98.4% compare
- 16 Bulgaria 98.1% compare
- 17 Switzerland 98.1% compare
- 18 United States of America 97.7% 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 98.3% 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 98.7% in 2017.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 98.3% in 2021.
- How does Austria rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Austria ranks 15th out of 97 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 down 0.3%. 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, urban, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release