Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Austria
Austria: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 100.0% in 2023. β¬ Flat
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Austria, 1995β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Austria stood at 100.0%. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Austria peaked at 100.0% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 100.0%, in 1995.
That places Austria 1st out of 108 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 5 |
| 2000s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Austria
- 1 Germany 100.0% compare
- 1 Denmark 100.0% compare
- 1 Finland 100.0% compare
- 1 France 100.0% compare
- 1 United Kingdom 100.0% compare
- 1 Iceland 100.0% compare
- 1 Latvia, Republic of 100.0% compare
- 1 Russian Federation 100.0% compare
- 1 Sweden 100.0% compare
- 1 Ukraine 100.0% compare
- 1 Uzbekistan, Republic of 100.0% 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)
- 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 primary education or higher in Austria?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Austria was 100.0% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 1995.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 100.0% in 1995.
- How does Austria rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Austria ranks 1st out of 108 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. 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 primary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release