Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Austria
Austria: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 100.0% in 2021. ▬ Flat
Latest (2021)
100.0%
Change on year
up 0.0%
World rank
1st
of 38 countries
All-time high
100.0%
in 2014
All-time low
100.0%
in 2015
Years of data
8
2014–2021
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Austria, 2014–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Austria stood at 100.0%. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
That places Austria 1st out of 38 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 6 |
| 2020s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 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 primary education or higher in Austria?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Austria was 100.0% in 2021, 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 2014.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 100.0% in 2015.
- How does Austria rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Austria ranks 1st out of 38 countries with data for 2021.
- 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, non-immigrant background, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release